With the 14-day limit in place, you were unable to re-experience the trial after those 14 days without making a new account. Final Fantasy XIV got off to an extremely rough start when it launched.
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TRY FINAL FANTASY XIV FOR FREE
Start your 14-day free trial and join over 2 million adventurers worldwide who have already begun their journey throughout Eorzea.
Play for free up to level twenty and experience all the epic quests, battles, and classic FINAL FANTASY elements you know and love, like Moogles and Chocobos!
To participate in the Free Trial, you must fulfill the following requirements:
You must possess a SQUARE ENIX account.
* You can create a SQUARE ENIX account during the client setup process or on the SQUARE ENIX Account Management page here.
* You can also use a pre-existing SQUARE ENIX account, as long as that account does not have a license for the retail version or beta of FINAL FANTASY XIV: A Realm Reborn.
Your SQUARE ENIX account must not have a previous FINAL FANTASY XIV: A Realm Reborn license.
* You must not have participated in the 14-day Free Trial before.
* You must not have participated in the FINAL FANTASY XIV: A Realm Reborn Beta Test.
* You must not have a full version license of FINAL FANTASY XIV: A Realm Reborn.
The FINAL FANTASY XIV: A Realm Reborn Free Trial restrictions are as follows:
The Free Trial period lasts for 14 days.
If a player decides to upgrade to the full version during the trial period, any remaining days on the Free Trial will not be carried over.
Free Trial users cannot use paid optional services (hiring additional retainers, etc.)
Free Trial users are unable to log in to the Lodestone and the official forums.
The following in-game restrictions apply during the Free Trial:
(error messages may appear when attempting to use certain features)
[Character Creation Restriction]
- Only one character can be created per World (server), on up to 8 Worlds.
- Characters created during the Free Trial are guaranteed to be carried over to the full version within 90 days after the Free Trial end date, if the service account is upgraded to the full version.
[Level Cap]
- Characters cannot exceed level 20 for all classes.
[Currency Cap]
- Gil that can be acquired is capped.
[Chat Restrictions]
- /shout, /yell, and /tell cannot be used.
[Market Board Restrictions]
- The Market Board cannot be used.
[Trading Restrictions]
- Trades cannot be made.
[Moogle Delivery Service Restrictions]
- The Moogle Delivery Service cannot be used.
[Retainer Restrictions]
- Retainers cannot be used or hired.
[Linkshell Restrictions]
- Linkshells cannot be created, but Free Trial users can join already existing linkshells.
[Free Company Restrictions]
- Free Trial users cannot join Free Companies.
[Party Restrictions]
- Free Trial users cannot invite other players to their party.
- Free Trial users cannot recruit party members via the Party Finder.
+ However, Free Trial users can be invited to parties and use the Duty Finder feature. (in-game matchmaking system)
Please note that all of these restrictions will be removed after upgrading to the full version.
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Also with the free trial there is a new recruit-a-friend program out. If you are interested in trying the game out with some bonuses.
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