Mrs_Murder Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 (edited) And we need it now. Free, paid, I don't care, as long as we get it ASAP. A lot of servers are dead, as this thread is proof of: http://www.swtor.com/community/showthread.php?t=233108 And servers like mine are flooded with one specific nationality, making recruitment impossible and resulting in a server which feels dead: http://www.swtor.com/community/showthread.php?p=3070572 So when can we expect to get character transfer? Edited February 24, 2012 by Mrs_Murder Removed the word "paid" as people seem to want everything handed to them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Galbatorrix Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 And we need it now. A lot of servers are dead, as this thread is proof of: http://www.swtor.com/community/showthread.php?t=233108 And servers like mine are flooded with one specific nationality, making recruitment impossible and resulting in a server which feels dead: http://www.swtor.com/community/showthread.php?p=3070572 So when can we expect to get paid character transfer? How about FREE transfers instead? At least for the people that have been playing since day 1. I mean, it's not my fault that my heavy server (at the time) is now light. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs_Murder Posted February 24, 2012 Author Share Posted February 24, 2012 (edited) How about FREE transfers instead? At least for the people that have been playing since day 1. I mean, it's not my fault that my heavy server (at the time) is now light. Ideally, yes. But I don't see any reasons for why BW would choose to give us free transfers. I think the majority would happily pay to get a new, decent, home. It's not BW's fault either that certain servers are the way they are. Ok well, actually -- in my server's case Bioware RECOMMENDED the server to Russians, leading to this point where multinational guilds are 99% incapable of recruiting and thus not being able to do 16 man content. But I'd still be happy to pay. I'm not going to be greedy and demand free transfers when even the idea of having transfers still hasn't been addressed by BW. If they are paid transfers maybe they'd be more willing to address this issue quickly. Edited February 24, 2012 by Mrs_Murder Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aastarius Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 Can't see any reason why these days it would need to be a paid service. That said I wouldn't be overly surprised if it turned out to require a lot of work on their [bW] part to implement this and therefore they want to charge a fee. I mean, who else would tie their web/forum server into the same network as their game servers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vanisle Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 I sort of feel like these days alot of work means using both hands for some people Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azzras Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 Free. Free. Free. Something like this should be included in subscription costs. I'm fine if they decide to sell sparkle ponies or whatever, but not features. I would unsub over that. <3 the game Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morticoccus Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 Seconded, and they should really add a race/appearance change feature for legacy races as well. I've played my cyborg sith warrior for a long time, if they add unlockable racial options I don't want to have to make an identical alt just to play a chiss force user. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs_Murder Posted February 24, 2012 Author Share Posted February 24, 2012 (edited) Free. Free. Free. Be realistic, please. Scenario 1: OMG BIOWARE WHY WON'T YOU GIVE US FREE TRANSFERS?? Bioware: Because you want free transfers. We're not running a charity. This will be at the bottom of our priority list until next year. Maybe then. Scenario 2: Can we please have PAID transfers? We would glady pay to find new homes. Bioware: Money, eh? We like money! TRANSFERS FOR EVERYONE! I don't know where people got the idea of transfers being free, but don't forget Bioware is actually running a business. No point in being greedy for something that isn't even available yet! Edited February 24, 2012 by Mrs_Murder Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viashivon Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 Just because WoW charges doesn't mean SWTOR needs to charge. Look at Rift, they have never charged for the transfer and they don't limit you to do so either. The only rule is you can't change more than once per week per toon. I say free is the best thing since charging to move a character, which has no strain on the system, just shows that you are either greedy or into microtransactions. Don't be another WoW, be better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Galbatorrix Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 Be realistic, please. Alternative 1: OMG BIOWARE WHY WON'T YOU GIVE US FREE TRANSFERS?? Bioware: Because you want free transfers. We're not running a charity. Alternative 2: Can we please have PAID transfers? We would glady pay to find new homes. Bioware: Money, eh? We like money! I don't know where people got the idea of transfers being free, but don't forget Bioware is actually running a business. No point in being greedy for something that isn't even available yet! At this point, I have about 7-8 characters that I'd like to transfer. I'm not paying 100-200 bucks to do so. They should at least give a set number of free transfers for "founders". Heck, it would make the whole "founder" thing actually worth something at that point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Etapi Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 You guys do know that there are Q&A sessions every couple weeks right? This has been addressed, but for those that just prefer to come to the forums and *****, rather than read the information they are already giving us, here is a quote from one a few weeks back: Shotgun-clavy: When are character transfers going to become available? And are server transfers a real possibility? Daniel Erickson: Character transfers between servers are definitely going to be available in the future and we’ll announce details as soon as we have firm dates. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morticoccus Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 Just because WoW charges doesn't mean SWTOR needs to charge. Look at Rift, they have never charged for the transfer and they don't limit you to do so either. The only rule is you can't change more than once per week per toon. I say free is the best thing since charging to move a character, which has no strain on the system, just shows that you are either greedy or into microtransactions. Don't be another WoW, be better. But we already know that EA is greedy and snorts microtransactions off of mass effect 3's *** Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apocalypsezero Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 As young as the game is we don't need transfers atm. If you want to move to a different server then reroll on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TKMaster Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 How about FREE transfers instead? At least for the people that have been playing since day 1. I mean, it's not my fault that my heavy server (at the time) is now light. FACT. Only heavy servers on day 1 are only light at off times, if you play at off times and are complaining then it boils down to your ignorance not the state of the game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs_Murder Posted February 24, 2012 Author Share Posted February 24, 2012 I say free is the best thing since charging to move a character, which has no strain on the system, just shows that you are either greedy or into microtransactions. Don't be another WoW, be better. And they ARE greedy. Holding off content until after subscriptions have run out...? Ideally EVERYTHING would be free. How about we start demanding that? People who play on dead servers would be willing to pay a lot for the option to move. The ones who want free transfers must be playing on really awesome servers. How about we start being realistic and actually give Bioware a reason for giving us transfers in the first place? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs_Murder Posted February 24, 2012 Author Share Posted February 24, 2012 Daniel Erickson: Character transfers between servers are definitely going to be available in the future and we’ll announce details as soon as we have firm dates.[/i][/color] Of course they will be. But when is "in the future"? 6 months from now? Next year? I might as well start rerolling now if that's the case. Ideally they'd release this along with 1.2. Ideally. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs_Murder Posted February 24, 2012 Author Share Posted February 24, 2012 As young as the game is we don't need transfers atm. If you want to move to a different server then reroll on it. Haha funny. Read the links in my signature or in the original post, then stop trolling. PS. Which awesome server are you playing on? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Etapi Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 (edited) Oh, I get it OP, you are one of those feet stamping fit throwing types. It is not enough to be told it is going to happen and we are working on it. NOW NOW NOW! I can hear you from here. Edited February 24, 2012 by Etapi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs_Murder Posted February 24, 2012 Author Share Posted February 24, 2012 (edited) And if you actually read my post, they are giving us transfers, and will let us know as soon as they have a firm date. Read the damn Q&A sessions they have been doing every couple weeks, there is a lot of information in them. If you actually read my post. Of course they will be. But when is "in the future"? 6 months from now? Next year? I might as well start rerolling now if that's the case. Ideally they'd release this along with 1.2. Ideally. That's like saying "Yes we will release new OPS in the future". "Yes we will release new armor in the future". Well of-bloody-course they will. It doesn't answer any of our questions. People are quitting because of this and frankly I don't blame them. Edited February 24, 2012 by Mrs_Murder Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azzras Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 You guys do know that there are Q&A sessions every couple weeks right? This has been addressed, but for those that just prefer to come to the forums and *****, rather than read the information they are already giving us, here is a quote from one a few weeks back: Shotgun-clavy: When are character transfers going to become available? And are server transfers a real possibility? Daniel Erickson: Character transfers between servers are definitely going to be available in the future and we’ll announce details as soon as we have firm dates. We know they are coming. I just say it shouldn't have a cost associated with it. Didn't Rift do this? Aren't our subscriptions enough? If they were going to do away with the 'server' model and make server clusters instead, that would solve it I think. The only complication would be they would need to be rid of unique names for our characters. It kind of doesn't make sense anyway. How many people in the world are named Bob, Mary, Ken, Jane? Just my 2 credits and I apologize for getting off topic a bit there. Anyway, Character xfers should be free. It's an automated process. Slap a month (or more) CD on it per character (maybe even an 8 character cap per month) and have minimum level requirements to use. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LexiCazam Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 Hi everyone, We do have a few ongoing threads on server populations, merges and transfers, so we're going to close this one and ask you to continue your discussion in one of the threads linked below. Server population is dropping... When will there be a "SERVER MERGE?" Free transfers in the future? Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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