Do I really need to spend $28 just for one Phial of Fantasia?

I purchased one a few weeks ago to try out a race, but I want to switch back. I can't purchase just 1 potion and I have to purchase either 3 or 5 if I want to switch back. Has SE mentioned anything about getting rid of this silly limit? It makes no sense....

And yes, I did read the "fine print", but I changed my mind recently about the race I originally wanted to turn into and wanted to know if there was an update on this.

How did you purchase one a few months ago?

they have only been out maybe 3 weeks if that.

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Originally Posted by TheCurls

How did you purchase one a few months ago?

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I was just about to ask that >_>

I believe this option will be changed in the future when SE can figure out how to make Fantasias 'per character' instead of 'per account'

At least that's how I remember hearing it

they first appeared on the Mog Station on June 5th, 2014. That was less than a month ago.

http://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodest...45b97fd238380d

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Originally Posted by Tharian

they first appeared on the Mog Station on June 5th, 2014. That was less than a month ago.

http://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodest...45b97fd238380d

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Yah, that's why I said a few weeks ago :p

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Originally Posted by KamikazeMan

Yah, that's why I said a few weeks ago :p

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uh huh, and you didn't just edit your post after we all called you on it, or anything like that.

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Originally Posted by Tharian

uh huh, and you didn't just edit your post after we all called you on it, or anything like that.

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was probably just a phrasing typo, a simple mistake

By that I mean, likely was thinking weeks and typed months or just had a time-lapse in judgement. Happens from time to time as you get older I guess.

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Originally Posted by Issac

was probably just a phrasing typo, a simple mistake

By that I mean, likely was thinking weeks and typed months or just had a time-lapse in judgement. Happens from time to time as you get older I guess.

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Then how come he didn't change his statement until AFTER I linked the article? And that deleted post was him defending his claim that it has been months by the way.

So you can't keep purchase phial of Fantasia forever?

This is lame ....

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Originally Posted by Altimis

So you can't keep purchase phial of Fantasia forever?

This is lame ....

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Indeed you can't. It says so in the very fine print when you agree to purchase one of your one time purchases of Fantasia....

Month/week aside you'll be able to buy individual Fantasias for one character pretty soon. Right now we have a more expensive account wide Fantasia which is a one time purchase as you learned.

That or you could use your one time item recovery through the in game support desk (Support Desk > Search Database > How Do I Contact a Game Master > File a Report) and tell them you accidentally used your Fantasia a while back.

EDIT: Apparently they don't let you use the one time recovery anymore. So, nevermind that...

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Originally Posted by AmyNeudaiz

That or you could use your one time item recovery through the in game support desk (Support Desk > Search Database > How Do I Contact a Game Master > File a Report) and tell them you accidentally used your Fantasia a while back.

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Actually they are no longer honoring requests to get Fantasia as the one time item recovery option because their opinion is that you should instead spend money to buy another fantasia instead of asking customer support for a recovery of a fantasia... Though they will tell you the reason is that the Fantasia was used correctly the first time...

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Originally Posted by Tharian

Actually they are no longer honoring requests to get Fantasia as the one time item recovery option because their opinion is that you should instead spend money to buy another fantasia instead of asking customer support for a recovery of a fantasia...

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Ah, that is unfortunate.

ok this probably answer for OP (if not found yet)

"Each option may be purchased only once."

This from Mog Station

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Originally Posted by Altimis

ok this probably answer for OP (if not found yet)

"Each option may be purchased only once."

This from Mog Station

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This will change with the introduction of individual Fantasia sales that are slated to be launched sometime soon. They were still in the middle of developing the infrastructure to sell them, but demand was high so they gave us this placeholder (one time purchase but account wide and more expensive).

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Actually they are no longer honoring requests to get Fantasia as the one time item recovery option because their opinion is that you should instead spend money to buy another fantasia instead of asking customer support for a recovery of a fantasia... Though they will tell you the reason is that the Fantasia was used correctly the first time...

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This is untrue they will always honor it as it waste the person use of a 1 time item. there are also various laws in place in the US that prevent them from saying you can get any item in the game back, except the ones you can spend cash on, if you mess up. If it was an unlimited retrieval yes, but no as a one time item if you beg hard enough they will give it back. I have had a friend get his fantasia back. You can use the argument the OP has that he can't buy another just one and he is more then willing to use his 1 time item retrieval on fantasia, since he can't just buy one yet.

Thanks for the responses, guys. I guess I'll wait till they lift the restriction on potions. I'm sure I'll eventually buy 3, but I just don't want to do it all at once.

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Then how come he didn't change his statement until AFTER I linked the article? And that deleted post was him defending his claim that it has been months by the way.

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I did it to get a reaction from you.

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I believe this option will be changed in the future when SE can figure out how to make Fantasias 'per character' instead of 'per account'

At least that's how I remember hearing it

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That's a terrible idea. I'd rather they have it as it is currently and just remove the lockout on purchasing which quantities of fantasia you want.

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Originally Posted by Marxam

That's a terrible idea. I'd rather they have it as it is currently and just remove the lockout on purchasing which quantities of fantasia you want.

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We'll be getting both options I believe.

My friend told me about that (how you could only purchase each option once) and I couldn't believe him, because that makes no sense to me from a technical standpoint and almost no sense from a business one. I'm glad I'll never be in the market.

I'm completely failing to get my head around this restriction.... why does it even need a restriction? Is it not like, free money for SE? I have no intentions of buying any myself, I'm pretty happy with my character, but it just seems... weird to restrict it in this way?
I suppose they'll have their reasons... I just can't fathom out what they'd be :P

If it's a one time purchase you're probably better off just forking out for 5 then you've got 5 to last you for however long you need it. I mean surely, you don't need more than 5.

Because maybe he was busy and not trolling the forums?

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Then how come he didn't change his statement until AFTER I linked the article? And that deleted post was him defending his claim that it has been months by the way.

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To be quite honest you people complaining about limitations for something like this need to appreciate that it even is an option. There was a time when jokes or not what you made you were stuck with.

I swear the generation of gamers born from 1990 and on are the most self centered and short attention spanned people I have ever come across.

Honestly, if you're the type of person that likes to change your appearance often, then buying all three of the current Fantasia options is a pretty good investment. The fact that it's account wide means that every character you make from now on will start out with 9 Fantasias.

When they change it to a per character transaction and you make that same new character, you'd have to pay almost $100 to get the same thing.

It may not seem like that big of a deal now, but think about the future when new races are added etc.

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Originally Posted by KamikazeMan

I purchased one a few weeks ago to try out a race, but I want to switch back. I can't purchase just 1 potion and I have to purchase either 3 or 5 if I want to switch back. Has SE mentioned anything about getting rid of this silly limit? It makes no sense....

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But it make sense
The Phials works like bonus items. Every character on your account get them now without extra cash.
But the problem with bonus items is, that identical bonus items can get register only once. Because of this there are 3 different types to buy.
SE is still working on it that you can buy a item for a specific character and not as bonus item for your account.

SE doesn't need the extra money, they have 2 million registered accounts surely that's more than enough, right? Waiting until they add unlimited single purchases is the best option, getting the limited packs is just an unnecessary waste of money regardless of how many Mcdonalds meals you can buy with them.

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Originally Posted by Yahavage

I'm completely failing to get my head around this restriction.... why does it even need a restriction? Is it not like, free money for SE? I have no intentions of buying any myself, I'm pretty happy with my character, but it just seems... weird to restrict it in this way?
I suppose they'll have their reasons... I just can't fathom out what they'd be :P

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Because people couldn't wait. Did you see that Fantasia or RIOT thread? Still SMH. This was most likely the fastest method for selling the Fantasias that they could implement. Pretty much a workaround until they can code it so only one of your characters gets the item. That's when they will lift the restriction and sell it one piece at a time.

Other races released. You deal with it... stop being so whiny people.

Why not make a new character and use the fantasia and give it to your main?

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Originally Posted by AlyssaFhey

Why not make a new character and use the fantasia and give it to your main?

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They're untradable and can't mail between alts anyway.