Nothing to do now but speculate about when our beloved Phase 4 will start, beginning when our progress is once again saved (Twelve willing!) and the first step into finally getting our game back.

There was a recent report on a Japanese website that on 8/1 there will be a new benchmark released, and on 8/8 a Live Letter.

At the English Live Letter at E3, Yoshi responded to (my!) posted Forum Question about the length of "downtime" between Phase 4 and Early Access. His response was "oh... 1, 2, 3 days?..."

A post by Reinheart in the Beta forum recently quoted Yoshi stating that "Phase 4 is one week" (duration).

So, based upon this information all taken together, what timeline can we speculate?

Here's mine tossed in:

8/1 New benchmark and possibly able to DL new client (during this week)
8/8 Live Letter
8/9 - 8/16 Phase 4 duration
8/17 - 8/20 "down time"
8/20 or 8/21 - start of Early Access
8/27 Launch! {Yes, please!}

I hope I'm wrong and it starts sooner, and lasts longer! :|