THIS WORLD IS CURRENTLY NOT ACCEPTED ANY MORE NEW CHARACTERS

[Wynters]

Hello.
So I have been waiting.
Since five f**king AM.
To play on the North American data centre, within the "PRIMAL" region, on Behemoth.

But since then, it not only has been congested - but I have been unable to make a character.

That has been almost NINE hours of waiting.

That is time I don't wish to spend waiting, but after spending £8.99 on a subscription fee, I have been left with no other choice...

You may be asking "Mystic, why the f*ck have you waited that long when you can play literally anywhere else, like?"

Well your answer to that, is my friend Zak transferred to Behemoth and bought a level skip.
Then my other friend, Andrew, bought a level skip after creating a character in Behemoth so he can play with Zak.

So that means me, I have to go on Behemoth.

But I literally cannot.

And this goes the same for my other friend Yowa, who's trying the PC trial on Steam, and once my other other other friend Justin, gets it for his PS4, he will have to face the same fate, as Justin is born and living in North America, so the times he'll be around to try and connect to Behemoth, will end up in disaster, if not a disastrous repeat of what I'm currently going through/having gone through.



My question through all of this, is it worth waiting even a second more?

Can I just transfer a male character or a female character I have on various other servers to this specific place? And if so, how much is it? Because it says it's not accepting anymore new characters. I dunno if this "new" defines itself as literal noob characters, or new as in inbound to the server, so including character transfers also.


Any and all help is appreciated, ty!

TL;DR -

>Friends on one server
>Cannot go onto said server due to congestion and "this server is currently not accepting new characters, wait for a restriction to be lifted or choose somewhere else to play"
>Other friends who are part of said friend group will meet same fate as me

>Can I avert this via transfer of an older character I made a few months ago?
>be me
>Kind regards fellow Steam users

[xxxaziexxx]

We have world guesting now. Why can't you play in another world and just guest to the one your friends are on?

[Wynters]

Originally posted by xxxaziexxx:

We have world guesting now. Why can't you play in another world and just guest to the one your friends are on?

What does being a 'guest' entail?

[Elenoe]

Originally posted by Mystic:

What does being a 'guest' entail?

it sucks. No FC, no retainers, no market selling. no linkshells, no housing, some limits to gold saucer, no timed gathering nodes. Full list is here https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodestone/playguide/contentsguide/worldvisit/

Not sure where you want to join to, but I also wanted to join "friends" on the most populated server on datacenter and it is possible, just limited to some least used hours (6-9am). And 6 months later we are still accepting all new people this way.

The price ofc is there are regular login queues during prime times everyday (short ones now). And it probably will be much more serious problem after expansion.

[Wynters]

Originally posted by Elenoe:

Originally posted by Mystic:

What does being a 'guest' entail?

it sucks. No FC, no retainers, no market selling. no linkshells, no housing, some limits to gold saucer, no timed gathering nodes. Full list is here https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodestone/playguide/contentsguide/worldvisit/

Not sure where you want to join to, but I also wanted to join "friends" on the most populated server on datacenter and it is possible, just limited to some least used hours (6-9am). And 6 months later we are still accepting all new people this way.

The price ofc is there are regular login queues during prime times everyday (short ones now). And it probably will be much more serious problem after expansion.

So what you're saying is, I can't do anything but play a quest and explore.

The same thing I'd be doing in my own world.
I don't know what to do then... because the expansion and maintenance is so close, that I probably will not be able to play on Behemoth at all.. and I'm still waiting for it to open up as we speak lol.

[Donttouchmyhohos]

Originally posted by Mystic:

Originally posted by Elenoe:

it sucks. No FC, no retainers, no market selling. no linkshells, no housing, some limits to gold saucer, no timed gathering nodes. Full list is here https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodestone/playguide/contentsguide/worldvisit/

Not sure where you want to join to, but I also wanted to join "friends" on the most populated server on datacenter and it is possible, just limited to some least used hours (6-9am). And 6 months later we are still accepting all new people this way.

The price ofc is there are regular login queues during prime times everyday (short ones now). And it probably will be much more serious problem after expansion.

So what you're saying is, I can't do anything but play a quest and explore.

The same thing I'd be doing in my own world.
I don't know what to do then... because the expansion and maintenance is so close, that I probably will not be able to play on Behemoth at all.. and I'm still waiting for it to open up as we speak lol.

You can do all content with your friends via world visit. You just cant join their FC which is the only real downside. Everything else is just a minor convenience that you can just hop back to the home world server to use. You can do all dungeons, trials, quests, open world content bounty hunting by simply using world visit.

[Wraithverge]

Try again during nighttime. The less people are online, the more likely will you be able to create a character.
Unless the Server has been "locked", then you won't be able to join this server for a long time.

[dannyj147]

Why are they transferring to crowded servers in the first place?

[Deckire]

So the only thing you can do which I think is going to be annoying is, World Transfer, go to a Standard Server that is in Primal, and wait 3 Days (if you are in a prefered it takes 30 days). After that go to Mogstation and do a transfer, and it should work.

Even if the Server is so congested that it doesn't allow new characters created, it shouldn't stop a player from transferring to the server.

[dannyj147]

Originally posted by heroguanlet:

So the only thing you can do which I think is going to be annoying is, World Transfer, go to a Standard Server that is in Primal, and wait 3 Days (if you are in a prefered it takes 30 days). After that go to Mogstation and do a transfer, and it should work.

Even if the Server is so congested that it doesn't allow new characters created, it shouldn't stop a player from transferring to the server.

Never understood why people can transfer to congested servers.

[Wynters]

Originally posted by Traductus:

Try again during nighttime. The less people are online, the more likely will you be able to create a character.
Unless the Server has been "locked", then you won't be able to join this server for a long time.

How do I tell if it's locked? And I've been trying since 5:30am, it's 5:44pm, I'm still logged in.. lol.

Originally posted by dannyj147:

Why are they transferring to crowded servers in the first place?

Beats me.

Originally posted by heroguanlet:

So the only thing you can do which I think is going to be annoying is, World Transfer, go to a Standard Server that is in Primal, and wait 3 Days (if you are in a prefered it takes 30 days). After that go to Mogstation and do a transfer, and it should work.

Even if the Server is so congested that it doesn't allow new characters created, it shouldn't stop a player from transferring to the server.

Tried, failed. Won't let me transfer. Unless it's because I didn't make the character yet, but I tried to transfer my old character to Primal on Behemoth but it's not on the list lol (I tend to make new characters on different servers after not playin for a while as I forget how to play and I never really played long enough, this time it would be different hence the exhausted wait for Behemoth to open up).

[dannyj147]

Not the best time to try and join a congested server either with the expansion here this week.

[KingofMemes69]

Behemoth is currently congested, which means you cannot create a new character, and congestion rarely comes down, so your chances of making it into Behemoth is almost 0%. That's why your friends bought a server transfer ($18), because you can still transfer to congested servers.

What you can also do is do a world visit. You're locked out of some stuff (the major one is that you can't join a guild on their server. Every other condition, you can just go back to your world, do what you need to do, and then go back).

If you're hoping to create a new character on Behemoth without paying for a world transfer, then your best bet is to do it during patch day. On July 2, the 5.0 patch will be launching, and if you're quick enough, you may be able to get in. Although I'm not sure if you want to be waiting that long.

Refer to this website to check on world status: https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodestone/worldstatus/

[Deckire]

Originally posted by Mystic:

Tried, failed. Won't let me transfer. Unless it's because I didn't make the character yet, but I tried to transfer my old character to Primal on Behemoth but it's not on the list lol (I tend to make new characters on different servers after not playin for a while as I forget how to play and I never really played long enough, this time it would be different hence the exhausted wait for Behemoth to open up).

How old is that character, and that is Game wise old. Also did you confirm the World first? The Character List will be Blank, until you comfirm the world you are going to. I found this out when I was planning to move from Exodus to Famfrit.

[⑨ ChocolateMystia]

Your best bet is to go to a more empty server within the same datacenter. Then you and your friend can set up a Cross-World Linkshell, a type of group chat that does not require a guild, and use that to talk to each other. You can also use the world visit feature to spend time with them physically and do world activities.

Basically, friends from different servers: you can do dungeons, raids, and PVP together, and talk to each other.

And with world visit: you can do world stuff together, from questing the story, to participating in FATEs. The only limitation is you won't be able to be in the same guild.

[Matt & the Cat]

Originally posted by dannyj147:

Originally posted by heroguanlet:

So the only thing you can do which I think is going to be annoying is, World Transfer, go to a Standard Server that is in Primal, and wait 3 Days (if you are in a prefered it takes 30 days). After that go to Mogstation and do a transfer, and it should work.

Even if the Server is so congested that it doesn't allow new characters created, it shouldn't stop a player from transferring to the server.

Never understood why people can transfer to congested servers.

More people to hang out with.

I joined Behemoth originally in 2015 but I wanted to get in Gilgamesh(I believe) but it was congested or closed.

With the world visit system, you could go to a open server then visit Behemoth with your friends. Not ideal but it’s a thought.