[Dev Help Please] Character Transfers Early

[Kubie]

The paid server transfer will be up around mid September according to the mog station. SE might be giving time for the players on the new server to catch up before letting people from other servers to transfer over, since there are already lot of level 50 chars running around. Feels like SE is forcing people to reroll on the new server.

[Pure-Wasabi]

Price of 7 days free on Final Fantasy XIV ARR: $3.03 USD (based on the entry fee of $12.99/30 days)
Price of a World/Realm transfer on Final Fantasy XI: $25.00

Well based on the cost difference of a Final Fantasy XI World/Realm transfer and 7 days free on Final Fantasy XIV ARR we can definitely see why Square-Enix opted to give us 7 days of free play time.

The 7 days of free play time pacifies and gives instant gratification while saving Square-Enix money. They make out like bandits because eventually gamers like us will be forced to pay the $25.00 fee to transfer to a less populated realm or a realm that our friends are on.

The 7 days free is a temporary fix. A realm transfer is a long term fix and is the most honorable thing Square-Enix could offer to make up for the mis-management of resources on their part.

Thank you for your consideration.

[Spiderz]

we need this, we really really need this.

[Theref]

+1 on this come on

[T2teddy]

]Price of a World/Realm transfer on Final Fantasy XI: $25.00

For crying out loud I play another popular MMO that allows totally free server transfers once every WEEK if you wish it.

[Leedora]

+2 Votes here... (one for me and one for my BF who never posts on the forums lol)

We have both convinced a number of our friends from our long history of MMO playing to come play this game only to find that they can't create a character on our server due to the lockouts. We have all been in the mmo world long enough to not be frustrated too much by the login issues, but not being able to even make a character on the same server has put us all on edge. We are spread out on 4 servers now and we would all gladly pay to be on the same server. We aren't enjoying the game nearly as much as we could if we could play together. The only thing saving us from pulling our hair out each day is being able to be in ventrilo and chat with each other updating one another on where we are at for leveling and duty finder groups (both the positive and negatives of it).

I would gladly pay even $50 a pop if they would just let us do the transfers this week instead of two to three weeks from now... not to mention taking off the character creation lockouts. We are on leviathan and it has had lockouts with never being unlocked since day one of early release and maybe even as early as day 2 of phase 4 beta I just cant' remember anymore since it has been that long... =(

[Tivonna]

Here's Yoshi-P being interviewed on massively saying that server transfers will be in 2-3 months.
http://massively.joystiq.com/2013/09...expanding-fun/

I really don't want to start all over just because our FFXI friends wouldn't listen when I said Excaliber would be full fast and we already had characters....TY SE for no EA for 1.0 preorder players.

[Ethanqt]

Yes please server transfer ASAP. I want to rekindle to the people I used to play FFXI with. The server I wanted was full. SE put me into another server which I have never want it. I am sure the server I am in right now is a very nice server. SE I don't want to be a refugee.

[Phestr]

I've been separated from my friends and would really appreciate the ability to transfer to their server. At this point the whole "legacy server" distinction moot: level 50s are everywhere. Free and open transfers would go a long way toward correcting the launch debacle. Thanks,

[Bravora]

I played FFXI for several years on and off with a few friends of mine and we eventually played 1.0 together. When we heard about ARR we all tried to use our 1.0 characters but for some reason one of my friends was never able to use his 1.0 so he played throughout the beta phases and carried his beta phase 4 character over. He is on cactuar along with a few of my other FFXI friends but my 1.0 character ended up on the Legacy server Ridill. Does anyone know if the server transfers are going to apply to 1.0 characters on Legacy servers as well? If not this would be a huge let down as my friend is already past lvl 40 on his new character and nobody wants to start completely over. Is there any way we will all end up playing together without having to start from scratch? Please SE I just want to be able to play with my FFXI friends.