• Go and Get Married in Final Fantasy XIV Now!

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    Night Fury
    Published on 12-10-2014 07:32 AM
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    Patch 2.45 dropped yesterday for the players of Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn. Patch 2.45 came with a stack of exciting content, including the Eternal Bond System! Yep, you can now marry someone in Eorzea! Squee!


    Some newlyweds /embrace each other!

    There has been a lot added this time around to make the Eternal Bond system pretty flash. For a start, you can now use the /embrace emote which was just added, as well as a story quest to unlock the ceremony. Of course, you can't just go and get married to your beau on a whim; you must first fill out an application over at the Mogstation and choose an allotted time.





    The Ties that Bind - Level 1
    East Shroud (X:17 Y:18)
    NPC: Claribel

    Controversially, the Eternal Bond system comes at a price. You can opt for the Standard Plan, and have the ceremony cost nothing, but you're not going to get as much as if you pay real money for the Gold Plan ($10 per person), or the Platinum Plan ($20 per person). Up for grabs with the Platinum Plan is a special Wedding Chocobo mount, a special gift for your guests, heart confetti, and more choices for carpet and flower colours. With the Standard Plan, your guests will get nothing, you won't get a fancy mount and your ceremony type will be predetermined. You can check out the full details here.


    There are a few more things that you can get in Patch 2.45 in game too! A lot of skills have been changed, and Stoneskin II has been added as a level 50 Conjurer ability; Creates a barrier around self and all party members near you that absorbs damage totaling 18% of maximum HP. Cannot be cast while in combat, or on a target engaged in combat.
    Duration: 30m - YEY!

    For glamour and accessory fans, a cute Spriggan Cap can now be obtained from completing Treasure Maps!




    A lot of glamour items have also been added to the cash shop. This is mostly the festive gear which includes the Sweet Dreams attire, a Reindeer suit, and a Snowman suit. They all cost around $5 each to buy. It's worth mentioning though, that the Sweet Dreams attire was once free in game, and can be purchased on the Marketboard. As well as cute suits, you can also grab metallic dyes in other hues including purple, red, and blue for $1 in the cash shop!

    Are you ready to get Married in Eorzea? Think you'll fork out and pay some real money for the privilege of a few extra things?
    This article was originally published in forum thread: Go and Get Married in Final Fantasy XIV Now! started by Lockharted View original post
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    Comments 6 Comments
    1. Loony BoB's Avatar
      Loony BoB - 12-10-2014, 01:52 PM
      Really disappointed with what few perks you get out of the Eternal Bond system, but oh well. I was hoping for a teleport-to-person feature or something.

      Will probably sort my e-wedding with Danielle out at some point, but for now... Far Cry 4.
    1. Night Fury's Avatar
      Night Fury - 12-10-2014, 01:54 PM
      I just.... urgh with this game right now.

      To even be able to do the quest I need an EB partner, for us to be in a party when we register... Like, really? Not worth it. I also think it's absolute trout that they're charging actual money for you to be able to get the mount. Absolute trout.
    1. Elpizo's Avatar
      Elpizo - 12-10-2014, 06:38 PM
      Well, you could always hope there's someone selling platinum bangles on your server for a reasonable gil-price and pay not a dime of real money... But I agree it's bull-trout, the way they handled this. Hyping up everyone for a year with wedding, then the week before release: "Oh yeah, and you gotta pay for it, lolz!".

      Hold your hearts for Gold Saucer next patch! The gold part will most likely have to be taken quite literally!
    1. chionos's Avatar
      chionos - 12-10-2014, 10:42 PM
      Gross. I don't like the direction FFXIV is going. It's already a subscription game and they're slowly turning it into a micro-transaction on top of already paying monthly to be able to play. I understand that, at least at this point, the things you can buy with rl money are extra and unnecessary to the game, but I still don't like it. This is the kind of trout that will probably end my subscription.
    1. Night Fury's Avatar
      Night Fury - 12-10-2014, 10:44 PM
      Quote Originally Posted by Elpizo View Post
      Well, you could always hope there's someone selling platinum bangles on your server for a reasonable gil-price and pay not a dime of real money... But I agree it's bull-trout, the way they handled this. Hyping up everyone for a year with wedding, then the week before release: "Oh yeah, and you gotta pay for it, lolz!".
      That's what got me on this. They've been planning this for a long time, we'd seen the mount and thought it was just part of the Eternal Bond. Then they brought in the cash shop.

      I'm also disturbed that they're selling the sweet dreams stuff for cash when it can be bought for gil on the marketboard very cheaply. I'm wondering if there is going to even be a Starlight festival this year now, I've heard nothing so far.
    1. Aulayna's Avatar
      Aulayna - 12-11-2014, 04:08 AM
      There will be. The stuff from the 2013 Halloween event was sold on the cash shop, and we still had a Halloween event - with completely new items - this year. The funny thing is these items can still be purchased in-game for like 150gil each from the Calamity Salvagers.

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