About the EU campaign for maid outfit and fat chocobo

the current promo is much more better. at least it don need to wait the code to be ship along with the product........................ & wait 3 months............

well i ady buy stuffs from hanabee, waiting them to sent the code via email.. =D hope it goes well.

So as someone from the UK, am I screwed or am I able to access any of the other campaigns?

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Originally Posted by Lambdafish

So as someone from the UK, am I screwed or am I able to access any of the other campaigns?

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You can use any of the campaigns, the codes work for anyone on a EU account.

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Originally Posted by Bixillarla

You can use any of the campaigns, the codes work for anyone on a EU account.

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I was more thinking along the lines of can I do this online or will I need to be local? And if I can do it online will the products I buy (gamestop) even be compatible with my machine (region locking) etc.

If they are all local only, it is an even bigger slap in the face to the UK because ours was available to the whole world, reducing supply that was available to UK players.

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Originally Posted by Lambdafish

If they are all local only, it is an even bigger slap in the face to the UK because ours was available to the whole world, reducing supply that was available to UK players.

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Wish they would have planned this better -- had I known how Nordic countries are going to get codes, I would have declined UK campaign.. and thus I would have not taken codes away from you.

Thanks sqeenix.........for shafting us UK players good job.

I'm not impressed. So there's no way for me, as a UK player, to make use of any of the other promotion campaigns?

I really wish they'd been open and honest from the start and told us in advance that this was going to be the case.

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Originally Posted by Theodric

I'm not impressed. So there's no way for me, as a UK player, to make use of any of the other promotion campaigns?

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You atleast got one, there are lots of countries in Europe that won't get a single promotion event. ,)
And I kinda consider it a problem dishing 40 euros for a gas or a ticket to get into different country to spend another 20 euros to get 6 ingame items.

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Originally Posted by StrejdaTom

You atleast got one, there are lots of countries in Europe that won't get a single promotion event. ,)
And I kinda consider it a problem dishing 40 euros for a gas or a ticket to get into different country to spend another 20 euros to get 6 ingame items.

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We might as well have not got one though, there are people in other countries who managed to use our campaign and I am yet to find a single copy of gamesmaster in any store I go in, and I have been looking since the start. You say the UK got a campaign, but really it isn't a UK campaign at all.

All I want (apart from a campaign that I can actually participate in), is a community team response that says "We acknowledge the complaints"

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Originally Posted by Lambdafish

We might as well have not got one though, there are people in other countries who managed to use our campaign and I am yet to find a single copy of gamesmaster in any store I go in, and I have been looking since the start. You say the UK got a campaign, but really it isn't a UK campaign at all.

All I want (apart from a campaign that I can actually participate in), is a community team response that says "We acknowledge the complaints"

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Are you English or Scottish? I did manage to find a tiny shop that does stock the magazine, but no where else. Try Indian and Muslim shops with magazines, if that helps, they might have the magazine.

At this rate I'll be the only British person with the chocobo, lmao...

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Originally Posted by Lokier

Are you English or Scottish? I did manage to find a tiny shop that does stock the magazine, but no where else. Try Indian and Muslim shops with magazines, if that helps, they might have the magazine.

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I live in Scotland, but travel to England frequently, so I have explored everywhere, I did not try tiny shops that aren't local but I have tried big retailers far and wide. I feel like even if I did find one (with a miracle), I would not be able to get all 3, which is the main issue (all I want is the mount)

lovely gamestop got the event well i am not getting that then, 12 houers to closest gamestop where i live by car. this was a very bad move in norway gamestop it is a dieing for they are way overpriced here :(

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Originally Posted by Lambdafish

I live in Scotland, but travel to England frequently, so I have explored everywhere, I did not try tiny shops that aren't local but I have tried big retailers far and wide. I feel like even if I did find one (with a miracle), I would not be able to get all 3, which is the main issue (all I want is the mount)

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If you know your way round Edinburgh there's a small shop that sells issues in Morningside, near Greggs and before Bank of Scotland.

I didn't bother with places like Tesco or ASDA after reading tip-offs by other players.

so these new places they just did like gamestop for Ireland and such dose that mean i can order online from there to get the code?

Just curious.
I had a friend in the UK find and buy me the first copy of the magazine, but now she has problems finding enough copies.
But now I can go to GameStop and get the full code at once, buuuuut, have I messed things up for myself by getting the first few pieces?

Say I go buy a game tomorrow, get the codes, but then when trying to redeem it, I will not be able to?
Does anyone know this? A GMs answer would be greatly appreciated about this :)

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Originally Posted by Altera

Just curious.
I had a friend in the UK find and buy me the first copy of the magazine, but now she has problems finding enough copies.
But now I can go to GameStop and get the full code at once, buuuuut, have I messed things up for myself by getting the first few pieces?

Say I go buy a game tomorrow, get the codes, but then when trying to redeem it, I will not be able to?
Does anyone know this? A GMs answer would be greatly appreciated about this :)

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Won't be a problem there are seperate codes for the various items. Just use the codes for the items you dont' have yet.

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Originally Posted by Bixillarla

Won't be a problem there are seperate codes for the various items. Just use the codes for the items you dont' have yet.

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Great Thanks :) Gonna go buy DOOM tomorrow and have fun in the weekend hehe :)

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Originally Posted by linksdx

so these new places they just did like gamestop for Ireland and such dose that mean i can order online from there to get the code?

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It says local GameStop, so likely not online

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Originally Posted by Lokier

If you know your way round Edinburgh there's a small shop that sells issues in Morningside, near Greggs and before Bank of Scotland.

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Edinburgh is a long way away and I don't know my way around it, and even if they did have it, the chances of getting the previous month's issue is rather low. I believe the PS4 is region free, so I'm thinking of having my Irish friend get me something from GameStop and ship it (hardly accessible, but it might work)

Anyone know if the EU based codes would work fine for a player in the UK?

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Originally Posted by BossEpoch

Anyone know if the EU based codes would work fine for a player in the UK?

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As long as your game account is a EU account any of the EU promotion codes will work for you.

I had a feeling, & I think I may have even posted, that they were going to make the rest of the EU (as in EU accounts) offers locked to certain countries. It appears that this is exactly what they've done by making the Aus/NZ one only available there & the GameStop one being an in store purchase.

Basically, if you've missed out on one of the magazines in the UK then you're already screwed. I can't see the other offers being global but I'd love to be wrong for the sake of those who missed out.

I'm screwed !
As someone from Luxembourg I have to drive to France to buy a overpriced Magazine, that is IF I can find one ofc ! or drive to Brussels and buy whatever Meltdown Bar sells for 24€ !

*facepalm* ....why....why

I have a job ! I can't just take a day off and drive into other countries to do a mythical search for promo codes !

Why can't we just buy them in the mog store ??

...I just give up.

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Originally Posted by Culfinrandir

I had a feeling, & I think I may have even posted, that they were going to make the rest of the EU (as in EU accounts) offers locked to certain countries. It appears that this is exactly what they've done by making the Aus/NZ one only available there & the GameStop one being an in store purchase.

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It's probably part of their agreement with the partners they're dealing with, each retailer being promised exclusivity within a particular region. If company A is told they'd have exclusive rights to this promotion in a particular country, but then company B can give out codes worldwide, SE would be in breach of their agreement with company A (assuming such a clause exists in their agreements, which seems likely based on how these promotions have been set up).

Unfortunately, that pattern screws over both the players in the country with the worst promotion by far, and even more so the players who live in countries that don't even get a promotion. :(

Attention chocobo seekers, this is important information, if you didn't already know this.

I recently recieved information on what to do about the photographs for the chocobo;


"Apologies for the delay in getting back to you regarding this.

The pictures will not be used for any purpose other than to verify that you do have all three code cards and are thus eligible for the promotion. We won't be printing them in the magazine or using them for any other purpose.

I think it would be safest to not modify the photo in any way as that could lead to us not being able to verify that it is a qualifying photo. And we will need to be able to see the promotional codes so you shouldn't black those out.

On a separate note, if you do want to get creative and potentially get printed in the magazine, you're always very welcome to send in whatever pictures or photos you like to this address for our Fanbase page! Each month we print the best pictures and letters we get in that section. But that should definitely be kept separate from your photos for getting your chocobo!"

God I hope the German promotion is with GameStop too .-.
I normally don't buy there, but it's about a 5 min walk from my house AND I could buy other games (something I'd do anyway, so it would be like the NA amazon promotion to me) to get the code °-°

I'd really, really like an official statement on the following aspects:

- Is this the only time that the items in question will be available?
- Why are some of the methods of acquisition so obscure?
- Why could people from all over Europe make use of the United Kingdom's campaign yet the Australian and other European specific campaigns are strictly limited to their respective countries?
- Why did Japanese and North American players have a much more well thought out and efficient, easily accessible campaign?

Welp, SE haven't done anything to improve my opinion of them. And it's pretty rock bottom by now.

Most of Sweden got shafted since Gamestop is not available to most of us (poor Norrland players). Having it restricted to a chain that only provides in-store shopping is quite insulting to those that cannot drive over half the country to find one. For me, the travel time would "only" be about over an hour, but that is still quite an inconvenient journey for someone who is disabled. Plus, there is no info about what purchases make you eligible for the code, so there is currently no way to plan purchases. And their stock and selection is very, very poor. I only found one game I would like, but there is no price listed and I will have to travel to another town to get it!

I wonder if Brexit screwed up SE's options for the UK, though.

I got my codes from the AU/NZ store ^^
http://i.imgur.com/RrwmbBY.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/M3GQVH5.jpg

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Originally Posted by Combination-NC

I wonder if Brexit screwed up SE's options for the UK, though.

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I doubt it. Even before that happened we had UK players - and certain other countries - charged much much for the Heavensward Collector's Edition compared to the price in other regions. Blizzard also hiked up the price of the monthly WoW subscription specifically for UK players not too long ago. So it's unfortunate but not uncommon for UK customers in particular to get screwed over. It may not even be intentional but...honestly it's one of those situations where clear and concise communication is sorely needed.

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Originally Posted by Combination-NC

I wonder if Brexit screwed up SE's options for the UK, though.

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Highly unlikely.
What lots of people seem to forget: Brexit hasn't actually happened yet and won't happen for another 1-3 years (if ever..).
So it would have no influence on a promotion that is currently being held :)

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Originally Posted by Theodric

I doubt it. Even before that happened we had UK players - and certain other countries - charged much much for the Heavensward Collector's Edition compared to the price in other regions. Blizzard also hiked up the price of the monthly WoW subscription specifically for UK players not too long ago. So it's unfortunate but not uncommon for UK customers in particular to get screwed over. It may not even be intentional but...honestly it's one of those situations where clear and concise communication is sorely needed.

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I was not speaking about the price, but how it might have limited opportunities with companies. I am Swedish, so I know very well how game companies screw over certain countries.

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Originally Posted by Atoli

Highly unlikely.
What lots of people seem to forget: Brexit hasn't actually happened yet and won't happen for another 1-3 years (if ever..).
So it would have no influence on a promotion that is currently being held :)

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Considering that my job is already affected (very negatively, too) by the vote, I am very much unable to forget anything regarding Brexit. Seeing as the EU firmly stated that there will be no takebacks and are working to speed the process up, it is pretty certain it will happen. Companies are already pulling out from investments and events in the UK, so the effects have started to show even without them out yet.

I said this earlier on in the thread but it seems at this point that we're best hoping that they make an official statement about all this during the big anniversary interviews. I think that'd do a lot of good to ease relations between the developers and concerned players. I'd like to think that although there haven't been many official comments within this thread there's feedback being sent directly to the development team.

i got my maid dress today~~, case close for me now =P yeh~!!

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Originally Posted by Lambdafish

I was more thinking along the lines of can I do this online or will I need to be local? And if I can do it online will the products I buy (gamestop) even be compatible with my machine (region locking) etc.

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Depend on the platform. PS4 and Vita games are not region locked.
But I think for the Gamestop you have to be in the store physicaly.

Now I just can hope someone can lend a hand to get the codes or wait they put items in Mogstation... if it ever happens.

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Originally Posted by StrawberryDaifuku

Fingers crossed. I know putting all your fat chocobo eggs in one basket is a silly thing to do with SE, but it seems for a lot of people like me the (final?) chance to get these items now rests in the hands of those other territories!

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In reply to my previous post, and after the disgraceful train wreck that was the UK campaign, I finally got my items after teaming up with an Australian friend and by taking part in the AUS/Hanabee promotion (which also works for EU accounts). I ordered a DVD box set he had his eyes on, and got the promotional codes within an hour. It baffles me how stupid the UK campaign was in comparison, and I hope they never do this sort of thing again.

Good luck to everyone else!

Something interesting to note.

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I called a Gamestop store this morning and asked about the FFXIV promotion. At that time they knew nothing about it, but I just got a call back from them. I'd cited the text on the Lodestone to the person I talked to during my earlier call and when he called me back he said that the information on Lodestone regarding the Gamestop promotion was incorrect.
This applies at least in Finland but possibly in other countries for this promotion as well. I don't have means to confirm for other countries so maybe those who live in Sweden, Norway, Denmark or Ireland can reply with more information.
To get the promotion codes from Gamestop, you must either purchase any Final Fantasy game that is out already or pre-order the upcoming Final Fantasy XV.
He also told me that the codes would be in stock tomorrow in their store (I called the one in Tampere).

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That shows what I said earlier in the thread was true - you need to show the actual codes & can't blank them out. It makes perfect sense otherwise only one person in the EU would need to buy the magazines & everyone else could just send in pictures of printed out versions of the scanned leaflets with no codes arranged to look unique.