Pre-orders: Faith/No Faith, FOMO/No Risk

I'm definitely going to pre-order. Why? Because I'm definitely going to play Dawntrail. I don't know if my pc will handle it but I'll upgrade what's needed long before Dawntrail is over. Anyone who knows for a fact they will play the newest expansion when it's current can only benefit from pre-ordering. It's the same price, and you get extra stuff for free buying a game you're going to play anyway.

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Originally Posted by Jojoya

Do you intend to pre-order when they start on Tuesday, wait until later, or don't plan to pre-order at all?

What is influencing your decision?

Do you have faith in the developers that you will enjoy the expansion and so have no reservations pre-ordering as soon as possible?

Do you not have faith in them and so have no desire to pre-order?

Are you a collector/completionist only pre-ordering because you will go crazy if you miss out on the pre-order bonuses to fill those collector/completionist impulses?

Will you only pre-order because there is no risk to you and so why not?

I'm pre-ordering because I have faith in the development team. I've no doubt that Dawntrail will have its flaws just as each expansion has had some but I'm also confident I will still enjoy playing the expansion.

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I only wanted 1 thing out of this expansion (Female Hrothgar). I am getting that thing, and so I will get the preorder.

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Originally Posted by Bun_Vivant

Unless you become an altaholic. Then, because they are account-wide, you'll get lots of actual use out them.

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Well, yeah, that too. Plus they continue to work if you dip down to synched content in their level range.

But still, whatever range of time you need them for levelling, whenever it runs out, their remaining use is still glamour in the end.

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Originally Posted by Taliriah

I will "preorder" at the last moment for the early access. I just find the concept of pre-ordering irritating. It made some sense to secure a copy for the release day back when games only came in physical form and had a limited supply, but nowadays it's only a ploy to get players to pay well in advance of the actual release of the product, which essentially boils down to lending publishers money with no interest rate.

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It's been a long time since I preordered anything (since Endwalker, I think), but doesn't it only actually charge you on the day of release? In which case you're not lending them money but just committing to buy the product.

Plus in this game's case, even if you did have to pay (or pay a deposit) then you're possibly getting a tangible benefit out of owning the preorder earrings. It's different to a stand-alone game where you have nothing of it until launch day.

I'll pre-order later, I know what we are getting in DT (the fact the game is predictable to this point is a whole nother discussion) so the pre-order is at least "safe" compared to pre-ordering a new game. I used to get the box, but honestly with shipping and import tax it's just too expensive, specially considering I couldn't give AF about the dumb statue they usually add in to this.. honestly wish there was a version with just the art book and cloth map - or a PDF of them for the digital collectors :/

NA/EU square enix store you will be charged immediately when you pre-order. You also cannot cancel.
Playstation store charges immediately too.

I will be pre ordering the digital version as soon as I am able. Probably Tues night as I will be dealing with the Hubby having Surgery Tuesday morning. Really only pre ordering for the earring. If I get it I get it if not then not. Hubby much more important than a game to me.

Forgive my ignorance here - as noted earlier, it's the first time I have been here for an expansion launch.

But how is it that the pre-order bonus includes a weapon for one of the new jobs, but not the other?

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Originally Posted by Carin-Eri

Forgive my ignorance here - as noted earlier, it's the first time I have been here for an expansion launch.

But how is it that the pre-order bonus includes a weapon for one of the new jobs, but not the other?

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I believe thats collectors edition stuff, and yes, its always only 1.

I've played every early access so far so why not.

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Originally Posted by Carin-Eri

But how is it that the pre-order bonus includes a weapon for one of the new jobs, but not the other?

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We had a collector's edition weapon for Gunbreaker in Shadowbringers.

The weapon for Dawntrail is also from the collector's edition and isn't related to pre-ordering.

The pre-order bonus "weapon" is for glamour only, and it's generally for one single job released in that expansion.

So yeah, that wonderful chocobo paint brush has zero stats, but if you like the aesthetic you will want to consider pre-ordering.

i'll be preordering later. not due to being unsure if i'll play, just due to having to pay rent soon so i don't have it in my budget for a few more weeks.

The earring itself is worth the pre-order.

One of the few zero-risk purchases left in the game industry, I'll pre-order in a blink for the goodies as a completionist. Normally I don't pre-order ANYTHING, FF14 is an extremely rare exception.

1. For better or worse I got my money's worth out of Endwalker, I expect the same for DT.
2. I wanna play on the 28th of June.

I would like to get the collector box but I just don't care about Default Hyur in the Viper fit.
I'm preordering as soon as they go live for me.

Pre ordering the digital collectors. Honestly the collectors rewards don't really catch my eye that much, but I have all the others and it would bother me to not have this one too just for completion sake.

But I have high hopes. I never really lost my hope. Sure some of the content has become boring. But I still enjoy myself, and will continue to.

I don't see a reason why I wouldn't. Unless something tragic happens to me, it's extremely likely I'll be playing Dawntrail as FF14 is my go-to game when I feel like killing time and relaxing.

Plus the earring looks nice, and I need the Zidane minion to go with the Garnet one.

Pre-ordering so I can go in blind with everyone else. Its more fun that way to me.

I will pre-order the digital collection, like I have been doing every expansion. I will be pre-ordering on Tuesday (3/26), already took off 6/28 & 7/2 for a 4 day weekend.

I'm pre-ordering because I have faith I'll enjoy Dawntrail. Even considering the Collector's Box this time because I do like the statue.

Always get at least the Digital CE for the goodies.

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Originally Posted by DPZ2

The pre-order bonus "weapon" is for glamour only, and it's generally for one single job released in that expansion.

So yeah, that wonderful chocobo paint brush has zero stats, but if you like the aesthetic you will want to consider pre-ordering.

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Yeah - I was just curious as to why there isn't a 'glamour only' Viper weapon included really. But from what you say, they only do this for one of the new jobs each expansion anyway. Again - first time have been here for an expansion pre-launch, so new to these things.

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Originally Posted by DrWho2010

NA/EU square enix store you will be charged immediately when you pre-order. You also cannot cancel.
Playstation store charges immediately too.

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I have yet to be charged immediately when I pre-order a FFXIV expansion through the SE store.

I just went back through my payment method statements to confirm. I pre-ordered Shadowbringers but was not charged until July 3, 2019 (official release date).

I pre-ordered Endwalker and was not charged until November 15, 2021 (a week before the original announced release date that got pushed back at the last minute).

Perhaps it will be different this year but that is not how it's been done in the past.

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Originally Posted by Jojoya

I have yet to be charged immediately when I pre-order a FFXIV expansion through the SE store.

I just went back through my payment method statements to confirm. I pre-ordered Shadowbringers but was not charged until July 3, 2019 (official release date).

I pre-ordered Endwalker and was not charged until November 15, 2021 (a week before the original announced release date that got pushed back at the last minute).

Perhaps it will be different this year but that is not how it's been done in the past.

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It was changed back in May 2023. Preorders are now processed immediately as soon as the order is placed.

I'm holding off until we get a showcase of the job changes for Dawn Trail.

I understand there wont be any massive gameplay overhauls until 8.0 (too far out, imo), but if the gameplay is an unchanged continuation of the stagnate trash-heap that is ShB/EW gameplay with another 2-min meta oGCD capstone skill, I'll find another game to play.

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Originally Posted by TheMightyMollusk

I'll probably preorder, but whether or not I go for the digital collector's edition will depend on what's included with it. I can skip the physical edition, I don't particularly care for statues.

EDIT: Okay, actually looked up the CE bonuses. A Wind-up Garnet minion and an Ark reskin of the Cruise Chaser mount. Yeah, okay, I'm in. IX is still my favorite single-player FF. Still skipping the physical box, though.

And the preorder bonus is a Wind-up Zidane. And also the typical earrings, but since all of my jobs except BLU are already at 90 anyway, that doesn't mean a lot to me. (Yes, ten levels of viper and pictomancer will go a little faster, but that's not a deal-maker.)

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Website says the earring only applies up to level 90, so won't benefit Viper or Picto

I was pretty excited about Dawntrail, but the Pax panel left me felling pretty unwanted and reconsidering my subscription at all.

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Originally Posted by OliverQ

Website says the earring only applies up to level 90, so won't benefit Viper or Picto

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Viper and Pictomancer start at level 80, so benefit for 10 levels

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Originally Posted by Ilisidi

I was pretty excited about Dawntrail, but the Pax panel left me felling pretty unwanted and reconsidering my subscription at all.

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How so?

I haven't heard anything about what was said at the panel besides the actual announcements. Did something happen?

I am going to pre-order the standard digital version. I enjoyed Endwalker quite a bit and I do like what they have shown for Dawntrail. And even though I just noticed that the earrings will be quite useless for me, I still like their look so thats nice too.

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Originally Posted by Jojoya

I have yet to be charged immediately when I pre-order a FFXIV expansion through the SE store.

I just went back through my payment method statements to confirm. I pre-ordered Shadowbringers but was not charged until July 3, 2019 (official release date).

I pre-ordered Endwalker and was not charged until November 15, 2021 (a week before the original announced release date that got pushed back at the last minute).

Perhaps it will be different this year but that is not how it's been done in the past.

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That was when the store was run by Scalefast. It no longer is. Try pre-ordering anything now on the new storefront. You will be charged immediately.

Also whats Fomo about this?

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Originally Posted by strawberrycake

Also whats Fomo about this?

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The earrings and the Zidane minion are preorder only. Previous preorder bonuses have never been made available again, and we all know how SE loves their patterns.

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Originally Posted by TheMightyMollusk

The earrings and the Zidane minion are preorder only. Previous preorder bonuses have never been made available again, and we all know how SE loves their patterns.

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Ahhh, I mean if you like your minion collecting fair, and yah the earrings are nice.

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Originally Posted by Boblawblah

As it's likely I'm going to have to play on my PS5, I'll be waiting until I can get the full version of DT with everything included. I wonder if I can pre-order that..

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With FF14, any time you buy the latest expansion, it comes with all the earlier expansions. I quit after Heavensward and never bought Stormblood. Then I pre-ordered Shadowbringers, and if I'm remembering correctly I immediately got access to Stormblood, even before Shadowbringers was released. This was all on PS4.

So my guess would be that if you pre-order Dawntrail on PS5, you will immediately have access to everything up through Endwalker on PS5. Though I'd recommend doing some due diligence to make sure that's still how it works this time around!

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Originally Posted by LilimoLimomo

Then I pre-ordered Shadowbringers, and if I'm remembering correctly I immediately got access to Stormblood, even before Shadowbringers was released. This was all on PS4.

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On the other hand, if I'm remembering correctly, previous preorders definitely did not unlock the middle expansions immediately, and people were warned that they would need to wait until the expansion actually came out before they could register it to acquire any of the expansions they received from the purchase.

If you preorder DT and you do not have say ShB or EW you will not be granted access to those expansions until DT actually launches. This will be the case on ANY platform you decide to play on.

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Originally Posted by DrWho2010

That was when the store was run by Scalefast. It no longer is. Try pre-ordering anything now on the new storefront. You will be charged immediately.

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That is disappointing.

I'll get the digital collector's edition, but I have no interest in some cheap model of their idea of the WOL with a couple of swords. It couldn't possibly resonate with me less so they can keep their physical stuff.

Maybe if they depicted one of the major characters from the expansion instead of a male WOL, I'd go for the physical one again. But it hasn't been interesting to me since at least Heavensward.

I might have been tempted by the Midgardsormr statue for Heavensward, but I wasn't playing the game yet, and I'm sure as hell not paying the aftermarket markup for it.

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Originally Posted by Krokov

It was changed back in May 2023. Preorders are now processed immediately as soon as the order is placed.

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Huh, good to know. Makes it easier for people whose bank account might run low at times. They can time their purchase as they see fit without worrying about the order getting canceled due to insufficient funds some months later.