I need server transfer now!

[Sigue]

Not sure if I misunderstood... but non legacy can transfer into legacy.
Legacy can only move to other legacy at the moment.

She's saying this in regards to the warning SE put out about moving large groups to the full servers, since I believe Hyperion is listed as such. So since she can't move from her overpopulated server, she'll just bring 8 friends in.

I really do hope SE reconsiders allowing Legacy transfers to non-legacy. The fact that it's not allowed is upsetting a lot of players who just so happened to have the misfortune of Legacy servers being the only server they could even make a character on, myself included.

[Mychael]

She's saying this in regards to the warning SE put out about moving large groups to the full servers, since I believe Hyperion is listed as such. So since she can't move from her overpopulated server, she'll just bring 8 friends in.

I really do hope SE reconsiders allowing Legacy transfers to non-legacy. The fact that it's not allowed is upsetting a lot of players who just so happened to have the misfortune of Legacy servers being the only server they could even make a character on, myself included.

Do you mind if I ask--do you think being on a server full of legacy characters made the game any worse? I seriously think the community (and SE) are overreacting about this whole "they'll ruin the economy" thing; if anything, between Faerie and Excalibur where I have characters, I would have to say Excalibur has the better economy (not that its "good," but...).

[Sigue]

Do you mind if I ask--do you think being on a server full of legacy characters made the game any worse? I seriously think the community (and SE) are overreacting about this whole "they'll ruin the economy" thing; if anything, between Faerie and Excalibur where I have characters, I would have to say Excalibur has the better economy (not that its "good," but...).

We've enjoyed our time here on Balmung, and being among legacy players isn't a big deal, so no it hasn't made the game any worse for us, otherwise we wouldn't be playing as much as we have!

However, Balmung is not where our friends, or our guild are, and a lot of our relationships here are pretty tentative because we know we won't be staying here for the long haul. We're just chilling out in a pretty laid back FC for the sake of enjoying perks while playing and fun company to break up gameplay with idle chatter and the like.

In terms of economy, there are some differences in what I've seen on Non-legacy marketplaces, but nothing so substantial as to think an influx of players with a cap of, say 1 million gil would destroy the economy (You make like 500k off story/sidequests alone, seriously). With few exceptions, markets are incredibly similar.

[ArkhamNative]

So since I'm not allowed to move to a new server, I will be bringing 8 friends to Hyperion.
Which SE doesn't want to happen.
Legacy members have friends too, SE!!!!!

For our small group it's just a handful of new world accounts and one legacy account transferring to a legacy world. We found where some old FFXI buddies landed and will be transferring to rejoin them there. I would not be surprised if many others jump onto this particular world as well. (There are only 4 "NA" Legacy worlds, after all.)

Maybe part of the reason for choosing this world is SE won't let v1 characters transfer to new worlds, but also part of it is that the new world players now have no reservations to playing on legacy worlds, where they were a little hesitant before.

[Kosneffect]

So when I gave up 1.0 with a lvl5 mage job, and now playing ranger waiting for a world transfer I won't be able to transfer servers so I can play with my old linkshell friends from 11. I don't get the point.......... Great point SE way to bring our spirits down........

[Fleur]

Good to hear that free transfers will be offered! I am not surprised about the Legacy/non-Legacy server limitation, but it is still disappointing. Hopefully they will allow it sooner than the original tentative estimate of 6 months.

Though it is kind of funny, if you think about what the notice says:

A benefit of transfers is that you can play with your friends.
Excalibur and Hyperion are really crowded (that is 2/4 US Legacy servers).
They warn there may be downsides to transferring to a really crowded server.
They suggest that groups of friends move to an uncrowded server.

Based on this, I conclude that friends who are separated across crowded US Legacy & non-Legacy servers should all move to Sargatanas or Balmung! (I'm teasing, mostly )

Really, Excalibur may be crowded but it is a fine server. I prefer things a bit quieter though so may give Masamune a try.

[byyako]

I have been playing on the "Legacy server" by myself through this whole time and waiting to transfer to my friends' world. I am really disappointed that after all this time, I still won't be able to join my friends.

[broren]

Nice to know what realms are high population. Wish that information was in the server select screen, as well as the time zone it's in/nearest.

[AzN-SoLjA]

This is crazy...

[NefGP]

Keep making a fuss over it and the devs will have to listen.


Seriously this is complete utter nonsense. Do they honestly think that all the Legacy servers are just going to become barren? I just don't see their doomsday scenario of a bunch of people moving to non-legacy servers and completely overtaking the economies of those servers happening - especially if they're capping the gil that can be transferred. I understand their concerns however it really does seem like a paranoid delusion at this point.

I just want to play with my real friends whom I'd badgered repeatedly about taking another look at this game before it came out. They bought it, LOVE IT, and just want to all play together. One of my friends has a kid on the way too, so it'd be nice to actually be able to play together before the little bundle of joy pops out and all his time is consumed by said child.

This really, really sucks and there's no verifiable justification for it. Supposing that some people do transfer over with a crapload of cobalt, electrum, twinthread or what have you - who's going to buy it? As is, a lot of the high level gear - even HQ versions - is dirt cheap on the Legacy servers because of the abundance of high level players. IIRC, the census @ GDC showed the number players with at least 1 class at 50 is double the average on Legacy servers over the others.

So again, you transfer over and.... you quickly find there aren't a whole lot of folks ready to buy the stuff you've been selling on the legacy servers. Worst case scenario a few people flood the markets with cheap HQ items for a while, big deal - I'd much rather be on a server where raw materials are actually worth something. Right now on Excalibur, Cobalt Ingots only go for 100 gil, it's ridiculous (Steel is crazy expensive for some bizarre reason).