Now that we have more details... Who's jumping ship? What's your reason? Tell us!

I'm jumping from Balmung over to Omega.
In addition to the ping having become an increasing issue for me, in the end I thought it would be a great opportunity! New server, new people, a chance to make it big if the new server doesn't flop!

And, should the worst happen, I'm still connected to the EU data center so it isn't like I won't be able to play with anyone.


What about you? Making the jump? If so, why?



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If it will be allowed (US->EU), then yes I am making the jump (from Sargatanas).
Because the increased ping times after the move made the game unplayable.
Thought all EU-US players will get free transfers to allow us to play on EU, but I was wrong about that. EU seriously lacks players, so it would have been great.

It's very tempting. I'm on Primal and have quite a lot of friends that I don't want to leave, but I'm also from Europe and the new ping is cringy but not unplayable. I have an alt on Balmung that I haven't touched for like over six months or something. I will likely be moving the alt and see how having low ping feels like. haha :D

I would be curious about moving to a super low population server even though I am pretty sure my current one is on the lower side anyway.

My biggest concern, the lack of a gil cap will likely lead to a busted MB for months if not possibly years to come.

Well, I'll transfer my Cerberus alt over to Omega. I got no connections with her, so why not snatch free boni? I might even make a new character on it to quickly get a free 13-14 days game time by leveling an alt to 30 with the 100% XP bonus.

The rest is gonna stay on Balmung. Latency doesn't matter much for RP.

Still thinking about switching over with my 2 fc buddies, but it's up to them. I'd love a fresh server, but i can understand if they want to keep in touch with some other people here on Cerb.

I actually wanted to transfer too, together with my boyfriend.
We really wanted to leave Moogle, the only thing keeping us is our small FC house. And as you can't transfer FCs and houses just yet, we can't transfer. There will be transfer queues and then login queues and then every single house will be gone, so we can't even buy it as a private house or transfer back if we don't get the house because of the 90 days restriction.
And we don't want just any house, we want the exact same plot we chose back when most were still empty.

Also, it's only one new EU server instead of more than one as they said at first, so the chances to get a house are even lower.

Maybe someday when they open new housing wards we can transfer to another server. I hope they will.

I'm gonna transfer from Ragnarok, I'm not really attached to the larger server, have out of game contacts to all my friends on the server and there's a chance to get a better house for my fc :D (shameless advertising for anyone coming here from Balmung, hmu if you're looking for a rp fc ;D)
Also I'm gonna make an alt there because damn 15 days play time

I'm moving. No real ties here, the MB drives me crazy and I'm bored of seeing the same faces everywhere. Plus, free two-seater chocobo and a housing free-for-all. \o/

Someone should put together an LS or Discord for transfers!

Moving one alt to Omega most likely. Ps you people from Balmung, keep your stupid RP away from Omega OKEY!?

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Originally Posted by Rinuko

Ps you people from Balmung, keep your stupid RP away from Omega OKEY!?

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You're waaaay late on that one!

Peeps have started the initiative for an EU RP server alternative like a month ago and it was just a matter of which of the new servers. With there only being one, I imagine that's no longer a question.

Unless you're in the EU and moving to get a better ping, there's really no incentive to transfer characters.

Create new characters on the new servers/designated servers? Sure. Since you can get a free 15 days of playtime for those that care. But you only really get 10 silver/gold feathers as a reward for transferring, which is nothing... no real incentive.

The only thing Im not okay with, is giving the new folks who reach lvl 30 on Omega, a free 1mil gil (with or without account restrictions). Other folks who just recently created characters on other worlds deserve the same treatment.
Though, in my opinion, they should all have to earn it like everyone else.

Other than that, I hope the transferring with a house option becomes a feature permanently. It would definitely make things easier on folks who want to swap servers but dont want to lose the time/gil they put in on their house. Atleast they'd be compensated for the house/plot itself. Though, I'm not sure 3mil to cover non-removable furnishings is enough. Either way... its something!

Sticking with my server mum, Gilgamesh :D

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Originally Posted by Kaedan

Unless you're in the EU and moving to get a better ping, there's really no incentive to transfer characters.

Create new characters on the new servers/designated servers? Sure. Since you can get a free 15 days of playtime for those that care. But you only really get 10 silver/gold feathers as a reward for transferring, which is nothing... no real incentive.

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Housing could be a incentive for some people. Shiogane or whatever may not appeal to everyone, me including and knowing people they gonna be dick about it not use the moving feature and sell their plots just like today.

Our FC might move to get a chance at having a bigger house but here's my question, do we get to keep things on our retainers ? (never transfered before)

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Originally Posted by Celef

Our FC might move to get a chance at having a bigger house but here's my question, do we get to keep things on our retainers ? (never transfered before)

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Yes, your retainers move with you, as do all the items you have stored on them (including gil you may have given them).

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Originally Posted by Vespar

Yes, your retainers move with you, as do all the items you have stored on them (including gil you may have given them).
Also, If you wanted to name change at the same time, you could create a character on your target world with the same name as your current character before you move. Then it will force a name change after the transfer because the name would be taken.

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Thank you Vespar
Do you happen to know what happens for FC moving ? I mean, if we loose our Rank, we get screwd ^^"

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Originally Posted by Celef

Thank you Vespar
Do you happen to know what happens for FC moving ? I mean, if we loose our Rank, we get screwd ^^"

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I think you have to start a new FC as there is no option to move everyone at the same time. That being said, I'm not entirely certain what happens when an FC master switches servers. It may just ask you to create a new FC name if its taken already on the new server.
Can someone else clarify this?

Never mind I found this from World transfer page.

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Step 1: Confirm Your Eligibility
The following conditions must be met before using the World Transfer Service:

You must be logged out of the game.
Your character cannot be enlisted in a free company, holding a free company petition, or signed to a free company petition.
* If enlisted in a free company, your character must leave it before applying for World transfer.
Your character cannot be undertaking the special quest "The Ties that Bind."
Your character cannot have a reservation pending for a Ceremony of Eternal Bonding.
Your character cannot be in possession of a blank invitation or a ceremony invitation.
Your character cannot own a plot of land, an estate, or an apartment on their current World.
Your character cannot be sharing an estate with another character.
Your character cannot have items for sale on the market.
Your character cannot have items entrusted to the Calamity Salvager NPC.
Your character must retrieve all optional items delivered via the moogle delivery service.
In the event your estate or private chambers have been automatically relinquished, your character cannot have housing items in the care of the resident caretaker or a chocobo in the care of the housing enthusiast.
Your character must rehire any retainers carried over from Version 1.0.
Your character must be logged out outside of any instanced areas including dungeons, residential areas, and the Ivory Chapel.
If you have purchased a character name change, the option must be available on the character selection screen.
You must possess an active service account for FINAL FANTASY XIV.
You must have characters present on your service account.
The character you wish to transfer must be at least three days old.
More than three days must have passed since last using the World Transfer Service.
Your service account cannot be suspended due to a violation of Terms of Service or a hold on the account.

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So the answer would be, you'd have to start a new FC on the target world.

Source: http://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodest...nsfer_service/

I've got a 1.0 char that I didn't realise existed (she has the tattoo but no legacy status - would've loved to have had that tattoo on my main but alas, I made too much progress on main by the time I found out) until a few months ago. She's stuck on Ridill (JP) as a remnant of Selbina (made her on there as I'm an ex-FFXI player) so I might transfer her to Omega. If I do this, can I transfer anyone else under this initiative or is it a once per account thing? Thanks. :)

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Originally Posted by Rinuko

Moving one alt to Omega most likely. Ps you people from Balmung, keep your stupid RP away from Omega OKEY!?

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I'm sorry but where should EU people from Balmung who can't play there anymore due to the high ping go then? RPers want a server with a lively RP scene, and if they went to any other one, they'd be intruding an already existing community. Omega doesn't have any community yet, and there's not much of a reason for EU peeps to go there. (I know I'm moving there to, but that is partially due to the RP opporunities). If you just put an alt there you shouldn't be bothered by it anyway, just as any other people who just go there to level up. You get your thing, then leave, then what kind of community that server gets is none of your business.
And even if you have a good reason to move there (someone stated housing) that doesn't make your wishes for others not to have fun in their way no more valid than their wishes for an EU server with a better RP community than "i know of this one fc, and i think i saw some roleplay in the gold saucer once but can't tell since it was french"

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Originally Posted by Heybunny

I've got a 1.0 char that I didn't realise existed (she has the tattoo but no legacy status - would've loved to have had that tattoo on my main but alas, I made too much progress on main by the time I found out) until a few months ago. She's stuck on Ridill (JP) as a remnant of Selbina (made her on there as I'm an ex-FFXI player) so I might transfer her to Omega. If I do this, can I transfer anyone else under this initiative or is it a once per account thing? Thanks. :)

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Characters that have transferred to a designated World during the bonus period will be restricted from using the World transfer service for 90 days. via http://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodest...5d22338cf55ce7

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It doesnt sound like its once per account, its once per character. So as long as you are transferring to a designated world the transfer should be free for any character you move while the transfer bonus is in effect.
Just be aware that after the 90 day restriction, if you decide you wanted to move your characters again it would cost $18.99 for each world to transfer them. (ie. Multiple Characters on World A can move to world B on a single transfer. But Multiple characters across Worlds A & C would require multiple transfers to move to world B.)

http://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodest...313.1494975001

Is there only a new EU server, or will there ve an NA one as well?

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Originally Posted by TheJarvisMan

Is there only a new EU server, or will there ve an NA one as well?

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So far its only EU getting the Omega server. EU has limited servers as is for such a large amount of playerbase, so they are adding a new server there to alleviate some of the stress.
Currently no new NA or JP servers have been announced.

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Is there only a new EU server, or will there ve an NA one as well?

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Only for EU because a lot of their worlds are high pop compared to NA.

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Originally Posted by TheJarvisMan

Is there only a new EU server, or will there ve an NA one as well?

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Only EU for now because all the EU servers are fairly heavily populated, unlike the NA and JP data centres where there are some low-population servers.
It might also be worth noting that the EU datacentre has fewer servers than any of the other datacentres.

i've been on excalibur since 1.0 i dont see any reason to leave it now

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Originally Posted by Limonia

the only thing keeping us is our small FC house.

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You could always leave the FC and house with an alt on Moogle, so you'll still have it if you decide to move back.

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Originally Posted by Zojha

You're waaaay late on that one!

Peeps have started the initiative for an EU RP server alternative like a month ago and it was just a matter of which of the new servers. With there only being one, I imagine that's no longer a question.

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That is very sad.
Is there an existing anti-RP server that is populated?

I made a Thread on the Omega forum for those who plan to transfer

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Originally Posted by ChloeGrace

You could always leave the FC and house with an alt on Moogle, so you'll still have it if you decide to move back.

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Yeah, but I just can't be without a house for 90 days. ):

I've had this house for over three years now and it's the most important thing in this game for me. Or else I would have bought it with an alt until I had another one.

I don't think you'd be without a house for 90 days. It's a new server, I could bet it will take at least a month for all the plots to be taken. You for sure could find one before that happens.

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Originally Posted by Odstarva

I don't think you'd be without a house for 90 days. It's a new server, I could bet it will take at least a month for all the plots to be taken. You for sure could find one before that happens.

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it all depends on how much interes there is for that server though, if many people go there to get a house they might just sell out quickly. I still vividly remember buying a house at 3.3, where i logged in immediately and only got the worst house in the entire mist after rushing there and being chased by a guy heading to the last few plots, just as i was. Housing is a sacred good in this game.

Yeah but its out on a Friday when most people are working. Fortunately I've got the day off but its over 2.1k plots across the three areas, excluding the new area. That's a 'lot' of plots so unless you're super picky, you should have a bucket list in your fave area and just grab it. I suspect a lot will be gone by the end of the day perhaps though?

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Originally Posted by Viz79

Yeah but its out on a Friday when most people are working. Fortunately I've got the day off but its over 2.1k plots across the three areas, excluding the new area. That's a 'lot' of plots so unless you're super picky, you should have a bucket list in your fave area and just grab it. I suspect a lot will be gone by the end of the day perhaps though?

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I just hope they don't all end up being private plots. I already have a plan for leveling my fc up quickly there but not all of my 3 friends i wanted to transfer & found that with have the time to play right then... I hope i can grab a bunch of randos off the street to get that done >.<
And I'm not sure how many other people are planning to powerlevel an fc.. those should still have housing priority, as much as i too would like to have a private home :/

Not to Omega but if they open another EU server after early access then yes.

The small increase in ping is worth the incentives. Plus Gilgamesh is a tad much now :P

By the way do we know if it will be possible to move during the early access or do Omega opens on official launch day ?

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Originally Posted by Celef

By the way do we know if it will be possible to move during the early access or do Omega opens on official launch day ?

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https://i.gyazo.com/671acc9a8bc1ae1c...878780a8b2.png

It opens with early access, as per the announcement. As for server transfers, those will be made available two hours after early access begins.