The note with transfers. The $18 works for all characters you are allowed on your subscription (I think at this point most get the 8 per world one) if you transfer all of them on one world to just Balmung.
So you create 8 new characters on say Coeurl. 72 hours later, all of them are at a point where you can see non-NPC players and chat with real people. Transfer all 8 of them at once to Balmung on a single $18 transaction.
Honestly waiting for maintenance you could probably have beaten the 2.0 Main scenario questline before you actually beat the bots in.
So you create 8 new characters on say Coeurl. 72 hours later, all of them are at a point where you can see non-NPC players and chat with real people. Transfer all 8 of them at once to Balmung on a single $18 transaction.
Honestly waiting for maintenance you could probably have beaten the 2.0 Main scenario questline before you actually beat the bots in.
