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[FFXI] THE INTRO on PC question.
Deusfaux
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I still have my original POL account I registered from the PS2 version of FFXI...
since then, I'm pretty sure I've been able to use that one account to login or play with both PS2 and PC versions.
However, the 360 version talks about linking the gamertag to the POL account, and something along the lines of, well, you can't get to your POL ever again without this gamertag attached to it.
Does that mean I couldn't access that POL account from the PC or PS2 again after 360 linking (since gamertags aren't on those platforms)? Or does it merely mean WHEN accessing from a 360, that gamertag must also be a part of the equation
Has anybody played with the same account between a 360 and PC and/or PS2?
since then, I'm pretty sure I've been able to use that one account to login or play with both PS2 and PC versions.
However, the 360 version talks about linking the gamertag to the POL account, and something along the lines of, well, you can't get to your POL ever again without this gamertag attached to it.
Does that mean I couldn't access that POL account from the PC or PS2 again after 360 linking (since gamertags aren't on those platforms)? Or does it merely mean WHEN accessing from a 360, that gamertag must also be a part of the equation
Has anybody played with the same account between a 360 and PC and/or PS2?
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I've got a friend who switches between 360, PS2 and PC versions depending on what platforms are occupied at his place at the moment so I've seen it done
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again.
just to be clear - he's switching with the same POL account each time, right
****update**** I've read some people saying something about using Guest Login? (I do see it on the PlayOnline menu) What's that for and should I be using it on one platform vs another?
LASTLY - how do you activate the intro FMV again on any version once you've seen it the one time?
chair to Creation and then suplex the Void.
however, my mail is asking for a password, and I don't exactly remember having to input one (or even setting one) before.
all passwords attempted don't work, including POL password
did something change at some point?
chair to Creation and then suplex the Void.
I suppose it's SE support time now?
chair to Creation and then suplex the Void.
Yeah there are two passwords to log into POL. One is your master account and one is your POL login. It's pretty silly and is just an artifact from when POL was going to be more integrated into SE games than they ever ended up being.
Also, don't call SOE, they don't have anything to do with FFXI. :P
Origin: Galedrid - Nintendo: Galedrid/3222-6858-1045
Blizzard: Galedrid#1367 - FFXIV: Galedrid Kingshand
But then running the program just boots playonline... where I can't do much since I don't have a content ID attached..
That's all I can think of because there didn't used to be a password on the mail system; they added it later. If you're logging into the mail for the first time since never having one it should force you to put one in, not go ahead as if you already had one.
That's no help at all, I realize.
Origin: Galedrid - Nintendo: Galedrid/3222-6858-1045
Blizzard: Galedrid#1367 - FFXIV: Galedrid Kingshand
Regardless... I need to contact their support, right? Email now or wait till Monday for a chat support
And I realize I could be wrong about the password thing but I'm fairly certain that I never had to bother with a password for the POL mail system, that was different than my account password, for a couple years after launch.
Origin: Galedrid - Nintendo: Galedrid/3222-6858-1045
Blizzard: Galedrid#1367 - FFXIV: Galedrid Kingshand
so onto the intro thing.
PS2 - you play the intro with some option with the original game's disc inserted - plays off the disc only i think
360 - only way is to go to install from playonline menu and start the process of installing FFXI - even if you have it installed. cancel install procedure right after intro
PC - how? content ID has to be attached first? FFXI has to be in the process of actually booting up?
lastly - was the intro ever re-worked a bit between PS2 release and 360? I feel like the voice acting was a little different on the 360... certainly it had to have been in a higher resolution than PS2. PC I'm not sure the rez or VA, cuz I cant get it to run
and anyone know of a site with a list of all FF FMVs?
chair to Creation and then suplex the Void.
For the record on that, when do the 30 free days start for XI? Maybe I should just add it now even if I'm not going to be playing right away.
Even if you are willing to let your 30 days tick by while you are not playing, wait until the billing cycle hits so you can avoid the partial month wonkiness that everyone deals with.
chair to Creation and then suplex the Void.
and you're confirming that to see the intro on pc, I have to start my 30 days one way or another
And the end of the month thing is due to their billing cycles. If you start your 30 days mid-month it dicks around with it since they bill monthly on the 28th instead of when you subscribed. What happens is you get billed a full month regardless of when you started your subscription the next month.
So if you start today, you'll be billed November 28th for a full month of november if you don't cancel before the end of your 30 days. Ultimately losing many of the "free" days.
It's really stupid and it's amazing they haven't been sued for it after all these years.
Though, the 11th is early enough in the month that personally I'd just say whatever.
Origin: Galedrid - Nintendo: Galedrid/3222-6858-1045
Blizzard: Galedrid#1367 - FFXIV: Galedrid Kingshand