I'll try to go through a couple of these.
1) You can transfer into servers regardless. While the website sites the server isn't supposed to be able to be open to transfers, I've only heard of it failing once, that that's when someone tried to transfer in on a new patch day. Depending on your game service, you can transfer up to 8 characters from one server to another with one transfer fee, as long as the origin and destination match.
2) FFXIV has nothing to do lore/story/canon-wise compared to other Final Fantasy games. Like FFXI, there will be certain elements worked into the game, none of them are directly sliced out of their respective games.
3) One of our more lore-centric users, Sounsyy, has a great Racial Lore compilation thread and many others. Here's a few.
Eorzean Lore Starter Kit
-Racial Lore Compilation
-Class/Job Lore Compilation
-Hydaelyn Geography Lore
-Settlements in Eorzea Pre-Calamity
-Eorzean City-states' Political Structures Lore
-Eorzean Units of Time and Measurement Lore
4) You will still need to buy the game. You can add the serial using the Mog Station. (As well as add time cards, payment details, Optional Items, REcruitment codes, etc). I'd recommend just buying A Real Reborn first, to see if you like the game. It lasts until lv50 and up to Patch 2.55 content. If you decide you like the game, you can then get the 3.0 expansion, Heavensward, which is getting ready for patch 3.3 (Monday).
Buying the game typically will give a free 30 days. I don't know if this affects trial users. You can either get physical discs and patch, or download them. ...chances are, if you're on the trial, you're already patched for all of A Realm Reborn and other shared content. No extra time for buying expansions.
1) You can transfer into servers regardless. While the website sites the server isn't supposed to be able to be open to transfers, I've only heard of it failing once, that that's when someone tried to transfer in on a new patch day. Depending on your game service, you can transfer up to 8 characters from one server to another with one transfer fee, as long as the origin and destination match.
2) FFXIV has nothing to do lore/story/canon-wise compared to other Final Fantasy games. Like FFXI, there will be certain elements worked into the game, none of them are directly sliced out of their respective games.
3) One of our more lore-centric users, Sounsyy, has a great Racial Lore compilation thread and many others. Here's a few.
Eorzean Lore Starter Kit
-Racial Lore Compilation
-Class/Job Lore Compilation
-Hydaelyn Geography Lore
-Settlements in Eorzea Pre-Calamity
-Eorzean City-states' Political Structures Lore
-Eorzean Units of Time and Measurement Lore
4) You will still need to buy the game. You can add the serial using the Mog Station. (As well as add time cards, payment details, Optional Items, REcruitment codes, etc). I'd recommend just buying A Real Reborn first, to see if you like the game. It lasts until lv50 and up to Patch 2.55 content. If you decide you like the game, you can then get the 3.0 expansion, Heavensward, which is getting ready for patch 3.3 (Monday).
Buying the game typically will give a free 30 days. I don't know if this affects trial users. You can either get physical discs and patch, or download them. ...chances are, if you're on the trial, you're already patched for all of A Realm Reborn and other shared content. No extra time for buying expansions.
