Petition: Free server transfers with new servers on Wednesday

I know this has been brought up in many other posts and threads, but I figured getting a petition out might be helpful.

I strongly feel that free server transfers should be given to the players when the new servers come up on Wednesday and in a way are a necessity to fix the current overpopulation problems.

My reasons for this are as twofold.

- Many players had to create characters on different servers, such as Japanese servers, because the servers that they wanted to get on were locked. While I am not one of these players, I feel that they should be given the chance to be able to get onto the server their friends are on and play with their friends since that is one of the main points of playing an MMO.

- Players being able to transfer servers and move from the overpopulated ones to the new servers is necessary to spread out the player population and alleviate the congestion on the current servers. Just adding new servers will allow new players to come in but the overpopulation problems of all the servers that are already in place will continue and all the players that have been affected by the problems and have been patiently waiting for fixes will not have been helped.


(Please note that this is not a "complaint" and/or "bitching" thread and while I appreciate everyone's support and comments on this issue, please try to keep the comments polite and respectful. Thank you.)

I fear they may do forced migrations... would prefer for us to have a say where we go. Thing is, they need a means for us to tell just how full a target server is in the first place so we might be able to avoid this mess in the future.

I sign this :-)
All the new servers in the world are pointless if there is a huge disadvantage to moving from your current server ie starting again

Agreed. After the new servers come in, free transfers would be most appreciated. Gotta do it, SE.

I do agree with you, however, I do not think that the JP to EU/NA transfer will be a possibility. I think they will offer this free service, but not cross-region.

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Originally Posted by Raist

I fear they may do forced migrations... would prefer for us to have a say where we go. Thing is, they need a means for us to tell just how full a target server is in the first place so we might be able to avoid this mess in the future.

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I agree 100% about SE needing to implement server population info next to the server name.

http://www.mmorpg.com/gamelist.cfm/g...-Prime-13.html

Would also be great if they could add in bars to tell you how full each server is. Yes I know most of them are full atm anyway but it will be useful later on. I apologize if they already have that in there as I haven't been able to play since the 1/2 day of OBT due to my PC going apeshit.

I could get behind this. Kinda got hard to group up with friends when someone would join their server gets cut off and so on, then you got your whole guild spread across the board.

I would love to have free server transfers to any server of my choosing. I originally wanted to start playing on Hyperion because of a friend. But that server was locked.