EP 1.0? · Thai open beta

Thai Mirror report Research only

Dates and Episode evidence

Main date: 2002-10-25 — reported / scheduled
Qualification: reported in mirror
Episode / era: 1.0 (provisional) — Mirror label

Status: research record; both guides are drafts for a future local release.

Player guide · Developer guide · Evidence

Full patch record and local plan

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Status: research chapter; both guides are drafts for a future local release.

Field	Evidence / plan
Historical track	Thai
Episode / era	1.0 (provisional)
Main date evidence	2002-10-25 — reported / scheduled
Date qualification	reported in mirror
Local target date	Unscheduled
Local release group	th-obt-2002

Episode evidence: mirror label. Early Thai numbering follows the preserved notice mirror; original launch records establish dates, not this episode label. thai_mirror

Historical schedules, archive capture dates and local rollout dates are distinct. Chapter order is a reference order where exact Thai dates remain unknown.

Historical patch notes

• Reported OBT opening October 25; exact original opening notice still missing. Preserve CBT wipe separately from the desired continuous-character recreation. Evidence: mirror candidate. thai_mirror
• Undated original Thai Swordman/Mage guides captured in December 2003 print passive HP recovery of 5 × skill level and SP recovery of 3 × skill level per 10 seconds while sitting or standing idle. These are skill tables, not natural-regeneration formulas; complete runtime terms and beta applicability remain unverified. Evidence: original guide later capture not beta runtime proof. thai_swordman_guide_2003, thai_mage_guide_2003
• Another undated Thai operator guide, captured in December 2003, says weight over 50% stops ongoing HP/SP increase, while items or skills can restore it; over 90% prevents attacks and skills. It supplies no natural recovery amount or interval. Exact equality boundaries, passive-skill exceptions and beta applicability remain unresolved. Evidence: undated operator guide not beta runtime proof. thai_interface_guide_2003
• Other operator guides describe ambiguous HP after death, unspecified 1% Base/Job loss, 50 zeny for training enrollment and Base-only progress from Fabre in the second training area. These are undated guide descriptions, not confirmed beta rules: the revival routes are not separated, and training Fabre must not replace ordinary field Fabre rewards. Evidence: undated operator guide not beta runtime proof. thai_basic_guide_2003, thai_training_guide_2003, thai_training_course_guide_2003

Player guide

Thai open beta becomes the continuing-service starting point. The specific gameplay changes from CBT remain unresolved.

What to explore in this stage

• Start or resume the character selected by the local CBT-to-OBT policy.
• Use the published stage rules for leveling and recovery rather than assuming later pre-Renewal values.

Before the local update

• Confirm whether your local character is retained; historical CBT and OBT data policies differed.

These activities describe the intended stage. Exact local requirements and availability must be confirmed in the released build before this draft becomes a player announcement.

Developer guide

Implementation work

• Recover an original OBT notice and a CBT-to-OBT content delta.
• Qualify OBT EXP, recovery and monster data separately from the CBT candidates.

Character and world migration

• Implement only the chosen, documented continuity policy; keep historical reset facts separate from local behavior.

Acceptance checks

• The selected continuity policy preserves or resets exactly the intended fields.
• OBT content and rates match the approved profile, with no unexplained inherited defaults.

Affected areas: world, recovery, experience, monsters, migration.

Use the mechanics history for candidate rules and developer reference for pinned comparison files. The release checklist defines the future evidence, migration and runtime gates.

Unresolved before qualification

• Closed to open beta deltas.
• Character reset policy.

Sources and official records

Original operator documents, republications, reporting and foreign comparisons are labelled separately. A source listed here is not proof that every rule in it applies to this stage.

Source details and limitations

• Later mirror of early Thai operator announcements — operator material republication; attributed operator material republication. thai_mirror Access: later mirror html inspected; original provenance incomplete. Later mirror; provenance chain incomplete. Scheduled dates may not be deployment dates. Regional monster headings appear mixed; nearby no-reset and level-reduction claims need separation. Copied mirrors are not independent corroboration.
• Thai Swordman guide and HP recovery table, undated — thai operator original; guide. thai_swordman_guide_2003 Archive capture: 2003-12-13. Access: original html recovered text inspected. Passive skill, not natural regeneration. Flat table conflicts with BEEhive Beta2 MaxHP-scaling account; may be stale or incomplete. Does not authenticate Thai CBT behavior. Saved HTML
• Thai Mage guide and SP recovery table, undated — thai operator original; guide. thai_mage_guide_2003 Archive capture: 2003-12-13. Access: original html recovered text inspected. Passive skill, not natural regeneration. No explicit MaxSP term in printed table does not prove production lacked one. Undated; Thai CBT applicability unresolved. Saved HTML
• Thai operator interface and weight guide,undated — thai operator original; archived original operator guide. thai_interface_guide_2003 Archive capture: 2003-12-12. Access: text body read. The interface guide says weight over 50% stops ongoing HP/SP increase; items or skills can still restore it. Over 90% prevents attacks and skill use. This corroborates the earlier leveling guide’s weight gate, but supplies no natural amount, interval, rounding, exact equality boundary, or Thai beta effective date. The general word skill does not establish which passive recovery skills bypass the gate. Saved HTML
• Thai operator basic-play guide,undated — thai operator original; archived original operator guide. thai_basic_guide_2003 Archive capture: 2003-12-12. Access: text body read. The undated basic guide places its HP statement after two death options: return to the last saved point or wait for another player to revive you. It then says Novice HP is 50% and other classes have 1 HP, without separating the two routes or naming Resurrection skill levels. Treat this as ambiguous death/revival documentation, not a universal resurrection formula or natural recovery. The same page describes 1% Base/Job loss but leaves the EXP denominator and rounding unspecified; no Thai beta effective date is known. Saved HTML
• Thai operator Training Ground guide,undated — thai operator original; archived original operator guide. thai_training_guide_2003 Archive capture: 2003-12-11. Access: text body read. The Training Ground guide describes enrollment granting 50 zeny, an option to skip into a random town, and three training stages. It is an undated guide, not the missing September 18, 2002 Training Ground problem notice. It gives no natural HP/SP formula or interval. Saved HTML
• Thai operator training-course guide,undated — thai operator original; archived original operator guide. thai_training_course_guide_2003 Archive capture: 2003-12-12. Access: text body read. The training-course guide says fighting Fabre in its second-stage training area raises Base progress but not Job progress. This is a tutorial-specific description, not the EXP table for ordinary field Fabre. It provides no exact EXP reward or effective Thai patch date, and no HP/SP recovery formula. Saved HTML

Record: th-obt-2002 in timeline.json. Guides: handbook-guides.json. Local plan: release-plan.json.

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