Replace, 2/22/22:
After being suspended for greater than two months, the free trial for Remaining Fantasy XIV is again and open to any and all gamers.
The official FFXIV Twitter account introduced the information right this moment. For the uninitiated, the free trial was suspended again in December following widespread congestion points in FFXIV. These points occurred on account of the fast development the MMO skilled forward of its Endwalker enlargement launch. The free trial is reside as soon as extra, although, which suggests gamers can play by the whole lot of A Realm Reborn and the Heavensward enlargement as much as stage 60 totally free, with no restrictions on playtime.
The unique story continues beneath…
Unique Story, 12/16/21:
Sq. Enix has briefly halted gross sales of Remaining Fantasy XIV as a result of ongoing Endwalker congestion points.
The corporate has additionally provided up extra free game-time to gamers who personal the sport or have an lively subscription, including one other 14 days of time on prime of the seven introduced final week. This information comes by the use of an FFXIV Lodestone weblog submit made yesterday by director and producer Naoki Yoshida. Yoshida initially issued warnings of anticipated Endwalker congestion in November and as predicted, the servers stuffed up instantly, with some gamers hitting queues with over 5000 individuals forward of them.
It’s not stunning, although, contemplating the MMO added 1 million new gamers forward of Endwalker’s launch.
“We apologize for the continuing congestion that has been occurring since Early Entry and the official launch of Endwalker,” Yoshida writes within the weblog submit. “It’s been almost two weeks for the reason that begin of Early Entry and gamers are nonetheless experiencing substantial congestion when logging into the sport. As we have now new content material set to launch in upcoming patches, I’d prefer to give you a number of updates on our plans to deal with these points.”
Anybody who owns FFXIV and has an lively subscription as of December 21, which is when Patch 6.01 is about to launch, will probably be eligible for the 14 free days of sport time. Yoshida additionally mentioned that “as a result of dense focus of play hours which far exceed our server capability, particularly in the course of the peak instances,” the sale and supply of each the Starter Version and the Full Version of FFXIV has been briefly stopped.
“Moreover, though these with an lively subscription are prioritized to log in, Free Trial gamers are unable to log in outdoors of late night time and early morning hours, and so we’ll briefly droop new registrations for the Free Trial,” Yoshida writes. “These non permanent suspensions will probably be phased in over the subsequent few days as we work with our retail companions.”
Ads for FFXIV has been suspended for now, though Yoshida notes that some can’t be suspended as a result of nature of how they had been arrange. Nonetheless, Growth Packs and Collector’s Version digital upgrades will stay on sale for current gamers.
The director additionally reconfirmed that if the whole lot goes based on plan, Patch 6.05, in any other case often called Pandaemonium: Asphodelos (Savage), will nonetheless be launched on January 4, 2022.
“We perceive that there are issues about World First races and first week development, however Patch 6.05 will add numerous new components, such because the addition of a brand new Allagan tombstone, new crafting recipes, in addition to the brand new treasure hunt dungeon, the Excitatron 600,” based on Yoshida.
Elsewhere within the weblog submit, Yoshida says Sq. Enix hopes to have a roadmap for its plans concerning a brand new logical information heart and extra server worlds someday in January.
Whereas ready to queue into FFXIV, watch the newest Endwalker trailer after which examine how one can earn an “Eat Pizza” emote.
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