wow - I officially can’t play FFXIV even if I wanted to. I just tried to log into my trial account (after I finally found the hidden FFXIV download link on their terrible website) and got this screen

so I guess for some reason Square Enix has decided that my free trial is over, even though it’s supposed to last an unlimited amount of time

wait - holy shit - apparently the fix to this problem is to edit a file called FFXIV_BOOT.cfg and change StartupCompleted from 0 to 1. that actually worked. the tech debt of this game is unbelievable

@kasdeya yeah we didn't remember hearing anything about the trial changing so this seems like solely an installation issue

. . . but yes ffxiv is a game defined largely by its tech debt, so we're not surprised