Transferring Character Data to FINAL FANTASY XIV: A Realm Reborn Questions

[Kraggy]

I thought a while back it was mentioned that legacy characters would have a unique entrance to the game that mirrors the New Beginning trailer events rather than starting in the city... does this mean that concept has been scrapped?

It'll be a real shame if they have scrapped that idea, also, starting off as a level 1 noob is kind of disappointing as well even if we can change immediately.

[MartaDemireux]

It'll be a real shame if they have scrapped that idea, also, starting off as a level 1 noob is kind of disappointing as well even if we can change immediately.

We're not starting at level 1, we're starting in the level 1 race specific gear. Our levels will remain, we just have to do the quests to gain access to the other classes again. But that's where it gets confusing as the dev post says two things.

Do we need to do the class quests to gain access to the class again? Why do we "need" to do the class quests this time around? It's stated that we can change to our other level 50 classes immediately upon logging in but then stated that we need to do the class quests. Is it simply a poor segway into saying that the class quests we did before are gone and if we want to progress the class story we need to start the class quests from scratch? Clarification would be greatly appreciated.

[Kirito]

I think this just applies to Phase 3. The unique intro will probably be in Phase 4

I hope so. Since they can just migrate the starting cities from 1.0. Hopefully they still give us air port access...

[JillyBean]

@Marta ~ I think what they are saying is our 1.0 completed quests remain. 2.0 introduces new quests which give new spells/abilities. You have to do those new quests to obtain those new spells/abilities.

@Kirito ~ I think we may not have airship access at start as we have to progress in the main story (new main story) to be able to re-enlist in a GC. Part of that new main story line involves obtaining airship access.

Posting from phone....

[finiteHP]

I thought a while back it was mentioned that legacy characters would have a unique entrance to the game that mirrors the New Beginning trailer events rather than starting in the city... does this mean that concept has been scrapped?

I agree. Do returning characters have a different opening? If yes, then will the returning opening be available in phase 4 (since our progress probably will be carrying over from there)? Even though it's quite a ways off I'd like to know before phase 4 starts. I don't want to possibly miss out on the returning character opening just because I play my character in phase 4.

We're not starting at level 1, we're starting in the level 1 race specific gear. Our levels will remain, we just have to do the quests to gain access to the other classes again. But that's where it gets confusing as the dev post says two things.

Do we need to do the class quests to gain access to the class again? Why do we "need" to do the class quests this time around? It's stated that we can change to our other level 50 classes immediately upon logging in but then stated that we need to do the class quests. Is it simply a poor segway into saying that the class quests we did before are gone and if we want to progress the class story we need to start the class quests from scratch? Clarification would be greatly appreciated.

As Hvinire stated, the class quests have been completely redone. That means that they have a different storyline to them. We'll have our previous levels in the classes and access to the class (hence the "Armoury unlocked right away, and can change immediately upon logging in"), but will start at the very beginning of the class storyline. I'm glad it's this way. I didn't really want to have to create a new character to be able to see the new class stories. What I'm really wondering is how the AF is handled. Will we be able to do the new quests for the AF? Since some of the AF (like the WHM body) is storyline-wise unique, it will be kind of odd to quest for another copy. I would rather have that awkwardness than be locked out of the story.

[Ruethryl]

Thought I saw that we keep our job skills that we've already earned.. *however* we will have to do the class quests to get the new class skills (Impale, or w/e the throwing skills is on LNC and Scathe on THM for instance)

[Velhart]

In Beta phase 3, you're able to create characters on both data centers, so we encourage you to try your response times on different servers to determine which server is best for you.

Regarding playing as a Legacy character: when you start the game for the first time, you'll be displayed in your starting gear just like any other player and your starting city will depend on which battle class you choose, regardless of what you've leveled in FFXIV 1.0. You will have the Armoury unlocked right away, and can change immediately upon logging in. However, you will still need to do the new class quests for each guild since they're completely re-done.

Sorry but this needs to be clarified big time.

I believe it was said that 1.xx characters would be starting in a unique area and we would transition to the GC we signed up to before. Now it sounds like none of this is happening.

Is this only for Phase 3? Or is what I said above planned for Phase 4? If so, I believe you should at least explain the situation to us.

[Vilhem]

Since they are only testing the importation of 1.0 chara data in Phase 3, it makes sense that we won't see our spiffy intro until we get our characters back for good. Relax. lol

[Hvinire]

You just might notice a few changes in the intro when logging in with a version 1.0 character.

[Ruethryl]

You just might notice a few changes in the intro when logging in with a version 1.0 character.

Tease! >.>;;