Playing with Aureus Knights in Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn (Gilgamesh Server)

Welcome to the Playing with AKS sticky for Final Fantasy XIV. This sticky is intended to be a one stop shop to give you all the information you need to know about playing with Aureus Knights in Final Fantasy XIV.

Guild Information

Aureus Knights is one of the largest and most active Free Companies in FFXIV based on the Gilgamesh server. We are active in all content facets within the game with 7 active coil flights (and constantly adding more), constant groups for PvE and PvP content and social events to bring everyone together. We are a guild that prides ourselves on being well run and through our planned events and flight system for raids we guarantee you won't find a better FC in the game.

Our guild is active in virtually all time zones however the bulk of our events are planned for EST prime time.

How do I get invited to the Free Company?

If you would like an invite to the Free Company you can contact any officer or member.

I'm a new recruit, how do I become a full member?

To become a full member of Aureus Knights recruits need to complete a trial of around two weeks. An officer will contact you in game once you've been invited to the Free Company. If you have started your trial, your rank will be Recruit in the Free Company roster. If your rank is unprocessed that means your trial has yet to begin. If you are unprocessed and would like to start your trial feel free to contact any officer in the list below who has Recruitment as one of their officer roles.

Officer Team (in-game names)
Okari'a Sikanna
Andaris Pax
Artty Curren
Ayuna Arulat
Cedric Legrand
Daku Lemarus
Gwen Dolyn
Hyorin Malaguld
Ladorak Eqoa
Mai Fault
Mysiana Greymane
Raiak Nostrom
Serv Sever
Taas Taru
Trufflepig Let
Xyphos Tallwind

Where do I download the game?
Download the PC version here.
Download the Mac version here.

About Final Fantasy XIV

The game is set in the world of Hydaelyn, which cycles through prosperous Astral eras and disastrous Umbral eras. The original version of Final Fantasy XIV took place during an Astral era, while the A Realm Reborn relaunch will take place in a new Umbral era, triggered by the fall of one of the world's moons, Dalamud.

Players are able to explore a region of Hydaelyn named Eorzea. The Eorzean realm is uniquely rich in Aether, a magical substance that flows through the planet and everything living on it. Aether can be used in a number of ways, including fuelling magic, powering Machina, aiding in crafting, and allowing instantaneous teleportation through Aetheryte Crystals. This valuable substance plays a key part in the game's lore, story, and events as different organisations and races compete for control over the substance.

Three major city states exist within Eorzea; the bustling commercial hub of Ul'dah, the forest nation of Gridania, and the marine city-state of Limsa Lominsa. At the start of the game a player chooses one of these states as their home, and to progress through the story joins one of their Grand Companies - economic and military organisations which are tasked with defending the land.

The game's main antagonists consist of the Beastmen races and the Garlean Empire. Beastmen are a group of intelligent but monstrous clans, whose ideals and objectives clash with the humanoid races. The Garlean Empire is a technologically advanced nation of Hyurs, hailing from outside of Erozea. The Garleans seek to conquer the land and its Aether, which powers their Magitek machinery. (Wikipedia)

In terms of gameplay the game offers many classes and jobs. Players start the game playing base level classes and unlock jobs through questing and leveling. The game promises a wide array of PvE options including dungeons, FATEs (public quests), guildhests (group leveling content), guild leves (daily quests) and more.

For complete details on the game, check out the official site!

Essential Links, Articles and Videos
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Chapter Awards

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Eorzea Reborn Explorer - Award given to members and recruits who participated in Betas 1, 2 or 3 and played alongside the Aureus Knights in one way or another.

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Eorzea Trail Blazer - award given to a member who joins the guild in Beta 4 or Pre-release

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Guild Outfitter Extraordinaire - Given to any member who goes above and beyond in helping to outfit members of the guild

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Dungeon Master - given to any member who goes above and beyond in helping to run fellow guild members in dungeons

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The Forgiving - award given to members who played with AKS in both FFXIV 1.0 and 2.0

Reserved.

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What is the focus of the LS/FC? (besides fun, of course.)

Will it be end game content oriented? Just goofing off/chatting? etc.

Theoretically, if the game is as fun and engaging as beta proved to be, what will be the longevity of the guild's stay in Eorzea be? (i.e. is this a game that the guild will play till 'the next big thing' or is it in it for the long haul?)

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Originally Posted by Deacon

What is the focus of the LS/FC? (besides fun, of course.)

Will it be end game content oriented? Just goofing off/chatting? etc.

Theoretically, if the game is as fun and engaging as beta proved to be, what will be the longevity of the guild's stay in Eorzea be? (i.e. is this a game that the guild will play till 'the next big thing' or is it in it for the long haul?)

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I can't answer all of this, but I know that other recruits have been asking similar questions, so I'll give this a shot. Bear in mind that this is just my perspective, not an "official" reply.

Basically, AKS is a multi-gaming community that aims to serve the needs of its members. Those members make individual decisions about what games to play, how to play them, and for how long. To make that work, the guild is based on a chapter model. Each game has a set of chapter officers who make sure that the players in that game are being supported by the guild. In a large chapter, like we will have for FFXIV, the players will span a range of playstyles, from casual to core to hardcore, with a large contingent in each group.

Of course, over time, some people will peel off to try other games. But for FFXIV we already have a large group of players who are dedicated to the FF franchise and in many cases, played FFXI for years. (Bear in mind that it is still early days for this game, and the bulk of our recruits usually show up after launch.) For this reason, and because ARR looks like it will be a keeper, I expect that we will have a large core group in this game long-term. How long they will want to play, I can't say--but as long as there is a an active group of members in the game, there will be a guild chapter to support them.

Does that help?

^ What Slippers said perfectly :)

The game dictates how long we stay, what we do. Our model is to support a game as long as our members are playing (of which many of you will soon be joining the ranks of).

Our model is to support whatever content our members what to support. We will have goofy social events and we will have progression raid groups.

perfect. Was what I was hoping to hear. =D

can we have our own launch event or at least a launch photo session just before we go on our big journey throughout Eorzea?

that would be fun :D

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Originally Posted by David Pandakun

can we have our own launch event or at least a launch photo session just before we go on our big journey throughout Eorzea?

that would be fun :D

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would pretty much require we all start in same city, wouldn't it?

We will have a launch event but it'll be on day 2 or 3. The first day is all about accomplishing what you want to accomplish :)

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Originally Posted by RJO

We will have a launch event but it'll be on day 2 or 3. The first day is all about accomplishing what you want to accomplish :)

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Plus wouldn't we all need to get up to lvl 15 to all meet up together in-game?

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Plus wouldn't we all need to get up to lvl 15 to all meet up together in-game?

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In theory. You can walk across the zones and that could be part of an event as well.

We could do something with fresh characters, etc, etc. Not without options.

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Originally Posted by Deacon

would pretty much require we all start in same city, wouldn't it?

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crap totally forgot bout that LOL xD

on the 1st weekend would be nice, everyone should at least 15 by then

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We will have a launch event but it'll be on day 2 or 3. The first day is all about accomplishing what you want to accomplish :)

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Day 2 or 3 of beta 4 launch date or actual launch date?

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Originally Posted by Kayko

Day 2 or 3 of beta 4 launch date or actual launch date?

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Beta 4 = launch.

My concern is this..... Back at 1.0 launch the server for the linkshell I belonged to was so overloaded (Mysidia) that character creation on it was suspended for quite a while. We had guildies trying to get in and not being able to due to the server being locked. With Gilgamesh being so popular, we might run into this problem quite early on.... which will be very frustrating, yet I really can't think of any way that this can be helped. :ohcrap:

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Originally Posted by Mirchea

My concern is this..... Back at 1.0 launch the server for the linkshell I belonged to was so overloaded (Mysidia) that character creation on it was suspended for quite a while. We had guildies trying to get in and not being able to due to the server being locked. With Gilgamesh being so popular, we might run into this problem quite early on.... which will be very frustrating, yet I really can't think of any way that this can be helped. :ohcrap:

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I'm sure if something like that ends up happening we'll just postpone the event until things stabilize out. Maybe instead we'll have a LockOut event where only the members who are able to get into the server participate, with the goal being to get to a certain spot at a certain time for a guild screenshot proving that you had bested Square-Enix's attempt to deny you the access you so rightly deserve.

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Originally Posted by Mirchea

My concern is this..... Back at 1.0 launch the server for the linkshell I belonged to was so overloaded (Mysidia) that character creation on it was suspended for quite a while. We had guildies trying to get in and not being able to due to the server being locked. With Gilgamesh being so popular, we might run into this problem quite early on.... which will be very frustrating, yet I really can't think of any way that this can be helped. :ohcrap:

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There's a fairly good chance that this will happen, and there's absolutely nothing we'll be able to do about it. It will just require everyone to be patient. I know it's terrible to sit there and wait while you know other people are enjoying the game, the patience pays off after a short time.

Locking the Character creation for a server? i have never heard of an mmo that did this. is this something that only square does? has anyone heard of this in any other mmo?

i mean i have played Vanguard, Dragon's Prophet, Eq2, Tera, and wow all from launch date and have never seen this happen. i didnt stay more than a few weeks in some of those games, 24hrs in the case of wow.

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Originally Posted by Gawd

Locking the Character creation for a server? i have never heard of an mmo that did this. is this something that only square does? has anyone heard of this in any other mmo?

i mean i have played Vanguard, Dragon's Prophet, Eq2, Tera, and wow all from launch date and have never seen this happen. i didnt stay more than a few weeks in some of those games, 24hrs in the case of wow.

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It happens in various forms at launch of most games. High population servers get locked or they implement a queue system. It almost always clears up after a few days.

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Originally Posted by Gawd

Locking the Character creation for a server? i have never heard of an mmo that did this. is this something that only square does? has anyone heard of this in any other mmo?

i mean i have played Vanguard, Dragon's Prophet, Eq2, Tera, and wow all from launch date and have never seen this happen. i didnt stay more than a few weeks in some of those games, 24hrs in the case of wow.

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Warhammer locked creation of Chaos side races on quite a few servers in the beginning... people wanted to play Chaos more that Order, and so in order to try and balance out sides Mythic locked Chaos out and opened new servers to accommodate people wanting to play that side. It didn't end well.

Also I recall AION locking out Elyos on a couple of servers and granting bonuses to Asmodians to try and balance out sides.... with mixed results.

That's all that comes to mind for the moment.

It normally only happens during launches to stem the flood to certain servers that can get backed up. I know it happened in WoW, and I remember even Warhammer had a few servers they took off the list for 24-48 hours. After that period those servers are available again normally as this helps load balance the backend.

This is never publicized, as it doesn't affect anyone except people locked out from possibly joining their guild/friends.

wow guess i just dont tend to pick the popular servers. seems this happens more often than i thought. well i hope it doesnt happen to me, though i will be waiting for the launch and have a fast net connection so i might get in under whatever wire that gets put up.

A little late to the game on this thread, but never been locked out from a server at a launch either, though like Gawd, I probably just never picked a high pop server. I suppose this is where the time spent in Benchmark/Beta character creation is gonna pay off? Assuming the files will transfer over without a hitch <.<...

Added download link to sticky

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Added download link to sticky

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I just noticed that some of the dates in the OP are in need of revision, specifically the p4 and early access dates.

Updated with dates, etc. Thanks EZ

When Gilgamesh gets to a very high population count that exceeds all the other NA servers, SE will (most likely) lock the ability to create a character on it for a little while in an attempt to encourage players to create characters on other servers. This lockout will usually last only for a short while.

What Voice Chat program will the guild be using so I can go download it?

http://www.aureusknights.com/showthr...5187#post65187

http://mumble.sourceforge.net/

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What's going to happen to the linkshell once EA starts and the FC gets up and running? I assume it's gonna get discarded? Will an officer be posting here when the FC is created?

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What's going to happen to the linkshell once EA starts and the FC gets up and running? I assume it's gonna get discarded? Will an officer be posting here when the FC is created?

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You guys will know when the FC is up, this thread will be the source of information, we will also have a *** LAUNCH DAY *** thread with the details.

The LS, I had originally wanted to discard it, some of the officer team convinced me to keep it, now that we are split in two, I'm even more tempted to discarded it. So the officer team will decide eventually. It's low priority for us atm, but we'll solve it next week at some point.

Why not keep it as an officer chat or something?

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Originally Posted by Exhaltia

Why not keep it as an officer chat or something?

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We have an officer chat LS

Well, then let's grind it up and use it to cast Diamond Dust.

Could keep trial members in the LS for duration of their trial.

That might keep the trial members from being able to interact with everyone else during their trial. Unless you're suggesting they be added to FC and a trial LS at the same time?

I think that us trial members would need to be in the FC so we can participate in the FC specific events.