Letter from the Producer, XXVII (04/20/2012)

These assumptions about free chars will lead to lots of disappointment. Better wait for official clarification ;D
But amazing news for all the fan boys like me who ordered 90+ days. Thank You very much for all this gratitude, i will be happy to have a special chocobo and my name in FFXIV credits (hope its gonna be my real name). Life-long discount makes my pocket happy too :D

I'm happy about the Black highlighted Chocobo. That's enough for me!

i ordered 180 days :O

It all seems pretty cut and dry to me

A entry account holder gets one char per server with a maximum of 8 characters across all worlds.

A Standard/Legacy account holder gets to make up to 8 char's per server with a max of 40 across all worlds.

The only other fee's mentioned are additional retainers.

Charging 3/perchar with this new price scheme would be beyond redundant.

I know square has pulled some bone headed moves before, But charging people extra for the privilege of paying them even more money would be beyond incompetent.

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Originally Posted by Babydoll

I want to know if we are changing our name still...and if that new name can be in the credits?

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"Legacy members can request that their name be displayed in the credits for version 2.0. One name per service account can be listed in the credits."

I'm assuming upon said time that we qualify. You will get a Notification from SQNX Account Management. You will probably be asked to type what the name you want to be listed.

Fanastic news! Even though I think it's a little silly that they have to delay things that have already been delayed to begin with, I think it's great that they decided to still go through with the late April release of 1.22.

Hyrstmill is going to be a right mess until May 10, though.

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Originally Posted by Zezlar

"Legacy members can request that their name be displayed in the credits for version 2.0. One name per service account can be listed in the credits."

I'm assuming upon said time that we qualify. You will get a Notification from SQNX Account Management. You will probably be asked to type what the name you want to be listed.

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I don't think it will be SQEX account system, but lodestone, there will be a page to regester, you login before you visit the page and if its your character name you will select a radio button next to the character you want to regester.

If its rl name once you regester it will be pulled from your account, or if its a choice radio buttons for either the character you want to use or your real name.

A choice of character or real name will be the best option, some people will like thier real name and some will prefer character names, personnaly I will prefer my real name.

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Originally Posted by yukikaze_yanagi

for free i assume. The letter only mention costs for prolunged billing and retainers, not additional characters.
Anyhow, can we have a clarifications on AF weapons ? for "postoned" is assumed 1.22x or 1.23 ?

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From the Letter XXVI

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1.22-1.22a
-NEW- Job-exclusive weapons
-NEW- Implementation of content for acquiring and upgrading job-exclusive weapons.
* In final stage of cost estimation. High likelihood of a 1.22a release.

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yayy for new logo

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Originally Posted by VytasBismarck

These assumptions about free chars will lead to lots of disappointment. Better wait for official clarification ;D

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It's not an assumption, and requires no clarification, it's incredibly clear. If it simply meant "max number of characters you can pay for per world" there would be no "entry level" subscription option.

Basically, they realized having to pay per character is archaic, obnoxious and totally unexpected for a subscription based MMO. But it does take up a lot more data, so they can offer a reduced price for players who only want 1 character.

wait do our characters get carried over for legacy of do we really have to start over for legacy?

wow this is awesome!!! ^^ best letter ever!! omg im so excited about discount forever TY YOSHI!! :D
The chocobo mount looks awesome i cant wait all this is just too awesome! and omg Dalamud is cool looking :O.

THANK YOU SE!!! (*'o')/

そんなにスクウェア·エニックスに感謝

私はこれらすべての偉大な追加を楽しみにして

宜しく! (・ω・*)

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Under the new fee structure, the basic service fee and the character fee will be consolidated. In the case of a 30-day billing cycle, players will be able to choose from the two payment options below,
Entry Plan – $12.99 USD/£7.69/10.99 €: One character per World
Standard Plan – $14.99 USD/£8.99/12.99 €: Eight characters per World

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that word means the character price and the actual service fee will be brought together into 1 price

Awesome letter Yoshi. Thanks for the hard work Dev Team.

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Entry Plan – $12.99 USD/£7.69/10.99 €: One character per World

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I'm happy that they don't make it simple 12.99€ ^^

This is a pretty awesome thing to wake up to. Now I have more incentive to level up my classes/jobs to get ready for the event in May =)

I am SO excited about this!! The chocobo is icing on the cake! :D

THANK you FFXIV team!

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Originally Posted by Felis

I'm happy that they don't make it simple 12.99€ ^^

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They did it for the Legacy price tho 9.99€/9.99$

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Originally Posted by Zezlar

"Legacy members can request that their name be displayed in the credits for version 2.0. One name per service account can be listed in the credits."

I'm assuming upon said time that we qualify. You will get a Notification from SQNX Account Management. You will probably be asked to type what the name you want to be listed.

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To me this reads that character names will be used. Will probably be given a list of active characters to chose from. Could be wrong but don't think so

Yahoo! This mean I do not have to reroll my character to experience everything anew come 2.0.

And I can join all 3 Grand Companies now.

And this will give me 1400 more Inventory Slots. I'll never have to sell anything again. It's a Hoarders Dream (or Nightmare).

This is definately a very large THANK YOU from SE to the dedicated subscribers who stayed with the game through thick and thin. This type of never before seen recognition from SE has definately raised my level of respect for them. No matter how the character dispersal is clarified it is still a major plus.

As for the delays mentioned by Yoshi-P it is completely understandable given the amount of manhours that had to be employed dealing with the server issues after the merge. I can wait for the implementation of these items. Keep the priorities as they are, we will understand. Just means that Ver 1.23 will be all that much better.

Looking forward to many more years with everyone in Eorzea.

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Originally Posted by Davorok

Yahoo! This mean I do not have to reroll my character to experience everything anew come 2.0.

And I can join all 3 Grand Companies now.

And this will give me 1400 more Inventory Slots. I'll never have to sell anything again. It's a Hoarders Dream (or Nightmare).

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You mean 700 more Inventory slots? As of the 2.0 release Inventory is going back down to 100.

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Originally Posted by Fear

You mean 700 more Inventory slots? As of the 2.0 release Inventory is going back down to 100.

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True dat, but if we still get 1 free retainer per character, it will still be 1400. ;>)

and if we get 2 free retainers it will be 2100 more slots. I just hope the delivery system is more than 5 items at a time or I'm gonna crash the mailboxes like I did in XI...repeatedly.

Love you Yoshi, thank you for the details!

And I have a question about this quote of yours from your 'letter from the producer' today!

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Oh, and we mustn’t forget about the lesser moon Dalamud, which seems to grow larger and angrier with each blink of the eyes. And speaking of eyes, you might want to keep one out for the logo we’ve put together for the Legacy Campaign. :p

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Do you mean keep one eye out for the Legacy Logo in game or outside of the game ???
Because if it is in game, I stare at many of the gorgeous things in this game already [ooh shinys!] and this would be perfect fun, looking for a hidden logo in the game.

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Originally Posted by Earl_Caldera

Pretty surprised, but happy!



Didn't expect a discounted price...forever!

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I totally agree.. when I read bits and parts of this legacy membership.. I thought there was some sort of string attached.. After finishing the read... I was completely happy. Now I'm all hyper and happy like a little kid in Disney World.