Why don't we have character clone service?

So for example, I have friends on Malboros server I play with regularly but I also have another friend play on a different server. I would like to keep my current character in the Malboro server and still able to play with my other friends on another server. Why don't we have a service to clone character instead of transfer only?

I don't wish to reroll a level one character where I had to redo all the storyline quest, re-level all crafting, re-do all the progress achievements. What's wrong with character cloning? It is still fits x/8 character spaces (It doesn't consume more sapce than making a new character) and as for gils I dont mind restart with 0 (doesn't ruin the market) so why don't we have such service?

Why aren't you guys on same server at the first place?

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Originally Posted by Testingwalker

So for example, I have friends on Malboros server I play with regularly but I also have another friend play on a different server. I would like to keep my current character in the Malboro server and still able to play with my other friends on another server. Why don't we have a service to clone character instead of transfer only?

I don't wish to reroll a level one character where I had to redo all the storyline quest, re-level all crafting, re-do all the progress achievements. What's wrong with character cloning? It is still fits x/8 character spaces (It doesn't consume more sapce than making a new character) and as for gils I dont mind restart with 0 (doesn't ruin the market) so why don't we have such service?

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1. SE likes money from transfers
2. Way too complicated to dictate what items / gear will be cloned

This would practically turn into a "pay to do more coil" feature. Would also compound the problem of people disappearing after doing their weekly lockouts.

I've had to leave friends behind before but appreciated that it is up to me who I play with.

Why would we HAVE a clone service? What is RIGHT about it?

It sounds too bad from the start.

Does like... any MMO... have this service?

Sounds like it would open up to so much abuse.

If you guys really wanted to play together you would of either:

A) All start on the same server.

B) Transfer to the same sever.

P.S Say no to cash shoppppppppppppppppppppppppppppps! All these players that always want option to buy buy buy buy buy buy. This game isn't f2p.

So you can clone 8 chars, go to coil for the drop, delete the chars who miss the drop ----> repeat?

this will just never happen...you have to transfer or it would be abused so badly.

Even if your gil reset to 0 when doing so, I assume you'd want to keep all your items and such? RMT would be all over this. :p Just for one example, craft/buy gear, spiritbond it, repeat till inventory is full, clone, disseminate the clones, convert, money!

Cloning just... seems ripe for abuse to be honest, there are other methods, but I doubt they'd work either.

Things like World of Warcraft having "Cross Realm Zones" that allowed you to play on other servers with friends via group invites through the battletag / Real ID system. Problem was like most things they released it was half assed and full of bugs which plagued the game for a long time, some of the bugs I believe are still there. Also allowed PVP players to invade PVE/RP servers. Granted we wouldn't have that kind of problem, but it would be a lot of work, make crowded zones even more crowded, and probably bring more bugs than fixes.

Sometimes I wonder if people think their ideas thoroughly out before suggesting them... Or just wake up one day and go "I had a dream! That people could clone their characters!"...

This can be abused in so many ways. Either you all play on the same server or you make an alt. There is no other good option here.

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Originally Posted by Testingwalker

why don't we have such service?

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Probably the same reason all the other MMOs I play which are 'world-centric' don't have one either. GW1 has the ability to 'roam' across servers, but that isn't duplicating the way you're asking for.

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Originally Posted by Vydos

Sometimes I wonder if people think their ideas thoroughly out before suggesting them... Or just wake up one day and go "I had a dream! That people could clone their characters!"...

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stop wondering. most people just wake up and go "I had a dream! ..." most of them don't even need to wake up and can do it in the middle of any conversation. that's why I always say that any sentence that starts with "I think..." or "I believe..." will be (almost) always followed by some kind of moronic garbage.

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Originally Posted by Vydos

This can be abused in so many ways. Either you all play on the same server or you make an alt. There is no other good option here.

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truth to be told there are a number of ways to prevent most (if not all) the abuses.

for example limiting how many clones you can make in X amount of time, limiting you to make clones to other servers, making it a paid service (more expensive than just moving a character), cloning only the equipped items instead of all the inventory and making them unsellable (is that a word?) on the new server, only allowing a single simultaneous clone on each server, ...

that being said I agree that the economical benefit for square wouldn't be worth the time expended into coding it and finding ways to avoid all the possible abuses.

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Originally Posted by Vydos

Sometimes I wonder if people think their ideas thoroughly out before suggesting them... Or just wake up one day and go "I had a dream! That people could clone their characters!"...

This can be abused in so many ways. Either you all play on the same server or you make an alt. There is no other good option here.

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