What time does official service begin on 27th??

As the title says, what time does official service begin for those without early access (GMT time if you can) as I have friends that are 1.0 players and want to know when they will be able to login.

I don't know if they announced it for certain yet, but I'd assume it's based on the same time as it was for early access/beta 4 which was 5AM EST, which is about 9AM GMT I believe? However I wouldn't recommend telling them to wait around for access. From the looks of things the login servers will be locked down all week.

http://arrstatus.com/ if this helps. about 16 hours 25 minutes.

I'm more curious about when we can actually subscribe, I hope its not as close to launch as the patches were to EA.

Probably 2am PDT, 5am EST, 10am GMT.

Your assuming you'll be able to log in?

Official service doesn't start on the 27th any more. It's been pushed back to the 30th.

http://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodest...cfe40c90154d51

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It is our pleasure to announce the beginning of early access for FINAL FANTASY XIV: A Realm Reborn! Those who have registered preorder codes or fulfilled the requirements of the Legacy Campaign may begin playing August 24, 2013, 2:00 a.m. (PDT). Prepare yourselves for new adventures in the realm of Eorzea!


Early Access Period
August 24, 2013 (Saturday), 2:00 a.m. to August 29, 2013 (Thursday), 11:59 p.m. (PDT)

For details on controls and game progression, please refer to the Play Guide(http://sqex.to/Rf3).
For those of you who have played FFXIV 1.0, please review details (http://sqex.to/_EB) on transitioning to A Realm Reborn transitioning to A Realm Reborn before playing.

Use of Copyrighted Material
Beginning with the start of the official launch, you may stream, upload or share the videos you record of FFXIV: ARR. However, please note that these things remain prohibited during the early access period. Please see the following for more details on the use of copyrighted materials (http://sqex.to/qn4).

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Originally Posted by Molly_Millions

Official service doesn't start on the 27th any more. It's been pushed back to the 30th.

http://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodest...cfe40c90154d51

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That only said that early access is extended to 29th (27th +2 day grace period) though? If the live service is postponed, SE should have already update us with that already. Just guessing though.

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Originally Posted by Neri

That only said that early access is extended to 29th (27th +2 day grace period) though? If the live service is postponed, SE should have already update us with that already. Just guessing though.

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Doesn't extending early access imply that the launch was pushed back? It's only early access because it's earlier than the official launch.

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Originally Posted by Molly_Millions

Official service doesn't start on the 27th any more. It's been pushed back to the 30th.

http://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodest...cfe40c90154d51

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i hate that the majority thinks that when reading this, the release is still the 27th, they merely gave EA people 2 more days so they have time till their release code gets sent

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Originally Posted by Molly_Millions

Doesn't extending early access imply that the launch was pushed back? It's only early access because it's earlier than the official launch.

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That post was like that since early access launched afaik. The extra days are in place so people who don't get their launch copies on time due to shipping delays or vendor error can play for a couple of extra days without being abruptly booted from the game because a retail code isn't applied to their account.