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Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn: Phase 4 Data Confirmed to Carry Over to Early Access

MikeBMikeB Community ManagerRarePosts: 6,555Administrator
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Square Enix community rep Matt "Bayohne" Hilton has confirmed on the official Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn beta forums that data from the Phase 4 beta test will indeed carry over to Early Access and launch.

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  • CoolitCoolit UncommonPosts: 661Member

    It's great news about the P4 data ;)

  • RavenHighwindRavenHighwind Posts: 25Member
    Good news!
  • DoctorhooDoctorhoo UncommonPosts: 237Member
    "Thank the Maker!"
  • Scott_JeslisScott_Jeslis RarePosts: 645Member

    Too bad SE continues to have infrastructure problems as yesterday was a big fiasco with a lot of folks with their pre-order access code registration.

    The hype is there, now SE need to deliver.

  • TaiyohTaiyoh UncommonPosts: 48Member
    Thank god. I put so many hours of work into it this weekend, I sure didn't want that to go to waste.
  • SephirosoSephiroso RarePosts: 2,020Member
    this was already confirmed....thats the point of an 'open beta' things transfer over to launch. can't think of any open beta i have ever particpated in where this wasn't the case.

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  • RohnRohn UncommonPosts: 3,730Member
    What about transfers if a player can't get on the server they want at the moment?

    Hell hath no fury like an MMORPG player scorned.

  • TormDKTormDK UncommonPosts: 101Member

    Hmm, I didn't get any preorder emails about being able to register the preorder key now.

    Does anyone have the email they could copy paste? (Minus the PII obviously)

  • SephirosoSephiroso RarePosts: 2,020Member
    Originally posted by Rohn
    What about transfers if a player can't get on the server they want at the moment?

    90% sure transfers not gonna be available right at launch, later on they might add a paid transfer option though.

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  • Scott_JeslisScott_Jeslis RarePosts: 645Member
    Originally posted by TormDK

    Hmm, I didn't get any preorder emails about being able to register the preorder key now.

    Does anyone have the email they could copy paste? (Minus the PII obviously)

    @TormDK. No official SE e-mail about it yet but it was publicized on their pre-order site that "early access" code registration would start on Aug. 20th... so people being excited showed up there yesterday. A bit of a boondoggle... site is still up but doesn't work, heard rumors that UK keys and US keys got mixed so "region errors" ensued... yes quite a debacle.

     

  • JeroKaneJeroKane EpicPosts: 7,200Member
    Originally posted by Sephiroso
    this was already confirmed....thats the point of an 'open beta' things transfer over to launch. can't think of any open beta i have ever particpated in where this wasn't the case.

    Servers will always be wiped after even Open Beta!

    Always been the case with non-F2P games. This is actually an exception.

    The only games where normally there are no wipes after Open Beta is with F2P titles. And that´s only because of the Cash Shops they opening already with Open Beta to start emptying your wallets as quickly as possible. Like with Neverwinter.

     
  • EndoRobotoEndoRoboto Posts: 275Member
    Lol i put in a dozen hours over the weekend and quite honestly i wish they would do a wipe. I could care less about people who used this last beta as an open demo and more about those who couldnt even log in due to MAJOR bugs which was a reason SE said they would do a wipe. Oh well i guess i cant rain on everyone's parade.
  • ShaikeShaike UncommonPosts: 301Member
    Originally posted by Benbrada
    Originally posted by TormDK

    Hmm, I didn't get any preorder emails about being able to register the preorder key now.

    Does anyone have the email they could copy paste? (Minus the PII obviously)

    @TormDK. No official SE e-mail about it yet but it was publicized on their pre-order site that "early access" code registration would start on Aug. 20th... so people being excited showed up there yesterday. A bit of a boondoggle... site is still up but doesn't work, heard rumors that UK keys and US keys got mixed so "region errors" ensued... yes quite a debacle.

     

     

    i actually opened a case about this a got an official answer they know that some ppl didn't get the pre-order code and that they will resend all of them till the end of Aug-21st. let's hope they deliver :-)

    Just my 2 cents...

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  • rwyanrwyan UncommonPosts: 468Member

    While some bugs kept players from playing, I think it is smart to keep data.  Weren't only Legacy servers available anyways (which have lots of players from 1.0 already ahead of the game?)  Providing that is true, that means early access will open up the fresh start servers (though, don't take my word on it as I've casually been following ARRs progress).

     

    While it wasn't unbearable, I did notice A LOT of players in the low level grounds.  Hopefully, the open beta and head start will assist in spreading out that low-level population upon release and alleviate some headaches.  That and any players who made it the 15-20 range can jump in and enjoy the beefier bits of the game as opposed to what could be a fairly boring/snooze 1-15 trek.

  • EndoRobotoEndoRoboto Posts: 275Member
    ^ imo that's the best reason for them to keep the data so not everyone is in the starter zones.
    But all servers were available not just legacy.
  • Soulsaint1215Soulsaint1215 Posts: 16Member
    In my case it really didn't matter how much I played during P4, after the changes made to the Bard job I will most likely move over to White Mage.  I'll still level up everything required to access the Bard job but I won't play until they give Bard better utility and not this "more dps style" abomination they just converted to.  I want a real SUPPORT class/job, Bard isn't it anymore.
  • angerbeaverangerbeaver UncommonPosts: 1,280Member
    Originally posted by EndoRoboto
    Lol i put in a dozen hours over the weekend and quite honestly i wish they would do a wipe. I could care less about people who used this last beta as an open demo and more about those who couldnt even log in due to MAJOR bugs which was a reason SE said they would do a wipe. Oh well i guess i cant rain on everyone's parade.

    the major bugs did not include exploits though which is what they consider catastrophic. The fact thousands could not log in did not break the game. I know some people that could not progress in main story line but even that was not reason for a wipe. 

    I was one of those with error 3201 since sat morning so I lost a ton of play time but I'm glad I get to keep the progress I made regardless

  • daystar18daystar18 UncommonPosts: 15Member
    i wonder why people say they "lost" play time.  your chars were kept, and if you didnt get to log on you werent considered playing. 
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