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It doesn't make the merge pointless if I am wanting to transfer my 14 characters from HW to a PvE server. I already have 9 characters on AV, and if I would like the option of being able to place extras somewhere else.
Like I said, people are not actually reading my original post. READ IT
1) My suggestion was to open transfers to PvE servers (or all). It's an option for people to transfer to another PvE server that want NOTHING to do with PvP. If people want to stay on the new server, then so be it. Suggesting that people would want to move to MT is ridiculous, as it's a PvP server. Opening the HW server was to relieve the overcrowding on PvE servers. VoT and LoT are PvP servers that were not as populated in the first place because (*gasp*) there are a lot fewer PvP'ers than PvE.
2) AV might be able to accommodate new players, but it's only fair that I get to KEEP my high-level characters and be able to transfer them onto any PvE server so I don't lose them. It's not us changing the status quo, it's the game.
3) I AM being forced to delete characters that I love. I'm not deleting out of ignorance or fear as you suggest, but because I do not want my characters on a PvP server. Period. I want NOTHING to do with PvP. Therefore, I should have the OPTION of being able to transfer ALL of my HW characters to whichever PvE server(s) will accommodate them for FREE. Enmasse has given us a very restrictive option. I'm just asking that Enmasse give us expanded options to make the transition as smooth as possible with as little stress as possible. Just because I don't like the option, doesn't make my opinion invalid. I'm the one being inconvenienced. I'm the one who has to do all the work in getting my characters ready for transfer. I should not have to pay real money for additional options. This isn't MY choice. That choice is being made for me. I already have 9 characters on AV. I need to move 14 from HW. I have around 35 characters on PvE servers. I'd like the option of being able to move what characters I can't fit on AV to another PvE server so I don't lose any. Is that so wrong to ask?
Personally, I completely understand you. It looks like a completely unfair move and I think EME should make exceptions instead of having people either deleting characters or having them trapped in a server they do not want to even log on into.
But as I said before, the staff met between themselves and members of the community, pooled ideas and came up with this because they have to think about the whole, and the whole issue pointed in a way that if they opened free access for everyone to everything their new server would become a stillborn because I assume that due to terrible misinformation on the part of the HW pve community, pretty much all of HW would flee, leaving the whole scene as if only LoT and VoT were merged alone. Those players can't fit in MT because of overcrowding, but they are not enough to form their own server. There are a bunch of other reasons as well (like end game LFG, or the upcoming 30 man raid that cannot be instance matched, and other things) but these are what were at the top of my mind for now.
I can only advise you to submit a ticket if you haven't done so, politely explaining your situation and what you need in full detail, including the full reason why you do not want to have characters in the new server at all. And please be honest with the reason. Just saying "Because I don't want to" would ruin any chances for you to get any help, as small as they may be right now. They need the info to know where to go, so be as honest as you can. If it's the ganking, say so. If it's the possibility of increased number of trolls or a more toxic community, say so. They need this data to know what players need and want.
If it were even possible to make a "special exception" for you, it would not be fair to everyone else, who could then turn around and use the same excuse to argue that they too deserve free transfers to other servers. And as was already explained, this would further stratify people towards TR and MT, harming the new server before it has the opportunity to take off.
My recommendation is just to wait and see. As a level 65 player on a PvP-65 server, there are no areas you need to go to progress that will be PvP areas: all cities, towns, teleportals, and the entirety of Island of Dawn are safe zones. To delete characters based on your principle when the actual tangible risk is negligible wouldn't be the most logical course of action. If you still can't bring yourself to actually enter the server due to your dislike of PvP (despite the low risk), then still just leave the characters there and wait to see what happens in the future. Perhaps something else will happen months from now that will provide another opportunity, or perhaps you'll be able to afford to transfer them one by one. But deleting them purely because of your hatred of PvP doesn't seem worth it.
His problem is that he already has 9 characters on AV, so he cannot transfer all of his 14 HW characters there. On the other hand, nobody is actually forcing OP to delete what he has because the merger won't put him above the character limits. His characters will be alive and well in the new server. He's just extremely adamant on not wanting a single character on the new server for reasons unknown (reasons he has no obligation to tell us, mind you).
All in all, mergers always affect some people adversely. There's no fixing that. Someone will always get the short end of the stick in these cases. But OP has the power to make his outlook look better or worse, depending on how positive or negative he wants to be. I'd vouch for him to look it in a "Hey! It wasn't so bad after all." way. But that's up to him.
Almost EVERYONE would go to TR. Some will hop to AV, some to CH, but most will hop to TR. And where would that leave the new FF server? With a population of the 10 who missed the transfer period.
It sucks for you that you have more characters than you can have on one server, but this isn't just about you.
Most people are already gonna abandon ship and go to AV,that will make AV a bit popular,but it would also leave the new server with less than optimal population,which is why we should pursue EME to allow free transfers TO the new FF server from other servers.
I also support this idea and wonder why it wasn't implemented.
Eme has been listening to community recently this year with all the stuff they gave,if more players would support this idea,I think Eme would make it happen.It's in their best interest too.
Plus who would want to pay for a transfer to the new server when its likely to be abandoned by half of the players who will get merged there and making a new character might seem like a good idea too but the same applies.
Whilst I understand your frustration, and I agree with your point, I can't help noticing that when there was discussion about the new server and the merge, you were silent.
You didn't say anything back then, even though the thread was running for a while.
So it is a bit late to complain when you weren't here to discuss it when it was time.
I know several people who are sour about this merge but didn't say anything when time was to debate.
So in short, I think that it's fine, that you know have to suffer the consequences.
Next time, you might be speaking up when time is.
Regards,
Tzil
You could argue that PvE players are already messed up, but okay ;-)
Yes, it's your fault.
You didn't speak up when En Masse created a thread about the server merge.
En Masse got the impression that they had a good idea here, because only a few people said it was a bad idea.
You weren't among them. You didn't tell En Masse that you didn't like the idea. They aren't mind readers. So thanks to you and others who didn't write, we now have a server merge.