I can't move server with more than 100,000 Gil !?

I was hoping to join some friends on Phoenix and went through the application to then by told I would lose most of my money if I transferred. What absolute nonsense is this!?

I have over 2 million gil and I am supposed to just throw it all away? What was the point in allowing Legacy players to move if they were going to place such ridiculous restrictions on us and they expect me to pay £12 for this?

This is incredibly unfair. I thought the reason they allowed transfers now is because the economies on these new servers had improved so why am I not allowed to take my money?

First off, the transfer limit is 1.000.000 plus additionally 100.000 per retainer.

Not sure why this limit is still intact, but considering your resources are still quite limited you might want to see if the Hyperion markets still have Allagan metal pieces in stock and invest in them before jumping.

You sure they only allow you to take 100k? I was sure it was over 1mil...

Not planning to transfer so didn't check up on it...

Yes sorry it is at Shirai said. It still sucks though, but I have 4 retainers so its not as big a loss if I give them 100k each. I still don't understand why this restriction is even in place though.

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Originally Posted by Shirai

First off, the transfer limit is 1,000,000 plus additionally 100,000 per retainer.

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Fixed.

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Originally Posted by Akira_Tenshi

Yes sorry it is at Shirai said. It still sucks though, but I have 4 retainers so its not as big a loss if I give them 100k each. I still don't understand why this restriction is even in place though.

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Yep, it's beyond me as well.

But as I said, try and look on the marketboards/shout/partyfind for stuff with a fixed value like Allagan Bronze/Silver/Gold pieces.
This may help minimize your losses even if you buy them at slightly over vendor resell price.

Try to buy allagan pieces on the mb. You'll lose a bit of money but probably not as much as you would if you didn't buy some.

The restrictions are in place because a Phoenix 1 Gil is not worth the same as a Hyperion 1 Gil. There is no exchange rate available. It also prevents people from amassing a large amount of Gil on one server and then hopping to another, to magically have that lump of Gil now in their economy.

Not sure what's so hard to understand.

Server whole > Individual

So I can take 1,400,000 but I can not take 2,200,000 and the people who pay for additional retainers are able to take more money. That is messed up. I think I'll just forget the whole idea. Typical Square Enix bull crap, nothing is ever simple.

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Originally Posted by Errors

The restrictions are in place because a Phoenix 1 Gil is not worth the same as a Hyperion 1 Gil. There is no exchange rate available. It also prevents people from amassing a large amount of Gil on one server and then hopping to another, to magically have that lump of Gil now in their economy.

Not sure what's so hard to understand.

Server whole > Individual

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Maybe you're right and I am over reacting but still its painful to let go of hard earned gil. Maybe ill just buy some nice stuff off the market.

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Originally Posted by Akira_Tenshi

Maybe you're right and I am over reacting but still its painful to let go of hard earned gil. Maybe ill just buy some nice stuff off the market.

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Oh, don't get me wrong. It does suck as a player, and like you said, you worked to get that Gil. However, as a whole SE has to keep things balanced as much as possible and they see that it is within their acceptable margins that 1.4mil won't have a huge impact on a server's economy. We as players tend to look only what immediately effects us. It's a thankless job to be working behind the scenes, they keep the economies from crashing but the player base doesn't directly see it.

Eh, honestly I won't fret about it too much. It's only a small loss, just pick up the allagan pieces and join your friends. :)

As others have already mentioned, there are round-about ways to still maintain your gil.

Personally, I would scout the market instead.
You can just create a new character on the server you wish to transfer to, then compare high value, high demand items to sell.
For starters you can look at materia, exclusive gardening seeds/mats, or exclusive myth tome crafting mats.

When I mean 'exclusive', I don't mean untradeable, but instead items that can only be obtained reliably by said means.
Such as Petrified Log is obtained by buying it with Myth tomes.
Glazenuts is obtained by gardening, and so on.

You can easily bypass the gil transfer limit by buying stuff that sells fast, like materia IV, myth mats, allagan coins, then selling it on the destination market. Which i think should not be allowed, by making every item in possesion character bound while transferring.

The purpose of server transfer is being able to play with friends, NOT earning money or monopolizing market.

It isn't a big deal. Forget about allagan pieces with that amount of gil. Scout both markets (i.e. make a throwaway on that server) and check the prices for high-priced things that actually sell like myth materials (Saurian Skins, Cashmere, Tawny Latex etc.). I would advise against investing in housing/pet materials like glazenuts because that stuff is in real flux now, though investing into reliably rare things like opo-opos/bluebird pets might be a thing :P

Then, once you transfer, sell it off hopefully for profit. Who cares about a gil limit?

I checked out the price of some items on Phoenix and they were actually significantly more than on Hyperrion...

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Originally Posted by Shirai

First off, the transfer limit is 1,000.000 plus additionally 100,000 per retainer.

Not sure why this limit is still intact, but considering your resources are still quite limited you might want to see if the Hyperion markets still have Allagan metal pieces in stock and invest in them before jumping.

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Originally Posted by necrosis

Fixed.

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A lot of other countries use periods instead of commas in numerical values.

But yeah, as Shirai said - start stocking up on Allagan pieces from the MB if you want to retain your gil. You could try to work the market and bring over some items to sell, but that's a bit riskier.

Make a character on the destination world and check out the markets and buy items to resell for profit after the move. We bought millions worth of materia before we moved and have 3 times more Gil then we started with post move xP

Of course you can choose to invest in other materials if you wish, but it does indeed bring a greater risk of loss, or major profit of course.

I mentioned the Allagan pieces purely because of their steady market value and minimal risk.

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Originally Posted by Akira_Tenshi

I checked out the price of some items on Phoenix and they were actually significantly more than on Hyperrion...

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Doesn't it mean you're in luck? Buy cheap on Hyperion, sell for profit on Phoenix. Hopefully if not for profit at least you'll get back the tax.

If you do research and check materia/expensive item prices between servers you can actually make out like a bandit and turn your 2 mil into more while helping the economy of both servers.
Create more demand of high supply items in one server, add to the supply of a high demand items on another server. Win - Win.

And try not to think of it as a negative, this limit actually benefits us a lot more than you think.

Why not buy some new crafted armor or materia prior to transfer then resale. You could create a new character on the server you want to move to to do some scouting before making the purchases. There stands a good chance you would loose money with the market board fees, but with enough research, and some luck, there's a small chance you could break even or even make a little Gil by doing this.

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Originally Posted by necrosis

Fixed.

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You know, in most countries the separator for numbers is a period, not a comma.

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Originally Posted by DragonFlyy

You know, in most countries the separator for numbers is a period, not a comma.

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Not "most" by any stretch, but some do, sure. Mostly Europe.

Necrosis was still wrong to pedantically "correct" it.