Reddit reviews FINAL FANTASY XIV: Heavensward - PlayStation 4
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Increased level cap from 50 to 60Dark Knight: Tank - Wields a two-handed greatsword and the power of darkness to deal damage to their foesAstrologian: Healer - Tap the power of the stars to cast potent healing magicks, while drawing energies from constellation-based divining cards to support your partyMachinist: DPS - Deal damage from afar using a combination of firearms enhanced with various attachments, and mechanical turrets deployed on the battlefieldIncluded in this expansion pack is a new race called The Au Ra, a new City-State – Ishgard, new Primals Bismarck and Ravana, and Flying Mounts
**Edit - I missed the key dates in that PS3 to PS4 FAQ - it ended in April of 2015. Still, you can get ARR for PS4 digitially from Amazon for 19.99 and get HW physical copy from Amazon for 17.18, so total cost for ARR and HW on PS4 is 37.17 right now. It's a little more than just buying HW for PC but not much. It's a matter of how much playing on PS4 is worth to you vs playing on PC.
All platforms play on the same servers. I too bought PS3 and PC when it first came out but I upgraded my PS3 account to PS4 when the PS4 came out.
It looks like this is still a free option. Instructions for how to upgrade your PS3 account to a PS4 account are here.You can also get a copy of Heavensward for the PS4 for $17.18 from Amazon right now if you don't mind waiting a few days for physical delivery.Personally, I love playing from my PS4 and find it more convenient than PC in some regards (but less so in others). I would recommend investing in a wieless usb keyboard for your PS4 if you don't already have one, makes chatting a lot easier.
If you decide to use both platforms, be aware that the biggest drawback is that character specific data such as keybindings and gear sets are saved locally so if you update your gear on one platform then access your character from a different platform, that updated gear set will not have been saved and you'll have to manually equip the updated gear if you change classes.
For PC: To start playing you need just A Realm Reborn, which will grant you all content from 1-50 including the 2 years of patch content before Heavensward released. The only thing you will be missing out on is creating an Au Ra character that you can start the game as from level 1.
Then you need Heavensward, which grants access to the 50-60 content, with the new land (6 zones), 3 new jobs and the 2 years of Heavensward patch content. It also lets you either make an Au Ra character, or change your character's race to an Au Ra.
There is also a bundle where you may buy both the base game and the expansion together, but there is no bundle with Collector's Edition goodies.
You will need both collector's editions if you want all the digital goodies, or you can buy upgrades to both editions in order to get them, whenever you choose to.
On Steam it looks exactly the same. The only downside is that you are bound to buy everything on Steam and the box edition codes will not work with Steam. This makes it hard if you wish to have the physical collector's editions as their codes will not work with the Steam version and you would need to buy the collector's box and the Steam upgrade for Stormblood, for example.
For PS4:
It's the same as on PC, except the digital PSN codes and the box editions codes can be mixed and matched without issues.
Amazon links:
FFXIV PC A Realm Reborn: https://www.amazon.com/Final-Fantasy-XIV-Realm-Reborn-PC/dp/B008SBZD9G/ref=sr_1_2?s=videogames&ie=UTF8&qid=1484552881&sr=1-2&keywords=final%2Bfantasy%2Bxiv%2Ba%2Brealm%2Breborn%2BPC&th=1
Final Fantasy XIV Heavensward PC https://www.amazon.com/FINAL-FANTASY-XIV-Heavensward-Windows/dp/B00OM6SAK0/ref=sr_1_7?s=videogames&ie=UTF8&qid=1484552940&sr=1-7&keywords=final+fantasy+xiv+a+realm+reborn
Final Fantasy XIV PC Bundle https://www.amazon.com/Final-Fantasy-XIV-Heavensward-Reborn-Bundle/dp/B00UO4NL9Y/ref=sr_1_2?s=videogames&ie=UTF8&qid=1484552854&sr=1-2&keywords=final+fantasy+xiv+a+realm+reborn
PS4:
Final Fantasy XIV A Realm Reborn: https://www.amazon.com/Final-Fantasy-XIV-REALM-REBORN-PlayStation/dp/B00DCBDNW6/ref=sr_1_1?s=videogames&ie=UTF8&qid=1484552854&sr=1-1&keywords=final+fantasy+xiv+a+realm+reborn
Final Fantasy XIV Heavensward: https://www.amazon.com/FINAL-FANTASY-XIV-Heavensward-PlayStation-4/dp/B00OM6SALE/ref=sr_1_1?s=videogames&ie=UTF8&qid=1484553249&sr=1-1&keywords=final+fantasy+xiv+Heavensward+ps4
Final Fantasy XIV Bundle: https://www.amazon.com/Final-Fantasy-XIV-Online/dp/B00UO4NKA4/ref=sr_1_1?s=videogames&ie=UTF8&qid=1484553283&sr=1-1&keywords=final+fantasy+xiv+online+ps4
That's almost a low for Amazon http://camelcamelcamel.com/FINAL-FANTASY-XIV-Heavensward-PlayStation-4/product/B00OM6SALE
It's only recently dropped.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00OM6SALE/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1479154867&sr=8-1&pi=SL75_QL70&keywords=heavensward+ps4
This is just the expansion, mind you, not the full game. If you don't already have ARR for the ps4, I do not believe it'll work for you. If you check your mogstation, it'll tell you what your account has flagged for which platform.
Meaning, if you don't already have the base game for the ps4, you'll need to get the full package, which is $24 on amazon, I believe. I think you can buy the license for other platforms through mogstat ion as well, though not sure.
There are three separate versions listed on Amazon, although that probably doesn't mean anything
Amazon US has it for $15
> https://www.amazon.com/FINAL-FANTASY-XIV-Heavensward-PlayStation-4/dp/B00OM6SALE/ref=sr_1_1_twi_gam_2?s=videogames&ie=UTF8&qid=1496862750&sr=1-1&keywords=heavensward&th=1
Or pre-order Stormblood and you will unlock Heavensward for free on the 16th.
When it comes to Final Fantasy XIV...
Should I get this this?
Or should I get this, this AND this?