Announcing the FINAL FANTASY XI Ultimate Collection! (10/16/2009)

[Darwinion]

My main concern with this collection is will it have the game updated? I remember over a year ago I bought the Vanadiel Collection 2008 when I got a new rig. Figured having everything on one DVD would be cool to simplify the installation. But everything on the DVD was no fucking different to what I already had on all my original CDs.
No updates, no patches. Totally fucking ridiculous. Still had to patch for fucking hours after installation. I can see this being exactly the same.

[Uwen]

I bought this last night omw to work and when I got home I opened it up and realized it only has 1 reg code in it for the whole thing. I was hoping to save a little money to get both Moogle and Shantotto add-ons without having to buy thru POL. I had already bought ACP before i took some time off game. Came back a few days before this was announced so was waiting for it to get both add-ons and actual discs instead of burnt copies for PC(i misplaced mine and had to borrow a friends). Waiting til Monday so I can contact SE about the situation before attempting to return to GameStop.

A friend of mine said he went to gamestop to pick this up, and the person working there told him that no Gamestop's at all on the west coast had gotten this in. That it was taken off the list or something along those lines. Does anyone know why this is?

It was delayed on East Coast too, no GameStop or EB around here had any copies until Friday.

[Destinye]

My main concern with this collection is will it have the game updated? I remember over a year ago I bought the Vanadiel Collection 2008 when I got a new rig. Figured having everything on one DVD would be cool to simplify the installation. But everything on the DVD was no fucking different to what I already had on all my original CDs.
No updates, no patches. Totally fucking ridiculous. Still had to patch for fucking hours after installation. I can see this being exactly the same.

The collections are updated to the point of when it gets released, logically it can't be updated to the last patch because they press the disks well in advance and just do last touch ups then release. So chances are all collections will be 1-3 patches behind, unless there was no patch in the last 3-10 months.

[Darwinion]

The collections are updated to the point of when it gets released, logically it can't be updated to the last patch because they press the disks well in advance and just do last touch ups then release. So chances are all collections will be 1-3 patches behind, unless there was no patch in the last 3-10 months.

The Vanadiel Collection 2008 had nothing. It even still had the jazzy piano style PoL music, remember that? Ofc I expect there to be some updates to apply. But the experience I had with VC 2008 was unacceptable and pure lazyness on their part.

[Ukiyoe]

The Vanadiel Collection 2008 had nothing. It even still had the jazzy piano style PoL music, remember that? Ofc I expect there to be some updates to apply. But the experience I had with VC 2008 was unacceptable and pure lazyness on their part.

Ultimate collection is patched but doesn't include the last one one of course. I re-DL'ed the whole thing only took me 4 hours to update due to the time I choose. Ive heard though there was no need to do so, they said after receiving your code simply input it on your existing pol account and it should work fine.

[DrRuler]

Ok I have 2 questions I really hope you guys can answer,

1. If I buy this on steam, can I just get the multi key from it and apply it to my account? or will it force me to re-DL/update first?

2. I have ACP, if I use the multi key and take away the last 2 addons, could I then use it on my friend's account to give him ACP?

[pixiehawk]

I bought this last night omw to work and when I got home I opened it up and realized it only has 1 reg code in it for the whole thing. I was hoping to save a little money to get both Moogle and Shantotto add-ons without having to buy thru POL. I had already bought ACP before i took some time off game. Came back a few days before this was announced so was waiting for it to get both add-ons and actual discs instead of burnt copies for PC(i misplaced mine and had to borrow a friends). Waiting til Monday so I can contact SE about the situation before attempting to return to GameStop.



It was delayed on East Coast too, no GameStop or EB around here had any copies until Friday.

You only need the one code, it asks you if you want to register the other mini as well, say yes and boom they are both registered.

If you were starting out brand new you'd be able to register every single expansion with the one code.

[Ukiyoe]

Ok I have 2 questions I really hope you guys can answer,

1. If I buy this on steam, can I just get the multi key from it and apply it to my account? or will it force me to re-DL/update first?

2. I have ACP, if I use the multi key and take away the last 2 addons, could I then use it on my friend's account to give him ACP?

They only sell it with one key. No multi key. So your #2 wouldn't work. Since the add-ons seems to be already on your game but just need activating.

[Ukiyoe]

I bought this last night omw to work and when I got home I opened it up and realized it only has 1 reg code in it for the whole thing. I was hoping to save a little money to get both Moogle and Shantotto add-ons without having to buy thru POL. I had already bought ACP before i took some time off game. Came back a few days before this was announced so was waiting for it to get both add-ons and actual discs instead of burnt copies for PC(i misplaced mine and had to borrow a friends). Waiting til Monday so I can contact SE about the situation before attempting to return to GameStop.



It was delayed on East Coast too, no GameStop or EB around here had any copies until Friday.

I hope you read what pixiehawk said. But the one code works for all of them. There's no need to go back to gamestop or contact SE.

[Kaisha]

Anyone in Canada seen this in retail yet?

I just saw it at an EB Games but it was priced at $29 for some reason. With the current currency value the most I was expecting was at most a couple dollars more, not 10. Perhaps they're idiots given Amazon.ca has it listed for $21.99, or assume people will pay the higher price anyways.

[Shade]

Anyone in Canada seen this in retail yet?

I just saw it at an EB Games but it was priced at $29 for some reason. With the current currency value the most I was expecting was at most a couple dollars more, not 10. Perhaps they're idiots given Amazon.ca has it listed for $21.99, or assume people will pay the higher price anyways.

This is pretty standard for EB really. :/

[xopher]

Thought EB doesn't exist anymore.

[Siniroth]

Thought EB doesn't exist anymore.

It did yesterday, at least, as I was there for an unrelated reason

[Aevis]

The Vanadiel Collection 2008 had nothing. It even still had the jazzy piano style PoL music, remember that? Ofc I expect there to be some updates to apply. But the experience I had with VC 2008 was unacceptable and pure lazyness on their part.

sorry for the necro but i bought it too as backup-all-in-one and i didn't buy the 2 last mini-addons. after installing everything, i clicked play just to face a 16k/7h50 update screen. seems they didn't learn anything from VC 2008 /sigh