11th Vana'versary Return Home to Vanadiel Campaign!Follow

Yea, events like this are great to me. I think its cool to offer a free trial, but its not enough to bring me back sadly. I had 8 amazing years of FFXI, but last time I logged in I was just sad and overwhelmed. Its just not the same. Also, I had 2 characters, so I need 2 copies of SoA @ $30 each and then 2x $13 so....$86?!! my first month back. Yea, no thanks.

I haven't played in a long time so I'm only in a mix of AF3+1 and old gear with no relics, no empys, some progress in Abyssea but not near done and obviously nothing in Adoulin. All my old friends have quit. I'd have to redo all my macros, gear sets, everything. My inventory is likely a mess. I'd be looking at hours and hours of logistics just to prep, then days or months of catching up. I just can't do it.

Maybe I interpreted it wrong, but it seems like people only get to try SoA for free if they actually sub. Otherwise it'd just be the rest of the game for oldbies to tinker with.

Edited, Dec 5th 2013 11:32pm by Szabo

I'd be really shocked if you couldn't

Given that they're basically advertising that it's the entire Seekers of Adoulin Ultimate Collection, I would imagine it offer you everything that you'd be able to get/do normally, which would include unlocking other jobs including RUN and GEO.

You would think so, but this doesn't seem to be the case. The bottom portion seems specifically to download the game data. It doesn't quite say people will be able to access the expansion for free. Also see the bottom text on this video at 3:02.

Of course it's possible that the text is aimed at people without accounts.. We'll see for sure in two days.

Edited, Dec 8th 2013 10:03pm by newaccount4343

Doesn't start until the 11th bud.

Yeah, but only for NEW people.

He said he tried to re-activate OLD characters.

Nah, you were right. My email says otherwise - but I just logged in.

The game let me log in already. The expansions aren't unlocked without buying them.

I wasn't allowed on either. The agent said that many people are having the same issue and to keep trying to get on later. :/

And I was honestly thinking of coming back to this game.

Wow.. first login in almost two years.

I am trying out the free return thing, my last logout was apparently 1/1/2012. I was able to log right in without any action except resetting my long-forgotten passwords. My Linkshell was long gone, last banner was in April. I didn't see many people around.

I distinctly remember my MNK and DRK had weapons that I got from chests that I spent points on.. the snow place where ya fight the buffalo, there was a base camp that you could spend points and get weapons with random enhancements. I remember spending considerable time lotting over and over to get decent bonuses. I see somewhere during my hiatus, these bonuses got wiped, so both of my weapons are now "base" with no enhancements. Very depressing. I see my MNK has some new L99 options in the AH (what's the Item Level thing?) but DRK still gets jacked trying to get a weapon.

Had a heck of a time getting the game going in Win8.1 off my old installation. DirectPlay had to be added from the "Legacy" section in Control Panel.. My keyboard keeps interfering with the gamepad being recognized.. ugh. The old install updated in roughly an hour.

The GUI still appears to be fixed to 16:10, so at 16:9 it looks all stretched.

I dunno.. gonna be a hard sell. I've been playing Ragnarok Online 2 and am pretty adjusted to that game now. Tho it is buggy as heck.