Carry over character from FFXIV to FFXIV ARRFollow

There was a final save on Nov 1 and all character data was transferred over to the new servers. You will not be able to transfer that character to any of the "fresh servers" for some time, but you will be able to create a new character on said servers.

EDIT: here's a link with some more info.

Edited, Dec 22nd 2012 11:25am by IKickYoDog

Name and levels. Your level 11 character will be the same level 11 character on release.

Unless you were a master craftsmen and only leveled to 11... I would make a new character on a new, fresh, "beginner's server." One that all new members will go and those that have played but want to start over or whatever.

I Have to much after 6months of playing to go to a new server, even if everyone around me has all jobs at 50+. I have a few 30s and a 50. That was a lot of work, so Ill stick around.

But at lvl 11, unless you were crafting, I would just make a new person.

Edited, Dec 22nd 2012 8:55pm by WFOAssassin

i'm tempted to do the same, despite of and also because of the fact that I leveled my two fave jobs (drg,mnk) to cap already. But the dormant RPer in me likes the idea of my avatar surviving the apocalypse and carrying on. Plus, I've already decided to become an uber crafter, since crafting is now kind of awesome imo (based purely on the crafting vid ofc). I figure i'll level a mage job and/or bard to experience the quest/storyline content.

Edited, Dec 23rd 2012 12:12am by Llester

The hope is there will be far more people starting from level 1 than there are those who are already at 50, or the game is in a lot of trouble.

Speaking of which, they will have "Fresh Start" servers where everyone must start from level 1 and no character transfers will be allowed, so you'll have nothing to fear if you start from one of those.

I don't think I'll start over from scratch, unless I'm not allowed to modify my character's appearance. I never capped any jobs in 1.0 (only made it to 42 THM before I ran out of time) . Characters who "survived" are all supposed to get the "Mark of Dalamud" whatever that is. I did finish a good chunk of the main scenario (missed the last mission) and the Grand Company quests, so I have my goobbue and my chocobo and I'd rather not give those up.

If someone has all jobs capped at 50, though.... Yeah. I can see making at least a secondary character from level 1 to start all over again as a newbie.

You "old server" guys need to take video. Something about a pt full of arcanists tickles me to no end.

I will say however, the draw of a new server with a bunch of noobs does sound kinda fun.

I still haven't decided which class I am going to start off with. I usually start with the THF style jobs, but it doesn't really seem like there is one here. /sadface

SE cannot introduce Thief soon enough

Edited, Dec 24th 2012 12:04pm by ShindaUsagi

Edited, Dec 24th 2012 12:04pm by ShindaUsagi

Too many melee jobs already would be my guess. So they added arcanist/summoner instead of, say, thief. Offline RPGs don't always translate that well. But yeah....i can't think of a single MMO that doesn't have a rogue/thief class, so that is kind of a big WTF, especially considering their "appeal to the mmo masses" direction. Not to mention their "appeal to the FF fans" approach.

My other guess is that they aren't sure how to implement it. Should it be a class or a job? THF(class)>>> NIN(job) makes sense, but then career THFs would be disappointed, and I wouldn't blame them. Unless this time around, classes are more relevant. I can't see how they would be, aside from soloing (just like in 1.23)

Then: should it break from FF tradition and have the kind of perma-stealth that we see in most mmo rogue classes? Imo, it should not. But it could have a short stealth (3 seconds, possibly with a movement speed boost), both as a de-aggro option, as well as for a gap-closer in pvp. Maybe a perma-stealth that breaks on any movement.

And ofc, Sneak Attack/Trick Attack would be good to see again. And the ubiquitous TH.(maybe tone down the focus on that this time around to avoid the TH-whore mentality, as well as the "need THF or wasting our time" mentality. Or maybe TH is just an outdated mechanic altogether.)

Edited, Dec 24th 2012 3:43pm by Llester