Will it be available on our Account Management or something? Since the Devs have played WoW, GW2, etc, surely by now they know the existent of Digital Download, because the current one that they give is ridiculous.
Can you imagine you lost your DVD, and the only way is to BUY it again or find a 3rd party torrent which is illegal base on their policies.
Do you think we should have this option in case any one have lost their CD? I think we do need it, not during launch but at a later date of course, unless the people who does this kind of stuff is a different team, then please, by all means make this happen!
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Will they be adding Digital Purchase as well??
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This question is for us and future players who have yet to purchase this game!
We all know that they are setting up digital distribution for all current 1.X players therefore there is no problem in that, sure.
But due to the way their company policies handle stuff, it irks me the most since the NA digital distribution is that you can download only once, and if you lost your installation file, you need to re-purchase back again, of course this statement may be invalid if a kind soul can enlighten us if they have change this policy of digital distributions. The fact that their policy is to only able to re-download upon re-purchasing make it hard on anyone at all, why call it Digital Distribution if we do not have the benefit eh?
So the real question is how will Square Enix, will handle the Digital Purchase/Distribution for us existing users and new players?
Will they give us like what the modern days Digital Distributors does? Buy once, download many times as long we have our account linked?
or will they do like the time NA store selling their Digital Distribution? because someone i know told me this about their policy, I can't imitate it because NA didnt allow outside country to buy stuff from their NA site.
So that Digital Download...
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12-10-2012, 05:34 PMSeirra_LanzceSo that Digital Download...
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12-10-2012, 05:39 PMValmonteyou think there going to make you use the auto patcher to get the new client. of course there going to have a digital distro.Quote:
Originally Posted by Seirra_Lanzce
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12-10-2012, 05:46 PMZumi
They are going to have some kind of download because everyone that bought the original FFXIV is going to have to download it.
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12-10-2012, 05:58 PMSeirra_LanzceWelps, I hope you are right, because there wasn't one for EU, only NA... and is very confusing until my friend from East Coast gave up on it... .Quote:
Originally Posted by Valmonte
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12-10-2012, 06:11 PMRau
They're going to mail you floppy disks with pieces of the game over an undisclosed amount of time.
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12-10-2012, 06:14 PMValmontehey whatevers faster than the auto patcher :rolleyes:Quote:
Originally Posted by Rau
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12-10-2012, 10:25 PMZenaku
They said they be a download link on the lodestone page for everyone who play 1.0 version of the game.
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12-10-2012, 10:29 PMWolfie
If they don't do digital purchases and downloads with 2.0, it's going to be kind of bad.
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12-10-2012, 10:59 PMSeirra_LanzceActually this is what i really meant.... for.... but i was hallucinating or something and ask a different question lol, thanks Wolfie... added up on OP..Quote:
Originally Posted by Wolfie
I heard somewhere that last time they put up for Digital Download for NA region only.... -
12-10-2012, 11:39 PMDragonheart
They have to open the digital delivery asap, even before the release.
Something like pre-order now for "x ingame ring" ..
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12-11-2012, 02:33 AMElexiaSince it'd be another step backwards from what they did with FFXI if they didn't offer digital downloads.Quote:
Originally Posted by Wolfie
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12-11-2012, 03:35 AMWolfandre
I'm just hoping they allow us to download before the game goes on sale and the public servers go online. Like a week before.
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12-11-2012, 06:10 AMZenakuYoshi-p said they be giving us the download before the game goes live i remember seeing it somewhere to give us enough time to download.Quote:
Originally Posted by Wolfandre
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12-11-2012, 06:18 AMindira
my guess is login like always. i bet SE dont even know what there gonna do yet.
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12-11-2012, 07:32 AMWolfieIf SE were smart, they would set it up as a torrent. That's what 1.0's launcher/updater was anyway, but it was very poorly made and they didn't keep a lot of seed boxes of their own.Quote:
Originally Posted by Wolfandre
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12-11-2012, 08:13 AMZenakuor make a copy of the disk and store it on a USB and keep it save simple reallyQuote:
Originally Posted by indira
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12-11-2012, 09:03 AMGinTama
with yoshida as our producer i dont doubt there will be a digital version easily accesable
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12-11-2012, 11:50 AMKirito
Why not just use the autopatcher to install 2.0 as if it was a patch, and if you somehow lose your date you then just reinstall 1.0 and repatch it using the autopatcher....
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12-11-2012, 12:26 PMWolfieOr how about they just give out a free client download, because it's almost 2013 and digital distribution on games and MMOs has been a thing since like 2006.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kirito
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12-12-2012, 02:04 AMlynex
I'm not a computer person and have never downloaded a game that did come from a disk. I was wondering if we have to uninstall the old game first? I have heard some people have already uninstalled the game but haven't done it yet. I know the new game is pretty much new but I keep thinking I need the old one?
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12-12-2012, 02:07 AMZenakuYoshi-p said they be a link on the lodestone that everyone who log on who played 1.0 can get the new client for free.Quote:
Originally Posted by Wolfie
Sidenote: i said this like last page why do people just ignore and keep talking about something that been confirm by yoshi-p himself that going to happen? Seem like everything someone or myself confirm something people just ignore it and keep talking about what they should do when that what going to happen seem a little silly to me but w/e. -
12-12-2012, 02:40 AMElexiaThey're two different clients which means they both can exist on the same system, there's just no reason to keep the old game installed unless you want to log in while it's back up for some reason.Quote:
Originally Posted by lynex
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12-12-2012, 03:40 AMWolfie
For the people that are upgrading from 1.0, the answer is... we don't know yet. I would hold on to your disk just in case; if they botch the release and don't have a standalone, disk-independent download, you'll have to use your 1.0 disk or buy a new copy.
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12-12-2012, 04:28 AMKiritoThat probably won't happen since there were users who bought the download version of the game from SE...Quote:
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12-12-2012, 04:32 AMWolfie
Maybe.
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12-12-2012, 04:34 AMElexiaAsk SE when they told stores to get rid of copies of 1.0.Quote:
Originally Posted by Wolfie
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12-12-2012, 04:37 AMWolfieThat has nothing to do with current owners of 1.0. It's a business move by SE because stocking two versions of FFXIV on shelves, one of which is completely worthless and unplayable, will damage their business.Quote:
Originally Posted by Elexia
As a FFXIV 1.0 owner, you have nothing to gain from tossing out your 1.0 disc until you're sure you're all set with 2.0, unless you don't want to get into 2.0 or want to save a few millimeters of desk space. -
12-12-2012, 05:23 AMZenakuQuote:
Originally Posted by Wolfie
jesus christ i reply with this over and over to you people get it in your head that this is happening and yoshi-p said so.
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Yoshi-p said they be a link on the lodestone that every user who play 1.0 can download it once they log on to the llodestone you see a link somewhere.
Sidenote: i said this like few page why do people just ignore and keep talking about something that been confirm by yoshi-p himself that going to happen? Seem like everything someone confirm something people just ignore it and keep talking about what they should do when that what going to happen seem a little silly to me but w/e.
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12-12-2012, 09:24 AMValmontethis is the sound the Floppy presses make when there being published.Quote:
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12-12-2012, 09:32 AMRauhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=is-HVxmUELQQuote:
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12-12-2012, 10:32 AMSeirra_Lanzce
So many question and so many answer.. ima going to re-write the opening thread a little more... to clarify...