I can't move server with more than 100,000 Gil !?

[Errors]

The restrictions are in place because a Phoenix 1 Gil is not worth the same as a Hyperion 1 Gil. There is no exchange rate available. It also prevents people from amassing a large amount of Gil on one server and then hopping to another, to magically have that lump of Gil now in their economy.

Not sure what's so hard to understand.

Server whole > Individual

[Akira_Tenshi]

The restrictions are in place because a Phoenix 1 Gil is not worth the same as a Hyperion 1 Gil. There is no exchange rate available. It also prevents people from amassing a large amount of Gil on one server and then hopping to another, to magically have that lump of Gil now in their economy.

Not sure what's so hard to understand.

Server whole > Individual

Maybe you're right and I am over reacting but still its painful to let go of hard earned gil. Maybe ill just buy some nice stuff off the market.

[Errors]

Maybe you're right and I am over reacting but still its painful to let go of hard earned gil. Maybe ill just buy some nice stuff off the market.

Oh, don't get me wrong. It does suck as a player, and like you said, you worked to get that Gil. However, as a whole SE has to keep things balanced as much as possible and they see that it is within their acceptable margins that 1.4mil won't have a huge impact on a server's economy. We as players tend to look only what immediately effects us. It's a thankless job to be working behind the scenes, they keep the economies from crashing but the player base doesn't directly see it.

Eh, honestly I won't fret about it too much. It's only a small loss, just pick up the allagan pieces and join your friends.

[Akira_Tenshi]

So I can take 1,400,000 but I can not take 2,200,000 and the people who pay for additional retainers are able to take more money. That is messed up. I think I'll just forget the whole idea. Typical Square Enix bull crap, nothing is ever simple.

[lackofwords]

As others have already mentioned, there are round-about ways to still maintain your gil.

Personally, I would scout the market instead.
You can just create a new character on the server you wish to transfer to, then compare high value, high demand items to sell.
For starters you can look at materia, exclusive gardening seeds/mats, or exclusive myth tome crafting mats.

When I mean 'exclusive', I don't mean untradeable, but instead items that can only be obtained reliably by said means.
Such as Petrified Log is obtained by buying it with Myth tomes.
Glazenuts is obtained by gardening, and so on.

[Jeykama]

It isn't a big deal. Forget about allagan pieces with that amount of gil. Scout both markets (i.e. make a throwaway on that server) and check the prices for high-priced things that actually sell like myth materials (Saurian Skins, Cashmere, Tawny Latex etc.). I would advise against investing in housing/pet materials like glazenuts because that stuff is in real flux now, though investing into reliably rare things like opo-opos/bluebird pets might be a thing :P

Then, once you transfer, sell it off hopefully for profit. Who cares about a gil limit?

[IzumiRaito]

You can easily bypass the gil transfer limit by buying stuff that sells fast, like materia IV, myth mats, allagan coins, then selling it on the destination market. Which i think should not be allowed, by making every item in possesion character bound while transferring.

The purpose of server transfer is being able to play with friends, NOT earning money or monopolizing market.

[Akira_Tenshi]

I checked out the price of some items on Phoenix and they were actually significantly more than on Hyperrion...

[Velo_Vandore]

I checked out the price of some items on Phoenix and they were actually significantly more than on Hyperrion...

Doesn't it mean you're in luck? Buy cheap on Hyperion, sell for profit on Phoenix. Hopefully if not for profit at least you'll get back the tax.

[echoica]

Make a character on the destination world and check out the markets and buy items to resell for profit after the move. We bought millions worth of materia before we moved and have 3 times more Gil then we started with post move xP