lol no clue... It will probably sometime soon but when is no ones guess... Blizzard has a somewhat odd PR... They say days it means weeks.. They say soon it might mean sometime within the quarter... Anything beyond that expect a year + haha
No credibility or evidence to back it up but since the release of PCGamer and their add saying come sign up for the beta! Blizzard put up that notice to please crowds. But on the other hand if Blizzard is starting to send out those kinda advertisements it must be within this month... Plus the fact they are closing off any new beta testers. I was kinda expecting some sorta news post today with all the maintenance but I guess not. I'm sure they will post something in this coming week though.
i feel the same way about FFXI. been playing for a year and i am a lvl 50 rdm. doin g1 tought me that i hate this game. my biggest problem with FF right now is the fact that if i dont have 4 hours to play strait i shouldnt even log in.
About when the beta starts from reading and thinking a bit i would assume within the week due to the predicted releace date and all of the current updates in closed beta
I highly suspect it will. Blizz has been building up our eagerness and waiting for just the right time, when our hopes are running high and we can't sit still for more than 10 seconds at a time just thinking about when the open beta will be released. In many professions, it's quite helpful to manipulate the emotions of other people, so I'm not surprised if it would come out soon.
I don't mind, though, as long as I get to play the game. ^_^
Although Open Beta may not be happening this week, look for signups very soon. I know it's frustrating not having a set date, but I would agree that it will most likely be near the end of this month.
As far as FFXI artifact gear, it can be frustrating, I had 3 sets of AF in my moghouse when I finally sold my account after getting my WoW beta key. Fortunately the grinding isn't even remotely close to what you have to deal with in FFXI.
Well, ive bin waiting since ohhhh THE FIRST TIME I READ THE OB MESAGE, and since then ive had time to creat an army of 2000000+ squirrls, led by the masterful General Nuts, and 2 days ago they left me to destroy Blizzard, so if it doesnt come out, blame the squirrls not me.