Transferring Character Data to FINAL FANTASY XIV: A Realm Reborn Questions

[Mjollnir]

I said most but then might be different in the UK. from what I saw here in France, Pro/business contract take the more direct route you mentioned but consumers are stuck with the long and cheap route through the U.S.

My bad for presuming it all got sent the same way! Sorry.

[Reowinn]

Out of curiosity, can the servers become full and prevent players from applying for the transfer?

Since I haven't seen anything on this matter and if the servers can become full, this can and most likely prevent friends/ls mates from moving into the same server to play together.

[JillyBean]

Out of curiosity, can the servers become full and prevent players from applying for the transfer?

Since I haven't seen anything on this matter and if the servers can become full, this can and most likely prevent friends/ls mates from moving into the same server to play together.

I think this is a very valid question/concern (and one I asked alot before I found out I wouldn't have to move at all) and I hope it gets answered.

[Hvinire]

In Beta phase 3, you're able to create characters on both data centers, so we encourage you to try your response times on different servers to determine which server is best for you.

Regarding playing as a Legacy character: when you start the game for the first time, you'll be displayed in your starting gear just like any other player and your starting city will depend on which battle class you choose, regardless of what you've leveled in FFXIV 1.0. You will have the Armoury unlocked right away, and can change immediately upon logging in. However, you will still need to do the new class quests for each guild since they're completely re-done.

[Myranda]

In Beta phase 3, you're able to create characters on both data centers, so we encourage you to try your response times on different servers to determine which server is best for you.

Regarding playing as a Legacy character: when you start the game for the first time, you'll be displayed in your starting gear just like any other player and your starting city will depend on which battle class you choose, regardless of what you've leveled in FFXIV 1.0. You will have the Armoury unlocked right away, and can change immediately upon logging in. However, you will still need to do the new class quests for each guild since they're completely re-done.

I thought a while back it was mentioned that legacy characters would have a unique entrance to the game that mirrors the New Beginning trailer events rather than starting in the city... does this mean that concept has been scrapped?

[Vilhem]

I think this just applies to Phase 3. The unique intro will probably be in Phase 4

[babycakin]

Out of curiosity, can the servers become full and prevent players from applying for the transfer?

Since I haven't seen anything on this matter and if the servers can become full, this can and most likely prevent friends/ls mates from moving into the same server to play together.

So from what I understand, in a recent interview with Yoshi, once the applciation are up to transfer, it will list how many spots are available in that specific server. That way you can know if your whole linkshell can transfer there.

Now what I would like to know is if any of the legacy servers in NA/EU were near capacity or were getting close. It would be such a shame if some were close only to be clogged by player's account in which they have no intention of returning. Just imagine a full server with half of it completely filled with non played accounts. That would just waste such great space for other adventurers who want to come and join you in that server; like friends or family.

Any community rep can answer this, maybe ease the worry and can inform us if all legacy servers still have plenty of room even before the transfer applications are up giving people the chance to leave servers? Thanks!

[Kyra]

This final edit has to happen in early access imo as that's the start of our "reborn" characters journey for pre-order peeps.

Also meteor survivor players having a unique intro sequence sounds pretty cool. I didn't think of that, but it makes sense compared to getting "new player" intro on old characters.

[Jacien]

Phew good.

At least this way 1.0/Legacy Characters can choose what city-state they wanna start with.

Limsa Lominsa 4 Lyfe.

[beryuyu]

Knowing different languages does give you a slight edge and diversity in gaming. I know chinese.. well since I am chinese.. And I know Japanese since I learned it for 6 years + lived in Japan for over a year. And I guess since I am typing some English.. I possibly do know English as well. The biggest barrier that I had to overcome to play with my japanese linkshell members was time difference.. Hated it.. I live on the west coast now.

I think I am going to leave my JP based server and transfer to a NA server though.. Very high possibility.. I just need to know at least one decent person from Ridill who is transferring to make me transfer too !!!

Picking on people is bad. Let' try to understand one another. Here's a simple minded man break down

Servers before: v1.0 After Server: v.20

~ All in Japan - ~ Legacy can only go to legacy -
~ No Cross servers - ~ Global servers to help decrease lag +
~ distance cant created lag - ~ implemented cross server instance quest n dungeons+


In my opinion and general understand~
Servers were in Japan so people might had chose a server based on its NAME and or POPULATION. Some people probably group together to one sever for or with their friends. Such as the role players choosing XX server. It wasn’t for let's say, Japanese people are here lets go there.
~I cant argue with or against diversity being a choice. Since the servers were REGION FREE. It didn't matter what you chose since you could never know the demographic of the sever.
Whether you spoke Japanese or English , the only thing that was known was the chance to encounter such people. Now with this split the encounter rate to meet such people will be lower. Why? Because people will naturally want to choose a Server close to their city. If it didn’t matter at all then why people want to know the servers location? Cause they want to know foremost the lag/ping. Not if they will encounter Japanese /English speaking people. And because people will want to chose a sever close to their city , they'll end up being in a sever with people who ...Guess what? Speaks their language with an added reduction in lag if negligible. So people shouldn’t blame SE for trying to take away diversity when they tried to make it happen with cross sever integration , IP region free blocked servers , and built in mediocre translation program. Having all the servers in Japan just meant for easier maintenance and control. Yoshi P said it was a challenge to do so and long hard decision to make global severs. Which means that they didn’t initially want it. It was us players who wanted servers in our home countries. So please don’t be so hard on SE for this decision and hopefully they'll reveal Eu and Na servers locations as to reduce lag on my server ...


The majority of the players speaks English or Japanese. As a Native English speaker I enjoy reading comments from and questing with Japanese. However most Japanese player tend to be quite hardcore and if your language skills aren’t up to par ...you wouldn’t stay very long or they would decline. So how many people who plays this game can speak fluent Japanese and English and is actually willing t and able to use it in game? I work in Asia and I know many people know English but they rarely use it even in obvious situation where it could benefit them. And some can speak well yet can write well. Let alone these same people would rarely be a gamer.
As an East Asian Studies graduate sadly I must say I 'm not fluent in Chinese nor Japanese and my written English can be bad at times. But All that matters to me is CAN I play with Japanese players. As long as this option stays open I Don't mind Global severs. And with the cross server function this can be achieved. So staying on my Japanese server Masamune or transferring to an NA server. Conversely = Playing on a Japanese server means more Japanese people with a possibility of lag or better ping with more people that speak my native tongue on a NA server.ARRGGHHH ( yes I know the time of day is a factor but I never had an issue with that...)

P:S I want to connect to the Chinese server if they have them. I remember one time I found some Chinese speaking players and it was awesome @@