Server Transfer?

I see the beta forum spirit lives on strong here :3 Thank god for post limits in the rest of the forum.

Hmm...ok lets be honest here, we are only paying 12 bucks a month, i spend that much on a daily basis just on my lunch break especially if I have a Margarita with lunch. 30 bucks for the game? What new game is completely free? If the server transfer will cost money how much could it be? I have no problem paying under 50 bucks to transfer my character to a place I can enjoy the game with friends on. Maybe I just don't see why you guys are so fired up over the situation over possibly spending a few bucks on this. Getting the transfer for free would be cool but it isn't a deal breaker if they ask for a few dollars is it?

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Originally Posted by Crovax

Where was that announced at? Because I did not see that message. If it was posted on the forums somewhere that is great for the people on the forums but not so much for the people not there. Especially since all my friends started playing during the open beta so I doubt they visited the website/forums at all....

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If you didn't visit the website or forums during beta, then you did it wrong. Even though its an open beta, the point is to find and report bugs. If you weren't doing that, then you shouldn't have been playing anyway. d(^_^)

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Originally Posted by Yoko_Kurama

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No one is saying the game should be free. But it should surely pick if it is going to be free and charge for services, or cost money. But when a game cost money AND charges for services it is generally viewed as greedy/money grabbing. Can they get away with that? Of course. Especially when there is a crowd that would defend the game if it murdered someone in cold blood.

I do not believe anyone said, "Give us free transfers or we won't play" (At least in this topic). I was just pointing out that it is a money grabbing tactic. The whole argument started because Dremic believed it wasn't a tactic to get money.

So I will keep playing but I won't pay to move servers. And since it was there fault that a lot of people are on separate servers I will gladly point out what they are doing is greedy.

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Originally Posted by Tinks

If you didn't visit the website or forums during beta, then you did it wrong. Even though its an open beta, the point is to find and report bugs. If you weren't doing that, then you shouldn't have been playing anyway. d(^_^)

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I thought the last phase of beta (Normally the one that is open) is a stress test? And it was what, 3 days long? Not exactly the phase to be looking for bugs. Not saying people shouldn't have looked for bugs just that wasn't the point of that phase of the beta.

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Originally Posted by Crovax

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Do you even know what you're salty about ? Every MMO in existence has charged for server transfers

If you think they're greedy because server transfers aren't free than you need to grow up. Nothing is free and it's a service. When you go to McDonald's do they give you your food for free too ?

If you're mad that you can't do the research necessary to figure out server holds were and are temporary again you are delusional. Either way you sound entitled and small. With age will come maturity ( hopefully )

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Originally Posted by Crovax

I thought the last phase of beta (Normally the one that is open) is a stress test? And it was what, 3 days long? Not exactly the phase to be looking for bugs. Not saying people shouldn't have looked for bugs just that wasn't the point of that phase of the beta.

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Every beta is always to find bugs... Didn't you hear about error 90000 and 3102? Both fixed because of phase 4

I think with all the problems and along with many 1.0 characters some being on legacy servers should be given 1 free transfer once they are implemented. From then on, sure charge a fee why not. I don't think it wise to start gouging players right out the gate. I think they should let us get situated, we already have a lot on our plates including finding a free company, let alone gathering up everyone into one place.

Hmm lets see I only know of one or two mmos that have free server transfers. They get their money back other places like cash shops. Crovax I know you want to get your post count up so fire away to why a company shouldn't charge for a service that cost money to complete? They have no cash shop to recoup server transfer cost. Argue all you want but it's a service that takes resources to complete and resources cost money. If you want to play on a server with your friends so badly why not just re-roll a new character on the server they are on? Doesn't take all that long to get to level 20 and it fairly easy to reproduce a carbon copy of your characters in FFXIV.

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Originally Posted by Dremic

Every beta is always to find bugs... Didn't you hear about error 90000 and 3102? Both fixed because of phase 4

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Sometimes I feel like you are purposely trying to be obtuse. Think about those errors.

Were they found because someone was playing the game looking for a bug and found 90000 or 3102 out in the field? Or were they found by the stress of inviting so many people to play? As I said the last phase of a beta is normally reserved for stress testing as the goal.