..:::Petition:::... ONE Free transfer for everyone

[Arminus]

I wish there was a reply all button for this, but honestly concerning every issue every one is experiencing. People are complaining about can't make characters, can't log in to the server, error 1017 and the like. SE blocked the creation of the characters because they wanted to reduce the amount of people getting Error 1017. So any high population server got the ban. This also affects servers getting error 1017, if you can't log in, you can't make a character. You will notice during high pop times, most all servers won't allow creation of characters, even if they aren't on the ban list.

If they were to implement an AFK Time out of 30 Minutes to 45 minutes then the perceived population overflow would be removed. The requirement for the upgrade of servers would be less pressing. And the error 1017 would be practically non-existent. What is causing the servers to be over popped is there are hundreds if not thousands of players in all parts of the world that are visible (not including the ones in their inn rooms) that are just sitting afk while they go to sleep, go to work, do chores and the like and sitting there, because they don't want to deal with the pain of having to try to log in 50-100 times spending 10-20 minutes of constantly cycling through login screens.

Seriously SE Implement an AFK Timer, No other MMOs don't have one, Even F2P ones have afk timers. FPS's have Timers. I can't think of an online server based game that doesn't that has succeeded.

Ultimately, what is going to happen after their "upgrade" is everyone is gonna try to make a server on their preferred server and SE is going to see the same thing again, because people will still stay logged in for 12+ hours at a time and being afk for the grand majority of it.

If you agree with this post please "Like" it and maybe they will try to do it.

Regards,

As much as I agree, it's not so simple in this game. The problem is that the game allows for the creation of macros with included delay timers. So people could just set up a series of macros to prevent any anti-afk system from kicking in. They'd have to set up an anti-afk system that allowed the game to differentiate player generated actions from macro generated actions for it to cover all the bases.

[Tsobail_InKari]

As much as I agree, it's not so simple in this game. The problem is that the game allows for the creation of macros with included delay timers. So people could just set up a series of macros to prevent any anti-afk system from kicking in. They'd have to set up an anti-afk system that allowed the game to differentiate player generated actions from macro generated actions for it to cover all the bases.

That may be easier then you might think, most commands start with "/" or some other symbol to differentiate from speech. it may be easy to indicate that the afk timer will ignore these commands as they will not indicate play or non-play. Put up a message that states you will be kicked in 1 minute for afk, and if they don't jump/move or otherwise engage the game like any other MMO then it kicks them. That not only helps combat botting, but also allows login.

*edit* Option 2:

2nd option would be to ignore actions and base afk off of movement and/or jumping.

[Elysium]

i say no to free transfer, i understand why you want it but as someone else stated already, you made your characters on random worlds of your own choice, you made the stupid mistake and should pay for it yourself, not everyone else. you making characters on other worlds helped fill up the worlds that other wise may not have ever gotten so full other wise.

It's not my fault that I can't play with my friends.. many people have this problem.. this is a subscription based game.. we have to pay every month and we already paid for the game.. I don't think is very smart just to stop playing because we are losing days of subscription every day we don't play.. the game is not F2P my friend

We need this Free transfer so we can play now in any low populated server and play normally knowing that we will be able to transfer in the near future.. that way all the time we play until the tranfer won't be wasted

[Pyromanci]

I agree a transfer should be give to everyone. Since the servers were locked so fast most groups that game together could not get on the same server.

[Garnatian]

These petitions accomplish nothing.

[Arminus]

i say no to free transfer, i understand why you want it but as someone else stated already, you made your characters on random worlds of your own choice, you made the stupid mistake and should pay for it yourself, not everyone else. you making characters on other worlds helped fill up the worlds that other wise may not have ever gotten so full other wise.

That's extraordinarily short sighted. Right now I am trying to create a character (because that's the only way to get a real-time view of which servers are full) and literally EVERY SINGLE EU/NA server is grayed out. The day I tried to create my first character it was like that ALL DAY. So what, i'm just supposed to not create a character at all? I'm supposed to pay $30 for a game just to stare at a list of servers that I can't create a character on? Oh, there are some JP servers up. I guess I have to create a character on one of those if I want to even play the game at all. But hey, guess what, I AM NOT JAPANESE. Seriously. People really need to think before spouting stuff like this. People have two choices with the server issues right now. Either create a character wherever you can, or don't play the game at all. The 2nd option is just plain silly after paying for a game. You think there is choice, but the only really viable choices are the two I listed, and neither are appealing. So people choose option A of rolling a character wherever, because not playing at all basically means you spent $30 (or more for those who have the CE) on nothing. I guess that's all well and good for people who plan to play the game alone for the entirety of their life in it, but the majority of us have friends that either already play the game or are going to be starting the game with us. The fact that you're forced to create your first character (as well as all subsequent characters) on whatever server happens to not be full completely destroys the ability to get on the same server with your friend/friends. Those who think that this is acceptable are either fools or didn't spend their own money to buy this game.

[Elysium]

These petitions accomplish nothing.

Is the only way we have to ask for something we deserve.. I can't enjoy a game for the one I already paid if I can't play with all my friends any time I want.. I'm forced to play in other server with the feeling that I'm just wasting my time playing there

I have my main char in Hyperion where my friends are.. but since the early access I have loged in only twice in almost 2 weeks.. always server full.. errors all day long etc.. is not fair because we are paying costumers and we deserve a compensation for all this problems

[SionnachFox]

I agree whole heatedly except I expect more than 1 free character transfer.

[Meph_Istopheles]

When new servers come up, I think this should be mandatory. We have an entire guild who wants to be able to log in and play with each other everyday. A solid portion of them have not been able to even make toons on Behemoth yet.

Give guilds the choice to swap to lower pop servers and INDICATE which servers are considered so.

[WildSnipe]

i say no to free transfer, i understand why you want it but as someone else stated already, you made your characters on random worlds of your own choice, you made the stupid mistake and should pay for it yourself, not everyone else. you making characters on other worlds helped fill up the worlds that other wise may not have ever gotten so full other wise.

Gee, and you don't think SE should have taken this into account since as a subscription paying customer I'm allowed up 8 toons per world, up to 40 total. Tell me again how this is MY fault? Yes, it was me and my friends that caused this problem because we mistakenly didn't pull out our little crystal balls ahead of time to see that if we only waited a week then we would all be able to make our characters on the same world. Yes, it was our fault for investing in the game, the company, giving them money up front by paying for a pre-order to be able to play from launch day and expecting the game to be ready for us to log in and make characters within hours of each other and be able to make them on the same world. You're absolutely correct, we shouldn't have believed it could be done. We should have waited for the early reports of how the launch bombed and not bought the game. Yep, thanks for setting me straight. In fact, next time someone asks me how I'm enjoying my FFXIV experience I'll tell them not to bother. I bought the game, then paid my 30 day sub, then had to either A) play on a server I didn't want and then pay again to transfer to the server I did want, or B) Not play at all for a week while servers were fixed and then HOPE I could create a toon on my friends server, because if I'm only allowed on the newest server then my friend will have to pay to transfer.