[Boshi]

The

Return Home to Vana'diel Campaign is back by popular demand!
Starting today, those who thought their

adventuring days were over have a chance to rejoin the excitement!

Click here to find out how you can begin

your Return to Vana'diel.

*Due to increased traffic, you may experience difficulties in accessing the

Return Home to Vana'diel site on the first and last days of the campaign.

Return to

Vana'diel with your original character!
Last year's popular Return Home To Vana'diel Campaign is

back.
This limited-time campaign offers customers who have deleted their characters an opportunity to adventure

through Vana'diel once again with their original characters.
When you purchase a FINAL FANTASY XI Content ID

during the campaign period, you can have previously deleted character data restored onto that ID, and resume play

immediately!

With the release of TREASURES OF AHT URHGAN, The world of FINAL FANTASY XI has become more

accessible and convenient than ever. Please use this opportunity to return to Vana'diel, and return to

adventure!

* The application process for the Return Home to Vana'diel Campaign will differ according to

your current FINAL FANTASY XI service status. Please proceed to the "Type A" or "Type B" page to confirm which you

are eligible for.

Campaign Period
from 0:00am on April 4(Tues), 2006 to 0:00am
on May 31 (Wed),

2006.

Eligibility
The Return Home to Vana'diel Campaign - Type A
The

Return Home to Vana'diel Campaign - Type A

- The applicant must be a former PlayOnline member

(i.e. the person whose name was registered) who played FINAL FANTASY XI before cancelling the account.
-

The membership information of the applicant9

Please note the following:
* Customers

who are able to use the regular reactivation process for PlayOnline and FINAL FANTASY XI services are asked to do

so.
* Applications cannot be accepted during PlayOnline/FINAL FANTASY XI maintenance.
* Due to a

high volume of responses, the application page may be difficult to access at the beginning and end of the campaign

period.
* Customer support is unable to field questions regarding eligibility. Please confirm your

eligibility by completing the application process.

http://www.playonline.com/ff11us/index.shtml

http://www.playonline.com/ff11us/campaign/wcb/

index.html

[Cassandrea]

Seems

like from what I hear, and personal experience.. the most you can get restored are alts/mules.

[Ebeun]

Yeah same

here filled out the app cause iv been wanting to come back to my surprise all that was listed to be reactived was

my mules

[Ruzaki]

Thought I

would reply here to confirm what everyone is saying, my main character is NOT on the list. I spent a long time

talking to support about it and the response was "if the character is not listed, you cannot restore it". I see

some mules, woohoo........

It's just the first day, I am sure (hoping........) a fix will come. Has anyone

successfully restored a character/content ID using "Plan B"?

Something interesting I saw on the Plan B site

(http://www.playonlin...pe_b/index.html):

- Applicants who have cancelled a

FINAL FANTASY XI Content ID, but are currently playing with a different Content ID are also eligible (to

reactivate the cancelled ID).

Now, this is odd, because I never saw ANYTHING about reactivating an

old ID, only the character restoration page (the TSR seemed to think I should have found a page in Plan B where I

can request a reactivation for an old and cancelled content ID).

[Katra777]

Ruzaki :
Thought I would reply here to confirm what everyone is saying, my main character is NOT

on the list. I spent a long time talking to support about it and the response was "if the character is not listed,

you cannot restore it". I see some mules, woohoo........

It's just the first day, I am sure

(hoping........) a fix will come. Has anyone successfully restored a character/content ID using "Plan B"?



Something interesting I saw on the Plan B site

(http://www.playonlin...pe_b/index.html):

- Applicants who have cancelled a

FINAL FANTASY XI Content ID, but are currently playing with a different Content ID are also eligible (to

reactivate the cancelled ID).

Now, this is odd, because I never saw ANYTHING about reactivating an

old ID, only the character restoration page (the TSR seemed to think I should have found a page in Plan B where I

can request a reactivation for an old and cancelled content ID).

Yes I have successfully

restored my character using plan B

[Shield]

Does it

matter if I deleted the character or not? Using Plan B I just have a munch of mules and low level characters that

I already deleted, but not my lvl 70 SMN that I deleted last year - - Can someone please help me out with this? Do

I need to call in and ask them to restore my deleted SMN that way? oorrrr can I actually use Plan b?

[Vorpal]

Applicants

will be ineligible for the campaign if any of the following apply:
- You like peanut butter on toast
- You

were born under Scorpio, Pisces, Capricorn, or Leo
- You breathe



Honestly this looks like a

weird PR campaign, not a true "We will help you get your character back" campaign. It was designed so virtually no

one will be eligable for character restoration, perhaps the intention is that once someone goes through the

process and fails to recover their character, that they will just make a new content ID and character out of

frustration.

[soniquefan2003]

[

Application Requirements ]
To apply for the campaign, you must be able to provide one of the two sets of

information listed below:
- Applicants who possess both their previous PlayOnline ID and registration code(s)


1. Enter your PlayOnline ID.
2. Enter one of your registration codes. *
3. Enter the name used on

the previous account.
4. Enter a current e-mail address where you can be contacted.

- Applicants

who possess either their previous PlayOnline ID or registration code(s)
1. Enter your PlayOnline ID or one

of your registration codes. *
2. Enter the name used on the previous account.
3. Enter all previously

registered personal information (e.g. date of birth, phone numbers, etc.).
4. Enter a current e-mail address

where you can be contacted.

Maybe I'm not understanding this correctly but the 2nd method under Method A

of restoration states that you can use either your registration codes or your playonline ID as long as you have

all the other information correct.

However I'm having some issues where I'm doing just that and it says

I need to enter my pol ID ><.

So yeah maybe I'm not understanding what they are saying or is the system

just being stupid?

[soniquefan2003]

Ugh I hope they fix this if its a mistake cause its really annoying. I want my original account back ._.

[Raug]

I got

an error when i did it "You did not use FINAL FANTASY XI services before deleting your POL ACCOUNT" funny party is

I never deleted my POL account, and i played ffxi for 2 years so uh yeh i did use freakin ffxi services ( I

called POL support and the guy i spoke with told me that they were just trained on this last friday and that they

dont really know much about it because it only started just yesterday. But he says that ALOT of customers have had

this same problem and that the people who need to know about it, do know about it and they are trying to fix the

problem. told me to try again in a couple days and if it doesnt work to call them back.

edit: Oh! also they

said that they were told if you did delete your character that you could not get it recoved... which frankly does

not make much since to me. He said that the POL website says you can but he told me that his superviser looked him

in the face and said that you cant. Also i deleted my main character more than 3 months ago when i quit and the

guy told me this event should work for me.

Shield to answer your question, if those mules and low lvl

characters were made using the content ID that your lvl 70 smn was on then no you want be able to get that

character back. But if you have never used the character recovery system you might be able to get the character

back that way. But i dont know how long the characters information stays on the server.

[Intense]

Sive, i

had similar thoughts about having to submit only "1 of 2 sets of (said) information." I dont have my registration

codes easily accessable to me anymore since i am away at college and am unable to go to my parents house to look

for it. but still thats 2 or the 3 items they requested....

POL website :
The following

errors were found.
Please check your information and try again.
- Incorrect PlayOnline ID.
- Incorrect

PlayOnline Password
- Incorrect registration code

i have my pol id and password still etched

into my brain since they were mine for 2 years, but still i get this error. ive logged into pol since then to make

sure i had it correct and i did, im able to log-in to pol viewer, but the "return home to vanadiel" doesnt

recognize me as a member? i dont understand

why do they even bother with going through with this campaign

if they have to make people jump through hoops to even find out IF they can have something restored?

[Raug]

Intense, If

you dont have your right registration code then it want recognize your pol id and password. I had that problem

once before. On the other problem i'm still having saying that i never used ffxi services... thats still fecked

up. If you dont know your registration code try to call there support desk, maybe they can release it to you.

[Slio]

These

campaigns are so mis-leading...on first thought, the way they word the campaign makes it sound like they can

reactivate your character/s. Now, I had 1 mule and 1 main on my account when I left, I deleted neither of them.

I left them both at the same time, that's it. And then they list me only my mule? How does that work?.... Most

likely, they do the following.

Person applies to reactivate.
Puts in all his information etc..
S-E

receives the account information.
S-E chooses the character with highest total level and play time.
S-E

tosses it from the list of elligible characters that can be reactivated.
S-E sends the list, laughs and say

they can't do anything about it.

Right....you can reactivate all of someones mules but not their

main?....*cough*moneyhungrybastards*cough*

[Raug]

I've given

up, I just play a new character... SE hasnt fixed the campaign yet (

[Intense]

i got a

hold of my reg #'s and am now getting the same error message as Sive and Raug. have either of you called the pol

line and asked what that message meant?

You did not use Final Fantasy XI services before canceling

your PlayOnline account. You are not eligible for this campaign.

[Someonher]

Ugh,

this kinda irks me. I deleted my char in early september last year because of college. Over winter break I was

playing again but when i tried to reactivate (70BST) they said I had just missed the 3 months mark.

Now

that I could recover that char I can't because I mad a new char on the same content ID because the customer

service guy led me to believe that there was (and would never be) a way to restore that character. ><

[Raug]

To Intense,

That message is an error on SE's part... They say alot of people have gotten that message and that the "people

that need to know about it, do know about it" (ass holes...) I talked to them the first night i tryed this

campaign. See the sad part is the representatives you talk to when you call dont really know how to answer your

questions because they were just trained 1 day, last friday, so they are in an awckward situation as well.



To Sive, Thanks for the incouragement but i already made a new character before my last post... But I have

2 other content id's not active, but even so they say if you deleted your character before canceling the id that

you cant get it back... even though the web site says you can. but like i said above the PoL Reps dont really know

much about the events so it might work its self out later.

To Someonher, That really sucks and really shows

how much they care about their customers... but i thought they changed it to 1 year from 3 months? Told me that

your character will stay on the server for 1 year.