What happens if you don't transfer your character before the deadline?

[RAIST]

think I may have found the source of the confusion. The initial posting made it sound like you would loose access:

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxi/th...count-Transfer

Please note that all users will have to log in and agree to the transfer by August 31, 2011, or they will lose access to PlayOnline and FINAL FANTASY XI.

But the official FAQ they put up later tells it a little differently:


http://support.na.square-enix.com/fa...527&id=20&la=1

* Transfer Period:

The transfer process will be available starting at the end of July, 2011 and is scheduled to last until August 31, 2011. After August 31, 2011, however, access to PlayOnline and FINAL FANTASY XI will not be possible until the transfer process is completed.

Note the bolded clause at the end. So, apparently the POL data will still be online so you will be able to do the transfer after 8/31. It's just that you will have to do it before you can get to any part of the game--probly won't be able to sign into the POL viewer and all that jazz...just keep getting an error message everytime you try to log in until you go to the website and do the transfer.

[Niyariko]

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxi/th...count-Transfer

Please note that all users will have to log in and agree to the transfer by August 31, 2011, or they will lose access to PlayOnline and FINAL FANTASY XI.

http://support.na.square-enix.com/fa...527&id=20&la=1

The transfer process will be available starting at the end of July, 2011 and is scheduled to last until August 31, 2011. After August 31, 2011, however, access to PlayOnline and FINAL FANTASY XI will not be possible until the transfer process is completed.

Even both worded differently, but seems to mean the same thing. If you have not transfer by then, your account has no payment method linked to it. Just like how any account with expired CreditCards will have their account automatically deactivated until they update their CC info inside POL.

But for this case, we will need to update our payment info within SE account instead. Just like how our expired credit card used to cause auto deactive on access to our POL and FFXI login.