The problem with the free 30 days.

[Volodead]

When I bought the game, under the price tag it said that the game also offers 30 days of free subscription.

Attention: Includes 30 days of free game time for all newly created service accounts.

Monthly subscription required to play.

The PAL version of FINAL FANTASY® XIV Online Starter Edition will require a European & other Regions Square Enix Account to play.

I thought that this is a fixed value that will be added to 1 month for which I paid, but the game itself says that I have a subscription for only 30 days. And now I'm wondering what to do, can I get my extra 30 days? On the steam page it was not written that I should download the trial and play for 30 days and only then buy the game...

[Rhyagelle]

You do not need the trial to get the 30 days. The only requirement is to have a new service account / account with no registered FFXIV or registered trial play.

[Volodead]

https://imgur.com/a/iBovT6y its new account

[Rhyagelle]

Originally posted by Volodead:

https://imgur.com/a/iBovT6y its new account

I don't know if you get to keep the free 30 days if you paid for 30 days, but maybe someone else can answer this part. I would assume it would stack, but...

[Volodead]

https://imgur.com/a/EgGvFBy

[i2ttoi]

The 30 days of free playtime starts the moment you register the CD key, not when you login to the Launcher.

Also, if you added a Subscription by paying for a month, you loose the 30 days of free playtime.

[Volodead]

Originally posted by i2ttoi:

The 30 days of free playtime starts the moment you register the CD key, not when you login to the Launcher.

Also, if you added a Subscription by paying for a month, you loose the 30 days of free playtime.

I'm buy game in steam and enter steam key in launcher, and i lost 30days?

[i2ttoi]

Yes.

The only way to keep the 30 days of free playtime is from buying the game and not registering the CD key, as in, not adding the CD key to an account.

The best way to buy the game on Steam is:
Create an account with SE >
Go to the Steam store page for this game, and select "Download Demo" (FFXIV Free Trial) >
Link Free Trial to SE account >
Login and play for an Unlimited amount of time, then >
Buy the Starter edition or Complete edition on Steam, register the CD key to the same account* by "Upgrade Free Trial" on SE Website >
Login and start 30 days of free playtime, the timer started the moment you Upgraded the Trial with the Steam CD key.

If you just buy the game on Steam, then when you setup the account and register the CD key, the timer starts at that moment and counts down from 30 days until 0, at which point you will need to Subscribe to login and continue playing.

[Volodead]

Ok, the problem was my lack of understanding of what was actually happening.

I thought that's how it works.

The game is free, you just need to pay a subscription ->
In Steam, the game has a price of +- 312hrn (8.40 United States Dollar), which +- coincides with the price of a monthly subscription ->
In the description of the game it was written that you get 30 free days ->
I thought you get 2 months for the price of +-1 (like a promotion for new accounts)

In fact, the price indicated in Steam is the price of access to the game (0 days of subscription), and with it you are GIVEN 1 month of the game without a subscription. That is, I lost my trial 30 days due to the fact that I was in a hurry and did not understand the sequence in which it was necessary to register and play.