Question - Can't Transfer lvl 1.0 Legacy Mules (retainers not unlocked) ?

[Mitsubashi]

Info on server move suggests we need to rehire retainers from 1.0 if we want to love legacy characters :

http://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodest...0d89b2db8854b5


I wanted to move all my characters (1.0 and 2.0) to the EU legacy server as I'm in the UK (I rolled 2.0 on Gilgamesh but the lag/server polling induced timings aren't working out well for me). For some reason when SE consolidated servers they put my EU based 1.0 characters on a US legacy server (Sargantas).


Bottom line are my 1.0 lvl 1 mule characters not able to be transferred because they can't rehire their retainers until lvl 17 ?



What's strange is a lvl 11 1.0 character can rehire retainers logging in for first time having done none of the new story but a lvl 1 character can't. Guess there was some sort of lvl limit ?

[ZohnoReecho]

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[HunkyJimpjorps]

Why not just level up the mules until you can get your retainers?

[Mitsubashi]

Why not just level up the mules until you can get your retainers?

It's more than 10 characters mules across three accounts each needing to get to lvl 17 to unlock retainers. Each of them need to do the story past the first three dungeons via the DF. Transfers start in about 15 hours. I'll prolly still be in the DF queue when the transfer peirod ends

Can't even remember what type of items each mules retainer is holding to prioritize them.



Need to do more testing. lvl 7 Leatherworker (1.0) starting game as lvl 1 Conj (2.0) was able to use retainers straight away. Would be a big help just to know what the rules are governing retainer access for 1.0 low level characters.


edit : I spent the last 5 plus hours just logging in characters through the opening cinematic and cut scenes. Whew! It's all over the place. lvl 11 and lvl 41 can get retainers straight away. lvl 7 guy got retainers straight away. Logged in a lvl 6 and couldn't, leveled it to lvl 7 and still couldn't.

Then I logged a lvl 1 in and got retainers straight away ! Now officially confused.



My best guess right now is that any 1.0 character regardless of lvl has access to retainers immediately on logging in to 2.0 if they have 1.0 retainers with any items on them. If they had no retainers, if their retainers have been wiped or if their retainers are empty then they have to go through the story to get them.