Bulde Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 Let me preface by stating that I am an imperial player because my buddies (guildies) wanted to try the "bad guys" for a change. So here I am. Had I realized the factional population would be this unbalanced, I would have convinced my guild to roll republic (I like being the underdog). The problem however is that I have now logged hours and hours of play time on my Bounty Hunter and once I roll a toon, I pretty much stick with it. Not one for creating tons of alts. I really do wish I could somehow flip a switch and swap my current toon over to the republic side (or atleast to it's equivalent mirror class). I would in a heart beat and I think a lot of others who want to see pvp a success in this game would do the same. Solution: At this point the only way the devs can get server faction populations balanced is to: A.) Allow faction transfers, B.) Allow Server transfers, C.) Allow both faction transers AND server transfers. Option A is generally the best option and the easiest to implement as it generally helps balance things and does not leave vacant or dead servers by having a mass exodus of players moving from server to server. I think factional transfer is the best solution at this stage in the game. If you agree and support this, please petition in this thread. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kellindell Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 This should only be allowed if you are moving from an over populated server or faction to an under populated one. That being said, because of the story of the game, I dont think faction transfers are doable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bulde Posted January 18, 2012 Author Share Posted January 18, 2012 Not recommending server transfer. Its the option I recommended least. Faction tranfer is very doable. Simple coding. A = X, B = Y, etc. You would get a diff story line on the other side obviously and all gear, rank, titles, etc. would transfer over to equivalants. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BambamKauri Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 whats the point, don't feed this company anymore money.. i've waited 4 years for this game to finally come out and its a total flop i wasted 150 bucks on the collectors edition and about 1 month worth of time leveling and pvping im done with it i have no more faith in this company Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bhorzo Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 By allowing faction transfers, they'd invalidate one of their big selling points: story. If you faction transferred, you'd have no incentive to re-level an alt to "see the other side". Many wouuld simply faction transfer, instead of re-roll. And in the end they might quit sooner. (On the other hand, some people might quit because of the imbalance... so who knows if it would balance out.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lerdoc Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 Yes! Allow faction transfers! We want to be l337 skill3d empires now and win some too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saviorofcamelot Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 Yup... All Republics should switch to Imperials. BioWare doesn't care about population so lets just all go Imperials and change the title to reflect the fact that Imperials are the only playable classes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mizab Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 I am pretty sure they will be instituting some kind of faction change when the game goes all empire, and they quit wasting resources on the republic side. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rabnnod Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 The option to join the majority, farm up all the free l00tz and then go back to the side I really want to play... Yeah that sounds like something I would abuse willingly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigtukker Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 (edited) They could make Bounty Hunter and Smuggler faction independant when it comes to PvP zones (like Ilum). BTW I was planning on becoming a Smuggler after finishing my current Sith Warrior to help the Republic (I know it's one man, but still), but I'm considering to decide against it just because all those switchers. Edited January 18, 2012 by bigtukker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToxinFett Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 I vote for faction transfers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vandarix Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 I do not feel pitty for anyone who is Empire that wants to re roll now and have a free transfer... Anyone following this game in beta up to release knew that bioware expected at the very least a 3 to 1 population in favor of the Empire. You should not get a transfer option. I wanted to play a BH but I rolled republic b/c I knew. You should have too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bulde Posted January 18, 2012 Author Share Posted January 18, 2012 The option to join the majority, farm up all the free l00tz and then go back to the side I really want to play... Yeah that sounds like something I would abuse willingly. ...oh...so your that kind of person. kind of person that only contributes to the problem and not the solution. nice man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bulde Posted January 18, 2012 Author Share Posted January 18, 2012 They could make Bounty Hunter and Smuggler faction independant when it comes to PvP zones (like Ilum). BTW I was planning on becoming a Smuggler after finishing my current Sith Warrior to help the Republic (I know it's one man, but still), but I'm considering to decide against it just because all those switchers. Thats actually a really cool idea man. Hadn't thought about that. Would help even things out a bit. Would take some tweaking, but doable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bulde Posted January 18, 2012 Author Share Posted January 18, 2012 (edited) I do not feel pitty for anyone who is Empire that wants to re roll now and have a free transfer... Anyone following this game in beta up to release knew that bioware expected at the very least a 3 to 1 population in favor of the Empire. You should not get a transfer option. I wanted to play a BH but I rolled republic b/c I knew. You should have too. Seriously dude... Someone creates a petition in an effort to HELP your factions situation and you still manage to say something negative and post garbage like this. Edited January 18, 2012 by Bulde Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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