Dumb Server transfer rules

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07-26-2017, 10:33 PM
Xerastraza

Dumb Server transfer rules

I joined this game and paid money to boost myself up so i could play with friends.

Now i find out i have to wait an entire 90 days cuz the game auto put me in a new world.
So now i'd have to start a new character someplace else.. pay money all over again, just to wait 3 days to move and re-level all over again.

Why are there stupid rules like this, this is a social online game yet i am not allowed to play with friends with all these restrictions put in place. in 90 days they all will be in destiny 2 so i have essentially paid over 90 dollars for solo playing.

They need to have more alerting popups if your on a new world stating that your locked into that world for 3 months during character creation, how was i to know i had to do research on this level, they all told me its just a 3 day limit to transfer no one even knew about this 90 day bull crap.

I just need to vent cuz this is frustrating as hell and i am likely to just quit the game now.
07-26-2017, 10:35 PM
Driavna

Are you even sure that you can transfer to your friend's server?
07-26-2017, 10:36 PM
Paladinleeds

Don't quit the game. Are your friends on the same datacentre as you? If so, use the cross-party PF. Sure, open world content you're snookered, but a lot of the game is instanced duty, so this will help with that. Then, after the 90 days are up, you can transfer on over to their world, assuming it isn't congested.

I agree the warnings could be more prominent, but please don't feel like you have to quit over that. There are interim solutions available, and cross-world linkshells I believe are in the works, so that'll give you another avenue to communicate with them.
07-26-2017, 10:45 PM
Xerastraza

They are on Cactuar and it says i am allowed to transfer there but i have to wait the 90 days for having the misfortune of being auto placed in Midgardsormr.

They wanted to have a full group for Palace of the dead, which we cant do cross realm.
I have been able to get help from them for a few duty's but its not quite teh same as being able to freely hang out and help do hunts.

If Squenix didn't magically unbind my old account from the vanilla days i'd transfer that but apparently all my account info and receipt of purchase was " not enough evidence of ownership".

At this point to me it really feels like they do not care about the players, took me 4 hours just to make a new account.
07-26-2017, 10:50 PM
Paladinleeds

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Originally Posted by Xerastraza

They wanted to have a full group for Palace of the dead, which we cant do cross realm.

You can. I had a try myself of POTD cross-realm since my friends were on Odin and me Louisoix. We were able to create and queue as a fixed group no problem. So don't worry about that. Yeah, I agree it sucks you can't hang out freely and help do hunts etc (felt it myself when I moved to Louisoix getting the same 90 day thing), but instanced content isn't an issue. And yeah, I don't see them lifting the restriction from your account, but, it's only 90 days, and I haven't seen any new congested worlds added (only 2 removed from congested, Cerberus and Odin), so I'm sure you'll be able to transfer there after the 90 days.

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Originally Posted by Alaina

how did you get auto placed? Don't recall that ever happening when I've made alts on other servers

I think she means when she went to realm select, it said to her "Here's your realm". There's an option to change realm, but it can be missed. The way it is phrased can make it look like "you've been issued this realm, deal with it", if you aren't fully aware.
07-26-2017, 10:50 PM
Alaina

how did you get auto placed? Don't recall that ever happening when I've made alts on other servers
07-26-2017, 10:51 PM
LaylaTsarra

Have you tried doing an online chat with a customer service representative. I had an issue once where I registered my window account incorrectly and they fixed it for me. I don't know if they'd do this for you or not but your request seems more than reasonable to me and you're not asking to be moved to a closed server.
07-26-2017, 10:58 PM
NorthernLadMSP

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Originally Posted by Alaina

how did you get auto placed? Don't recall that ever happening when I've made alts on other servers

I'm confused on this too.

I've created new characters to test before using Fantasia potions and while it does auto choose a server, you have the option to change that before you actually begin.
07-26-2017, 10:59 PM
Xerastraza

Quote:

Originally Posted by Paladinleeds

You can. I had a try myself of POTD cross-realm since my friends were on Odin and me Louisoix. We were able to create and queue as a fixed group no problem. So don't worry about that. .

They told me you couldn't cross realm it but i'll have to try and talk to them about it after i get home.

I do appreciate the help. Sorry i started this off rather frustrated but my experience with the company in the last 3 days has been less then stellar.

And i am glad to see the community is still very friendly and helpful as it was 3-4 years ago when i last played.

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Originally Posted by NorthernLadMSP

I'm confused on this too.

I've created new characters to test before using Fantasia potions and while it does auto choose a server, you have the option to change that before you actually begin.

Mine didn't, i logged in and it tossed me straight into character creation after i selected a data center it didn't give me an option to pick a server.
But at the time i didn't mind where i went since i knew you couldn't create on congested but could transfer to it. at least i thought til i seen mogstation give me that giant 90 day message.
07-26-2017, 11:04 PM
Avatre

Quote:

Originally Posted by NorthernLadMSP

I'm confused on this too.

I've created new characters to test before using Fantasia potions and while it does auto choose a server, you have the option to change that before you actually begin.

It is easily missed. When I first started it auto-selected Adamantoise for me, while all my friends were on Cactuar. And this was before the cross-world stuff, and jump potions, so it wasn't as bad(except for having to stay up until almost 2am to create a character on Cactuar) as what the OP is experiencing.
07-26-2017, 11:06 PM
NorthernLadMSP

Quote:

Originally Posted by Avatre

It is easily missed. When I first started it auto-selected Adamantoise for me, while all my friends were on Cactuar. And this was before the cross-world stuff, and jump potions, so it wasn't as bad(except for having to stay up until almost 2am to create a character on Cactuar) as what the OP is experiencing.

Oh ok. I kind of figured this, but wasn't 100% sure.
07-26-2017, 11:06 PM
Legewiel

Quote:

Originally Posted by Xerastraza

They are on Cactuar and it says i am allowed to transfer there but i have to wait the 90 days for having the misfortune of being auto placed in Midgardsormr.

They wanted to have a full group for Palace of the dead, which we cant do cross realm.
I have been able to get help from them for a few duty's but its not quite teh same as being able to freely hang out and help do hunts.

If Squenix didn't magically unbind my old account from the vanilla days i'd transfer that but apparently all my account info and receipt of purchase was " not enough evidence of ownership".

At this point to me it really feels like they do not care about the players, took me 4 hours just to make a new account.

Palace of the dead does work cross realm if you guys are on the same datacenter, i already did it with a friend that is on another server
07-26-2017, 11:07 PM
Anzaman

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Originally Posted by Xerastraza

They told me you couldn't cross realm it but i'll have to try and talk to them about it after i get home.

Earlier you couldn't, but with 4.0 (Stormblood launch), they changed it.

Players can now recruit a cross-world party to enter the Palace of the Dead.
*When registering to enter, all party members on all Worlds must be in the South Shroud.

http://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodest...e7c51abfa95055
07-26-2017, 11:09 PM
Legewiel

Quote:

Originally Posted by Xerastraza

They told me you couldn't cross realm it but i'll have to try and talk to them about it after i get home.

I do appreciate the help. Sorry i started this off rather frustrated but my experience with the company in the last 3 days has been less then stellar.

And i am glad to see the community is still very friendly and helpful as it was 3-4 years ago when i last played.

the cross realm for POTD were added recently from what i know, maybe that is why they though it wouldn't be possible o.o but it is =)
07-27-2017, 05:21 PM
Youkulm

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Originally Posted by Xerastraza

Now i find out i have to wait an entire 90 days cuz the game auto put me in a new world.

You can pick the server you make your charater on ( so long as it isn't a locked server ). This is an error on your part, not the games. Sorry.
07-27-2017, 06:05 PM
Lelila38

What you have to do to play palace together: one of your friends (or you but the other way round is easier) will have to set up a cross world party in party finder. Make a private party so you can set a password. You then can access pf on your world and join their group. Apart from hanging out together, chatting and queuing for duties will work as they normally would. I haven't tested this myself, but entering palace of the dead should also work like that, just have your party leader talk to the Npc. You all probably gonna have to be in Quarrymill for this to work, if you're on the same server you have to, so I don't see why this should be different in cross world.
Side note, I found out that if you unlock Gold Saucer and queue for the instances Triple Triad Battle Hall you can actually meet players from other servers there.