FFXIV ARR 25th for US?

[Vilhem]

You already got an answer. Or are we going to split hairs over the hour Beta starts now o.O

[Starlord]

You already got an answer. Or are we going to split hairs over the hour Beta starts now o.O

Not from you, you just complained -.-.

Anyways I feel like it's the 24th for US I just wanna make sure so I get the dates straight.

[Alhanelem]

Not from you, you just complained -.-.

Anyways I feel like it's the 24th for US I just wanna make sure so I get the dates straight.

I honestly think you shouldn't mark your calendar / ask for either day off / whatever, the first day is probably going to be a clusterbomb of madness anyway.

Until they give an exact hour, you can't say conclusively what day it will be on. Really, why can't people just relax? I'm excited too, but you don't see me rearranging my schedule. There's going to be plenty of time to jump in. The beta will last at least a couple months.

[Cedri]

You already got an answer. Or are we going to split hairs over the hour Beta starts now o.O

We already know what hour beta is going to start, here's why:

The most recent letter from the producer had 12 paragraphs. So we know that the HOUR will be based on the 12h clock system. As for the specific time part in this equation... we need to look to the number of words that were in the letter. 536.

So we take 536 and divide that number by 60 (the number of minutes in one hour) and we're left with 8.93. Translated to "Clockanese" that's 8:56 (roughly). Now as to AM or PM? There were more daytime photos posted in the letter than there were night time. So we can conclude from this that it will be 8:56 AM.

Now I know what you're thinking... BUT CEDRI!? WHAT TIME ZONE!? Fear not humble reader. I've got that figured out too. In the letter there were 2 instances of emoticons. Those emoticons were put there to create a positive reaction from the readers. So we can now say that the time zone will be GMT+2. And there you have it!

Beta will be released on 02/25/2013 - 8:56AM Eastern European time.

TL;DR - You didn't miss anything.

[Vilhem]

We already know what hour beta is going to start, here's why:

The most recent letter from the producer had 12 paragraphs. So we know that the HOUR will be based on the 12h clock system. As for the specific time part in this equation... we need to look to the number of words that were in the letter. 536.

So we take 536 and divide that number by 60 (the number of minutes in one hour) and we're left with 8.93. Translated to "Clockanese" that's 8:56 (roughly). Now as to AM or PM? There were more daytime photos posted in the letter than there were night time. So we can conclude from this that it will be 8:56 AM.

Now I know what you're thinking... BUT CEDRI!? WHAT TIME ZONE!? Fear not humble reader. I've got that figured out too. In the letter there were 2 instances of emoticons. Those emoticons were put there to create a positive reaction from the readers. So we can now say that the time zone will be GMT+2. And there you have it!

Beta will be released on 02/25/2013 - 8:56AM Eastern European time.

TL;DR - You didn't miss anything.

Oh you...

LOL

[Vilhem]

I never said I was the one who gave you the answer, or are we going to split hairs over that too >.>

It'll probably come the same as everything else...midnight-2am PST for us, evening JST for them. That's how it was with Alpha anyway (OMG STAY UP TILL 2AM CHECKING YOUR SE ACCOUNT FOR ACCESS!)

[MithrasInvictus]

Or is it the 24th for us? lodestone for both regions have it as the 25th, but we know that isn't possible lol. not sure which date they are referring to. If they base it off the letter then it starts the 24th for NA.

It is probably the 25th in Japan. Given that their midnight happens prior to ours in NA, you can likely expect it to launch in the late afternoon/evening of the 25th in and given NA timezone.

[Starlord]

It is probably the 25th in Japan. Given that their midnight happens prior to ours in NA, you can likely expect it to launch in the late afternoon/evening of the 25th in and given NA timezone.

Thank you! A Mature Answer /hifive

[Technyze]

Thank you! A Mature Answer /hifive

Maturity is hard to come by here :P

[MithrasInvictus]

Thank you! A Mature Answer /hifive

/hifive

You're welcome.