The month of September is off to a great start as the fourteenth installment from the internationally popular Final Fantasy series, FFXIV, launches its much-anticipated open beta test.
The schedules are as follows: August 31, 19:00 PDT; September 1, 2:00 GMT; and September 1, 11:00 JST.
Having second thoughts? We’ll have you know that game developer and publisher Square Enix is handing out incentives for FFXI players making the move over to FFXIV. All the time spent leveling and FFXIV gil farming surely won’t go to waste.
To begin with, players with both FFXI AND FXIV accounts linked to their Square Enix account will get a major subscription fee discount—$12.95 to $7.00 per month. Next, players will also obtain the Hermes’ shoes, an exclusive in-game item that increases movement speed. The third bonus is the name transfer. A character name used from the linked Final Fantasy XI account is open for transfer to Final Fantasy XIV.
ETA: Square Enix recently released an official statement announcing the postponement of the open beta. Detection of critical bugs was cited as the reason.