Balmung/Gilgamesh Overpopulated

[denizenx]

I had a question for those familiar with transfers and the like. A friend and I wanted to make characters on either Gilgamesh or Balmung but by the time we started the Open Beta the servers were already full. We waited around for an hour or so just trying to see if we can get in but SE had already made a post on their twitter opening new servers and closing off the populated ones.

 

It came to a point that only the two new servers they opened were the only servers accepting new characters. I know it only got this bad because of the open beta and the herd would be thinned come early access and launch time.

 

My question is how would we get our characters to Balmung or Gilgamesh? Will transfers be something allowed from the very start? I remember GW2 having something similar like that in the early launch phase. It allowed you to migrate your character. Or are the transfers going to happen much later? We put in some time on leveling up to help us get started in the early access but I was just curious.

 

I would not mind starting a brand new character on either of the RP servers but if they are going to stay locked then what can fellow RPers who are in the same boat as us do? Any insight, links or help would be greatly appreciated!

[Asyria]

Only thing I know for sure is transfers from Legacy servers will take some time (but that doesn't concern you).

 

Also, I doubt transfers will be free. Only time I've ever seen free server transfers was to let people from an overpopulated server go to new ones, not the other way around.

[Naunet]

Also, I doubt transfers will be free. Only time I've ever seen free server transfers was to let people from an overpopulated server go to new ones, not the other way around.

 

While I also doubt server transfers will be free, it's not unheard of in MMOs to have free transfers. Rift has always done it that way: you get one free server transfer per week per character.

[Darien Cadell]

Yeah, there's nothing confirmed of that ilk yet. Maybe they don't think 3 days of time (subtracting bug lockouts) is worth offering transfers for? I would, but... yeah.

 

I know I spent about 24 hours on a JP server during the 3102 error and wouldn't mind hopping that character over to Balmung, but I pretty much accepted when I started her that the time I spent on her was going to be dropped into the void with all the previous beta time -- enjoyed, but not contributing to future play.

 

If I hear of anything like free transfers, I'll definitely drop it in here, though. For now, you're probably best off just starting again from scratch.

[Averis]

They mentioned this in a recent Live Letter.

 

"Fee based world transfer service confirmed (available 2-3 weeks from launch)"

 

This most likely excludes Legacy characters. Last I heard on those it might be several months.

[Darien Cadell]

Oops. Accidental double post and I don't seem to be able to delete. How embarassing~

[Asyria]

Also, I doubt transfers will be free. Only time I've ever seen free server transfers was to let people from an overpopulated server go to new ones, not the other way around.

 

While I also doubt server transfers will be free, it's not unheard of in MMOs to have free transfers. Rift has always done it that way: you get one free server transfer per week per character.

 

Ooohhhh you're right.. they didn't always allow transfers but the moment they did, it was free once a week, yes!

[Dravus]

I'm unlikely to begin role-playing immediately so I don't mind too much if I end up having to temporarily lurk on another server until Balmung opens up a bit. I intend to be there as soon as the early access period starts so I may end up getting lucky.

[Xenedra]

When 1.0 started up, I actually had to wait 3 days before Besaid (old Balmung) opened up, but it DID reopen eventually after the servers settled. It's just sort of a thing MMOs do, y'know? If you can stand the wait, I'd suggest giving it a couple days, maybe just making your characters on another server and getting some RP in. Hopefully the server you want will be open during early access/launch though. Good luck!

[Darien Cadell]

Ooohhhh you're right.. they didn't always allow transfers but the moment they did, it was free once a week, yes!

 

TERA had free transfers once every 30 days (I think, on timing?) for a long time. People used to use it to make money off of other servers' economies. They only recently went to paid transfers. But I try not to hold F2P standards to P2P games, heh.

[denizenx]

Thank you all for posting information. I saw quite a few views but no bites for awhile. While I do want to transfer my character over I really just want to get on Balmung or Gilgamesh because I have been reading some of the posts for events on the site and I am really impressed with the effort everyone is pouring in to make strong RP communities within the game.

 

I can only hope the servers will be open for new characters after I get home from work Saturday afternoon! If anyone hears anything else feel free to post it here.

[Jules]

Will be watching this thread with interest as well, please do keep it updated with info~

 

Me and my partner had planned on rolling on Balmung. Would be quite dissapointing to find that we can't.

[denizenx]

I know exactly what you mean. My friend and I got the short end of the stick trying to get in on either of the unofficial RP servers. I will be trying to get in early Saturday morning hoping we can sneak in and create our characters before heading out to work for the day.

[Aleister]

I know exactly what you mean. My friend and I got the short end of the stick trying to get in on either of the unofficial RP servers. I will be trying to get in early Saturday morning hoping we can sneak in and create our characters before heading out to work for the day.

Wake up like 10 minutes before the servers open if you can. Some of us did that to ensure we get a spot.

As well I did read SE will being locking and unlocking servers until launch if they see a flooding of characters coming into one server.

[denizenx]

Ugh. I might be able to pull it off though I have a morning shift on Saturday. I am not sure my friend could. I can try to convince them. The servers are going to be up 2am PDT, right? Meaning 4am central??

[AkhutaiAngura]

Ugh. I might be able to pull it off though I have a morning shift on Saturday. I am not sure my friend could. I can try to convince them. The servers are going to be up 2am PDT, right? Meaning 4am central??

 

Assuming they open at the same time P4 did, yes. 4AM central.

[ArmachiA]

Most of the problems with the servers being locked down was the 3102 error, honestly. If you noticed, by the end of Beta only two Japanese servers were locked (Japanese servers didn't have the error) and all the NA servers were because 3102 was keeping people logged in. The server gets closed for Character Creation by the number of people playing at the time, not total, so the 3102 Error was throwing off their numbers.

 

So I don't think it'll be quite as bad as Beta 4.

[Gideon Aryeh]

Everyone who played in Open Beta will not be there for early access or launch, just keep that in mind. I seriously recommend getting up early, making your character getting into your server and just going back to sleep if you are able to.

[Myxie Tryxle]

Even if you can't get up that early to make a character, try as soon as you can. They're likely to be locked during primetime hours (when everyone is getting home from work/school), but early in the morning and late in the evening, traffic should reduced. As another poster said, they lock if there's too many people playing at the time of log in. If you log on during off-peak hours, you should be able to get in. Make your character in the benchmark/character creator, and you can just pop your character on the server before you head off to work in the morning, and you'll be free to play when you get back during primetime.

[denizenx]

I see I got a few more replies. Thanks again for the insight and helpful information. I will be setting my alarm for 3:45 AM. A good 15 minutes before servers are believed to launch Central time. I was thinking that SE would increase the size or at the very least allow characters to be made on popular servers for the initial hours before they start to regulate the flow once more.

 

While I would rather keep my levels I noticed that the first few levels are quite easy to get.

[Yeldir Melfusor]

I expect you'll get in straight away, den'. Your plan is going to work, as long as you're in the first wave of fresh character slots. Early birds, and all that.

[denizenx]

My shift doesn't start till a little later but my friend generally needs to bolt to his job a whole lot sooner than I. We will be ready. I will have my password typed and ready to hit enter when servers are estimated to launch.

[Niteshade_Rune]

This is mildly worrysome. I just recalled about the fact I was on a legacy server in 1.0, played there again to get myself a little bit of a start off during Phase 4 last weekend. My gf took interest in the game so i got a ps3 copy pre ordered for her so that while here she could play while i was in on my pc.

 

But now i'm worried that she may not be able to get in on Balmung so we adventure and explore together @.@

 

I got stuck being scheduled at work 5hrs from 5am-10am, right when service is due to kick off, plus she doesnt yet have a PSN or Square Enix account lol.

 

I'll be able to check in here for new during a short break we'll get at work tomorrow morning.

 

If at all possible if someone can reply back with ne notice of what will or may be happening with Balmung once Early Access kicks off, i'd be quite grateful to u lol.

I don't have anymore time to lurk and find an answer tonight as i need to get to sleep to be back up at 4am :frustrated:

[denizenx]

...and of course the launch doesn't go as planned and I was unable to create my character on Gilgamesh or Balmung. So now what? My friend and I are out of luck? I sincerely doubt we can make characters later this afternoon. I think SE really dropped the ball on this one. I understand wanting to fill up the low pop servers but their main concern should have been to want friends to play together. Severely disappointed.

[denizenx]

Update: I finally managed to get into Balmung somehow. No dice on Gilgamesh. My friend also managed to sneak in. But now everyone is being hit with the 'server full unable to log in' errors. NA/EU worlds just went down again. With the game launching officially in two days do you think they are prepared? I have beta tested and been through the launch of a few MMOs and I know issues are bound to rise up but they should beef up the sizes of their servers. It is obvious that NA/EU servers are really popular yet they have fewer servers than the JP side and the JP side have rarely come across any issues.

 

I was really hoping they could pull this off without a hitch! Anyone else locked out right now?? :cactuar: