Quote Originally Posted by YojimboM View Post
At this rate I am going on nearly half a day of lost play time with no warning whatsoever and no indication that a character transfer would lock me out of playing any of my characters entirely.
Once you begin the World transfer process, you cannot create new characters or log into the game until the transfer is complete. Characters will be transferred in the order applications were submitted. A notification will be sent to the e-mail address registered to your Square Enix account when the transfer is complete.

* Additional time may be required for transfers to be processed depending on the number of players using this service at the time of your request.
http://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodest...nsfer_service/