There's a free company and there's linkshells. Linkshells are a chatroom you're a part of with a 128 user limit and free company is like a guild with a 500~ user limit (personally not sure if grand company has a chat or whatever).
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Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn |OT| World Full. Try again later. Please Understand
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There's a free company and there's linkshells. Linkshells are a chatroom you're a part of with a 128 user limit and free company is like a guild with a 500~ user limit (personally not sure if grand company has a chat or whatever).
Yes, you can't patch till early access (maybe the day before)
Cool, just wanted to make sure. I haven't downloaded the client at all yet, though. The installer just installed the launcher.
Let it time-out/clear cookies or whatever then try again. Worked when i had to choose region again.
Morphine1680
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Massive Duck. C.M.
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All the PS3 code I got did was let me download the client I already had-no items
But whatever, hurry up Saturday
But whatever, hurry up Saturday
52 hours and 25 minutes
Some if you don't read...it says the code is good for PS3 early access and pre-orderAll the PS3 code I got did was let me download the client I already had-no items
But whatever, hurry up Saturday
Items.
Massive Duck. C.M.
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Some if us can read.
I expected the items to show up in the DL list or on the account, but they haven't yet.
Damn damn damn...
Got this message now when I tried to register my 18-code that I got from GMG.
"Error 2: The code entered has already been used."
I tried to register my code yesterday but only got error 2 then also. Where and how do you guys see that the code is actually registrered? Many thanks for the one who helps me.
Got this message now when I tried to register my 18-code that I got from GMG.
"Error 2: The code entered has already been used."
I tried to register my code yesterday but only got error 2 then also. Where and how do you guys see that the code is actually registrered? Many thanks for the one who helps me.
devious.one
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No, but Yoshida said in a Q&A that it's something they will look at down the road. So fingers crossed.
I went through quite a bit of hell tonight to try and pre-order this fucking game.
Their account management is an absolute nightmare. It's incomprehensibly awful.
Unknown Soldier
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It's worse than you think. For some reason one of the games I bought from a Steam sale assigned me an EU region, so without realizing it I created two Square-Enix Members accounts, my original NA account which has FFXIV 1.0 registered and the EU account which had nothing. It made me merge my old NA account but for some fucktarded reason they use the EU database as the baseline and copy the NA information over. So now my merged account has no games registered to it. I don't know what the fuck I'm supposed to do now, browsing the Technical Support forums reveals many other people who have had their registered games wiped out during this merge and no solution.
As expected of Squenix, they are attempting this clusterfuck of an account system merge while trying to run a clusterfuck of an early access and pre-order system where you have to redeem code to redeem a code (Codeception) while trying to launch a clusterfuck of an MMO where there are servers for old players and servers for new players.
The game itself is amazing, but Jesus Fucking Christ, how can Squenix fuck this up even more? I shudder to imagine the possibilities.
On Saturday we will download and have to play FFXIV 1.0 Beta!!
Think of the account management as part of the game, or a game in itself.
I remember when I attempted to play XI, couldn't figure it out. As for XIV, you get used to it, you end up learning the system at least somewhat.
It's a different shade of yellow. You can't really tell in that screenshot due to the lightning, but there was a better one some time ago. It's... dunno, more neon-ish.
That seems to be the main difference in those AFs, really, slightly more "vibrant" colours, the paladin being the most obvious one by a mile with a more radical recolour.
Anyone?
Chie Satonaka
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A cold chill ran up my spine.
If it weren't for the fact that it would be super costly, this might be the best April Fool's joke ever. Roll everything back to 1.0, watch the forum explode.
Massive Duck. C.M.
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It's more likely that suits at SE Japan are dictating the worldwide structure. They tend to actively oppose what people who are more familiar with the Internet would consider streamlined processes in favor of those that they feel would give them more control.
Well, log into Square Enix's north american or European site, then click on your profile.
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Wait, I delete my open beta from PS3 right, since now it's downloading a new one?
Try the top right of the page > profile > my games, or something. It should show up a picture of ARR.
I have two Square Enix accounts too.
I found it odd that, while registering my 18-digit code, that my initial membership account wouldn't work so I logged in using my other membership account that uses the same information as my account ID [the one I used to play the Beta]. That worked, however [in some manner] I now have Final Fantasy XIV registered to both of my membership accounts [despite only entering it on one]. I'm not sure if this is due to a merge or whatever [I didn't get prompted]. Also, for some reason, it keeps trying to log me into the EU region in my membership settings despite having my location set to Canada as well as my language to English(US).
Having two sites involved to register for a single thing is bad planning. I don't want to have to go to a site, enter login information, enter a code, get another code in-return, log into another separate account, and enter the second code only to be re-directed to a "Success!" screen without any further way to see for sure if it was applied correctly. What makes it even more confusing is that the "Beta" wasn't listed under my account when I registered my second set of codes, despite participating in Beta 2-4. I only had "Windows(R)" mentioned, in addition to the pre-order items. ~_~
This is really just one massive headache.
The Phase 4 client is the same client as the retail version. Keep it.
Ok so its just there, some guys showed a picture before with black background and different fonts.
Well its not showing up there in my account. Hate this... why shall it be so complicated.
devious.one
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Hopefully the upcoming Mog Station mends a lot of their backward methods.
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Chie Satonaka
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I don't think this game is going to be like FFXI where it's gonna be so much "optimal PT for exp" and min/maxing. It's one of the things that really turned me off about the game, though I was a star whenever we were hunting bones. (Monk)
But that's why you play with friends or GAF anyway. We won't leave you out in the cold. <3
Hooray for me and my static party of friends!
What an awful part of 2010 that was for me.
My second account has Final Fantasy VII (PC) (2012 DD), Final Fantasy VII (PC) (2013 Steam), and Final Fantasy XIV.
My first account has like... everything.
It's pretty frustrating, if it mattered for anything.
What client are you downloading? If you already had the phase 4 client on your download list, then adding the Early Access code should have just added that to your service list without adding anything to your Download List, or at least that's how it worked for me. The Phase 4 client is the same one as retail.
Edit: My SE account should have stuff like FFXIII, Dissidia, Kingdom Hearts, etc tied to it, but it looks like it all got purged in the latest move. GG, SE.
Unknown Soldier
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I think the only way to know now if you were migrated correctly is if you put the code in and get a result out.
For people who are getting Code 3, do you just keep spamming your way past it or what do you do exactly?
Nope, it's frustrating.
Sure, you could try re-entering your second code again and seeing if you get an error that states the code has already been used, but I'm hesitant to do anything further. I don't want to take the risk to mess things up further.
Unknown Soldier
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I used to think Nintendo was the worst, but these days I think Squenix is actually the worst game publisher in terms of not knowing what the hell the Internet is or how to make things work on it.
It shouldn't be, but in this case, it really is. -_-
I'm glad you worked everything out, though! Let me guess, you simply changed the site to na. and it showed up there?
I think SE has perhaps the worst account management I've ever seen from a publisher.
As far as I know, the Japanese side has none of these issues. It's literally only the NA branch that seems to love changing how their website works every couple of months.
Bioware vs SE for worst account management award
Bioware vs SE for worst account management award
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