How the fuck do you even install this game? I'm constantly getting redirected to 404 sites and can't even log into the free trial site.
Did you start here?
Free trial https://freetrial.finalfantasyxiv.com/na/
Sign up/login with a Square Enix account at the next site and it should go through from there. Without knowing where something isn't working, going to be hard for people to give any further input.
Heya, I also want to start this game, maybe some advice for newbies, I don't know what character will be best to start
I'd look up a youtube video about the jobs. There isn't really a "noob" job except maybe SAM and RDM but they are both level 50 jobs so you can't start as them anyways. I'd just play whatever you want. Most of the jobs seem roughly the same difficulty to play outside of the two I mentioned. I started as Bard and I really like it. Seems like there's a lot to keep track of though and it was a little overwhelming, but now that I'm level 60 and my rotation is coming into place it's not that bad.
Race doesn't matter, play what you find most visually appealing. When you finish the Realm Reborn MSQ you'll get a free race change. Your starting job determines which starting zone you'll get.
I have given up on trying to install this game, such a shame. I could do a Steam install but I have been strongly adviced against that..
Last edited by CptEgo; 2019-03-23 at 04:47 PM.
It's really not that big of a deal, people who "strongly advise against it" are probably harking back to the launch of Heavensward when the steam version ended up being delayed so many people bought from the SE store thinking it would work and it didn't.
ALL you need to know is if you grab the steam version you need to STAY with steam versions.
Steam version isn't that bad. Huge bonus is you can pay your sub and buy most things off the Mogstation (except a transfer) through Steam.
But yeah it did have a bit of a mess up with Heavensward.
But hell they've even started doing separate physical CEs for Steam now since Stormblood for people who like that. I just stick with the console CEs though personally aka PS4. Still have a collectors edition of ARR from PS3 lol.
FYI for those who aren't aware, if you get the steam version you have to buy all the expansions for now and eternity through steam and not through the square store.
Also if you ask you might get the base game free from people from the old Twitch Prime special giveaway.
I also started playing a couple days ago on a free trial account. The game is actually pretty fun so far. Only thing I wish it had right now is a transmog system like WoW has. I know it has dyes but sometimes it's not enough for me. I care very much about how my character looks as it adds to the overall fun factor of a game.
Anyway my question was since I'm on a free trial account do I keep my progress if I ever decide to actually buy the game? Which as of right now is something that's likely going to happen. I don't see why it wouldn't work that way but I wanted to make sure. I don't want to have to start all over again and do all those intro quests again because as other people have said it is rather slow and I really don't want to be put through that again.