Final Fantasy XIV free trial: demo or free first (half) month

I wanted to check out FFXIV for kicks and saw that there was a time-limited free trial. Thing is, it requires a token key to get in, but you need a code from the token management page under your account to set up the soft token, which the page says you have to own the game to get the code. Is

The Free Trial advertising is so misleading. I messed up 🫣 : r/ffxiv

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