Celebrating 4 Million Accounts - Free Login Campaign Comes tFollow

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Fledgling adventurers continue to arrive in Eorzea in droves, and we are pleased to announce that the realm is now home to four million registered accounts. To celebrate this momentous milestone and beckon yet more adventurers to the realm, we will be hosting a Free Login Campaign!

If you or any of your friends are currently taking a break from your adventures in Eorzea, this is the perfect opportunity to sample all the latest additions to FINAL FANTASY XIV, including the recently opened Manderville Gold Saucer. You won't want to miss out on this limited-time event!
≪Free Login Campaign Overview≫

Users meeting the following conditions will be able to play FINAL FANTASY XIV: A Realm Reborn free of charge during the upcoming Campaign:

Eligibility
Users who have previously purchased and registered FINAL FANTASY XIV and whose service account is set as inactive during the campaign period.
*Please visit the FINAL FANTASY XIV: Mog Station to confirm the status of your service account.

Event Schedule
From Friday, February 27, 2015 at 12:00 a.m. (PST) to Monday, March 9, 2015 at 1:00 a.m. (PDT)
* Please note that a subscription to FFXIV: ARR is required to continue playing after the event period.

Client Download
If you have yet to install the game, please download the official client software.
(http://sqex.to/ffxiv_client_en)

Don't miss out on this chance to experience Eorzea in all her glory!

I'm guessing the number is just for marketing, and that the timing of this free login weekend is largely unrelated to that milestone. The addition of the Golden Saucer was probably a bigger factor in the timing of the campaign than when this game reached X number of created accounts.

Played FFXIV for a couple months a year ago, decided I wanted to try it again and the free campaign was announced, so timing could not be better, but I have a problem.

I want to be prepared for when the time actually comes and have the client 100% downloaded and ready to do, but I cannot even download the game via the launcher without an active sub, it will not let me,

Is there any way around this?

Also, don't suggest the trial client, it only lets you log in with trial accounts.

It appears that the trial client and the normal client are two completely different things.

If you try putting in an existing account information into the trial client it tells you that you cannot use the client for accounts that already have ffxiv registered to the account.

It's really weird and I have never encountered something like this before.

Edited, Feb 26th 2015 2:57pm by Curtsie

It's very ironic, I just downloaded the free trail client and made a new account to play/test it.


1 day later this campaign is announced


yay me!


Just to be on the safe side, since the free trail client has the "FT" next to it, I uninstalled and installed the main client and used the free trail account to do so.


maybe it don't matter but now my OCD wont keep me up tonight.


Super happy about this, just when I wanted to come back for a week and now I can!


I only stopped playing cause of time/personal stuff getting in the way.


I'll be getting up @ 3 am and play tomorrow.....




Edited, Feb 26th 2015 4:59pm by Masoner

If it makes you feel any better, I received an email at 1pm today telling me about this free login period from SE. Where as I may have been interested in checking all the changes out since I stopped, it does remind me why I cancelled.