World Transfer Service

[chris_animeguy]

Im not sure if this is the correct place to discuss this, but here goes.

I really wish we had clearer information on World Transfers. The more speculation there is on the matter, the clearer the facts need to be from SE.

At the moment, the only OFFICIAL information i can find anywhere comes from the Mog Station account services page, stating that a World Transfer service is planned to be implemented mid-September, with a note to say we should keep an eye out on the Lodestone for further news and announcements. So far no announcements have been made.

So the questions are:
- Will the world transfer service be free or will it be a paid service? If it is a paid service, how much will it cost?
- Will the world transfer service allow you to transfer all your characters or just one?
- Are there any restrictions beyond individual server capacity which will limit where and when a character can transfer?

One of the biggest speculations is:
- 1.0 Characters will be unable to transfer to another non-Legacy server for six months. Is this true or false? How have people developed this speculation? Is there a source that suggests this may be the case?
- If this speculation turns out to be true, how is this justified?

I got involved with ARR during Beta 4, long after the opportunity to transfer my 1.0 character had come and gone. For some stupid reason, although I am a registered EU player, my character was dumped on a JAP server. My friends were unable to create their characters on my server due to population limitation, so rolled on the NA/EU Cactur server instead, expecting me to be able to transfer when the option became available.

Most of my friends who started fresh characters are now, four weeks later, higher levels than I am, because I have a lot less free time to play than they do. This makes the time I have already put into my 1.0 character all the more important to me. I have no advantage over a freshly created character, and neither does any other 1.0, since there are many Lvl50’s now. It doesn’t make sense to deny 1.0 characters the same opportunity to world transfer.

I just want to know as early as possible. If I absolutely HAVE to abandon my 1.0 character, which would be a real shame, then I dont want to wait another couple of weeks to find that out.

EDIT: Ok I found a Letter from the Producer which has answered one or two questions.
SOURCE: http://lodestone.finalfantasyxiv.com...198b0ef6c9c8dc

- World transfers will be a paid service
- Restrictions on movement will only be related to individual world population availability
- The amount of Gil which can be transfered will be limited to protect against dramatic economic fluctuation

This has eased my mind somewhat, because it is another official source which gives no mention to a lock on movement of 1.0 characters to non-legacy servers.