Not really because your world may end up being EU or JP some if not all would like to go to a world that it's in there area.
I think we should have new names so people don't bitch later on that there world ended up becoming JP or something.
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Personally, I think it means anyone with an XIV account (even those who played for 2 weeks in October of 2010 and logged out on a Level 5 CNJ and never came back). The reason, I believe stated at some point, is that they want to find out how many players will return to the game which I think will finalize their Server assignment/transfer plans.
Well obviously, I'm not a rep, so I don't know. But my impression is that if you are able to log into your SE Account and go to select services, then select XIV, and under your permanent options, you had the game registered (even if your characters have expired or whatever), that counts. In May 2012 when I re-activated my char to play again (I played for 3 weeks at launch, never got past free trial), my game and garland goggles and what not were still registered and under permanent options, I just had to reactivate my character. I think they're saying anyone with a 1.0 character. Again, that's just my interpretation.
I don't think you can re-activate anything now, or even register codes, but I'm sure that time will come.
Specifically, I'll be looking to find out:
The "do nothing" people will be moved to the same place together.... but will they know exactly what world that will be (and therefore what region)? In other words, will the "do nothing" people know exactly what 2.0 World their 1.0 character will be placed on if they "do nothing"?
It may end up being a strategy to do nothing (for me at least, depending on the answer to the above question, and what my LS's want to do).
Further, for those who "do nothing" initially, will that transfer option still exist for them to use later (within the designated time frame, of course), if they decided later they do want to change servers?
In other words, is "doing nothing" taking your turn, or does it just skip your turn and you can come back to it later?
I don't want to start a whole new thread for this question so I hope the devs see this.
I was wondering if there was any plans for a paid server transfer service when ARR launches for those who may have missed deadlines for choosing a server, or do not like what server they were on (for example, regret choosing a JP based server and want to go to an NA based server).
Before the server merge, Yoshida said they were planning a World Transfer Service for 2.0. There may be limitations or costs, but it seems possible they will have such a feature for individual transfers available at some point.