""The Future of Our Characters"

[Hayden]

in xi, characters lasted for 3 months, then pooof gone. Was hell annoying, but at the same time, it made the servers clean, though it forced you to play ... id guess xiv have the same system, but i dont know for sure, sorry.

I reactivated me FFXI character after 3 years inactivity and she was sitting there waiting for me when I loaded it all up. That 3 month threat was rarely ever acted upon.

[Medura]

In FFXI accounts never got deleted, I quit for 3 years then logged back into POL 1 day and was fine, they used to remove character data from the activate database after 1-2 years and all you had to do to get access back is call up SE with your info and they'd reinstate it.

I had to rebuy the game 3 times in all, i even used the same account username again.