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FFXI 360 Announcement.

Posted: Mon Mar 20, 2006 5:13 pm
by AgentSeethroo
I realize this message is mainly for my Hydra kitties, but some of you other cats might be interested as well. My main reason for posting this here is to ensure that all my members are reached.
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.
Wow. They're killing our beta earlier than expected, no?

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.

Posted: Tue Mar 21, 2006 1:45 am
by JediKitsune
Lakshmi? That's... random.

Posted: Tue Mar 21, 2006 11:55 am
by Kahvi
not really... we dont have a branch there yet

Posted: Tue Mar 21, 2006 2:58 pm
by AgentSeethroo
Kahvi wrote:not really... we dont have a branch there yet
'tis true.

That's the main reason I chose Lakshmi.

Posted: Tue Mar 21, 2006 4:54 pm
by Alya Mizar (Tsybil)
But... but....

There isn't a branch on Garuda either.....

Although people have tried....

Posted: Tue Mar 21, 2006 6:09 pm
by JediKitsune
Wait... when the US PS2 Beta ended, I believe the beta server became Asura, or the people there were moved to Asura...

What if you can only migrate your character to certain servers, then everyone would have to start over...

Posted: Tue Mar 21, 2006 8:38 pm
by AgentSeethroo
JediKitsune wrote:Wait... when the US PS2 Beta ended, I believe the beta server became Asura, or the people there were moved to Asura...

What if you can only migrate your character to certain servers, then everyone would have to start over...
SE says we get to keep our characters.

Apparently, we'll get the chance to rename our characters if the same one exists on our new server that we choose.

Posted: Tue Mar 21, 2006 9:09 pm
by JediKitsune
AgentSeethroo wrote:
JediKitsune wrote:Wait... when the US PS2 Beta ended, I believe the beta server became Asura, or the people there were moved to Asura...

What if you can only migrate your character to certain servers, then everyone would have to start over...
SE says we get to keep our characters.

Apparently, we'll get the chance to rename our characters if the same one exists on our new server that we choose.
It's just that I don't think that server migration has ever worked that way. In the past, SE has decided what servers will migrate where, and I don't know why they'd change that now.

Posted: Tue Mar 21, 2006 9:58 pm
by Keavy
JediKitsune wrote:
AgentSeethroo wrote:
JediKitsune wrote:Wait... when the US PS2 Beta ended, I believe the beta server became Asura, or the people there were moved to Asura...

What if you can only migrate your character to certain servers, then everyone would have to start over...
SE says we get to keep our characters.

Apparently, we'll get the chance to rename our characters if the same one exists on our new server that we choose.
It's just that I don't think that server migration has ever worked that way. In the past, SE has decided what servers will migrate where, and I don't know why they'd change that now.
They might be doing that to ensure that we keep the new players we have.