Quote Originally Posted by Alhanelem View Post
This part is important to note. What I would like to know is if we can save our server transfer for when this option becomes avialable.
I've asked this question before too. I've asked every question imaginable regarding server transfers, actually, lol. Happily, it turns out I don't have to go anywhere. But your question did cause me to recall this post.

Quote Originally Posted by Okipuit View Post
We wanted to briefly discuss the current plans for selecting new worlds and world transfers for A Realm Reborn. Once the global data centers are set up for A Realm Reborn, we are planning the following for world transfers.
  • In the event that you don't complete the transfer procedure, you will be transferred to a pre-determined world.
  • In the event you complete the transfer procedure, you can select from a list of worlds you can move to and will be transferred to the world of your choice.

In order to eliminate any concerns about being transferred to a world you didn’t want to move to or being separated from your friends, we will be keeping the transfer procedure open for a long period of time as well as making various announcements to ensure that everyone is aware and can go where they like.

For Beta Test phase 3, fundamentally we are planning to allow anyone who possesses a Square Enix FINAL FANTASY XIV service account to participate in testing, so it will be possible to make contact with your friends from within the game.

We will be preparing thorough details regarding this whole process so that there is no confusion, and will be announcing them at a later date.
The rest of that post has turned out to be completely true, and I think the new details revealed on the Lodestone last week have left me with almost NO questions, which is amazing.

The only thing is, it sounds like the the transfer applications will be taken during phase 3, since the characters have already been placed on their ARR destination servers, and those requesting a transfer will be moved in time for Phase 4 (this is how I read the Lodestone announcements from last week.)

So now I'm not so sure how they can leave the transfer procedure open for a "long period of time". But I guess they could. If the Transfer Applications were left open, and if you applied "later" (after Phase 4 or after Launch), I'm just not sure at what point your character would get moved, since the big move is being made for Phase 4, certainly Early Access, or at least by Launch day. Maybe if you applied "later", your character would get moved during the next major planned maintenance?