Players who have subscribed to FINAL FANTASY XIV prior to March 31, 2015 and have not logged into the game between Wednesday, April 1, 2015 and Sunday, June 7, 2015.

When logging into the game with an eligible character, you will be given 10 silver chocobo feathers that you can use to exchange for item level 120 equipment. Silver chocobo feathers can be exchanged via the Calamity Salvager NPC that is located in each city-state.

Launch trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m2kVCzhAQXI

Preliminary patch notes:
http://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodestone/topics/detail/e76258d6487ea30feb388f9ecc0a926fddc9eca8

Come check out patch 2.3 during the free weekend this weekend!
What they've added in 2.3:
Battleground pvp
Another tier of Casual Tower
More Storyline
New dungeons

If you've been unsubbed for a while, come check everything you've missed out on this weekend!

I, and a few other people, would like to see a more organized and more endgame centric FC that focuses on being reliable, punctual, and interested in the current content as well as upcoming content. For this reason, I have decided to completely purge the FC of all inactive members as well as members who show no interest in endgame or are unreliable in endgame.

I want the following type of people to populate the FC:

• Reliable
  
• Punctual
  
• Interested in Content
  
• Helpful

We will be raiding on Mondays, Fridays and Saturdays starting at 8pm EST.(this varies based on school semester) This is up to change based on what people communicate with me. I would like to work with members to see what time would best work with them.

The next 2 weeks will be a trial period. To be eligible to stay in the FC you must show up for every single raid time for the next 2 weeks. If you can't make one, then I expect a very good excuse. If there is no room for coil, then I will arrange Extreme Mode Primals at agreed upon times.

After this 2 week period and the official purging of the FC, entrance will be based on performance and reliability on pre-planned Extreme Mode Primal runs.

We have a LS, and I will happily provide you with a pearl so that no one feels left out of the social aspect. I hope that people that are uninterested in the more forced, scheduled aspect of endgame are able to find a FC more suiting for them, and I in no way mean to alienate these people. I'm eager to provide help to anyone and everyone in the LS just as if they were still in the FC.

I will check the records and see what you've donated. If you would like your gil back, I will give it back to you no questions asked. Sadly, prior to 2.1, there were no records as to who donated what, so I expect complete and total honesty.

Ranks will be something that will need to be further discussed before implentation, though they will be far more strict than they currently are. As far as recruitment, yes I will be recruiting. The recruitment will be geared towards players expressly interested in organized endgame.

Ask for a LS pearl. When you hit 50, I will help as much as you would like to get you geared up so we can get you into a trial. As previously mentioned however, level 50 in itself as well as gear won't get you into the FC. Dedication, punctuality, common sense and a modicum of skill will.

http://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/pr/special/2_1_A_Realm_Awoken/