Regardless... even if that was the official party line, things change. Circumstances have screwed a lot of people over, and SE know this, which is why they have allowed free transfers for five days as way of apology. So why cater to one group of affected players, but not those with 1.0 characters? It's unfair, and the reason for the current restriction is a complete joke. Justification of this opinion has been laid out numerous times by lots of people so I really shouldn't have to spell it out again. There is no reasonable counter-argument that I have seen which could explain why SE are sticking to this decision. It is incomprehendable.