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I remember every one of SE's defenders stating the rumored July release date is unrealistic and anyone who thought it could be true are spreading fear and uncertainty among people and trolling.

Also, SE stated monster reaction will be adjusted in beta, the horrible animations and over simplified battle system however..no, because they simplified it to cater to PvP lovers since the guy in charge loves PvP.

yeah if you were an alpha tester and complained bout things they WILL be fixed in the beta.. however if youre in the beta and complain about things then they probably wont be fixed lol

So does it break NDA to go ahead and say now I'm a Legacy account holder?

Popular opinion on the official forums are they are picking beta testers for phase 1 from the legacy pool and that it doesn't guarantee you a spot. I can't imagine there are a ton of legacy members though, so hopefully most get in. Good luck either way

welcome to alpha/beta testing? >.>

I can, I've seen plenty of people joining last minute to leech Legacy Benefits. Not as many as the 14-16k people based on Japanese search graphs but more than enough to make it a lotto considering the other eligibility listed lol.



It likely will only be Gridania. They will likely have a bit MORE of it than alpha or it simply means in beta Uldah and Limsa won't have content for leveling seeing as the game is going to be a quest/dungeon level grind.

Edited, Dec 26th 2012 8:05am by Theonehio

Oh ye of little faith sir. They are going to re-balance aka not make it such an awkward thing to look at when it comes to mob recoil. Also, housing will definately be a part of the launch. It's something people have been wanting since day 1. The only part of housing that wont be available is the inclusion of the large size house for personal use. They will be there for free companies to use though. Somehow, I'm going to need a lot of time to save up some more gil to buy my own large size house after I help my LS mates purchase our free company headquarters. The cost is going to be "astranomical" as yoshi p has stated in the past. I'm supposed to "recoil" in fear once I see it. Hopefully, they've adjusted the recoil before then that way I don't hurt myself from fear...



This doesn't surprise me at all that July could possibly be release date window. I'm not sure where you've been seeing this type of "SE defenders", but I've been expecting a June/July launch since they released the possible beta start time of late January/ early February. This sucks though, if it does happen in June. I work in a hospital and we move into the brand new one we've been building for 2 years June 1rst. I'm going to be working lots and lots of overtime during that time and wont have much time for stuff outside of work. :( I was hoping it would release earlier, but Julyish would be fine by me since things will have cooled off by then.



Me too! Any chance you'll make an official announcement when the NDA is lifted for those lucky few alpha people? I'm curious when the floodgates will open about opinions and such on the state alpha was in. How can you tell anyways?



You're right. La Noscea was the only place available during all of beta testing for 1.0. I was under the impression we'd get to experience everything the game had to offer content wise during beta. I don't see why they wouldn't let use enter La Noscea or Thanalan in the beta if that was the case. I'm excited to see what/how much they've changed the world. Keep in mind that the level cap for characters will be level 35 and now 20 so if you made it into alpha, you'll be able to explore more areas easily due tothe higher level cap. Also, once characters from 1.0 are imported, their lvl cap will be 50 since it specifically mentions that the level cap for these characters will be that of 1.0. Woot! This is all sure to make my LS page blow up again with excitement!

Is there a seperate NDA for Alpha and Beta? The roadmap said NDA is only lifted during Phase 4 of Beta.

I am also confused by the requirement for Beta testing. My plan is to do the PS3 beta, since I wasn't able to complete my PC before the servers went down. However, it says that while an active SE account is required to participate in the beta, one is not required to apply for the beta. Does this mean that there would be some way for someone on a PC that never played any of 1.0 could still PC beta test, or is it just a "Go ahead and apply if you want too, but you're not gettin in."?

I mean I have an SE Account from when I played XI, but I don't have any info for XIV, and I don't have the client. How would that work?

No. Anyone can apply for closed beta and be accepted, depending on SE's selection criteria. If you're selected, SE gives you the ability to log in using your SE account.

Edit: You don't need the old XIV client. It's junk and can be deleted. Alpha testers had a client to download; I'm assuming beta testers will have a different client to download as well.

Edited, Dec 26th 2012 1:23pm by catwho

Basically, anybody can apply to the beta. The pc and ps3 betas are separate, so you'll need to apply separately. If you made it into pc alpha, you don't have to apply for pc beta. They should provide you with the beta client in the email they send to you when they send it letting you know you've been chosen. If at the time you don't have a SE account, they'll ask that you make one. You'll need that info to log into the beta servers.

Also, a note for Wint, I've read since my last question to you, that they would announce when/if it's ok to break the alpha NDA. Do they normally do this after the alpha is over for the alpha NDA to be finished? I'm not very knowledgeable about these types of things.

soo swisa theyll have free company houses.. which to me sound smore liek "guild halls" at launch but not personal houses?


btw they should add things to do in the house other than just to say "hey this is my house" lol you know give you a reason to hang out at home except you only going to your house to "logout" i mean if i have a roomate for example id wanna see them do things in the house aside from the 5 secs theyre in it after they log in and the 5 secs theyre in it before they logout

As a personally residence, we'll be able to purchase the small and medium size houses right off the bat if we choose to. It's just the large houses that we'll have to wait on. As for the free companies, that's basically what they will serve as. There will be a group storage that everyone can put stuff into and then the free company leader will be able to set rules for who can take stuff out. If I remember right, in the 4th live letter, yoshi said something about wanting people to do more in their house like you mentioned. I think he said something about cooking in your kitchen, but I'm not 100% sure. I can get you a link to that 4th live letter if it's something you might be interested in watching. It's around 2 hours long with subtitles.

Thanks guys. This is what I've been wondering about for the last couple of months.

:) whoo hoo! This makes me happy!

EDIT: Where is this video he makes a mention of? I must peruse the official forums now.

Edited, Dec 26th 2012 3:15pm by swisa

I hadn't heard a confirmation of Level Sync prior to the update of this roadmap. It is really exciting to me.

what is a legacy member?

Dahling, if you haave to ask, you're not a member, you know ~


(Legacy members are people who had subscribed to the 1.0 version of the game for a number of months before it was taken offline.)

Re: the Q1 release:

I think there was sufficient indication of the fact that the game would be ready for Q1. Not only did the road map state it, but Yoshi kept telling us how well the alpha test was going... so I, for one, expected that phase to close/end a little sooner. So I really don't see the need for a "ha ha, I told you so" mentality with the summer release... it just mains we all have to wait longer, lol.

On a different note, I think they've reasonably split up the amount of content they want to test in each beta phase. It should help yield a better final product with more focused testing. In lots of other betas for MMOs that I've been a part of, even in closed stages, the amount of content/features was quite large, and not divided up so carefully.

Really excited to see how PVP is handled in ARR.

Oh, and am I the only one who's *not* happy to hear about falling damage? :/

I have, and still predict a late summer release, like August/September. However, this isn't as a prediction of doom and gloom as others were trying to push their predictions on, but rather a feeling of what may happen due to Yoshi-p's feeling of perfectionism towards this game.

He'll want to apply as much of the feedback he gets (and agrees with) as feasibly possible, but there is likely going to be a volume of it he does not expect as some ideas will be met with resistance or outright refusal.

I feel as if the end product will benefit from the delays, however. The fact that he's already pushing back on the date is a departure from last Alpha, and a very good sign IMO.

It's good to see the new roadmap.

I'm just going to QQ for 3 seconds about waiting longer for PS3 being added.

Other than that, looking good.

I saw that too ^^

There are some ledges that you can jump from... I would love fall damage but I would not love running from a mob, get hit as I jump and have that hit take away what would have been left from my jump. Talk about salt in the wounds.