SE is always SE... Rage inside... :/

[Nix]

please explain, Im confused

There's two stages to be able to play FFXIV - When you register your FFXIV code, that makes your account active (able to buy service options etc)
But you are not allowed to play XIV until you buy an option.

Technically, everyone who has registered XIV to their service account has an active FFXIV account (since if they had an option/content ID/whatever) they'd be able to log in.

And having an active account = being able to apply for alpha


I hope this makes more sense to you, it's 7am and I've had no sleep ; ;

[Nix]

My husband applied without any active characters :x

[Kallera]

I guess the point of this thread is done then. They wont divulge, and we aren't any wiser of who's in. Its not something to apologize over anyway.

[Taika]

I think what some people are missing here is that "active FINAL FANTASY XIV account" is referring to an "active FINAL FANTASY XIV service account" listed under "Select Service -> FINAL FANTASY XIV" on your Square-Enix Account Management page, which hasn't been explicitly canceled.

You don't need to have any paid options (ability to log into a character in FFXIV), to keep your FINAL FANTASY XIV service account active. Keeping an active FFXIV service account without any active characters has always been free. As long as someone had an active FINAL FANTASY XIV service account they could apply for Alpha.

This is a result of Square-Enix designing the billing system for FFXIV 1.0 to be user-friendly. You could let a month lapse, have all your character options canceled, and during a future month only need to re-activate you character option(s), without the hassle of needing to re-activate your entire FINAL FANTASY XIV service account.

Yes I believe this is the case. You didn't have to be an active player but you had to have a SE account with XIV previously activated.

This doesn't explain people not being able to apply with a closed XIV account though...

[urban]

i guess it didnt matter if your acct active or not. as long as SE have your email address they'll send you the invite just to get you to come back to FFXIV again.

[NefarioCall]

It seems as though lots of people didn't get invites.
I wasn't aware there were even lots of people here in the first place.

[Malakhim]

Why does anyone even know who has access to the Alpha? Way to break your NDA.

[AntonyB]

My husband applied without any active characters :x

Weird because It would not let me apply to the alpha the first time because my FFXIV account was inactive(I had played before but stopped playing). I then repaid for the service and then was able to send in an application to the alpha, weird.

[Nix]

Weird because It would not let me apply to the alpha the first time because my FFXIV account was inactive(I had played before but stopped playing). I then repaid for the service and then was able to send in an application to the alpha, weird.

SE just likes to toy with you!!

j/k

But yeah D: my husband has only upped for like 2 months on XIV (not counting free months), and he applied for alpha while his account was unpaid ;;

[AntonyB]

SE just likes to toy with you!!

j/k

But yeah D: my husband has only upped for like 2 months on XIV (not counting free months), and he applied for alpha while his account was unpaid ;;

Personally I only paid for September because October was free. I stopped playing shortly before It became F2P due to lack of content. Started to play Aion, which kept me busy for awhile. xD

Sorry for OT~