What happens if... (expansion question)

[Valkyrie_Lenneth]

Honestly I call BS on needing to sell the expansion to make their money back - one month's subscription from everybody is a LOT of money. Yea it definitely helps profits, but subs alone are a massive money maker.

There's absolutely no reason to charge every system for the expansion. You can play any other MMO on any computer, even if that computer didn't buy the game - because the game is a free download, and the cost is giving the code to the account, and not the computer.

You can play XIV on any computer with the game downloaded, provided it has the same content downloaded.

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You can play XIV on any computer with the game downloaded, provided it has the same content downloaded.

If you have Heavensward, and you use a friend's computer who doesn't own Heavensward, what happens? If you can access all the content like normal, that's cool. And it should be like that on the PS4 as well, but it won't be. With other MMOs I've played either the game itself is a free download, but you can only log on with an active account with a game licence. You could torrent the game for all it matters, as long as you have an active account. I'd prefer if XIV was the same way, cross system.

[DracotheDragon]

If you have Heavensward, and you use a friend's computer who doesn't own Heavensward, what happens? If you can access all the content like normal, that's cool. And it should be like that on the PS4 as well, but it won't be. With other MMOs I've played either the game itself is a free download, but you can only log on with an active account with a game licence. You could torrent the game for all it matters, as long as you have an active account. I'd prefer if XIV was the same way, cross system.

if he hasn't got heavenward installed you won't be able to play your character or go into the area's if he dose have heavensward (because you downloaded and installed it) it should just block him from going into those area's because he dosnt have heavenward

[Silversnow]

If you have Heavensward, and you use a friend's computer who doesn't own Heavensward, what happens? If you can access all the content like normal, that's cool. And it should be like that on the PS4 as well, but it won't be. With other MMOs I've played either the game itself is a free download, but you can only log on with an active account with a game licence. You could torrent the game for all it matters, as long as you have an active account. I'd prefer if XIV was the same way, cross system.

When you login with your character on friends computer it *should* be checking what version you have access to and then download it since your account is flagged for it. This is of course assuming they are not going with two separate launchers.