Hey everyone,

I promised I’d introduce myself, so here goes nothing, I guess!

Tl;dr Hi, the name’s Kahuna, I work for SE as a community person, I played FFXIV even before I started, and now I’m here. Kthxbye!

Wall of Text: My name’s Hergen “Kahuna” Thaens, and I'm now the resident Square Enix guy here. I'm currently working in the Square Enix Europe offices in London, and have been for about a month now. I've miraculously survived as a CM in the industry for almost 6 years, though mostly for ze Germanz.

I was lucky to have a lot of free time before SE hired me, and the free time coincided with the release of FFXIV – I'm quite happy with my equipment and the last time I managed to find time to play, I was wiping on Twintania and Titan EX. Raptr has logged something around 700 hours or so. No judging! Back in 2005/2006 I've also been playing FFXI.

Here at SE, I’ll be taking part in quite a few things – part of that is working with external communities such as Reddit and others. I'...

Hey everyone,

I thought I’d let you know that we have just put online the FFXIV PlayStation 4 product pages (you will find a link at the bottom of the post), and some of the info on there might be of interest to you. If you can’t see the new pages, please do a hard-refresh (most browsers do so through CTRL+F5). Since I know that probably nobody here will have the patience to click the info together, I thought I might as well post a FAQ!

First of all: The trailer. Fully recorded from a PS4.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YKDm_9CGfpY

Fun Facts: You wouldn’t believe how much time we have spent just waving and cheering. These little over 2 minutes of trailer material took way over 6 hours to film and resulted in over 800GB of 1080p material. I am also in that video, visible at around 0:32. The first one to guess who I am will have the honor of being right! :P

Beta Info

• Phase 1: 22nd of February to 3rd of March
• Phase 2: 4th of April to 7th of April
• The Beta will be accessible for ev...

Hey everyone!

Those of you that have visited a con before probably know that problem - you want to know more about a game, but more often than not, the booth staff can barely explain to you how the demo works.

We want to change that, and at the same time give some of our biggest fans a chance to have a look behind the scenes of one of the biggest gaming conventions in the world!

As a Community Ambassador, you'll be answering questions about the game by visitors and give them an introduction to the game, among other things. You'll be working with other team members and you'll get to know a few of us :)

You'll get free entry to the convention, a free hotel room (shared with one more ambassador - why not apply with a friend?), a goodie bag, and more.

There's a catch - you have to be fluent in German. But I know that a lot of Germans (and people speaking German) frequent the subreddit, so this goes out to you.

Interested? You'll find more details and instructions here: http://sqex.t...

If you're German, you can find the thread on the official forums here!

Hello everyone!

We recently trialed a new event in Germany, the Fan Gathering. The first one was in Hamburg, and we've had loads of fun talking with fans about the game and getting their friends signed up.

Now, we're continuing the series in Cologne! There's hardly a better reason than one of the world's largest gaming conventions to get the fans together for a little party, and that's exactly what we're planning to do.

Me, Sasunaich, all the community ambassadors and many more will be at the Gathering, so don't miss it!

Bring your friends!

If you bring someone who doesn't yet play FFXIV, we'll get them up and running with a retail version of the game!

When and where will the Gathering take place?

On Thursday evening (August 14th) after the convention closes. The location is easy to reach from the convention. You'll learn everything else from the confirmation mail!

WANT! GIEV! What do I have to do to atten...

Good Morning, Everyone.

Please use this thread for all problems arising since the planned 7am Pre-Order start of the physical Collector's Edition on the EU store. I will try my best to keep you all updated here.

Current situation:

12:30 After a thorough investigation, our store support team can now help users who have trouble using PayPal. Please contact them through the Store website (Select "Help" at the bottom of the page, then select the "Contact Us" from the list). They will help you. Apologies for the inconvenience!

10:30 We are aware of a small number of users having issues with an error message when trying to pay through paypal. We are investigating this with priority right now. Sorry for the trouble!

09:30 The SE Boutique should be fully functional now. Happy Pre-Ordering!

08:55 We are actively working on the SE Boutique (France). You might notice a slow-down at this point. Pre-orders on the SE Store are working.

07:55 SE Store is now back up! Boutique back up as well,...

Unfortunately, Square Enix can't vouch or take responsibility for unlicensed third party products. In case of aetheric infestation or mysterious, archetype-based powers manifesting in the wearer, please be aware that our support will not be able to provide assistance. Please seek out your nearest private Disciples of Magic care provider.

Should a Primal appear: RUN.

I would strongly suggest to not go anywhere near a casino, unless you are signed as a stage act. I hear that casino security is not taking lightly to such things.

I would also remove all of the more creepy cards from the deck, just in case, but that's just me.