@Andromeda ????????????????

Here's what happened to me: I found a used Sony HDD with the FFXI install disc (I take it THAT's the "client" you were talking about?) on Amazon. The product details said it had FFXI preinstalled. I guess that makes the disc redundant? The customer reviews said something about a registration code to get started with the game, but I haven't found a code anywhere. (I didn't get any instruction books.) Also, how am I supposed to put BOTH the HDD and network adapter inside the PS2? Do they fit together somehow? And, seeing how you mentioned updates, does that mean that I can just download all the expansions, PLUS add-ons (Crystalline Prophecy, Moogle Kupo d'Etat, Shantotto Ascension) and Abyssea, without buying any installation discs?

Told you I was clueless.