Heavensward to launch June 23 (early acces June 19)Follow

http://ca.ign.com/articles/2015/03/07/pax-east-2015-final-fantasy-xiv-heavensward-release-date-revealed

Well until just a few hours ago, the word was a Spring release. So.. July isn't part of Spring.

Still it's not a huge delay (days really) and if it makes the game better then sure why not.

You can be right, and still be negative. It's not what you say, but how you say it.

Also, saying "I told you so" is also not a terribly endearing quality.

Technically it's spring.

Technically.

In Wyoming, we have 2 seasons. Summer, and winter. Summer is July and August, winter is September - June. What is this Spring you speak of?

Just a gripe, but I wish SE would make it cheaper for players with multiple platforms to upgrade. My wife and I have both PC and PS4 and that will cost a lot if we have to upgrade both separately.

Yeah, it's a different format than back in FFXI "scréw over your customers"-days when the dev team would sell you 10% of the expansion initially and then slowly unlock 90% of the content in the next 1½-2 years to make sure the customers aren't getting too much value for their money. Now that we actually get proper expansions instead of slightly glorified patches it's a small price to pay... unless you're Theonehio that would much prefer to have as little value for the dollar as possible like in the good ol' days.

Edited, Mar 23rd 2015 3:38pm by Hyanmen

As much as you love to hate on XI, you seem to have forgotten what gaming is like today, but it's understandable since ARR is likely the only game you've played.

I'm also curious about the mac version. I bootcamp, so I wonder if there will be a difference. (Please, not trying to fan flames here).
Gamespot http://www.gamespot.com/articles/ff-xiv-heavensward-expansion-launches-on-june-23-c/1100-6425729/says a new benchmark comes out next month. If it has a Mac version, I'll test both out.

Edited, Mar 23rd 2015 11:11am by AngusX

https://store.na.square-enix.com/final-fantasy-xiv#
129.00 for collectors addition.. WOW.

Wonder if there is a d/l only collectors version for the PS4.

I am having a hard time justifying the cost of this add-on because of two PS4's and a PC..

I still have not heard of anything new in the way of combat/game play that is making me want to dish out the money for this....Instead of getting excited the closer it gets too launch instead I am loosing interest.

Yes, there will be a download only digital collector's edition for PS3/PS4. It will be available for pre-order at a later time, once Sony has it up on the PSN store.

Once again, you only need a collector's edition once per account - if you use the same account on PS4 and PC, you can get the collector's edition for one and the standard edition for the other and get all the digital goodies for your account since CE rewards are on a per account basis, not a per system basis.

If you use two separate accounts for PS and PS4, and want a collector's edition on both, you'll need the CE for both systems. I'd only bother getting a physical CE once though.

ARR was an olive branch because of what a disaster 1.0 was. So it was offered at a discounted price.

It's very likely you can find the base expansion for less than 40 (actually I've seen a few already), but I doubt very seriously if you'll find a physical CE for less than 130.

I hate to hate on XI but people completely out of this world like you give me no choice but to point out the flaws of XI time and time again.

FFXI expansions were nothing but glorified patches. Most of the content was missing and was implemented within two-three years. We had areas introduced with little to nothing to do in them. Even most new jobs were simply useless for the longest time (or just forever, like Summoner). This is a fact. Actually if Yoshi-P had followed XI content direction we'd have gotten the Praetorium in 2.5 instead of 2.0 and a tiny stump of Heavensward story in 3.0.

If you could possibly come in terms with the said fact (and all the other sad facts surrounding FFXI) I could also stop ridiculing you for being unable to do so. FFXI did good for its time, which is not saying much. Snap out of it already.

http://www.ffxiah.com/player/Fairy/Hyanmensir

There's no way I could say FFXIV is the better game objectively after having played FFXI for six years, right Theonehio? The only possible answer must be that I have never played (and enjoyed for what it is) FFXI in my life. Yes, that must be it.

Edited, Mar 24th 2015 9:11am by Hyanmen