Thread: Will there be a World Transfer in 2.0?

Originally Posted by Zumi

It pisses me off that I won't get to play on the server type I want to play on. I never liked the mixed servers to start with and especially don't want to play on one that's designated JP.

Also it seems like we will be likely charged $25 extra to server transfer like they do on FFXI. Making it a another con for not being able to move at relaunch.

You will get to play on the server type you want. It just won't be immediate. Just relax, and it will come. They know a lot of people are going to want to switch, and the new servers will have a low pop initially, and they've said before that we will get a one time transfer to another world if we want it.

The issue is if you're stuck in a JP server, there won't be new non-JP players joining your server.

It's a non-issue because the same english players that were on your server before will still be there.

Originally Posted by Alhanelem

What are you in such a hurry for, you've been on a JP-located server for years(?) now, I'm sure you can wait a few weeks/months. You're right though in that the reason it won't be immediate is to ensure economic stability and to give new players a little time to develop before throwing a bunch of vets in there.

The issue is if you're stuck in a JP server, there won't be new non-JP players joining your server. All new players will most likely be JP and the population will inflate. Not to mention I have friends who want to start playing after ARR begins. I would like to be able to play with them and also not have them to only face JP players the entire time (as opposed to a variety of players).

Wouldn't be a problem with optimized universal servers..but alas.

Originally Posted by Rukkirii

we will be setting up a world transfer service similar to FFXI.

This is kind of disappointing, having to pay and go through the headache of a server transfer... I only hope that once they lift the restriction on current players that they allow us at least one free world transfer of our choice. as long as i get that, i'm kewl.

Originally Posted by Rukkirii

When service begins for A Realm Reborn we'll be creating new worlds for new players. For a certain amount of time, existing users will be unable to move. (This is the information we received, but we'll be trying to get clarification on this later today)

Before we finalize details for current players wishing to transfer, we'll need to consider how we'd want to handle returning players. We'll be looking at the options with regard to the Beta Test conditions.

Some of you have been asking about the bullet point we mentioned during the FINAL FANTASY 25th Anniversary Event Special Talk Session about “improving the amount of freedom of world transfers” -- this meant that we will be setting up a world transfer service similar to FFXI.

So what does this mean in regards to the regional data centers? Lets say I'm a US based player, but my world ends up being based in a data center in the EU or Japan. What then? Do I just have to suffer through the lag until the world transfer service is in place? Or do I have an incorrect understanding of the regional data centers?

Originally Posted by Breladine

Does this mean we're still stuck with the JP dataservers at ARR launch, whether we want to be or not?

(Derp, had this open too long and the question was already asked.. but still)

Does it truly matter? Even the gamescom presentation showed that it's not even an iota close to how bad 1.0's servers are.

It's not fair to current players? Screwing over new players is even less fair lol. Everyone currently playing migrates to new servers, guess who suffers most? You can't say "well they don't matter" or "they'll catch up"..no, if current trends will tell you anything, it's resonable most people currently playing are not.

They're locked out for current players FOR NOW simply for the sake of new players it seems like. No matter what you say, moving old players to a brand new server will affect it period. 200k or 100k..doesn't matter, it will have an effect on the new economy if there's say 5k people moving over, that's already a ton of gil flowing around and prices will reflect that. There's a reason they're adjusting the value of the gil and prices on NPCs you know.

Originally Posted by Elexia

It's not fair to current players? Screwing over new players is even less fair lol. Everyone currently playing migrates to new servers, guess who suffers most? You can't say "well they don't matter" or "they'll catch up"..no, if current trends will tell you anything, it's resonable most people currently playing are not.

They're locked out for current players FOR NOW simply for the sake of new players it seems like. No matter what you say, moving old players to a brand new server will affect it period. 200k or 100k..doesn't matter, it will have an effect on the new economy if there's say 5k people moving over, that's already a ton of gil flowing around and prices will reflect that. There's a reason they're adjusting the value of the gil and prices on NPCs you know.

There will probably far more current players who want to move to the NA servers then brand new players.