Kage

If you make several characters and plan to transfer few things you should know. They all have to be on the same server. All of them must be 3 days old. You have to get them to the point where you can speak with other NPCs. If you play past that third point, aka not wanting to waste time so you want to level or play the game, make sure you do not accept any Free Company invitations. If you get anything special through moogle mail, Rewards or fantasia, collector's bonus minions or items, make sure you get those too.

Any possible updates we might have on this? :3 Issues or what not? Unless I am dumb and missed it, which is also quite possible.

You can do two things at this point: 1) wait until a big maintenance or content patch which the servers normally open up for that at like 1:00am pst 2) make a character on another server, get to level 10, then pay $18.00 to transfer servers to Balmung. This is what I had to do, even though they don't allow NEW characters to be made on the server you can still transfer characters for money...all about the money. Small correction to #2. You do not necessarily need to get to level 10. You just need to be able to speak to other (real / non-NPCs) characters and the character must be at least 3 days old. It can essentially just be a level 1 character. You just waste less time by actually playing the character a little bit. Just don't join a free company.

Slycer's full translation of the 4gamer interview should be done sometime in the next day or two. Here's a partial translation.

Apparently during the 3.1 Patch Notes reading by Yoshi-P he had made the comment about the Adamantoise being a flying mount. This will come in 3.2. Rough translation by reddit user clovermagic.

The Lalafell had been on one of his paid jobs, making sure ends were met while still trying to fulfill the needs by Gharen Wolfsong, Roen and Ser Crofte. The problem was that he had done so by embarrassing himself in front of the -sole- person in the entire area near the Slate Mountains of the Coerthas Western Highlands region. Of all the places to trip over a rock nearly a fulm tall, something near his waist, it had to be in front of a random bystander who was taking shelter from the region’s elements. Lo and behold it was Storm Captain Sounsyy Mirke, who he’d heard of, of course. He’d heard rumors of her time elsewhere but it was a given that he’d heard of her accomplishments at the Grindstone. Shipwrecked and lost so far away! It had been obvious that she had not had a good time of late and it was then that Kage decided that he could not just go out on his way; making camp here would definitely be for the better. It would not do for her to try making her way to Falcon’s Nest in that time and weather conditions. Plus, it would be a lie for Kage to say that he was not interested in getting to know the Mirke that he had heard of. Now if it wasn’t for this Twelve forsaken snow covered awful place! The Lalafell shared with her what he had, for of course he had plenty of provisions supplies. Kage was overtly cautious and he loved food. He was dismayed to learn that his offer of jerked beef, red meat, would upset Mirke’s stomach and so he knew just the thing. The frozen, of course curse this Twelve forsaken snow, stuffed cabbages! Once the fire was lit and ready, Mirke had created a spit that Kage was able to put a pot on, with frozen stuffed cabbages and some ale. The two conversed and Kage found out a little about what had brought the Storm Captain so far away from her course. Stuffed cabbages cooked and consumed meant it was time to turn in with the weather and light soon turning worse. As the Lalafell was so duly prepared, he offered and insisted for Mirke to take a map and some food for when she made her way south towards Falcon’s Nest. With her acceptance, the two made their way into the shelter that the cart provided from Hydaelyn’s elements; Kage of course hauled his arse in with the hot ale remnants that had steeped with the stuffed cabbages’ delicious juices. This pot could still be enjoyed inside the shelter and keep them a little heated as it sits between the two for the night.

Kudos to Sounsyy who was able to get Kage to sleep in a broken down cart in the snow of the Coerthas Western Highlands and Kage hates the snow covered land. Nevermomdthefactthatheneededtotakeshelter

Fairly sure what happened is that they didn't get the amount of reports that went out at RareX in an earlier time. As I've already mentioned, I had had a thread in the official forums deleted as it advertised the sale of my medium goblet house. No warning to my SE account but a notice that my thread was deleted. I didn't post in PF so likely I didn't get reported. Now, they got a shitton of reports and started to act more on it. Most likely.

Yes that was covered a few months ago. http://ffxiv-roleplayers.com/showthread.php?tid=13527&pid=214211#pid214211 Here is a long post I made about it here http://exkage.tumblr.com/post/136057146470/i-see-this-image-being-posted-again-as-a-citation And also posting updates here and in this post http://exkage.tumblr.com/post/136111439770/exkage-users-on-reddit-have-been-reporting

Here's a fuckton of links I got. I encouraged this user to make a thread after they posted on reddit with their screenshot of the NA support desk telling them that Sale of housing or land is a breach after I showed them that it's possible to use /echo to fake tells. http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/threads/276865-GM-Please-take-notice.-Make-statement-on-housing. EU GM team saying "nah not a breach" NA team saying yes

Yep I've been going through this since yesterday on reddit and on the official forums. Right now I'm seeing NA GMs and NA support desk saying AND WARNING people not to do it. Reminder that the warning is applied -account wide-. EU Support Desk is saying differently.

I was thinking about it more closely. The two images about GMs saying it is fine are from an EU poster. I was told by a friend I used to PVE with a lot, from the UK or so. He wanted to get an account from his friend who stopped playing or had had issues with. The account had his friend's name. So from an NA view, no right? But his name and his credit card was the one paying for the subscription the entire time and for the license etc. He got that account 'back'

Learned a new jump puzzle from the Sounsyy I stole this glamor from. Showing off that glam more closely... And the other cold climate glam. Featured in the background is the wonderful christmas gift I was given by our one and only Ilwe. @w@

Are we allowed to link to the An Eorzean Timeline Reborn one instead?

After the whole debacle with RareX trolling people... Users on reddit have been reporting being warned for THE TROLL PFs and actual individual WTS housing/plots. Thread on the official forums still on-going with no Head GM in sight but this looks pretty definitive. But also note that GMs are inconsistent

You can level -all- jobs and classes all at the same time. At certain levels (50) and (60) each job/class will have unique gear depending on if they are PLD/WAR/SCH/WHM/SMN/BLM/BRD/DRG/MNK/NIN, or AST/DRK/MCH. PLD - Paladin WAR - Warrior SCH - Scholar SMN - Summoner BLM - Black Mage DRG - Dragoon BRD - Bard MNK - Monk NIN - Ninja AST - Astrologian DRK - Dark Knight MCH - Machinist The first set all have unique gear at 50 and at 60. The latter 3 only have unique gear set similar to the ones posted earlier at 60. DoH/DoL like CRP,LTW,ALC,CUL,BSM,ARM,WVR,GSM and BTN,MIN,FSH are also 50 and 60 unique sets. CRP - Carpenter LTW - Leatherworker ALC - Alchemist CUL - Culinarian BSM - Blacksmith ARM - Armorer WVR - Weaver GSM - GOldsmith BTN - Botanist MIN - Miner FSH - Fisher You can see that these sets are referred to as Artifact gear or AF. AF, AF+1 (Myth gear) or AF2. If you are curious, look through this database here. http://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodestone/playguide/db/item/ You can see the level requirements and who can wear what.

You'll do fine. There's really no west coat or east coast server times in the servers. You can do something similar to this with the glamor system however there are small rules. I believe you can only do it when you are level 50? There's a quest required for it.

The game doesn't really have a real min-max for races as it's relatively negligible that you can have any race do any job. During 2.0 people favored dunesfolk lalafell for black mages as there was just a teeny tiny amount of additional mp that they get for an extra fire cast. Yes Balmung is really quite active but can you specify what times you'd actually play? You might be on the eastern timezone for NA but maybe you work graveyard etc.

Your mileage may vary but Balmung is definitely active for North American timezones and active during EU. You can find EU players and linkshells for RP in the Linkshells tab, particularly Europa iirc. Generally you can find a wide array of people roleplaying certain races more than others, a lot of Au Ra, Miqo'te, Midlander Hyurs. Lesser so that you will find Highlander Hyurs, Roegadyn and Lalafell.

I've made a 'guide' of sorts about Getting into Balmung describing some ways to get in and what's working or not working. Early mornings (typically 4-5am Pacific NA) used to work in the past but Balmung is almost always closed to character creation that waiting will eat at your subscription or the 30 days you get with the license. Waiting for after maintenance can also be a time gamble as it requires you to be online when maintenance ends for the window that only lasts about less than 4 minutes and maintenance also tends to end early. So my recommendation is that if you -really- enjoy RP, make a character on a server that lets you. Play the game. Do you enjoy it? Want to continue playing but you think RP is -really fun- and you just need to get into it and see it for yourself? Then I recommend doing the transfer to Balmung. It's a little more than a month of subscription time but I don't think you will find the RP lacking. If you don't mind that you'll have to do quite a bit of search or networking to get the RP, there are non-Balmung/Gilgamesh Server Linkshells in the tab at the top that will help direct you to people who RP there.

So I needed to show off the winter adventurer glamor on Female Adventurer. The problem with that is... well Female Adventurer is a level 1 alt that I am not really willing or motivated enough to level into Ishgard. So I fantasia'd to show off a glamor. Thankfully I had 3 fantasia leftover from a year ago. Now I only have one. DUN DUN DUNNN And I was convinced in less than 30 seconds to RP at Grindstone as Female Adventurer. So there was much confusion. I had tells and linkshells ask me about it. I apologize for the confusion!! Female Adventurer checks out Sounsyy Mirke, wondering what she looked like in plainclothes. Female Adventurer wins against a longsword in the first round of her first Grindstone. But she loses to a polearm and Pepe Bandido in the second round.

Here is the soundtrack preorder on NA store! https://store.na.square-enix.com/product/294171/heavensward-final-fantasy-xiv-original-soundtrack-blu-ray-music-disc

Heavensturn - No Time to Monkey Around. The Saru Bugyo is here! Event Schedule From Thursday, December 31, 2015 at 7:00 a.m. to Thursday, January 14, 2016 at 6:59 a.m. (PST) How to Participate A Far Eastern delegation has come to impart upon Eorzea the good fortune of the monkey. Those who would honor this special bond between man and beast are encouraged to speak with the saru bugyo. * Please note that seasonal quests cannot be completed after the event has concluded. Monkey about Town Quest Location: Old Gridania - Saru Bugyo (X: 10 Y: 9) Aethernet Location: Mih Khetto's Amphitheatre Event Rewards See No Helm Speak No Helm Hear No Helm Housing Furnishings Paissa Doll Oriental Orange Basket

Kage Kiryuu: You are currently #4194 on Santa's Nice List. Not too shabby considering everyone in the entire world! Keep up the good work! This is an outrage

All Worlds Emergency Maintenance (Dec. 24) In order to accompany Patch 3.15 HotFixes, we will be performing maintenance on all Worlds at the time below. During this period, FINAL FANTASY XIV will be unavailable. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause and thank you for your understanding. * The World Transfer Service will be suspended 15 minutes before the maintenance, and will be unavailable until maintenance has ended. [Date & Time] Dec. 24, 2015 10:00 p.m. to Dec. 25, 2015 2:00 a.m. (PST) * Completion time is subject to change. [Affected Worlds] All Worlds