FINAL FANTASY XIV: A Realm Reborn Purchase Questions

[Furukawa]

Yoshida recently posted an update regarding FFXIV 1.0 users being able to try out FFXIV:ARR at launch that I'd like to pass along:

Wait so 1.0 players are getting the free trial then? i thought if you had a 1.0 service account you couldn't get the free 30 day trial unless you bought the PS3 version of ARR... There's way too much confusion with all this info coming out. :/

[Majidah]

Wait so 1.0 players are getting the free trial then? i thought if you had a 1.0 service account you couldn't get the free 30 day trial unless you bought the PS3 version of ARR... There's way too much confusion with all this info coming out. :/

If you have a 1.0 account you can't use the 30 day subscription that creating a new account does for you. HOWEVER they announced that they will give a free period for those with 1.0 accounts.

[sadrius]

Unfortunately, you would need the additional digital upgrade.
Changing the status of a current service account must be done through a digital upgrade. Your current service account cannot be overwritten with a new registration code from the collector's edition.

OK, now I'm very confused. I was under the impression that buying the PS3 CE would allow me to upgrade my standard 1.0 account to CE (getting me the digital CE items and the physical CE items). Now it sounds like that's not the case at all. Here's what I want:

- I have a Legacy standard 1.0 account
- I want the physical ARR CE items (art book, soundtrack, etc.)
- I want the digital ARR CE items (behemoth minion, etc.) on my legacy standard 1.0 account
- I want the pre-order ARR items (mog cap, etc.) on my legacy standard 1.0 account

How do I best accomplish this?

[NoloeTazier]

OK, now I'm very confused. I was under the impression that buying the PS3 CE would allow me to upgrade my standard 1.0 account to CE (getting me the digital CE items and the physical CE items). Now it sounds like that's not the case at all. Here's what I want:

- I have a Legacy standard 1.0 account
- I want the physical ARR CE items (art book, soundtrack, etc.)
- I want the digital ARR CE items (behemoth minion, etc.) on my legacy standard 1.0 account
- I want the pre-order ARR items (mog cap, etc.) on my legacy standard 1.0 account

How do I best accomplish this?

Same boat as you. Currently we have to buy the physical CE for the items for $69.99/whatever and purchase the digital upgrade for our standard accounts which is $19.99.

[Furukawa]

If you have a 1.0 account you can't use the 30 day subscription that creating a new account does for you. HOWEVER they announced that they will give a free period for those with 1.0 accounts.

ok well that makes sense then i guess. i just wish things would be a bit clearer from the start. All this confusion is not good for the game at all.

[Raxia]

I really shoulda stopped reading these threads before my brain exploded......let me get this straight....
1.i have a standard service account and if i PRE ORDER the PC CE digital do i get both the pre-order codes and the in-game items?
2.OR I have to buy a physical copy and the digital upgrade to get all the ingame items..meaning pre-order codes and the CE digital items?
I understood what was going on just fine till I read these threads now I'm in WTF mode

[NoloeTazier]

I really shoulda stopped reading these threads before my brain exploded......let me get this straight....
1.i have a standard service account and if i PRE ORDER the PC CE digital do i get both the pre-order codes and the in-game items?
2.OR I have to buy a physical copy and the digital upgrade to get all the ingame items..meaning pre-order codes and the CE digital items?
I understood what was going on just fine till I read these threads now I'm in WTF mode

To upgrade from standard to CE and get ingame items you have to buy the digital upgrade that will be out at launch.

[Lucke]

OK, now I'm very confused. I was under the impression that buying the PS3 CE would allow me to upgrade my standard 1.0 account to CE (getting me the digital CE items and the physical CE items). Now it sounds like that's not the case at all. Here's what I want:

- I have a Legacy standard 1.0 account
- I want the physical ARR CE items (art book, soundtrack, etc.)
- I want the digital ARR CE items (behemoth minion, etc.) on my legacy standard 1.0 account
- I want the pre-order ARR items (mog cap, etc.) on my legacy standard 1.0 account

How do I best accomplish this?

The easiest way is to buy the PS3 CE version. If you don't have a PS3, you have to buy a PHYSICAL copy of the PC CE from the SE store, OR upgrade your account to a CE account digitally. HOWEVER, if you upgrade your account, you only get the DIGITAL items. If you want ANY of the PHYSICAL items, you MUST buy either the PHYSICAL BOX copy of the PS3 or PC CE version.

[Raxia]

right but that DOESN"T include the preorder code that I'm after as well correct?

[ArtEmisPalmecia]

SE, could this process be anymore convoluted? Everything from managing the SE account, to sub accounts within the main account, SEN account linking, how CE bonuses are applied, is so needlessly complex.

May I have clarification on the below?

Let's say I purchased Version 1.0, and I want to get the pre-order bonus items, the collector's edition bonus items, and I also want to get all the physical goods that come with the collector's edition package. Would I be alright in just pre-ordering the collector's edition?

Unfortunately, you would need the additional digital upgrade.
Changing the status of a current Windows service account must be done through a digital upgrade. Your current service account cannot be overwritten with a new registration code from the collector's edition.

My version with the above. I am a legacy, standard edition, 1.0 player and I want to authorize my only FFXIV service account (Only want to deal with one. I do not have the intentions to play on both platforms at the same time.) to play on PS3. Along with this, I want to take advantage of all of the benefits the physical collectors edition provides and preorder bonuses.

Now, if I preorder and purchase the physical PS3 collectors edition, and apply that to my only FFXIV service account, does that effectively upgrade my account from standard to collectors, and will I be able to redeem the bonuses across all characters tied to that FFXIV service account?