I believe free transfers from Chaos Data Center to others is now over. It's been over a week since Chaos was physically moved to the EU.
For now it seems like Balmung has been open very sporadically (probably the lull in between content meaning players on less / unsubscribed) but it's still be closed so often that I still believe transfer is your sure fire bet. It costs money but you waste less time trying to get a character into Balmung while waiting... and waiting for a window.
For now it seems like Balmung has been open very sporadically (probably the lull in between content meaning players on less / unsubscribed) but it's still be closed so often that I still believe transfer is your sure fire bet. It costs money but you waste less time trying to get a character into Balmung while waiting... and waiting for a window.