Time between end of EA and offical release

[TetsukageMisuto]

Now - add on question - what will happen with our characters / saved progress etc. if we'll (for whatsoever reason) will be unable to enter the code on August 30th? Lets say we'll only receive our package next week on Monday or Tuesday and enter the code then. Is the progress saved and if yes for how long during the account "inactivity"? What about if my friend wants to take a brake after Early access for about a week to concentrate on school and enter the code around let's say 7 or 8 September. Will that retain all the progress?

Also to which TIME exactly you need to enter the code on August 30th? Considering all the time zones involved as well as end or start of the day the "August 30th" can actually span accross up to 47 hours??

Thanks in advance for reply Bayohne (or anyone else with official info on above).

See you all soon in Eorzea!

Yeah if they run it like XI, back when it came out I believe it stored for 3 months of inactivity, then 6 months, and now I don't think they erase at all anymore, I would imagine they wouldn't be erasing at all with this game either.

Also I doubt there is any specific time you -need- to enter your code on the 30th, since the game comes out on the 27th, I'm pretty sure you can register at any point from the 27th and on. They're just giving some breathing room for those that happen to not get their physical copies on the 27th.

[Axew]

What time does early Access start in the UK?

[Bashkarthegreat]

when we do early access, are we needing to input credit card info for the first month? im not seeing an option to apply a service to ff14, which makes sense since its not live yet, and i know the first month of like every MMO that ever existed has always given out the first month free, but they still usually make you enter credit card info anyways even for the free month. clarification here?

[Flich]

It is awesome that we have till the 30th to register our codes for the game! I'm excited for the game. Yet, during phase 4, we downloaded the 7-8gb of the game. Since the restriction of the level cap, I assume that the whole game is not downloaded... or is it? So basically, will there be a patch to download and if there is one when will it be available?

[Ryndael]

Bayohne. It's just not right without the Malboro.

[Shougun]

Bayohne. It's just not right without the Malboro.

I dunno I kind of like the BAM!

I'm expecting Titan (hulk) Smash at somepoint. lol

[Kreature]

Really sorry to hijack this thread but cannot make a thread until I hit a certain lvl in game lol. I had a few extra preorder codes that I intended to give to my wife and two sons (all playing under the same SE ID) and upon setting up EA on 3 other service accounts, my wife decided not to play. My question is, will SE remove service accounts? I know that you can just cancel it, but this is kind of an OCD thing lol, dumb I know but just wondering if anyone knows of this as a possibility? Also my SE Members account has extra games on there as well and does support from SE cover the members side of things to remove those as well? Or is it possible rather to remove registered games under my profile?

Lastly, if none of this is possible, I might think about creating a whole new SE ID (the works, as it's of no consequence to me) and just start fresh, since I have access to about 4 more preorder codes *friends that work at gamestop* But the problem would arise that since I have my old SE ID linked to my PSN, will cancelling my current SE ID free up my PSN Slot? or would I have to talk to SE about this as well? I know they can remove Playonline linked accounts and move them to another SE ID, so figure it should follow the same rules.

Sorry for all the questions, any help would be appreciated though!

[Kreature]

Bump anyone know answers to any of my questions? Sucks waiting on live chat and phone support to open back up, and we all know email replies are sluggish, so would love to know if there's any hope for any of my scenarios.

[SteveRoberts]

does anyone know if you have to set up a payment play for the early access?

[Scratches]

does anyone know if you have to set up a payment play for the early access?

You don't.

Non-1.0 (new) players have until the 30th to apply a product code from the box, which gives them an extra 30 days.
1.0 players (legacy or not), have until the 10th to apply either a product code from the PS3 version (which will give them an extra 30 days) or payment information of some sort (cc / time card / crysta).
And since nothing is required to play until those dates (aside from pre-ordering or being a previous player), you're fine...