Transfers are up!

[Bufkus]

First get your choosen server confirmed. Only then you'll be able to pick your current one. Several F5s might be needed between those 2 steps. The reciep stays the same. The amount of time needed remains unkown.

I find it kind of funny(=sad) how SE already warned us that the actuall execution of the transfer might take a few days but it actually takes less than 5 minutes. If they exprected so much more request then they are actually getting right now. (Well lemme rephrase: more request then those who are able to get through) why aren't they prepared for this.

They worried about step 2 when everyone's stuck at step 1. Guess it will be much better by tomorow but noone really want to be waiting in a queue. I fail to see why they didnt rent some additional servers for today to run the page.

Yep I was doing that (hitting F5 after selecting the server I want to xfer to), no dice.

[Inferiae]

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I think you're missing the point here. It's NOT a "grand opening" of any sort.
It shouldn't be an unexpected situation. Since we all know what happened in Early Access and launch. We know that a lot of people joined a different server because of Character Creation Restriction. How could SE, once again, underestimate the numbers?

"In light of World congestion issues following the game's release, players will be allowed to use the World Transfer Service free of charge from October 15th to October 21th."

So as an apology for congestion issues, they give us congestion issues.

It's not me who should be "trying again", but the Server Transfer that should be working as expected.

[Chleobeth]

[HulkSmash]

and ignorance spreads. there is a limit to how much you can do when it comes to a grand opening of anything. you can never be prepared enough in those situations, the preparation after ,however, lasts forever. server congestion or people all doing something at once will always slow down others progress so lesson here is grow up, stop bitching, and try again, you'll get through way before tomorrow. and if not its only a day away=3

screw this perspective

everyone defends P2P games because you're supposed to be able to count on proper service and support. there hasn't been much of any of that with this game so far.

[explodingbullet]

The problem with your line of thinking, is that some errors cannot ever be seen until the large amount of requests happen. You don't actually KNOW where something might break. Something you can predict will buckle under the strain, but some things, you just can't know.

^ this guy is intelligent! great and true response!

[Pscylo]

So as an apology for congestion issues, they give us congestion issues.

It's not me who should be "trying again", but the Server Transfer that should be working as expected.

AND They aren't letting alot of us actually go to the server we want to go to, because of a mythical population cap that they have implemented because of server loads...instead of beefing specific servers, they opened more servers to force so many people to play without the people that got them to play in the first place in hopes of eventually being able to play together in a social game, the way it is supposed to be.....false hope that it was.

[RosieSprinkles]

Just did two successful accounts back-to-back with almost no issue! THINGS ARE GETTING BETTER.

[Maddox]

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Grand opening? Sorry but server transfers have happened before, and this isn't grand opening. As a matter of fact these tranfers wouldn't be happening, if SE hadn't bungled up with 90k.

Secondly, you can be prepared. SE undoubtedly has data from the 90k issue, meaning they have data to work with on what to expect come transfer time and the chance to make contingencies. They did not.

Lastly, Ignorance: lack of knowledge or information.

I fail to see where I'm ignorant at, considering everything I have been typing is true.

So instead of trying to 1 up someone on SE's behalf because you feel the need to defend them, I suggest you quit being naive and accept SE's blunders for what they are: Which is blunders.

[Stargazer_Bleu]

Just finished mine. I think FF XI had a way easier world transfer system/set up.
At first I got error messages.

Then only one world to select. Then a big list.
Took me 15 min to figure it out, about the confirm button.

If you can pick a would, hit confirm next to it.(this is a big must) Then after that, you can pick the world you are on.
You can not pick it before confirming the world to go to first.
After that confirm that then select the yes button.

All I got to say it keep trying. It is annoying.

[Satarelle]

My problem is that I can select the transfer destination world, but it doesn't show the server I wish to transfer FROM.

Also the forums aren't showing the correct character for me either. SE plz halp. Save us from you.