Wow. They're killing our beta earlier than expected, no?SquareEnix wrote:The commencement of official service for Final Fantasy XI on the Xbox 360 begins on April 20, 2006, and so we must say farewell to the extremely popular beta test (ending at midnight PST on April 2, 2006).
As was previously mentioned in Topics, it will be possible to transfer characters from the beta server to an existing World. The procedure for transferring characters will be explained in an upcoming announcement.
This is a big announcement for a few reasons. Firstly, I've got to bump the date for the scavenger hunt up a little bit. Keep your eyes on the Scavenger Hunt thread in Kitty Get-Togethers for details on that.
Secondly, I have to make sure everyone knows that we ARE changing servers.
This is the difinitive answer to the question "Where will the Hydra kitties go?":
We are migrating to Lakshmi. I repeat: Lakshmi.
I've discussed my reasons for Lakshmi in this thread.
I've watched our linkshell grow from just one kitty (me) to a thriving community that continues to expand every day. It amazes me when I get online at 11am on a weekday to find that I have at least 25 kitties running around...during non-peak hours. I don't want to see our community disappear simply because Hydra is being phased out.
I will continue to be the Shellholder in Lakshmi, and things will be run largely in the same manner as we are used to currently. If all my Admins decide to migrate to the same server, they will continue to be admins. If not, I'll dip into my applications and see if I can't find replacements.
If you have any questions or concerns, please let me know. I'm here for all my kitties, and my main goal for my branch of MithraPride is the conquest of Vana'diel, which will never happen without you kitties.
After we move to the new server, I might implement "Free Recruiting Weekends" where any requesters can have a temporary pearlsack. I'll have more details on this later.
Also, I will be holding one last group photo for the entire pride before Hydra is shut down. Keep your eyes on the Get-Together forum for info on this, Hydra Kitties.
Finally, if any of you other kitties play on Lakshmi, or would like a world pass for Lakshmi to help us out, I'd be happy to provide you with one.
