Hello guys,

I am really but really looking forward to Final Fantasy XIV: ARR. It looks amazing and I have big hopes in it :)

I didnt buy original Final Fantasy XIV due to so many bad reviews and all.. But what I read and see now about ARR is nice !!!

So what my question is... If I buy FF XIV: ARR(original vesion) box at some retail store today, is it worth it? I make an account and will it be updated to ARR once it lauch right? Will It give me also acess to the ARR beta? I mean ... what exactly I get for it :)

... and will I be able to play the FF XIV original version now, just to try it out, or are servers currently offline due to this remake?

Thank you for information !! And sorry If i missed these informations somewhere

Laters :)

Originally posted by Dogblaster

Hello guys,

I am really but really looking forward to Final Fantasy XIV: ARR. It looks amazing and I have big hopes in it :)

 

I didnt buy original Final Fantasy XIV due to so many bad reviews and all.. But what I read and see now about ARR is nice !!!

 

So what my question is... If I buy FF XIV: ARR(original vesion) box at some retail store today, is it worth it? I make an account and will it be updated to ARR once it lauch right? Will It give me also acess to the ARR beta? I mean ... what exactly I get for it :)

 

Thank you for information !! And sorry If i missed these informations somewhere

 

Laters :)

Correct me if I am wrong but there is a subscription that confers similar advantages? 

Originally posted by Dogblaster
I need to buy the box to make subscription dont I?

I heard, but cannot find anything to back this up in a quick (rather uninterested) google search to back me up, that you can still subscribe and obtain most benefits.  Can anyone elucidate? 

Originally posted by Khrymson
You cannot make new accounts right now, thus you'd be wasting your money.  The original FFXIV boxes are null and void!   Just wait for the ARR version to be released and go from there.

http://store.steampowered.com/app/39250/

This is "no good" then?

Originally posted by Khrymson
You cannot make new accounts right now, thus you'd be wasting your money.  The original FFXIV boxes are null and void!   Just wait for the ARR version to be released and go from there.

Can someone confirm this?

Originally posted by MMOGamer71

Originally posted by Khrymson
You cannot make new accounts right now, thus you'd be wasting your money.  The original FFXIV boxes are null and void!   Just wait for the ARR version to be released and go from there.

http://store.steampowered.com/app/39250/

 

This is "no good" then?

Thats FFXI, not FFXIV.  You can still make new accounts for that game, as its still a live MMO, unlike XIV thats shutdown.

Originally posted by MMOGamer71

Originally posted by Khrymson
You cannot make new accounts right now, thus you'd be wasting your money.  The original FFXIV boxes are null and void!   Just wait for the ARR version to be released and go from there.

http://store.steampowered.com/app/39250/

 

This is "no good" then?

That's Final Fantasy 11 not 14

Originally posted by Dogblaster
Can we please get to my questions about FF XIV original box ? :)

I answered it, don't purchase the 1.0 ver of FFXIV.  They were recalled last fall and rendered void.  You cannot make new FFXIV accounts until ARR launches.

Originally posted by Khrymson

Originally posted by Dogblaster
Can we please get to my questions about FF XIV original box ? :)

I answered it, don't purchase the 1.0 ver of FFXIV.  They were recalled last fall and rendered void.  You cannot make new FFXIV accounts until ARR launches.

So i dont understand why some of the best retailers in my country still sell the original version ... hm

Originally posted by Khrymson

Originally posted by MMOGamer71

Originally posted by Khrymson
You cannot make new accounts right now, thus you'd be wasting your money.  The original FFXIV boxes are null and void!   Just wait for the ARR version to be released and go from there.

http://store.steampowered.com/app/39250/

 

This is "no good" then?

Thats FFXI, not FFXIV.  You can still make new accounts for that game, as its still a live MMO, unlike XIV thats shutdown.

Originally posted by Smoey

Originally posted by MMOGamer71

Originally posted by Khrymson
You cannot make new accounts right now, thus you'd be wasting your money.  The original FFXIV boxes are null and void!   Just wait for the ARR version to be released and go from there.

http://store.steampowered.com/app/39250/

 

This is "no good" then?

That's Final Fantasy 11 not 14

Hummm

I was expecting "patches" to progress it from 11 to 12 etc.  Didn't realize it is two different MMO's.  Whats the difference?

Originally posted by MMOGamer71

Originally posted by Khrymson

Originally posted by MMOGamer71

Originally posted by Khrymson
You cannot make new accounts right now, thus you'd be wasting your money.  The original FFXIV boxes are null and void!   Just wait for the ARR version to be released and go from there.

http://store.steampowered.com/app/39250/

 

This is "no good" then?

Thats FFXI, not FFXIV.  You can still make new accounts for that game, as its still a live MMO, unlike XIV thats shutdown.

Originally posted by Smoey

Originally posted by MMOGamer71

Originally posted by Khrymson
You cannot make new accounts right now, thus you'd be wasting your money.  The original FFXIV boxes are null and void!   Just wait for the ARR version to be released and go from there.

http://store.steampowered.com/app/39250/

 

This is "no good" then?

That's Final Fantasy 11 not 14

Hummm

I was expecting "patches" to progress it from 11 to 12 etc.  Didn't realize it is two different MMO's.  Whats the difference?

lol :)  whats the difference between GTA 1-2-3-5 .. guild wars 1-2 etc... totally different games

same goes for final fantasy. Every each of them is different game

well lets see... the diffrence between ffxi and ffxiv is

      - ffxi came out in 2003

      - ffxiv is coming out this summer

They prolly will share some simularities, but they are 2 totally diffrent mmo's

Originally posted by Khrymson
You cannot make new accounts right now, thus you'd be wasting your money.  The original FFXIV boxes are null and void!   Just wait for the ARR version to be released and go from there.

From reading the FAQs on the official site they said the new accounts could not be created until ARR is released, then it seems that you can create an account with an old version or a new ARR version (if one is released for PC). It does not seem to be totally null and void, just can not create an account right now

I bought the original version just before the original version shut down but did not get around to using it, as was deliberating whether to use it or wait for ARR. If I have to buy another one, then I will give this a complete miss then.

There are no new ARR ones up for preorder. Amazon are selling the original ones still here and here plus a few others. It should be like using the original SWG discs at launch, instead of Complete Online Adventures. Using the original discs meant the game needed more updating, and took longer but they still worked.

Originally posted by superniceguy

Originally posted by Khrymson
You cannot make new accounts right now, thus you'd be wasting your money.  The original FFXIV boxes are null and void!   Just wait for the ARR version to be released and go from there.

 It should be like using the original SWG discs at launch, instead of Complete Online Adventures. Using the original discs meant the game needed more updating, and took longer but they still worked.

 

If it was an updated game with the core systems still intact, yes, but it's not. This is like trying to update diablo 3 with your Diablo 2 disk.