So... Phase 4 and beyond, speculation ...

[JillyBean]

https://secure.square-enix.com/enqt/...a651bde206901b

then

https://secure.square-enix.com/accou...betatop?rgn=en

Time to cry?

[ArkhamNative]

Time to wait for an official announcement.
(It doesn't say anything about the start of open beta.)

[Mjollnir]

https://secure.square-enix.com/enqt/...a651bde206901b

then

https://secure.square-enix.com/accou...betatop?rgn=en

Time to cry?

Time to report S-E to Amnesty International for cruel torture!
/firstworldproblems

Seven days B4 followed by three days Early Access makes a cold, hard truth of a possibility...

[Ralliare]

It does kind of suck that we pay for early access and never know how long it will be, but I'd much rather have a finished game than have a bad launch so sod it, I'll take my 3 days!

[JillyBean]

OK, here is what I decided to think/hope:

Look closely at each site. Look above the little information box. One says Beta Tester Application Site. The other says Beta Tester Registration site. They do not contradict eachother; they do not contradict previous information.

Remember this:

Application Period:
Until Monday, July 22, 2013 (PDT)
* On the above date and time, the Beta Tester Application Site will be temporarily closed and will reopen when Beta Test phase 4(final Beta Test) begins.

Registration Period:
Until Tuesday, July 30, 2013, 9:59 p.m. (PDT)
* If your beta code has not been registered by the above date and time, you will need to resubmit your application at the Beta Tester Application Site once Beta Test phase 4 begins.

Registration is entirely different than application. Application must take place before registration. Let's just hope those of us who have already applied and registered (most of us) will begin before the 17th, and that new applicants can apply (starting the day that we all get to start testing again) will then get to register on the 17th and start as additional wave of testers once they register their brand new codes on the 17th.

Perhaps.... Phase 4 = Aug 11 - 19 (with new testers being able to join on the 17th for the last weekend)
3 days downtime
Early access start Aug 23

Who's with me?

[JillyBean]

Mjollnir~ I had to find out about this on Twitter? XD
https://secure.square-enix.com/accou...?rgn=eu&lng=en

How/who/when/where did someone stumble on this? o.o

[ArkhamNative]

Mjollnir~ I had to find out about this on Twitter? XD
https://secure.square-enix.com/accou...?rgn=eu&lng=en
How/who/when/where did someone stumble on this? o.o

I was wondering when this thread would be updated.

Someone posted a link to the JP SE soundtrack page for "Before Meteor" here. It had a link to a "Mog station" page (as http://sqex.to/Msp ). That led to a page of some kind related to ARR, with a link for registering your early access code that led to pages like the one you posted.

(Actually I would have to credit Reinheart for noticing the Mogstation link.)

[JillyBean]

What is the "Mogstation"?

[ArkhamNative]

What is the "Mogstation"?

Unannounced. Maybe it will be the FFXIV Service Center site where we buy digital CE upgrades. (or maybe not. I don't know.)

According to the Beyond Meteor page, it's where we redeem our Wind-up Dalamud minion code.

[Mjollnir]

Mjollnir~ I had to find out about this on Twitter? XD
https://secure.square-enix.com/accou...?rgn=eu&lng=en

How/who/when/where did someone stumble on this? o.o

Yup, I'm blaming Reinheart completely. He should be filling in the job application for translator that S-E put up for him, but instead he's messing around on the JP site^^.