My opinion: Shards > Allagan Pieces
Shards are usually a decent enough purchase for the fact you can sink a large amount of gil into them since there's so many to purchase and you can always resell them quickly on your new server.
Keep in mind though that, much like an MB item you buy, you will probably end up with less then you started with when transferring what with the MB tax of buying/selling.
Also in case you missed it, your character can hold 1 million in gil and keep it, as well as each retainer holding 100,000. So you can successfully transfer 1.2 mill without having to buy anything off of the MB for resell.
Shards are usually a decent enough purchase for the fact you can sink a large amount of gil into them since there's so many to purchase and you can always resell them quickly on your new server.
Keep in mind though that, much like an MB item you buy, you will probably end up with less then you started with when transferring what with the MB tax of buying/selling.
Also in case you missed it, your character can hold 1 million in gil and keep it, as well as each retainer holding 100,000. So you can successfully transfer 1.2 mill without having to buy anything off of the MB for resell.
