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[Mercer]

Where is your source for this? I haven't seen anything on any of the SE sites that indicates that this will be an option. Would it be nice? Sure, but why do that when they are just clearly limiting character creation as a means to stop server population increases?

Look up the Mog Station. That is what is intended to handle the world transfer.

And what exactly are the "proper channels"? Aside from the standard, we're working the problem updates, I haven't seen a FFXIV community manager like person even address the masses of frustrated players.

https://support.na.square-enix.com/c...p?id=5382&la=1
This is the link to their support. Many players have already submitted questions and concerns through this portal.

But does that kind of award or bonus really affect how SE would do things in the future? Digital "bonus/awards" don't affect the bottom line of a big company like SE and the bottom line is what really brings attention to the people in charge who can make changes (and make them happen fast!)

For this I do agree with you that hurting a business's bottom line does get their attention very quickly and usually gets results. However they are not always positive results. If too many players decided they simply want refunds for the game and SE gets financial reports showing that FF14 is not longer considered profitable to maintain then the game will never get better. Most likely their losses will be cut, FF14 will be designated a failure, people will get fired, and us players will have lost a very good game. I don't want that to happen.

And thank you for reading my post. I really appreciate it.