Does world transfer pass character locked world's?

Hello. Recently got my friend ffxiv since she got a ps4 . Our group of rl friends(me and 4 others) all play on balmung. We are patiently waiting for it to unlock, but someone mention that she could make a character on another server and just pay the world transfer fee to surpass the lock.

Is this true?

I just wanna make sure before I go using 20 dollars lol.

If not I'll just stick to sitting here hitting refresh on her ps4. Been doing it since yesterday xD

Yes, it totally bypasses it.

That's a good question. Behemoth is a well populated server, and I moved here from Diabolos a while back. I created a "feeler" to scope out the MB before I transfered so I could convert my gil to items to make a return/profit since you can only transfer with a mil, retainers with, what 100k i think; but I got the message that the server was full. I was able to work out the items with friends on the server, and when I went through the server transfer, all was well. Popped right in.

To be safe and super sure, I would research the support site and maybe submit a request or online chat. That way you get the verification from the horses mouth.

Having transferred to and back a while ago I'm positive the payment doesn't go through until you get the green light to move... unless you need to pre-charge 20 dollars online, then please ignore my comment. ><

Can confirm it bypasses the lockout. I transferred to Balmung myself from another server back in July.

Yeah this idea got shot down anyways as she has her 1 month free from buying the game and I read in the terms that you can't be on the trial month

Of course it bypasses it why would SE deny your money? :P

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Originally Posted by NinjaTaru72

Yeah this idea got shot down anyways as she has her 1 month free from buying the game and I read in the terms that you can't be on the trial month

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Actually there are certain requirements that can be met right now with your friends account. By default your newly created mog station account is set to trial user. So you will need to have them put the monthly subscription payment information into mog station and then it will set their account to not be only trial status. This will then allow the character to be transferred even within the trial period. they just need to meet the other transfer requirements. One is that you have to be at a certain point in the main story quests. I can't remember the name of it, but it's not very far in and should be listed in the transfer requirements in mog station. Hope that helps!

Hmm. Nice. I'll have to try that.

You can also try creating a character at like 1-3am pst, the lock is usually lifted at that time because few people are on. I have done it many times on both Sarg and Balmung as I play between both servers

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Originally Posted by Mxhunter

You can also try creating a character at like 1-3am pst, the lock is usually lifted at that time because few people are on. I have done it many times on both Sarg and Balmung as I play between both servers

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I was on around 2am pst and was watching till about 2 hours ago. Lol. No luck today, I'll try again tonight but I made an account on one of the other servers, if I don't get in balmung tonight or tomorrow for my friend I'll just pay to transfer her character. (apparently gotta wait 3 days after creating to transfer)

Keep in mind that this loophole is likely temporary. If the strain on populated servers becomes too great they will likely deny all entry into these crowded servers along with some means of aleviating the population on them. Balmung, from personal experience, has a constant queue to log onto at this point regardless of what time of the day.

I've got an open welcoming policy to anyone who acts the same, so come on over if you can. Just remember it can be a touch crowded at times which might strain lower end computers, especially in popular areas such as the Manderville Gold Saucer.

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Originally Posted by NinjaTaru72

I was on around 2am pst and was watching till about 2 hours ago. Lol. No luck today, I'll try again tonight but I made an account on one of the other servers, if I don't get in balmung tonight or tomorrow for my friend I'll just pay to transfer her character. (apparently gotta wait 3 days after creating to transfer)

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It can be a major pain in the butt sometimes trying to get on. We ran through the same problems doing it with a friend who was starting the game on Sarg with us last week.

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Originally Posted by Hyrist

Keep in mind that this loophole is likely temporary. If the strain on populated servers becomes too great they will likely deny all entry into these crowded servers along with some means of aleviating the population on them. Balmung, from personal experience, has a constant queue to log onto at this point regardless of what time of the day.

I've got an open welcoming policy to anyone who acts the same, so come on over if you can. Just remember it can be a touch crowded at times which might strain lower end computers, especially in popular areas such as the Manderville Gold Saucer.

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Its possible its temporary I don't know, I've been doing it since they restricted character creation, As I have been back and forth between the two servers a few times for Coil/RP/friends etc..

But paid transfer usually never has an issue its just making new characters on my account.