What it takes to get players to transfer from congested servers

[Darus]

After reading many posts and hosting a discussion on the matter, I saw many things holding players back from transferring to low pop servers. The following, practical or not, are ways that would notice more players transfering.

1.FC transfers: being able to keep together, keep progess, airship, research, house etc. Maybe save a free transfer for any FC members that return to the game after their friends leave.

2.Housing: Perhaps new wards temporarily reserved for new transfers. Not too practical, but very requested by potential transfers

3.Transfer after transfer: In case of a bad server, allow extra transfer within a short duration. Reduce time between permitting transfers. Most don't want to be stuck, just in case.

4.Refunding of transfers: A hot topic, many people transferred into congested servers and paid for it, only to be told they should transfer out of it. A reimbursement through game time or mogstation would suffice.


These are the biggest demands I've noticed. I myself would love to transfer to a server full of sprouts that are not RP alts, but my responsibilities to my FC come first. Whenever SE meets some of these demands, I expect transfers to shoot up. All of these are risky and not too terribly likely, but this is what it would take.

So if you wonder why not enough transfer out, this is what they all want.