What happens in the 26th till 27th?

[Tiago]

Herro dudes.
So... i was thinking... Early access is from 24-26 August. Release is in the 27th.
What happens from 26th 9:00AM to 27th 9:00AM?
I think i read somewhere that Early Access whould be open untill official release, but these dates dont say so lol...
Also, what happens to those that arent 1.0 and ordered the phisical copy of the game?
Wont be able to play untill the game arrives?
This is really confusing lol...

[Tarantula]

http://lodestone.finalfantasyxiv.com/pl/index.html

On the front page of the Lodestone it indicates the EA into launch schedule. Hope that helps.

[Tenzen]

if u have never played XIV ur only able to play early access then im assuming ur locked out until the access key from your game is put in. When ur game arrives from delivery open and input new registration key. (This is all assumption)

Legacy players and 1.0 players have already goten the new a realm reborn free so us lagacy can play w/o downtime starting 24th. non-legacy 1.0 user WILL NOT BE ABLE TO PLAY until 27th Edit: (UNLESS YOU ARE A 1.0 USER with Pre-order code)

[Samburi]

* Participants of Early Access are eligible to play straight into official service, which will begin on Tuesday, August 27, 2013.

http://lodestone.finalfantasyxiv.com/pl/index.html

if u have never played XIV ur only able to play early access then im assuming ur locked out until the access key from your game is put in. When ur game arrives from delivery open and input new registration key. (This is all assumption)

I think everyone who has already preordered it get the box (or the game key) around monday, so they can register the key so they don't have a downtime after EA

[Tiago]

Thanks for the info about the early access btw ^^
About the code, i though so too, or then they will give poeple some time to recieve the package and start playing maybe.
I'm 1.0 non-legacy and already registered Early Access code, so i guess i'm good to go lol.

[Bobosk]

Yes, but what aobut those who ordered the Digital Copies... We're probably going to have to wait 1-2 days for the e-mail with out Code for the official launch if they're not already in from our pre-order code.

[Tiago]

Yes, but what aobut those who ordered the Digital Copies... We're probably going to have to wait 1-2 days for the e-mail with out Code for the official launch if they're not already in from our pre-order code.

I'd say that on the 27th they send e-mails to those who purchased those copies.
Its just a Key-e-mail anyways. No phisical copy is being sent to any home.

[Tortas]

I did the CE box preorder at GAME UK from spain to get EA. Do you know if they will send the launch activation codes via e-mail? I'm worried about the box ship so stills unshipped and they dont response my e-mail asking when I will receive it.

[Rhen]

So...When is the first maintenance downtime? I figured it'd be on the 26th.

You know people are going to boil up about maintenance in the first week.

[Tiago]

I did the CE box preorder at GAME UK from spain to get EA. Do you know if they will send the launch activation codes via e-mail? I'm worried about the box ship so stills unshipped and they dont response my e-mail asking when I will receive it.

The game is only released in the 27th, so Shipments will only start in the 27th.
They will not open the package to send you the code, so you will have to wait 2-5 working days to get the packet and being able to play it seems.