Do we need to keep our FFXIV client for the benchmarks?

[Platinumstorm]

Hi,

I had heard a rumor that the benchmark will take animations from the FFXIV 1.0 client even though to me that seems unlikely, so I was just looking for quick clarification as to whether or not we can delete FFXIV from our computers without repercussion if we don't intend on playing with post 11-1 version.

Thank you

[Lucke]

The A Realm Reborn client is completely different from the current version, so it's fine to uninstall the game if you'd like!

However, please keep in mind that it will be possible to import your current character data to the ARR character creation benchmark to play around with. So if you'd like to do that, be sure to back up your FFXIV folder located in your My Games > FINAL FANTASY XIV before uninstalling.

You can delete/uninstall the entire XIV directory if you want, but if you wanna use your character for the benchmark, make sure you back up your character data first.

[Mihana]

I think I'm gonna keep the whole client installed for now until they begin open beta, just in case I want to play between then and when the servers come back up.