Roalmo Posted June 15, 2016 Share Posted June 15, 2016 well I was willing to pay the 1500 CC per character JUST to be able to get off the server (EU) that I am on. And just how do you use this Free Transfer you are speaking of? I want to move from TRE to EH. Little confused. Just make the move now, ignore the wording on the move page about "no EU to NA transfers", just do it. And IF you have a free transfer(most don't), try it, if it works fine, if not fine too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
icemoneyboi Posted June 15, 2016 Share Posted June 15, 2016 You get one free transfer for the life of the account when you use a referral code. It does work to Europe I did it two weeks ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarthJimilingus Posted November 26, 2016 Share Posted November 26, 2016 Thanks to the great and powerful SWTOR overlords who have graciously agreed to reduce the character server transfer price to 90 CC for a limited period it means the time has come to decide if you want to stay on your current server or move. This post isn't here to convince you one way or the other, I wrote the following for my own guild Stroke my Wookies news post as we are moving from ToFN to TRE and I figured it can be useful for others. When to transfer? The discount runs from Thursday May 26th through to Sunday June 5th. In my guild we have events in the calendar all through that period to let guild members know which officers will be online that they can whisper for invites. How much will it cost? 90 Cartel Coins per character. It is still 1500 to transfer between US<->EU regions. How do you transfer? When the time is right, click the golden "Start Character Transfer" button at the bottom of the SWTOR Transfer Page to begin and just follow the on-screen instructions. The transfer Q&A below this post should answer most of your questions but if not or if you notice an error then drop a comment and I'll do my best to sort it out. How can you help? Spread the word. Remember what happened last time. A massive amount of people did not even know the discount was ending. Let's make sure that does not happen again. Contact your old friends that went inactive, let them know to login and move with the rest of us if they want to. You never know, they might decide to stick around In my guild we want to reach as many members as possible. We will be do a group email to all members past and present that still have an active website account so they know what is going on. We will also in-game mail everybodies main character and make sure that the news is displayed in the MoTD and in /g. Additionally, I will be putting the following message in ToFN general chat, it would be great if some of you could post it on the other servers. Don't ram it down peoples throats, I'm only going to post it 2-3 times a night (so over about 6-8 hours). This is about letting people know the decision they have to make, not convincing them to stay or go. Good luck and I will see you on the other side ~ Ula Vii ~ _________________________________________________________________________ Extra Transfer Information Last Minute Check List Empty legacy storage Take all items off GTN Take all items out of mail system Stop all your companion crafting queues Handle guild bank vaults Handle guild bank credits Take screenshots of friend panel comments Move your character to fleet before transferring to avoid the black screen bug (Thanks TUXs & Co) Alert all active & away guild members and friends via site mail, whatsapp and social media Remember to say "Goodbye!" in general chat before you leave Reserving Character Names If you haven't already then you should login and try to create a new character on your destination server with the character name you want to use. If it is not available then unfortunately you will have to choose a new name. If the name was available then complete character creation and your name reservation is done. Just after you have transferred your real character over it will have a name of randomised characters like XHASGOHHGA. At this point you can delete the place holder character and rename your real one. Reserving Guild Names Your guild does not transfer, you have to recreate it on the destination server so if you haven't already then do it now to reserve your guild name. My guild did this a while ago and recreated all our ranks etc. We want our guild members to feel right at home as soon as they arrive. Free Character Rename If you want to rename your character for the destination server then create a place holder with the same name there before you transfer. Then when your real character arrives the system will prompt you to rename it. Thanks to CrazyCT for this tip. Transferring Items Items in your Inventory, Collections and green Cargo Bays transfer without you having to do anything. There is currently a Cartel Market 53% discount on "Additional Cargo Bay" so they cost 225 CC. Sale ends May 24th. Legacy Stronghold Storage Items in yellow Legacy Stronghold Storage do not transfer You have to empty them out into your inventory/green Cargo Bay If you activated the additional bays with CC then they will already be unlocked on the new server If you activated the additional bays with credits then you have to pay the unlock fee again Crystals & Commendations All your Crystals, Commendations and PvP Tokens transfer over Achievements, Legacy & Reputation All your achievements transfer including those that are in progress i.e. 200/500 kills Your legacies get merged if you already had characters on the destination server The most unlocked of each achievement take precedence You keep the highest legacy level from the two servers Your reputation points do transfer Your legacy name is set to the one on the destination server If the characters you had on the destination server had no legacy name then the ones you transfer there will have none either, they lose the one they had previously When you try to access the legacy panel you instead get the "Choose your legacy name" popup You lose perks like mount while moving until you pick a legacy name (I haven't picked a new one yet so not sure if perks get restored, will update when I know) [*] The Legendary Status does transfer over. I had full legendary status on one server and nothing except a freshly made placeholder on the destination. After transferring a single character I then had full legendary status on the new server. What happens to in-progress missions/raids? If you killed 250/500 for a class mission then you will still have 250/500 on the new server Raid lockouts are carried over so if you are 4/5 on Terror from Beyond now, you still will be after transferring Friend/Ignore Lists These do not transfer There is a work-around to keep the comments if you really want to Take screenshots of friend panel comments if you are starting fresh Strongholds & Decorations If you activated the stronghold with CC then you can unlock it for free on the new server If you activated the stronghold with credits then you have to pay the initial fee again All the rooms you previously unlocked are open already after the stronghold is re-activated Your stronghold will be empty and you will have to re-decorate it You don't lose any decorations but you will have to place them again You don't have to manually pick up the decorations from your old stronghold You might want to screenshot your strongholds so you can remember how they were setup Guild Ship & Guild Bank We have to buy and unlock new ones Now is the time to start advertising you want to buy/sell guild ships in-game and in the server forums We lose all the donated decorations and trophies I'll make a post about how you can help with credit & decoration donations nearer the time Have to transfer guild bank items to inventory/personal storage On the plus side, if they do merges in the future you get 2 guild ships which is a fleet so you become an admiral! Outfit Designer Outfits don't transfer but you will still have the outfit slot (even if you bought it with credits) You still have your first outfit, the one that uses your main character panel slots If you want to keep the same outfits then you will have to find the gear pieces to stamp them again Ignore the trolls It's a real shame to have to mention this at all but as several of you saw in the petition thread there are a lot of trolls out there whose sole purpose is to spoil your enjoyment of the game. Those of us coming from the "quiet" servers have had the luxury of avoiding most of their antics but now we're moving to busy servers I'm sure their numbers will shock a lot of you. Remember that even though there are more loud mouthed time wasting trolls on the busier servers, there will also be more ace people to play with. Just ignore the trolls and be thankful that you have an empty Ignore list to start populating Some excellent tips in here. I Appreciate you taking the time to add this in such detail. Great tip about the "free" name change. I plan ontaking advantage of that. haha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrazyCT Posted December 29, 2016 Share Posted December 29, 2016 Shameless bump while transfers are on the cheap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
couldBEE Posted November 5, 2017 Share Posted November 5, 2017 Anyone know when the transfers will be back? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UlaVii Posted November 5, 2017 Author Share Posted November 5, 2017 Character transfers will be turned off with this maintenance. They will not be turned back on until some point after United Forces which is still TBD (based on testing). The current character transfer sale will also be ending on 10/24. (Source) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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