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#1 Aug 21 2014 at 6:56 PM Rating: Good
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Hello!

I was an original FFXIV pre-order founder (No, not ARR, the original). Yeah, I suffered through the launch. Fun times were had by all. *cough*

Anyhow, I'm re-interested in joining FFXIV ARR and have re-activated my account and am currently downloading the client. My questions are: Are there any "founder" type bonuses that I can activate? Any cosmetic items, forum titles, etc.? Any discounts? does the free trial apply to me, or since I already have FFXIV registered, do I have to pay full price up front? Are there any other non-gameplay features I should be aware of?

I of course have a million questions about the re-vamped gameplay, but the best solution there is to just play and find out for myself. I just want to make sure I don't miss out on any "founders" bonuses before I finalize my account and make a new character.

Thanks, and cheers!

- Hydra
#2 Aug 21 2014 at 7:10 PM Rating: Excellent
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Uh...

If you originally had XIV CE, you technically get ARR CE items (in game) in your mog mail. Otherwise the only founder perk is Legacy Status, which is 9.99 a month for more benefit than the other 2 option, but you had to pay for XIV 1.x for3 months total to get that. No forum titles. If you're just joining ARR you'll get the trial.
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#3 Aug 22 2014 at 7:05 AM Rating: Excellent
Welcome back!

If you reactivate your old character, the character itself will have a cool tattoo on the back to indicate you survived the Calamity. Depending on how far you got in 1.0, you may also get some unique cutscenes in ARR - the starting cutscene is apparently a bit different. I think to qualify for that you need to have completed the quest United We Stand. You'll get the tattoo even if you didn't get very far.

Many of your old items will be at an NPC called the Calamity Salvager.

Now, if you opt to create a new character from scratch, you'll lose the cool tattoo and the rescued items, but you still get your CE bonuses.

Edited, Aug 22nd 2014 9:06am by Catwho
#4 Aug 22 2014 at 8:35 AM Rating: Excellent
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Thanks for the tips guys!
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