Service, Fees & Legacy Campaign


For much of FFXIV V1's life the game remained free to play. However this changed in January 2012 when monthly fees commenced. The fees announced were lower than the originally intended fees for the game and the possibility to purchase extra retainers was unavailable. The fee reduction is only a temporary plan until the release of FFXIV: A Realm Reborn.

It should be noted that the monthly fee is actually for a number of days rather than full months. This means you are not penalised for re-activating your account in the middle of a month and only getting half a month while still paying the full monthly fee. There exists the option to subscribe for 30, 90 and 180 days.

The current fee structure means you will pay £6.89/€9.99 for 30 days if you live in Europe and $9.99 if you live in the USA. There is also an additional fee of £2.10/€3/$3 per extra character you create. If you purchase a 90 day subscription then you will make a saving of £0.60/€1/$1 per 30 days, while a 180 day subscription option will give you a saving of £1.20/€2/$2 depending on your currency.


Legacy Campaign

The Legacy Campaign is a loyalty reward available to players who have been playing in V1 for at least 90 days.

In FFXIV: A Realm Reborn the fee structure will be changing and players who qualify for legacy status will be able to take advantage of a legacy player discount. The discounted prices will be the same as the current 30 day fee, while players without legacy status will have to pay the higher older fee for the same service level.

The new structure has removed the extra character payment and instead given you up to 40 playable characters for your 30 day fee. Players who do not have legacy status will be able to gain a discount if they are happy with a maximum of just one character per world. The full FFXIV ARR fee structure is as follows:

Membership Price Days Characters - World Characters - Total
Legacy £6.89/€9.99/$9.99 30 8 40
Entry £7.69/€10.99/$12.99 30 1 8
Standard £8.99/€12.99/$14.99 30 8 40

Players with legacy status will also be entitled to an exclusive chocobo mount which will become available with the launch of FFXIV: A Realm Reborn. They will also be able to request that their name is displayed in the credits for FFXIV: ARR.



To qualify for a legacy account you must have subscribed for at least 90 days before June 30th 2012, 2012. This includes a situation where you purchase a 90 day subscription on June 29th, you do not actually have to have used those 90 days yet. If you qualify for legacy status you will know about it via a logo in the character select screen.

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Anonymous
May 23, 2013 - 18:21:29 | Location: Nowhere, In a Box

For the one complaining about the legacy situation, I have a feeling that SE will not lose customers because of this. I'm a legacy and even if I wasn't I will still want to be part of this game. Looks amazing and they have work hard enough to not give them a second chance. This "I'm not going to play because all this legacy" is just BS. I'm 100% sure that even YOU will be playing it. But don't worry , I know you will not say anything because them you EGO will get hurt again.

Stop complaining and be freaking proud that some people out there decided to stick around to give SE hopes for a better game that YOU will be playing. You decided not to waste your time/money in a game that was horrible, well that's not something that I will argue against. So don't come with the old story to back you about not paying the game because it was crap. That was your choice and no one blamed/blaming you for that.It was horrible and boring at first but some just decided to keep playing and SE wanted to reward them for their support on their bad times. That's is all. I find it very kind and motivating. You will probably end up receiving other bonus that new people in the future will not get. Even if you preorder you will get stuff that others will not. People should complain about that too??

Now just grow up and find more meaningful topic to discuss about because right now it just sound childish and even jealous.

Wow it seems like people just becomes kids sometimes....
 
Anonymous
May 08, 2013 - 18:35:11 | Location: Nowhere, In a Box

Most of the players who are legacy weren't just paying during the elotted time, they were actually playing the game and taking part in it's legacy that the particular umbral era was leaving behind, they've fought, laughed, struggled, survived the chaos all while continuing to support Square Enix while they were making improvements and rebuilding the game, and therefore makes them legacy players. You did not, you hauled ass and didn't even bother to come back when they emailed you and made vast improvements to 1.0, therefore you are not Legacy. Deal with it.
 
Anonymous
May 05, 2013 - 20:26:36 | Location: Nowhere, In a Box

Not going to pay a higher monthly premium than people with "legacy" just because they were around during the selected subscription time. I bought the boxed version and supported you guys then, I'm a part of the legacy even if you don't think so. Everyone who bought the game then is a part of the legacy. You're only going to lose players because of this. If anything legacy should be granted to anyone with an ffxiv registered ID before reborn and the mount would be for the people who meet your subscription date. This is just insult to injury otherwise.
 
Anonymous
Feb 25, 2013 - 19:37:59 | Location: Nowhere, In a Box

Same here...
 
Anonymous
Feb 23, 2013 - 12:28:10 | Location: Nowhere, In a Box

I am proud to have been swindled out of not paying 60 dollars to Square Enix despite having bought their failed product from day one, and will have to continue to pay a premium now.