Are they ever without the X?

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Well I WAS going to switch to Masamune when the servers merged as it seems there will be more eng players there and help me to escape the jp scribbles in every /sh but I have yet to see ANY of the worlds besides Ragnarok loose their X and open up. Now with transfer about to close everything is still X.

Has the ability to transfer been a hoax or has my timing really just been that bad? Been checking daily, sometimes multiple times and x x x x x x x x x x x x x

lame, no transfer for me

Second Stage: From 1:00 a.m. PDT, March 12 (Monday) to 0:59 PDT, March 19 (Monday), 2012.
- Worlds that are populated with the maximum allowable characters will be fixed and locked.
- Locked Worlds cannot be selected as a transfer destination.
- As well, all players in locked Worlds will no longer be able to apply for World transfers.
　For this reason, we recommend that players complete their World transfer applications in the First Stage.

[MicahZerrshia]

Second Stage: From 1:00 a.m. PDT, March 12 (Monday) to 0:59 PDT, March 19 (Monday), 2012.
- Worlds that are populated with the maximum allowable characters will be fixed and locked.
- Locked Worlds cannot be selected as a transfer destination.
- As well, all players in locked Worlds will no longer be able to apply for World transfers.
　For this reason, we recommend that players complete their World transfer applications in the First Stage.

Yeah I had plenty of time and I have been checking since a few days after the worlds opened so I could move my chars and my roomie's. I just have never seen any of the worlds besides Ragnarok open. They have all just been constantly x'd out for me and for him. And now its just simply too late

aka first stage

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aka first stage

Well, I guess you totally missed the dev quotes saying that the world populations were refreshed manually periodically around midnight till mornings in PST time. Oh, well.

I was really just answering your question about if the "x" were ever going away. It's no.