Quote:Well, I think as far as Beta names go, it is just the name that is transferring over and NOT the character. They have said in a few places that Beta testers do not get to transfer characters over to full version, just their names.
But that being said, it does sound like people who participate in the Beta will get at least some way to transfer their name to a server of their choosing. So really what it sounds like is, if we want the best shot at "claiming" a server for the RPC, we need people who end up in the final stages of the Beta to be the ones to first seed that world by requesting the chosen world as their destination for their character name.
This is exactly what I was trying to get across until my daughter got sick. Thank you so much for clarifying that for everyone because I had a hunch I didn't do such a great job of it
My main point with the Nobuaki statement is that he says world selection is not ready "yet" and that it was just "for the time being". This suggests to me that they have some sort of world selection in the making and that it's just not finished yet. Yeah, he is talking about the Beta but why would they have a feature in the Beta such as that and take it out in the final release? - Maybe I'm totally wrong about that but it's just a thought.
Quote:Now, there is a 2nd option that I know another (non-RP) group is doing to insure all their members end up on the same server: They created a linkshell on an existing FFXI server, and are asking anyone that wants to move with them to the same server in FFXIV join up in their existing FFXI placeholder linkshell. Square-Enix has said they want to allow linkshells from FFXI to move over together to the same server, so this is an option. If anyone is still playing FFXI, you could make a new shell called RPC Migration or whatever and people could make a toon on whatever server just for the sake of getting a pearl and guarantying a spot on the new FFXIV server.
I really like this idea and I think it's worth giving some thought to. I think this is something we could discuss at length a bit later.
World passes might be an option for us but again my concern is the cost. From what my significant other remembers at the start of FFXI it was 500 gil for a world pass and went up as the server increased in size. Sure, it doesn't sound like a lot but for a starting character it kinda is ^^;; We could farm this up as a community and ask everyone who gets a pass to pay the group back when they earn that amount. However, there are pros and cons to that situation we would have to weigh as a group.
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