Please let those that already own FFXIV 1.0 purchase preorder privileges

[shane239]

Prob not the answer people were looking for, but an answer nonetheless.

[SkyeWindbinder]

The pre-order bonuses are only available to those who pre-order, and we currently have no plans of offering them elsewhere. If you would like to receive pre-order bonuses, you will need to pre-order a copy of FFXIV: ARR.

Well, there you have it. As I said before, their earlier statement gave me an inkling that they weren't going to change their mind about this. It just sounded too final to me. Not that it matters (to me). Ebay/Amazon, here I come!

[JillyBean]

Well I happily pre-ordered a PC CE because I want the physical goodies as well as the 6 pre-order/CE in-game items.

I'm now hearing that apparently that won't do the trick. I think it will cover the 2 pre-order in-game items (although that's not yet crystal clear to me!), but sounds like NOT the CE in-game items (because they cannot be applied to your 1.0 account).

What it sounds like is I'd have to keep this pre-order (and hopefully get the in-game preorder things) and later order the digital upgrade (to get the 4 CE in-game items).

A suggested alternative is to instead order the PS3 CE because I can then tie that to my existing 1.0 account. However, I don't know if I would have to actually use the PS3 and have a Sony Account to actually make that connection to my 1.0 account. I haven't touched my PS3 in ages, I think its one of the originals that may not even work with this game (it is backwards compatible) and it isn't online and I don't think I have a Sony account on it. Plus .... the PC CE should work!! >.<

/really annoyed

[Yrusama]

The pre-order bonuses are only available to those who pre-order, and we currently have no plans of offering them elsewhere. If you would like to receive pre-order bonuses, you will need to pre-order a copy of FFXIV: ARR.

The sad thing is, people are going to continue to question this until release.

[SkyeWindbinder]

The sad thing is, people are going to continue to question this until release.

I hope not. I really hope not. It wouldn't even be annoying, just sad. lol

[Dannythm]

I hope those who pre-ordered from third party retailers and did not got the pre-order codes, specially in EU, as the EU SE store doe snot offer physical copies of ARR, get an official answer about this topic soon, too.

[ArkhamNative]

I see I'm not the first to suggest that if only SE had offered the CE upgrade for pre-order, it could have been advantageous to most parties, including SE.

On a positive note, at least you found out before SE ran out of Early Access slots. ("Yay, we can get pre-order status! Boo, still no Early Access.")

Commiserations,

[Abriael]

The pre-order bonuses are only available to those who pre-order, and we currently have no plans of offering them elsewhere. If you would like to receive pre-order bonuses, you will need to pre-order a copy of FFXIV: ARR.

Very disappointing, but thank you for the update.

[StrikeField]

So if I do the ff 14 1.0 account upgrade to FF ARR whatever edition. I can get the bonus for $20?

[Zenaku]

So if I do the ff 14 1.0 account upgrade to FF ARR whatever edition. I can get the bonus for $20?

you get the CE items but not the two pre-order items.