FINAL FANTASY XIV: A Realm Reborn Purchase Questions

[finiteHP]

For those who thought, they simply could add the 2.0 CE Item Codes to their Standard 1.0 Account:

Q: Are 1.0 players who buy the ARR CE able to use the bonuses on their 1.0 account?
A: Legacy players need to use the digital Upgrade-Service, if they want to assign the bonuses of the ARR CE to their 1.0 account.
Legacy players, who bought the 1.0 CE, do not need to do anything, but it is helpful to use the code of the Onion Helmet.

The German Rep Sasunaich created a FAQ thread which contains a passage about adding 2.0 CE codes to a Standard 1.0 account. At first it was said that this would be possible, but there is an update about this in the FAQ thread.

(Please note that I translated this passage by myself and I hope I got the message right.)




I am going to purchase the 2.0 CE, but if I get this all right, this means I can't use the included item codes on my 1.0 account because it got Legacy status. So actually I have to pay again for these items even though I already got the codes in my CE ...?
Since my account used to be a buddy pass from a 1.0 CE I kind of hope that it is seen as an 1.0 CE account /sigh

We really need a clarification on this. I was planning on getting the PS3 version anyway, so I bought the PS3 CE to kill two birds with one stone. I'd rather not have to also do a digital upgrade to get the digital items since I'm only planning on the using my current account on both systems.

[Eyn]

Are Australian player(EU) able to use Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn Collector's Edition (US, JP) code to Australian account ??

Cannot. Account will be banned if you do so, i think.

[Kaizlu]

For those who thought, they simply could add the 2.0 CE Item Codes to their Standard 1.0 Account:

The German Rep Sasunaich created a FAQ thread which contains a passage about adding 2.0 CE codes to a Standard 1.0 account. At first it was said that this would be possible, but there is an update about this in the FAQ thread.

(Please note that I translated this passage by myself and I hope I got the message right.)




I am going to purchase the 2.0 CE, but if I get this all right, this means I can't use the included item codes on my 1.0 account because it got Legacy status. So actually I have to pay again for these items even though I already got the codes in my CE ...?
Since my account used to be a buddy pass from a 1.0 CE I kind of hope that it is seen as an 1.0 CE account /sigh

Aww man, this is not cool. They should at least give us the option to trade in the codes from the new CE and get the upgrade thingy.

[Vilhem]

Cannot. Account will be banned if you do so, i think.

Dunno about banned, but the system will not accept the codes, as they're region locked.

[Vogue]

I kinda get the feeling that they will be using the system that all other games companies use, that do not involve Item codes, but instead, the game code will flag your account as CE or Standard, according to which version you buy.

This being the case, only way to get CE on 1.0 Standards is by doing the digital upgrade, since applying multiple codes to 1 game account doesn't seem to be possible. Though I do agree that this should be possible, where people could add their 2.0 CE codes to their 1.0 Legacy Standard and turn it into a CE 2.0 account without losing anything from 1.0.

As for Buddy passes from 1.0, they are obviously not CE also, they are a basic standard that wouldn't even give you the pre-order items, all it gave was being able to play since the Early Start and also monthly subscribe without having to buy the game. Buddy passes were a bonus that CE owners got when buying their game, would be a bit silly if this pass gave CE status to whoever used it.

[Nix]

Dunno about banned, but the system will not accept the codes, as they're region locked.

Vil's right - Definitely not banned, but if the codes are region-locked it just won't accept them.

[Holy_Dragoon]

If you want the physical items you have to pay the full price for it.

I am aware of my current options to obtain my desired package as per my original question, thank you. I was requesting an additional option =)

[Zenaku]

I kinda get the feeling that they will be using the system that all other games companies use, that do not involve Item codes, but instead, the game code will flag your account as CE or Standard, according to which version you buy.

This being the case, only way to get CE on 1.0 Standards is by doing the digital upgrade, since applying multiple codes to 1 game account doesn't seem to be possible. Though I do agree that this should be possible, where people could add their 2.0 CE codes to their 1.0 Legacy Standard and turn it into a CE 2.0 account without losing anything from 1.0.

As for Buddy passes from 1.0, they are obviously not CE also, they are a basic standard that wouldn't even give you the pre-order items, all it gave was being able to play since the Early Start and also monthly subscribe without having to buy the game. Buddy passes were a bonus that CE owners got when buying their game, would be a bit silly if this pass gave CE status to whoever used it.

i'm sure the buddy passes or just normal account but we wont know too you can go and upgrade your account. Seeing how there no way to tell if you have normal or CE the only way to somewhat tell if you have the CE code item but you could easy just got that from a friend and put it on your account if that give you CE then that pretty dumb lol.

[lucytestarossa]

really region block !?!?! that sucks . . . EBgame australia over price so much and not even funny

[Nix]

really region block !?!?! that sucks . . . EBgame australia over price so much and not even funny

I think Australia and EU share a region when it comes to SE games, I'm pretty sure that's how it was in XI? (Can an oceanic player please clarify^^?)

You might be better off ordering from a british site if that's the case, may be a lot cheaper even with shipping.