[Suirieko]

Leaders of the Eorzean Alliance have issued a clarion call, petitioning all able adventurers to lend their strength to the battle that will determine the fate of the realm.

Read their proclamation in full.

In order to rally the greatest possible number of adventurers for the final reckoning, the game will be opened to all FINAL FANTASY XIV Service Account holders between Thursday, November 8, 2012, at midnight and Sunday, November 11, 2012, at the same hour (PST). You will be able to log in* during this time regardless of your subscription status.
* With the exception of The Lodestone and the official forums.
* Any progress made will not carry over to A Realm Reborn.

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[Vaughn1337]

Suirieko, on 08 November 2012 - 02:30 AM, said:

<img src="http://static.finalfantasyxiv.com/topics/images/1d/5f/7843.jpg?cd13073e73998810072b4de61676073f" /><br/>Leaders of the Eorzean Alliance have issued a clarion call, petitioning all able adventurers to lend their strength to the battle that will determine the fate of the realm.


<a href="http://lodestone.finalfantasyxiv.com/pl/topics/detail?id=1d5fa963bf9ad32fca91f4715ccfe18580c8608d">Read their proclamation in full</a>.


In order to rally the greatest possible number of adventurers for the final reckoning, the game will be opened to <b>all</b> FINAL FANTASY XIV Service Account holders between Thursday, November 8, 2012, at midnight and Sunday, November 11, 2012, at the same hour (PST). You will be able to log in* during this time regardless of your subscription status.

<span class="text-note">* With the exception of The Lodestone and the official forums.

* Any progress made <b>will not carry over</b> to A Realm Reborn.</span>

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I've got an active FFXIV account, but no character.
Does that mean I can still create a character and log in?
That would be awesome

[JCrusnik]

that would suck if you can't goodluck thought hope you are able to create a character.

[Vaughn1337]

Just created a character.
Nice!

[ravendta]

Is there a place where users who've already registered game codes can download the updated client? Or do we just update from within the existing install?

[Jackel]

ravendta, on 08 November 2012 - 07:22 AM, said:

Is there a place where users who've already registered game codes can download the updated client? Or do we just update from within the existing install?

You can just update from within the existing client. A number of users like myself seed the patches 24/7 usually, coupled with the fact not many have access means you should be able to get installed and patched up within an hour or so I would think.

Good luck, and have fun!

[Orophin]

Once again, got an e-mail update about this from Core but not from SE themselves. I think they underestimate the power of e-mail marketing for people such as myself who doesn't utilize social sites that much.