1. Transferring does get past the character creation issues that often plague Balmung. Those issues are merely for creating a character on the server, though, so once your character is there, you shouldn't have any issues logging into it other than maybe a wait queue if a bunch of people are trying to log in at the same time (worst I've seen was... 16 people? And that was after a mass disconnect, usually I just log straight in with no problems).
2. That's a very valid concern. Most folks either have to try at odd hours or just before or after maintenance to get a new character onto Balmung. The most recent window was apparently open for quite a while, though, so anything's possible. Still, if they're not up to waiting for those periods, they could always try the transfer approach as well... if they don't mind the extra one-time cost.
3. The RPC is for all FFXIV roleplayers! It just so happens that Balmung and Gilgamesh are the two biggest RP servers at the moment. There seem to be small packs of RPers on other servers as well, but almost everyone you'll find around here will be from one of those two.
Hope that helps!
2. That's a very valid concern. Most folks either have to try at odd hours or just before or after maintenance to get a new character onto Balmung. The most recent window was apparently open for quite a while, though, so anything's possible. Still, if they're not up to waiting for those periods, they could always try the transfer approach as well... if they don't mind the extra one-time cost.
3. The RPC is for all FFXIV roleplayers! It just so happens that Balmung and Gilgamesh are the two biggest RP servers at the moment. There seem to be small packs of RPers on other servers as well, but almost everyone you'll find around here will be from one of those two.
Hope that helps!
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