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The ARR/HW bundle isn't even meant to be available until the 23rd anyway so while it's lovely that someone might not be able to play if a vendor breaks the street date it isn't really surprising that their accounts can't be activated (or whatever) until HW is available to play.
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dreffen posted:Which still doesn't amount to most of DICEs problems. And none of which you mentioned when you were trying to make your lame comparison to DICE. For someone I've never really interacted with you seem real eager to try and dump on me for an offhand joke. Did you have a bad day?
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Jokes are supposed to be funny.
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Eej posted:SE has a whole bunch of other major technical issues like how a significant percentage of people can't use credit cards to pay for subscriptions or additional services because for whatever reason their payment processor blacklists their card for 24 hours per attempt or permanently and support is unable to do anything about it. Or how in 2.0 there was a bug where people could drain you of millions of gil just from being in the same zone as a marketboard. I think you're projecting a little hard with the autism over there. I ran into that problem with my debit card. Turns out I just have to call them ahead of time and tell them to allow out of country purchases for a day and then it works fine. Part of my banks anti-fraud security and since my bank is a relatively podunk affair I imagine most major credit companies and banks use similar.
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Eej posted:For someone I've never really interacted with you seem real eager to try and dump on me for an offhand joke. Did you have a bad day? Maybe I'm just triggered by your lovely jokes.
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Eej posted:SE has a whole bunch of other major technical issues like how a significant percentage of people can't use credit cards to pay for subscriptions or additional services because for whatever reason their payment processor blacklists their card for 24 hours per attempt or permanently and support is unable to do anything about it. This is a standard fraud protection used by any payment processor worth two shits. Square Enix uses Global Collect for payment processing which has their own checks and balances. SE may or may not also use additional anti-fraud support like ReD (or whatever they're called now. ACI something) and yeah, if you do something that triggers one of those systems you either have to wait it out or they have to get your info flagged as ok and not actually A Bad Thing. Having worked with online billing systems, more often than not the issue is something that's outside of Support's hands because it's either your info triggering anti-fraud safety measures or your CC company has the payment type blocked by default and you have to get it changed. You have to do something really sketchy to get auto-banned on a CC though. Like your US CC is being used to make purchases from China, Russia, or other fraud-heavy areas. US CC info used in China or Russia is a red flag in basically every payment processor's systems just like your bank will* contact you when they see your card's being used in another country without warning. * only applies to banks and CC providers that aren't total garbage. </  >
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Evil Fluffy posted:This is a standard fraud protection used by any payment processor worth two shits. Square Enix uses Global Collect for payment processing which has their own checks and balances. SE may or may not also use additional anti-fraud support like ReD (or whatever they're called now. ACI something) and yeah, if you do something that triggers one of those systems you either have to wait it out or they have to get your info flagged as ok and not actually A Bad Thing. I triggered it once with my card because I resubbed while I was in Japan half a year ago (makes sense) and then went to pay for my sub a month later back at home. Waited 24 hours to try again, still didn't work. Checked with AMEX, they saw nothing wrong. Tried with a second card, didn't work, got that one locked out. Ended up having to buy a game time card and tried with the credit card again at the end of the 2 month period and it was still blacklisted. Was saved by them introducing Paypal for Crysta a couple months later. e: there's also a huge sprawling thread on the OF about their payment processing issues Eej fucked around with this message at 00:42 on Jun 13, 2015 |
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dreffen posted:"Hey guys, this combo package of the base game and expansion is weird because you can't play it for a week until early access. Now let me tell you how this is exactly the same as the myriad of technical issues that another game developer had because of my crippling autism and inability to grasp nuance. If that isn't your thing though you can just let me talk about Miku-chan~~ in IRC" Why are you so mad, bro?
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Evil Sagan posted:Jokes are supposed to be funny.  (do not steal)
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Hey guys, I got a new horse. It's...slightly angrier than the last one.
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i like your horse
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MadFriarAvelyn posted:Hey guys, I got a new horse. Pretty sure that's a Highlander.
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So if I don't have the steam version of FFXIV is there any way to pre-order the digital expansion besides through the Square Enix store? The Square Enix store is straight up not letting me buy anything, when checking out the 'Buy Now' button doesn't work.
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bhsman posted:I'll give this a shot later, thanks. For what it's worth, here's the message I keep getting when the thing crashes and then recovers: I used to have that happen when my vid card got too hot. Might want to check your heart sinks / cooling fans for air flow. Tarranon posted:yeap. i added an exception to windows firewall as well even tho i don't use windows firewall. turned off MSE for a bit to see if that made a difference, nothing doing. tried both bit versions of ACT, reset the comp. Network mode off or on?
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UraniumFuelElement posted:So if I don't have the steam version of FFXIV is there any way to pre-order the digital expansion besides through the Square Enix store? The Square Enix store is straight up not letting me buy anything, when checking out the 'Buy Now' button doesn't work. Greenman Gaming has it for 20% off, digital.
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UraniumFuelElement posted:So if I don't have the steam version of FFXIV is there any way to pre-order the digital expansion besides through the Square Enix store? The Square Enix store is straight up not letting me buy anything, when checking out the 'Buy Now' button doesn't work. http://www.greenmangaming.com/s/us/en/pc/games/mmos/final-fantasy-xiv-heavensward-na/
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UraniumFuelElement posted:So if I don't have the steam version of FFXIV is there any way to pre-order the digital expansion besides through the Square Enix store? The Square Enix store is straight up not letting me buy anything, when checking out the 'Buy Now' button doesn't work. Any store that has the digital version will work. Amazon, GreenManGaming and Newegg all have it, among other stores.
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Why the poo poo would you need early access for Heavensward on a new account (which is what the base/xpac combo is for) when it's going to take you, at minimum, 50 hours of active play to get to actually play any Heavensward content? It took me 3 days playing like 15 hours a day or some poo poo just to poopsocks through the main story quest at 2.0 launch*. At worst maybe you can't roll Au Ra and you want to and have to buy a fantasia because waiting for paying for your first subscription is just toooo~ long to wait, boo loving hoo *e: oh yeah and the open beta gave me a head start of getting through lv 20 so I didn't even have to do that part. Boten Anna fucked around with this message at 03:08 on Jun 13, 2015 |
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DemonMage posted:http://www.greenmangaming.com/s/us/en/pc/games/mmos/final-fantasy-xiv-heavensward-na/ 29.99 here http://www.greenmangaming.com/vip/ you need to be logged in.
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Boten Anna posted:Why the poo poo would you need early access for Heavensward on a new account (which is what the base/xpac combo is for) when it's going to take you, at minimum, 50 hours of active play to get to actually play any Heavensward content? The problem is that you can't even play ARR. vOv fucked around with this message at 04:20 on Jun 13, 2015 |
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vOv posted:The pronblem is that you can't even play ARR. Are the servers basically down for everyone who doesn't have early access? 
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Boten Anna posted:Are the servers basically down for everyone who doesn't have early access? No, what's going on is that if you bought the combination you can't play the game at all until early access comes out. If you just bought them separately you're fine. Which is dumb. (Either that or I'm horribly misreading what's going on.)
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If you buy the ARR/Heavensward bundle now, you can't play till EA starts. Which makes sense, because it's a copy of Heavensward. Like, other mmos don't normally presale base games and expansions together till the game is out so this doesn't exactly have precedence
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It makes roughly as much sense as saying that you could play now, because it's a copy of ARR as well.
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Doublestep posted:If you buy the ARR/Heavensward bundle now, you can't play till EA starts. * In order to enjoy the benefits of early access to Heavensward content, you need to be playing FINAL FANTASY XIV: A Realm Reborn and have made sufficient progress in the main scenario. As such, early access will not be available to new players who pre-order the FINAL FANTASY XIV Online all-in-one bundle and have yet to begin their adventures. http://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/heavensward/#product_area They likely can't even play until Jun 23
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Stufoo posted:* In order to enjoy the benefits of early access to Heavensward content, you need to be playing FINAL FANTASY XIV: A Realm Reborn and have made sufficient progress in the main scenario. As such, early access will not be available to new players who pre-order the FINAL FANTASY XIV Online all-in-one bundle and have yet to begin their adventures. this owns even more
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Doublestep posted:If you buy the ARR/Heavensward bundle now, you can't play till EA starts. Which makes sense, because it's a copy of Heavensward. Why? If I buy a video game that also comes with DLC that will be released in a month, saying that I can't play it until the DLC comes out would be stupid.
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vOv posted:Why? If I buy a video game that also comes with DLC that will be released in a month, saying that I can't play it until the DLC comes out would be stupid. Im gonna keep the dice conparisons rolling Please dont compare china rising to an mmo expansion
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Because you're not buying the game. You're buying a bundle that doesn't come out till the game comes out. Shut the gently caress up.
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I'm just about to hit 48. How long do the post 2.0 story quests take? Will I be able to head into Heavensward content as soon as the early access starts or will I still be stuck on an earlier patch?
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Hellioning posted:I'm just about to hit 48. How long do the post 2.0 story quests take? Will I be able to head into Heavensward content as soon as the early access starts or will I still be stuck on an earlier patch? Youve got time but you need to finish it all before hitting the new city/jobs.
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Hellioning posted:I'm just about to hit 48. How long do the post 2.0 story quests take? Will I be able to head into Heavensward content as soon as the early access starts or will I still be stuck on an earlier patch? You could, but it's a pretty large amount of content to do in ~6 days. You might want to consider waiting until the expansion drops actually and level something else in the mean time - When 3.0 hits, those quests are going to be giving out EXP and gear to get you through the ilevel requirements of the duties, although we don't know how much EXP or how good the gear will actually be. You could consider it a trade off between leveling multiple classes somewhat more efficiently vs. actually getting into the expansion content faster.
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This game is great.
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Manyorcas posted:You could, but it's a pretty large amount of content to do in ~6 days. You might want to consider waiting until the expansion drops actually and level something else in the mean time - When 3.0 hits, those quests are going to be giving out EXP and gear to get you through the ilevel requirements of the duties, although we don't know how much EXP or how good the gear will actually be. You could consider it a trade off between leveling multiple classes somewhat more efficiently vs. actually getting into the expansion content faster. Actually it was confirmed that the 2.x post 50 MSQs will not actually grant you any experience sadly.
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Omnicrom posted:Actually it was confirmed that the 2.x post 50 MSQs will not actually grant you any experience sadly. What? Where?
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Omnicrom posted:Actually it was confirmed that the 2.x post 50 MSQs will not actually grant you any experience sadly. FaintlyQuaint posted:What? Where? Keeping up with the trickle of information from a bunch of different Square outlets has been weirdly difficult. I admit I gave my EXP advice just based on posts from this thread without checking if it had been confirmed from SE anywhere. VVVVVV poo poo, I remember reading that too, I must have just forgotten that last line. Manyorcas fucked around with this message at 06:23 on Jun 13, 2015 |
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https://docs.google.com/document/d/1JSCm4VBfKGnegzqWQpsNWKI_uZkSFyVZ3lI1VGvrnl0/pub posted:A Realm Reborn Adjustments If I am reading this right, you can't expect to go anywhere exp wise from the MSQ but you can expect to get gear at 50 so you're ready to move into 3.0 after completing the content 2.1-2.5 RuanGacho fucked around with this message at 06:23 on Jun 13, 2015 |
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RuanGacho posted:If I am reading this right, you can't expect to go anywhere exp wise from the MSQ but you can expect to get gear at 50 so you're ready to move into 3.0 after completing the content 2.1-2.5  Sounds okay to me.
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If they're giving people gear with the story quests, its probably so they're able to queue for Steps of Faith by the time they reach it.
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Mordiceius posted:
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