Transfer is not working out

The support ticket that i submitted was unable to resolve my issue.

I recently resubscribed to play final fantasy. I did this because I have friends that are new to the game and was wanting to join up with them. They started by creating characters on the Server Exodus (Primal Data Center). At that time they were happy with their situation, so i decided that I would transfer my character over from the Faerie Server (Aether Data Center). At the time I was still taking a break from playing video games, but I made the transfer to join them with the intention of being ready to go when I felt ready to play. When i returned two weeks later they had moved their characters over to the server "Siren" located on (Aether Data Center). This is the situation that I am stuck in. I am now on a server that I am not interested in being on and I am only two weeks into the character transfer restriction.

I have already dumped hundreds if not thousands of hours into a single character. I am not interested in investing the same sort of time into a new character. I would have gladly payed for a transfer to get to the correct server so that I can join up with them. Unfortunately I keep getting responses that do not resolve my issue. At this point I have already canceled my subscription and have no intention of renewing it.

The new expansion releases in July and I would like to be able to join them and enjoy the content that has been created. This is my final plea to find a solution to the issue I have.

Thanks for your time,

Grim

It is not quite clear what your issue is, apart from being on a different server than you want to be.

If you originally transfered from a Congested world to a Preferred world, then you cannot transfer that character again for 90 days - and there is absolutely nothing you can do to get around that restriction.
Otherwise I know of no reason why you would not be able to buy another transfer for your character to the "right" server right away.

That is 100% the issue. I transferred from a Standard World to a Standard World. Now my character is locked and i am unable to transfer it to a preferred world.
When I open my Home World Transfer Service My character is showing as being present unfortunately it is locked.

i feel for ya but the rules are explicit when it comes to server transfer. it's all laid out right there. no way around it. did you read everything before you clicked yes/I agree?

I don't think that any of these comments have truly assisted in any positive way. I agreed to the terms of the transfer based on the fact that I was going to be able to enjoy a game with my friends.

What I am trying to explain is that I play MMOs to play with people that I want to play with. Unfortunately my friends have transferred servers whether they knew how the server transfer rules applied in this game or not. I purchased a subscription to join them and performed a server transfer. I have less than 5 hours played since renewing my subscription in the first month which expires in 4 days. I understand that there are rules to transfers and I have transferred in the past understanding these rules. Unfortunately there are circumstances that are unpredictable and there clearly should be exclusions to these rules.

From my understanding, you are and your friends are still on the same datacentre? So granted there are certain limitations to cross world visits but you can still do just that and be able to play with them until the opportunity to transfer properly becomes available.

That this is your situation doesn't mean the rules won't still be in place.

That said, you have read through all of this correct? https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodes...nsfer_service/

According to this you have to wait three days before you can transfer on your account again, which according to you has been over that amount of time, for a Standard world transfer. Are you sure nonthing else on the list is preventing this character's transfer?

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Originally Posted by Dualblade

That this is your situation doesn't mean the rules won't still be in place.

That said, you have read through all of this correct? https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodes...nsfer_service/

According to this you have to wait three days before you can transfer on your account again, which according to you has been over that amount of time, for a Standard world transfer. Are you sure nonthing else on the list is preventing this character's transfer?

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I can not see anything on that list that my character fails.

Also, my character is now on Primal, can not play with Aether

Then the only other thing I could think of is that when you first transfered over Exodus or whatever world you went to was considered a Preferred World, and thus you have to wait the 90 days.

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Originally Posted by Dualblade

Then the only other thing I could think of is that when you first transfered over Exodus or whatever world you went to was considered a Preferred World, and thus you have to wait the 90 days.

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Your character has transferred from a Congested World or has been created on a Preferred World, and is currently under the 90 day transfer restriction.

If the server i'm on was a preferred world then my friends who created a character would not have been able to transfer off of the server either. They did transfer so it must have been a standard server.

Look having a reason being "but i just wanna play with my friends" is not a good enough reasons to warrant any kind of change to the system. Your friends should have coordinated with you if you all really wanted to play together.

And just because comments aren't pointing you to a solution that will benefit you (spoiler alert: there isn't going to be one like EVER for your situation) you need to learn to accept what is and move on. railing against the rules isn't going to magically make someone take pity on you.

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Look having a reason being "but i just wanna play with my friends" is not a good enough reasons to warrant any kind of change to the system. Your friends should have coordinated with you if you all really wanted to play together.

And just because comments aren't pointing you to a solution that will benefit you (spoiler alert: there isn't going to be one like EVER for your situation) you need to learn to accept what is and move on. railing against the rules isn't going to magically make someone take pity on you.

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I am not looking for pity. Again, I have canceled my subscription. There is clearly a flaw in the system because I am unable to transfer my character. There is no evidence that supports that my character would be unable to transfer yet I am still locked as if I have a 90 day lock.

Also, rules do not get changed unless some points out that the rules are not right.

Oh Yeah. (Spoiler Alert: this forum is meant to help people that are having issues with the game) Since you clearly are being of no assistance how about you get out of this thread.

what? 90 days restrictions are there for a reason. what more can i say. there is no assistance that can be given to you. ideally this thread should just be locked/closed.

The game doesn't even say I have a 90 day restriction. By the rules of transfers my character should only be locked for 3 days. So Again. problem isn't even close to resolved

This Thread can be closed. I am a clown and have been transferring backwards.

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Your character has transferred from a Congested World or has been created on a Preferred World, and is currently under the 90 day transfer restriction.

If the server i'm on was a preferred world then my friends who created a character would not have been able to transfer off of the server either. They did transfer so it must have been a standard server.

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the status must have changed then in the time between when they moved from when you moved? i think i got your situation wrong in the beginning. they recently made a bunch of adjustments to world statuses recently so that could be the issue why you got slapped with 90 day restriction.

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Originally Posted by DrWho2010

the status must have changed then in the time between when they moved from when you moved? i think i got your situation wrong in the beginning. they recently made a bunch of adjustments to world statuses recently so that could be the issue why you got slapped with 90 day restriction.

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Nah, I have been trying to transfer backwards. Selecting preferred server as where i Am and current server as where I want to go

So if you canceled your subscription then why does this matter? Not a pointed question by any means, just genuinely curious. Also, have you reached out to SE support to try and get some information on why you can't move your character? I've talked with them a few times and they're usually pretty helpful! If you haven't talked to them, I'd try it. Can't hurt, right?

Maybe I am misunderstanding, but it sounds like a pretty bad group of friends if they keep picking entire data centers you aren't on. It sounds like they don't want to play with you. :/

I was about to say I was told Siren got it's road to 60 buff back, so we might be in preferred status again.

But it appears you figured out it was user error... NICE!

May I be the first on your new home to welcome you *does a bow*