My friend who hasn’t joined me in XIV since we briefly tried it around 2.0 (then moved on shortly after) has returned to the game this week. As far as I know she, like me until I returned for shadowbringers, didn’t own any expansions when she re-activated. Indeed she may be one of the few people in the game right now who can’t access the critically acclaimed award winning expansion Heavensward!

And like clockwork, the complete edition goes on sale! Yay!

Or more to the point: “yay?”

The question: while I’m aware (or at least I’ve been told) that pre-ordering Endwalker now would apparently lock all prior expansion access until EW launch, can the complete edition still apply immediately to an account that technically owns ARR? I’d like to know before I buy this for her! She’s got road to 70 ticking now and I’d like her to get full use out of it! Does the complete edition apply or do I need to buy her shadowbringers on its own instead?

Thanks in advance!