Quote Originally Posted by widget624 View Post
You would have to be able to launch the game to download the HW content.
The heavensward content is completely separate and locked on a timer and is downloaded through the psn not the game itself. I know that because when I bought the bundle, 3 separate downloads appeared. One for normal ffxiv ARR, one for the theme, and one for heavensward, and I can only download the first 2 now.

I'm sure i will be required to launch the game to install what is downloaded but as of now according to my downloads, I don't have the heavensward download at all. I only have ARR downloaded and that is on my list of games that I am able to launch now. It launches it loads, it checks for an update and then it gives me an error saying there is maintenance when there isn't. Those 2 things seem different to me.

I shouldn't be able to launch ARR at all if it was locked on a timer like the HW download is. If this is how it's intended to be, it's been poorly communicated because In the same way it doesn't say "they are seperate and I would be able to play ARR now" it also doesn't say they are linked and I wouldn't be able to play the game that is released right now until the expansion is released later.