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 Asura.Aeonova
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By Asura.Aeonova 2021-11-11 23:31:55
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So true. I'm mainly on this forum for the epic "wE neEdz da 75 cAp s3rv0rz" threads/posts.

Hmmm. Got excited when I saw this, but it seems there is no relation to free-to-play.

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By Asura.Aeonova 2021-12-05 17:11:58
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Not really sure why bg-wiki.com's main page is advertising this without an announcement I can find, but I'm guessing it's like Japanese FFXI Twitter or some recent streaming JP-only Q&A or something and will be in the "news" section of this site soon enough. Pity I resubbed at the first of the month, but wanted the cool Iron Giant mount.



Can't wait to see the returning players complain that full 2,100 JP leech used to be 8m and now it's a 500 JP leech for 8m.
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By Draylo 2021-12-05 18:12:15
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Prepare, they are coming
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By Asura.Aeonova 2021-12-05 18:28:30
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Bad memes. Actually they aren't even memes really. They are more images telling a story. Bad 3 panel story:
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By Shichishito 2021-12-05 18:32:39
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could we please not bump the "Free-to-play is active!" thread befor free-to-play is actually active?
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By Lakshmi.Cesil 2021-12-05 18:47:54
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Shichishito said: »
could we please not bump the "Free-to-play is active!" thread befor free-to-play is actually active?

Oh haha yeah, I thought it was active! Was about to mass message a buncha friends and be like hey come play! :D
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By Sylph.Funkworkz 2021-12-05 19:09:39
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It was announced in the last freshly picked.

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By Odin.Senaki 2021-12-05 19:12:49
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Sylph.Funkworkz said: »
It was announced in the last freshly picked.


Considering they release these every 2-3 months, and the 'rewards for paying players' are often not all too valuable, and as a casual player who sometimes only plays once a week.... I wonder if it is even worth paying the sub.
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By Asura.Eiryl 2021-12-05 19:36:11
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Odin.Senaki said: »
I wonder if it is even worth paying the sub.
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By Shichishito 2021-12-05 21:03:58
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By RadialArcana 2021-12-06 06:18:25
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Odin.Senaki said: »
Considering they release these every 2-3 months, and the 'rewards for paying players' are often not all too valuable, and as a casual player who sometimes only plays once a week.... I wonder if it is even worth paying the sub.

Paying money into something you care about is a purely selfish act, you aren't doing it for their benefit. You're doing it so the game is there when you do want to play it.

At the end of the day, these welcome home campaigns are run to bring people back. They do work, one brought me back 5-6 years ago and I've been subbed ever since.
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By Lakshmi.Watusa 2021-12-08 19:40:42
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Shichishito said: »
could we please not bump the "Free-to-play is active!" thread befor free-to-play is actually active?

hey it's active
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By Bahamut.Galakar 2021-12-09 01:36:43
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RadialArcana said: »
Odin.Senaki said: »
Considering they release these every 2-3 months, and the 'rewards for paying players' are often not all too valuable, and as a casual player who sometimes only plays once a week.... I wonder if it is even worth paying the sub.

Paying money into something you care about is a purely selfish act, you aren't doing it for their benefit. You're doing it so the game is there when you do want to play it.

At the end of the day, these welcome home campaigns are run to bring people back. They do work, one brought me back 5-6 years ago and I've been subbed ever since.

They should change one thing though. The CP/Exp bonus event should not be linked to the play-for-free campaign.
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By Asura.Aeonova 2021-12-09 02:27:16
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Friday, December 17, 2021, at 12:00 a.m. (PST) to Wednesday, January 5, 2022, at the same hour.

That's 19 days. That's pretty generous. I was expecting it to end on the 27th.

Sorry for the bump, but this is official announcement and not speculation.

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By Sylph.Elwynbelwyn 2021-12-09 09:16:30
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Someone probably told them that in certain parts of the world, people travel for a holiday around that time.
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By Valefor.Esdain 2021-12-10 00:50:49
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If you have one character activated and paid for do all of your other characters that lapsed inactive become able to be played when its free to play or do you have to be an entirely unsubscribed person?
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By macsdf1 2021-12-10 00:56:14
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your mules that aren't active will be free play when return to vanadiel starts.
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By Valefor.Esdain 2021-12-10 01:14:50
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By Asura.Aeonova 2021-12-16 08:36:55
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Just got in on an alt. This is not a drill.

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By Carbuncle.Arakon 2021-12-16 08:48:58
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Was testing my inactive account and it started downloading the update and login.
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By Lakshmi.Avereith 2021-12-16 09:22:03
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free login is fun because I get to see interesting alt names again!



Ballista is back on the menu!
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By Asura.Aeonova 2021-12-16 09:28:03
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Looks like no early discounts yet, sadly. I didn't expect there to be, but checked anyway.

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By Asura.Bootus 2021-12-16 10:42:49
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Mine is telling me I need to reactivate my playonline service in order to log in :(
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By Asura.Aeonova 2021-12-16 10:57:51
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Sometimes it takes a bit for all accounts to have their... for lack of a better term... "switch flipped on" for free to play. Try again every few hours through today and tomorrow. If nothing happens by the end of the day tomorrow, post on here again.

I have thoughts as to why, but don't want to write them up if F2P just went live and not every inactive account is flipped to free mode yet.
 
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By Lakshmi.Cesil 2021-12-16 14:23:44
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Lets gooooooooooo :D

Got a lot of my friends coming back for this! Hopefully they stay :)
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By Lakshmi.Veika 2021-12-23 19:47:32
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Is updating/downloading this game still painfully long?
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By Ragnarok.Jessikah 2021-12-23 19:50:46
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Lakshmi.Veika said: »
Is updating/downloading this game still painfully long?
It's honestly not too bad. I think the biggest issue back in the day was internet more than anything, and maybe the fact that I'm remembering the PS2 updates/installs. Either way, I was updated and ready to go in about 15 minutes when I reinstalled.
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By Lakshmi.Veika 2021-12-23 19:55:33
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Ragnarok.Jessikah said: »
Lakshmi.Veika said: »
Is updating/downloading this game still painfully long?
It's honestly not too bad. I think the biggest issue back in the day was internet more than anything, and maybe the fact that I'm remembering the PS2 updates/installs. Either way, I was updated and ready to go in about 15 minutes when I reinstalled.

Awesome. Downloading the game from the website now!
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