Question about server transfer restrictions

[Valthein]

Should have been done when you launched the new data center/worlds and BEFORE you started selling the bloody game again...nothing but congestion and 90k errors STILL. The game is great, it really is, but the connections and server issues are all just one giant cluster F*** with a good majority of it being caused by botters. They have free run of the place and doesn't seem like much is being done about it. I have no deletes in my B-List with filed reports on all of them since opening day and not just spammers but also the gathering cheaters. World Transfer may take several days, as many have asked, so we get a refund on that time right? we get notified via email of when its complete, YA RIGHT! Hate to break it to you, BUT I haven't received any email confirmation from square yet with the exception of your taking my money for the month. This going back to SE was suppose to send out emails letting everyone know they can register their E.A. Code. So how will I know when I can log in again?

[Reiterpallasch]

What i wanna know is why arent server transfers instant? Pretty stupid for it to take days or whatever outside of instant.

Under normal circumstances they probably would be, but they're going to likely have thousands of players all trying to transfer at once, and the system can only process so many at a time.

As for things like why legacy can't go to non legacy, it's because of the economy. Sure, they have gil restrictions and such in place already, but it doesn't stop people from being able to stock up on items to flood newer markets with.

[Wabo]

Ok I have a question about server transfer. So I have a friend that had to make a toon on another server so I made one on that server to play with him till he could transfer to play with my guildies and I. But I have so much time invested into this toon now that I want it to be my main. Will it be possible for me to transfer this toon to server that I already have a character on?

[HEC]

Will it be possible for me to transfer this toon to server that I already have a character on?

If you have standard sub (e.g. NOT an entry level one permiting only 1 character per server) and you don't have 8 characters already on the target server then yes indeed.

[Azazela]

In WoW when server transfers first came it took around a day for the transfer to work. Now days its less than an hour.

If it takes more than a day here, the service is abysmal.

[dereverse]

With the introduction of the World Transfer Service, there may be cases where players are requested to transfer to other Worlds due to fluctuations in population. We may also consider the splitting or merger of Worlds. Because of this, there may be instances where players who have used the World Transfer Service are requested to move to a different World. Please note that in such cases, applications for World transfers cannot be canceled or refunded.

What happen if I want to transfer from crowded world to medium populated world and somehow the destination world become unavailable because of population fluctuation.

Can I go back to my previous server ? Or I will asked to choose another world because my previous world already crowded and probably not available as destination ?

[SeraphimZA]

I wasn't able to select the server of my choice when I created my character (I did try clicking on Shiva but it wouldn't select) and as such just went with the default selected server of Durandal, which just happens to be a legacy server.

My question is simple, am I trapped on this server (or another legacy server) because I was not able to select the server I wanted even though I only started playing after 2.0 was released?

[Velev]

I wasn't able to select the server of my choice when I created my character (I did try clicking on Shiva but it wouldn't select) and as such just went with the default selected server of Durandal, which just happens to be a legacy server.

My question is simple, am I trapped on this server (or another legacy server) because I was not able to select the server I wanted even though I only started playing after 2.0 was released?

Yes, you can only go from legacy to legacy.

Even though you had no choice at default. Many of us are in stuck in that situation with SE not offering any solutions at the moment..

[Velev]

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As for things like why legacy can't go to non legacy, it's because of the economy. Sure, they have gil restrictions and such in place already, but it doesn't stop people from being able to stock up on items to flood newer markets with.

Economy? Not really a valid reason.

I've played FFXI for 5 1/2 years and i still recall when SE released the game to its EU/NA customers and we were thrown in with the JP players that had been playing for close to 2 YEARS and had amassed gil and were geared to the teeth when all the EU/NA players joined. All the EU/NA players never said anything and we got on with it and it all worked out fine.

So this economy reasoning goes out the window.

[Masekase_Hurricane]

I think SE should create a new NA/EU Legacy server as both are currently full so the English Players on JP Legacy Ridill still cannot transfer to Hyperion to meet up with our companies/friends.

Have to agree same here on masamune.