I think it would be a good idea to allow character transfers to new accounts. I understand there is concern over character selling and as for that, I am not going to address that in this post.
What I am suggesting is to be able to create a second account under the same billing information. This would allow families who started with one account / subscription to add additional subscriptions within the same household. Then allow a character transfer from the main account to a sub-account of sorts. This would allow members of the same household to play together at the same time. ( and BW would get more $$)
Here is my example: In December I created an account. My son and I took turns leveling up our own characters over the past several months. (aka a lot of time invested). Now, my son has his own computer that can play the game, but we still have to take turns. I would purchase a second monthly subscription for him so we could play at the same time if we could transfer his character(s) over.
Since we cannot at this time, I obviously WILL NOT add a second subscription. Therefore, BW will not gain anything and the probability of us continuing to take turns will decrease our desire to continue to play over time.
I think it would be a "win-win" for both BW and the customer!
Comments?