Mar. 7, 2011 04:30 [PST] From: FINAL FANTASY XI

Regarding the World Merge Schedule for Certain Worlds

The World Merge, which was originally scheduled to take place on Mar. 16, 2011, will now be conducted at the same time as the upcoming major version update, which will include, among other things, adjustments to relieve congestion in certain areas, and new game content. As soon as it is available, the schedule of the upcoming major version update will be announced in the Information section. Details concerning the update will be posted on both the official website and official forum starting tomorrow. *Please refer to the following URL for details on the official forum. http://www.playonline.com/pcd/topics/ff11us/detail/6280/detail.html The suspension of the following services, however, will be conducted as originally scheduled. Starting on Mar. 2, 2011 4:00 PST: - Both the creation of new characters and the issuing of Gold World Passes on the designated worlds have been suspended. These services are scheduled to be reinstated upon the completion of the World Merge. Starting on Mar. 7, 2011 7:00 PST: - The names of source worlds will be removed from the destination worlds listed in the World Transfer Service. *Only transfers to source worlds will be affected, and the World Transfer Service will otherwise be functioning as usual. - Character Reactivation Service will be unavailable. A notification will be posted once the service is available again. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause and thank you for your understanding.