[i300e]

Hi
Have a few questions about Accounts and Swithcing to japanese.

1. Are there seperate accounts for seperate regions or are they all the same?

2. If there are and I go out and get a japanese version of the game will i be able to use the my american account or will i have to change to japanese and lose my character?

3. Is there anything different in the japanese account?

[neighbortaru]

yes there is a distinction based on region.

if you set up an account using one region's reg codes, you'll have to stick to that region's version of the game or expansions.

once you've registered and created your character however, you can play on any version of the game, but keep in mind any new expansions will have to be of the same region as your original account.

3. other than everything being in japanese, no.

[Bricklayer]

I have the same scenario. I started on the NA PC version, and have RoZ and CoP (haven't bothered to get ToAU yet). Recently, I purchased the JP PC version with RoZ, CoP, and ToAU. If I'm reading neighbortaru correctly, I can install the JP version and play my old character, BUT I won't be able to install (won't be able to register?) ToAU. Or, I can start a new character in the JP region, and play with all three expansions.

[neighbortaru]

Originally Posted by Bricklayer

I can install the JP version and play my old character, BUT I won't be able to install (won't be able to register?) ToAU.

correct.

Or, I can start a new character in the JP region, and play with all three expansions.

also correct, but i believe they'll ask you for a valid address in Japan in the JP version.

[i300e]

So if i use my NA account on the japanese version of the game i will have to buy 2 copies of each expantion that comes out, a japanese one and an american one.

[neighbortaru]

Originally Posted by i300e

So if i use my NA account on the japanese version of the game i will have to buy 2 copies of each expantion that comes out, a japanese one and an american one.

I think so (someone correct me if I'm wrong).

btw, can you read/write Japanese? If not, there is really no point in getting the JP version.

[Sirius]

Had a JP account when the game first came out in Japan, bought the NA version and kept my charaters. When an expansion comes out I have to import the JP game and register with that code, then I can either buy/download/borrow the NA version software to play in english.

I cannot register/delete content IDs, edit my account, or cancel/change anything unless I am using the JP version of POL. If you are just logging into a character you have, you will have no trouble using either. You may install the JP and NA POL by just poping in the CDs, no folder editing needed. Different versions of FFXI instals will need to be placed in seperate folders during instalation.

This would be the opposite for you.

I suggest you keep both versions of POL (JP/NA) for account reasons.

[Pebbles]

As I understand it, expansion checks are made against your POL ID, so as long as the data files exist you can access a registered expansion on any of the clients (JP/NA/EU) without buying the expansion twice (I occasionally run the JP client, and can access Al Zahbi just fine even though I have bought no JP version of the game or its expansions). This is of course on PC, assuming you set up your clients to point to a single FFXI install tree (or you copy DATs across). Once you cross platform boundaries you're stuck paying anyway (although, if you have the NA PC version with all expansions registered, you should be able to play (and access expansion content) by logging into a friend's EU or JP 360 version).

As for differences in IDs, I suppose one major difference is that there are more games available on the JP side (Front Mission Online, the Fantasy Earth beta, etc). So if you can read/write Japanese (and have the use of a valid JP address for registration purposes), then obtaining a Japanese POL ID does have its advantages.

[i300e]

ok thanks guys