Free Transfer question

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04-08-2019, 04:05 AM
Baxcel

Free Transfer question

Im planning on transferring servers to exchange my house for the Gil Square is offering. But I've got some concerns about the transfer was wondering if anyone could answer em.

1)What happens to my married status and items if I transfer and my partner dosnt? (I do plan on returning to my orginal server after, but don't wanna mess anything up)

2)Were normally requires to demolish our houses, but im assuming you don't if you want the refund and 3m gil? What will happen to all my items since your suppose recover them before transferring?

3) Will my friends list still be wiped if i transfer back? Or will it restore itself after i return?

4) As long as i go to a non-congested, Non-New, an Non-Perfered server i can return in 3days?

Probably have a few more but that's main concerns for now
04-08-2019, 06:42 AM
linay

2) Retrieve all items that you can. The refund is to reimburse items that you can't.

4) Yes, as long as your original server doesn't get congested in the meantime.

(Seems like a lot of effort for some extra gil, but whatever.)
04-08-2019, 07:06 AM
Efrye

I'll just piggyback off this thread: Does anyone know what happens to mail that I sent but hasn't been opened yet? Does the recipient still receive it when I transfer servers?
04-08-2019, 07:16 AM
Kurando

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Originally Posted by Baxcel

1)What happens to my married status and items if I transfer and my partner dosnt? (I do plan on returning to my orginal server after, but don't wanna mess anything up)

3) Will my friends list still be wiped if i transfer back? Or will it restore itself after i return?

You should stay married to the player regardless of your world until you actually annual the arrangement by turning in the ring. Any other items are kept as well, though the ring info might say Obtaining Signature (your partner's name) on a different world.

The friends list should stay if you turn back to the previous world, so as long as you don't delete any which are Unable to Retrieve then you should be fine, but perhaps this will be updated to always show your friends in the list (on same datacentre) because of the cross world visits.

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Originally Posted by Efrye

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Yes the recipient will still receive the items, as technically it's already been given away once you have sent them.
04-08-2019, 07:34 AM
Baxcel

Quote:

Originally Posted by linay

(Seems like a lot of effort for some extra gil, but whatever.)

Thanks, an yeah I can see that, but that 3m gil should boost me up enough to upgrade from a small house to a medium, or hold off long enough to save for a large. If/When we get Ishgard housing.
04-08-2019, 08:34 AM
Lexi

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Originally Posted by Baxcel

Thanks, an yeah I can see that, but that 3m gil should boost me up enough to upgrade from a small house to a medium, or hold off long enough to save for a large. If/When we get Ishgard housing.

I’m hoping to do the same but I’m scared of that rng timer.
04-08-2019, 08:37 AM
Valkyrie_Lenneth

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Originally Posted by Baxcel

Thanks, an yeah I can see that, but that 3m gil should boost me up enough to upgrade from a small house to a medium, or hold off long enough to save for a large. If/When we get Ishgard housing.

If all you are missing is 3mil, just do some roulettes every day for a few weeks. You get a crapton of gil from them lol, especially as adv in need.
04-08-2019, 10:42 AM
Baxcel

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Originally Posted by Valkyrie_Lenneth

If all you are missing is 3mil, just do some roulettes every day for a few weeks. You get a crapton of gil from them lol, especially as adv in need.

No reason to not do both, stacking up some Gil will help me in the long run no matter where it comes from.. By true means of course..
I'm also leveling crafter an gathers and selling my extra items as a way to supplement my earnings too
04-08-2019, 10:06 PM
Vidu

Quote:

Originally Posted by Baxcel

Thanks, an yeah I can see that, but that 3m gil should boost me up enough to upgrade from a small house to a medium, or hold off long enough to save for a large. If/When we get Ishgard housing.

In regards to this: I would strongly advice you to NOT transfer and keep the house, since this will allow you to relocate to any open plot which ignores the RNG-timer placed on plots. Its much, much easier to get a (better) house when you already have one! You'll also get a discount on any larger house you purchase if you relocate - "When purchasing a plot for relocation, 30% of the minimum value of your old plot will be applied towards the price of the new one." (https://de.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodes...0dd62c3c50fc74)
This might not be much in regards to a small house (~300k), but honestly: Neither are 3 million.

You already have a foot in the door of the housing-game, which is worth a lot more than 3 million gil! If getting money to upgrade your house is the only reason for you to transfer, I would strongely suggest against it.
Getting gil is easy.
Getting a house isnt.

Even if your server has a lot of empty plots right now with the free transfer people might just come over and buy those up, so you could end up with 3 million gil more but no home at all in the end.
04-09-2019, 12:56 AM
Pastahnak

Also u don't just get to swap right back, your stuck on ur new server for a while. Just make money a different way
04-09-2019, 02:42 AM
Baxcel

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Originally Posted by Vidu

In regards to this: I would strongly advice you to NOT transfer and keep the house, since this will allow you to relocate to any open plot which ignores the RNG-timer placed on plots. Its much, much easier to get a (better) house when you already have one! You'll also get a discount on any larger house you purchase if you relocate - "When purchasing a plot for relocation, 30% of the minimum value of your old plot will be applied towards the price of the new one." (https://de.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodes...0dd62c3c50fc74)
This might not be much in regards to a small house (~300k), but honestly: Neither are 3 million.

You already have a foot in the door of the housing-game, which is worth a lot more than 3 million gil! If getting money to upgrade your house is the only reason for you to transfer, I would strongely suggest against it.
Getting gil is easy.
Getting a house isnt.

Even if your server has a lot of empty plots right now with the free transfer people might just come over and buy those up, so you could end up with 3 million gil more but no home at all in the end.

Fair point, ill keep that in mind. Wait an see house the housing plots change when the transfers come along.
04-09-2019, 02:43 AM
Baxcel

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Originally Posted by Pastahnak

Also u don't just get to swap right back, your stuck on ur new server for a while. Just make money a different way

As long as its not a congested, new, or perfered server the wait time is only 3 days. Itll be 90 days if it's any of the above statuses
04-09-2019, 03:44 AM
Brynne

I did this a couple years ago when I returned to the game, and I would not recommend it. The gil wasn't worth the hassle. Not being able to play with your friends/partner is pretty annoying. I guess it's fine if you're staying on the same data center, but I honestly don't think it's a good tradeoff for the inconvenience. Gil isn't that hard to make.

As for your questions...

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Originally Posted by Baxcel

1)What happens to my married status and items if I transfer and my partner dosnt? (I do plan on returning to my orginal server after, but don't wanna mess anything up)

As soon as you transfer to the same server as your bonded partner, the bond goes back to normal (as long as you don't throw away the ring). While you're on different servers, the ring maintains its appearance but doesn't do anything.

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Originally Posted by Baxcel

2)Were normally requires to demolish our houses, but im assuming you don't if you want the refund and 3m gil? What will happen to all my items since your suppose recover them before transferring?

You demolish the house but don't relinquish the land. Remove any furnishings you can before doing that - the ones that you can't retrieve once placed are the reason you get 3 mill gil from the transfer. This was a hassle imo. You can't keep the items in housing storage or anything; they have to be in your inventory or your retainer's inventory. Depending on your inventory management and how much furniture you have, you may have to do some serious purging.

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Originally Posted by Baxcel

3) Will my friends list still be wiped if i transfer back? Or will it restore itself after i return?

It will be wiped and you won't get it back. EDIT: Sorry, I mixed this up with the blacklist. Just don't delete the 'unable to retrieve' from it and I think it should be fine?

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Originally Posted by Baxcel

4) As long as i go to a non-congested, Non-New, an Non-Perfered server i can return in 3days?

This I can't answer, because at the time when I transferred the gil offer was only good if you went to a new server or to a preferred server from a congested one, so the lockout was three months. I assume this is the case, but no other way to confirm than to try it and see what happens.
04-22-2019, 10:54 AM
Celestene

I wondered if there is a 30 day wait if you have more than one character to move or can you move them all? No intention of moving back to the old server. Like can 2 different characters transfer same day or is there the wait?
04-22-2019, 11:50 AM
Valkyrie_Lenneth

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Originally Posted by Celestene

I wondered if there is a 30 day wait if you have more than one character to move or can you move them all? No intention of moving back to the old server. Like can 2 different characters transfer same day or is there the wait?

If they are on the same server, and going to the same server, yes.

Otherwise you have to wait 3 days.