Letter from the Producer LIVE Part VIII Announcement Summary (08/08/2013)

[Xaimera]

I don't care one way or the other about the unicorn mount, but unicorns are Final Fantasy. It was a summon in V, VI, and Tactics Advanced, an enemy in I and XI, and it's horn was an item in III, IV, XI (from CoP fights), and XIII-2.

ya i know i played all those games lol and i loved taking on Dark Ixion it was so fun and he looked awesome.
But this thing they made is far from looking like Dark Ixion, that is not what he looked like it just looks like some my little pony thing :/ i think its the dumbest thing SE ever thought of in this game... lol

example: this is way different than Hercule's pet horse lol

[ArkhamNative]

Oh, that is nice to know.
I was more interested in the pre-order items when I ordered the PS3, since I know I will mostly play on the PC. 30 days included subscription is a nice bonus

This made me think how the purchasing issues are so complex that probably nobody can know all the ins and outs. And then Hvinire demonstrates that even I've forgotten stuff I should have remembered, despite somewhat insane efforts to understand it all.

On July 17, 2013:

* Durch das gleichzeitige Registrieren eines PS3-Codes und eines PC-Codes auf dem gleichen FFXIV-Dienstkonto werden 60 Tage kostenlose Testspielzeit gewährt.

[Rane]

Thanks Hvinire!

I wonder if you know the answer to one of Mjollnir's long-standing questions:

Will those of us who have both PS3 and PC versions registered to one Service Account have to purchase both versions of future expansion packs, or will applying one code to our account add the expansion to both platforms (like in XI)?

Ooh, good question! I'd like to know the answer to this as well.

[Rizon]

Thanks Hvinire for clearing that up for me. Makes me glad I plan to use both platforms. If I may I would like to ask another question. I am a Legacy Player. Will I be able to purchase play time in 6 mo intervals. I am not looking for a further discount just the conveyance of paying for my Subscription in 6 mo intervals. The Veterans Rewards was a nice excuse for asking that again.

[Mjollnir]

Registering both a PS3 code and a PC code to the same FFXIV service account will grant 60 days of subscription time.

Yay! I'd been waiting to hear on this for a while. I shall let my newcomer friends know that this is the case. An extra month off subscription helps soften the blow of having to buy a second copy of the game for the other platform.

Just the other question regards 'platform unlock' vs 'per expansion unlock' that Ms. JB has asked again below. (I have a niggling feeling it'll be bad news and only announced once the expansion's ready to be sold though)

[Rizon]

Thanks Hvinire!

I wonder if you know the answer to one of Mjollnir's long-standing questions:

Will those of us who have both PS3 and PC versions registered to one Service Account have to purchase both versions of future expansion packs, or will applying one code to our account add the expansion to both platforms (like in XI)?

Jilly I am going to take another one of my off the wall guesses and say yes to that. They are making us but separate clients for each platform so I would imagine that the will make us buy separate expansions for each platform.

[lordoftheapes79]

Jilly I am going to take another one of my off the wall guesses and say yes to that. They are making us but separate clients for each platform so I would imagine that the will make us buy separate expansions for each platform.

I really hope you're wrong.

[JillyBean]

Yay! I'd been waiting to hear on this for a while. I shall let my newcomer friends know that this is the case. An extra month off subscription helps soften the blow of having to buy a second copy of the game for the other platform.

Just the other question regards 'platform unlock' vs 'per expansion unlock' that Ms. JB has asked again below. (I have a niggling feeling it'll be bad news and only announced once the expansion's ready to be sold though)

I agree we probably won't find out until expansion time, too.

Jilly I am going to take another one of my off the wall guesses and say yes to that. They are making us but separate clients for each platform so I would imagine that the will make us buy separate expansions for each platform.

I hope you're wrong, too. :/ I can understand if we have to purchase two separate physical packages it should cost more. I'm hoping there will be some digital way like buying a single code from them to apply, or ordering via digital download and there can be nice discount for multi-platform accounts.

And with all this "free" news today, I'm still going to throw my money on a 90 or 180 day subscription (the highest available!) as soon as I they let me!

[finiteHP]

If it makes you feel better Xaimera pretend it's the V or VI one updated to modern graphics.

[Mjollnir]

And with all this "free" news today, I'm still going to throw my money on a 90 or 180 day subscription (the highest available!) as soon as I they let me!

Inorite? I wanna be riding around on Fernehalwes as soon as possible!