So if nothing actually changes... what's the point in calling it Beta? Beta means something changes/changed. Seems we passed some kind of milestone, but what?
It means either they'll finish what they had planned for alpha or shift the remainder of alpha into beta. Most everything that's going to be in-game will be in-game by that point. They were going to have resets for an alpha balance test, beta and release. They cancelled the first 2, had the last reset, and the release reset is still in the plans.