Plat without paid subscription possible?

[MattbluePT]

Hey guys.

 

So I've been postponing this game due to it requiring a subscription to get the plat, due to the 1000 Levequests which are time gated .

 

But I was reading the website and saw something about playing until lvl 60 with no restrictions on playtime. (https://freetrial.finalfantasyxiv.com/gb/)

Does it mean I can plat the game without paying for a subscription?

 

This would probably be an incentive for me to start playing this game.

[Kotetsu42x]

You can definitely meet all the requirements for the trophies/plat under the free trial, as the trophy list never updated past ARR. The only thing I can't confirm is whether or not trophies will pop while utilizing the free trial. I believe they do on PS5, just not 100% sure for PS4.

[MattbluePT]

Even if they don't, I believe the main game comes with a 30-day subscription (not sure though). Would activating this sub on PS4 be enough to get the trophies if the requirements were already met?

[Tetho_mig]

Trophies don't pop with the free demo, you must buy the game, either the base version or the complete edition, in order to pop your trophies.

But what you can do is meet the requirements for each trophies with the free demo, buy the game during sales and then pop them by triggering the different actions required (kill an enemy, clear a FATE, craft an item, and so on...) during the free month that comes with it.

Please note that some of the restrictions from the free demo (not being able to add friends, to join a guild, use the market board and go beyond lv 60) will make the platinum a bit more tedious than it should be if you play the game normally. But it is perfectly doable.

[NorthPaul93]

I have a question. If I let my sub expire, will I still be able to stack levequests? I was thinking that I could get most of the trophies in a couple of months then re-sub every 3 months or so, when I get 100 levequests allowences, but I'm not completely sure if it will work.

Edited April 3, 2023 by NorthPaul93

[sepheroithisgod]

6 minutes ago, NorthPaul93 said:

I have a question. If I let my sub expire, will I still be able to stack levequests? I was thinking that I could get most of the trophies in a couple of months then re-sub every 3 months or so, when I get 100 levequests allowences, but I'm not completely sure if it will work.

Yes, this works. You can also try aiming for free-login weekends to come back and use them. For example, there is currently a 4-day free login period that is going on til; May 8th.

[RedDevil757]

Trophies pop on the ps5 version when playing for free

[NorthPaul93]

6 hours ago, sepheroithisgod said:

Yes, this works. You can also try aiming for free-login weekends to come back and use them. For example, there is currently a 4-day free login period that is going on til; May 8th.

Awesome! I already bought the started edition, so I have 30 days to get most of the trophies out of the way. I will probably let the sub expire after this and look out for free weekend logins.

Edited April 3, 2023 by NorthPaul93

[Owtasmh]

to answer whether or not you could platinum the game on free trial regardless of them popping or not, no. Slay Thy Neighbor requires playing PvP, which requires a paid subscription.

[Boni_Neto]

I'm currently doing this strategy of using the free trial first (PS4 version), and here are my thoughts and tips after a month has passed...

 

- I can confirm that no trophies will ever pop during free trial. Your console won't even acknowledge a trophy list for the game.

 

- For crafting purposes, you'll need two things: "ingredients" and crystals. No access to the market board in the free trial means that you can't buy crystals (but apparently they are expensive, anyway), which means that, for the crafting trophies, you'll need to farm the crystals through mining and cutting logs, but since there are trophies related to these activities as well, it's actually helpful - although boring.

 

- The crafting trophies are really, really boring. I mean, the game is meant to be played for months and months, but if you're just trophy hunting and want to be done with it, you'll find them boring. Aside the "ingredients" and crystals farming, you have to sit through the animation of the crafting 1,000 times for each job. It's painful. Mining and logging are boring too, but as I said, they help with the crystals, so... Fishing 1,000 times is also a pain.

 

- I have reached the level 60 cap with my paladin, and just to clarify it, you can still play normally after reaching level 60, you just can't level up anymore. Currently, the level cap for the paid version is 90. I also can only hold up to 300,000 gil. No more than that, but I found that money isn't an issue if you keep doing the quests from the main scenario.

 

- Guildhests and instanced raids are really easy to farm, as you only need 100 of each, but guildhests might test your patience, since you'll have to wait a few minutes each time before the game connects you with other players. As for the instanced raids, you can do the first Ifrit fight once you unlock it during the main scenario quests. Normally, the game cuts your level down to adjust it to the quest you are currently playing (in case you are too overpowered), but the game also gives you the option to play raids with your current level (this is called unsyncing) without cutting it down (although you don't get EXP and prizes). I was doing the Ifrit fight (which is a level 20 fight, if I'm not mistaken) solo with my level 60 paladin, and the fight would only last for 50 seconds or so, it's a really fast method to farm the instanced raids.

 

- Don't worry about the 10,000 enemies killed trophy, just do the other trophies and this one will pop up naturally. 1 month has passed for me and I already have almost 7,500 kills.

 

- I have done all main scenario quests except for the last one, which I'm saving for when I hit 1,000 levequests and FATEs. A few people have told me that there's no problem in doing the last mission in the free trial (no trophies, remember), because in the paid version, the trophy will pop up as soon as I finish any other side mission or DLC mission, but I'm really fearful that by doing so the trophy won't pop up, so I'd rather put the last mission on stand by instead of risking replaying the game's 200 main scenario quests all over again.

 

- There are two trophies that you cannot get a start on in the free trial: the PvP one, and the Binding Coil of Bahamut one. You can only pursue them in the paid version. You have access to the binding coil in the free trial if you complete the requirements to unlock it, but since no trophies pop, there's no point in doing it there. Also, all the 5 turns of the BCB are available for you to play once you unlock them, but you only need to complete Turn 5 (the battle against Twintania) for the trophy to pop... or so I've been told. Personally, as soon as I reach 1,000 levequests and buy the paid version, I will create a session through the game and ask some level 90 dudes to carry me through this fight.

 

- You only get 6 tickets/allowances for levequests per day (3 each 12 hours), so do it simultaneously with the 1,000 FATEs trophy, that's what I've been doing. 6 levequests and 6 FATEs per day. Levequests and FATEs are the last farmings that I need to take care of (not counting the 10,000 kills). I'll probably get my platinum in October, when I reach 1,000 levequests. It will be a long journey.

 

EDIT: 6 MONTHS LATER...

 

So, my journey has ended successfully. When I had 99% of the trophies ready, I bought the STARTER EDITION (the cheapest one, at least for me), and was able to pop all the trophies. I finished the main scenario and went on to unlock the Binding Coil of Bahamut. When it was time to get that trophy, I kid you not, the battle lasted for 20 seconds, or at least that was what the log said. To me, the battle was done right after I skipped the cutscene. Guess I was laggy. People these days are super OP in this game. I had set the party finder up and was lucky enough to find decent and patient people who understood that I was just a noob trying to get the trophy. Apart from one or two a**holes, the community was pretty nice to me over the course of these 6 months. Anyway, that was it. I can now confirm that it's 100% possible to prepare the trophies on free trial, and then pop them up by doing one last respective activity on paid version. To whoever is reading this and thinking about trying it, good luck, it's going to be a long, long journey.

Edited October 5, 2023 by Boni_Neto

[vanessaking2]

IS ARR still available on PS4?

[Azure Kite]

On 1/31/2024 at 10:20 AM, vanessaking2 said:

IS ARR still available on PS4?

Yes the ps4 version is still very much available. 

 

Currently working through it myself with 2 trophies to go. 

[Ninjise]

Working perfectly, I'm also tackling the list before jumping to the PS5 version.

[Lightbringer-V92]

Yesterday the game allowed me to complete 32 levequests, I didn't understand why, it is supposed to enable 3 every 12 hours, Saturday and Sunday I remember not doing them due to lack of time, but still, does anyone know if it is related to the Easter event?