Character Reactivation Question

It's not exactly fully back, and if I had to guess, I'd imagine it's closer to a manual operation than what it is with the usual service. This would mean that the speed of the process would likely be highly affected by the work-load at any given time.

I spy at least one happy comment here, from user Saefinn:

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Originally Posted by Saefinn

Deffo good news. ;) My friend is in the process of downloading the updates now that he's got his character back, so I guess it wasn't so hopeless after all. :P

I shall quote the announcements from the PlayOnline site(s) for reference for later use for myself, and for anyone who might stumble upon this thread and has not read about it yet.

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Originally Posted by PlayOnline EU @ http://www.playonline.com/ff11eu/polnews/news21297.shtml

Feb. 20, 2012 08:00 [GMT] From: FINAL FANTASY XI

Regarding the Character Reactivation Service

We are continuing to work on resuming the Character Reactivation Service, which was temporarily suspended following the start of the Square Enix account transfer. Unfortunately, we do not have a solid schedule at this time on when the service will become available again.

If you wish to reactivate a character that cannot be reactivated through the regular reactivation process, please fill in an application from the URL provided below.

Character Reactivation Application Form
https://support.eu.square-enix.com/contact.php?id=455&la=2&daxx=1

We deeply apologize for any inconvenience this may cause and thank you for your patience.

For internationality's sake, same thing from the US site:

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Originally Posted by PlayOnline US @ http://www.playonline.com/ff11us/polnews/news21296.shtml

Feb. 20, 2012 00:00 [PST] From: FINAL FANTASY XI

Regarding the Character Reactivation Service

We are continuing to work vigorously on resuming the Character Reactivation Service, which was temporarily suspended following the start of the Square Enix account transfer.
Until the service is fully restored, we will be accepting applications for character reactivation via the Support Center.

If you wish to reactivate a character, please fill in an application from the URL provided below.

Character Reactivation Application Form
https://support.na.square-enix.com/contact.php?id=20&la=1&daxx=1

We deeply apologize for any inconvenience this may cause and thank you for your patience.

I would think that only those who try it out can tell how long it will take, but at least that one comment up there seems rather positive. ^^

Good luck!