Free realm transfers announced
by Allison Robert 
May 25th 2010 at 6:00PM
- Aggramar (Alliance only)
- Area 52 (Horde only)
- Blackhand
- Hellscream
- Stormrage (Alliance only)
- Thrall (Horde only)
- Undermine
- Drak'thul
To my surprise, it turns out Drak'thul was actually a PvP realm until very recently, and after a quick look at WoW Progress's list of U.S. realms, I have to agree it looks like the server needs some love. While it's possible the page hasn't been updated, it's apparent that the Drak'thul's raiders are struggling -- and there's some rather illuminating commentary in this thread (I'll grant I can't verify the accuracy) on how some of the server's troubles may have gotten their start. Two things come to mind: Blizzard's observations a year ago concerning only PvP realms being low-pop, and: what's happening on Cho'gall. Interesting.
The full announcement is past the cut.
TurritWe will be offering free character moves from select realms to assist in population balancing. The ability to move a character on the selected source realms will be available starting on Tuesday, May 25 at approximately 11:00am PDT and will end on Tuesday, June 1, at 11:00am PDT.
Drak'Thul is a Central time zone realm in the Vengeance battlegroup.
In the event that these realms meet our transfer goals before the scheduled end date, the transfers to or from any realm may be disabled. We highly recommend that if you are planning to transfer that you do so at your earliest convenience. No characters will be eligible for these free moves once the transfers have been closed.
You can begin your transfer by visiting the Character Move page located here: https://
Source Realms (PvE)
Aggramar - Alliance Only
Area 52 - Horde Only
Blackhand
Hellscream
Stormrage - Alliance Only
Thrall - Horde Only
Trollbane
Undermine
Destination Realm (PvE)
Drak'thul
Drak'Thul is a Central time zone realm in the Vengeance battlegroup.
In the event that these realms meet our transfer goals before the scheduled end date, the transfers to or from any realm may be disabled. We highly recommend that if you are planning to transfer that you do so at your earliest convenience. No characters will be eligible for these free moves once the transfers have been closed.
You can begin your transfer by visiting the Character Move page located here: https://
Source Realms (PvE)
Aggramar - Alliance Only
Area 52 - Horde Only
Blackhand
Hellscream
Stormrage - Alliance Only
Thrall - Horde Only
Trollbane
Undermine
Destination Realm (PvE)
Drak'thul
Filed under: Realm Status, News items
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 4)
Jay May 25th 2010 6:12PM
Was hoping it would list Nagrand; ohwell one can wish.
pancakes May 26th 2010 2:07AM
I'd like free transfers from Nagrand, just to clear up my char list, I've got a few alts that are too high level to delete, but don't really want to play and are just taking up slots.
Ilunc May 25th 2010 6:15PM
I really want to get off Nagrand and get onto a different realm. Oh well.
Stuart May 25th 2010 6:15PM
hoping for kirin tor, get me off this god forsaken rock lol
BenMS May 25th 2010 6:55PM
Just do it man, it's worth however much you need to spend to get clear of that cesspit. I had four 80s I transferred off. $100 was a price I was more than willing to pay.
kingjolly May 25th 2010 6:17PM
Akama got a butload of these free transfer drakthul alli/horde players a week or 2 ago, I was surprised I didn't see any news about it here or on the login page.
rika13 May 25th 2010 8:44PM
Ænigma left Drak'thul because the server pop is so low that it was gimping our progress. LK was like an iron wall. We xfered over to Shattered Hand and now we're 8/12 heroic.
Drak'thul has had population problems for the 3 years I've been there, massive faction imbalance (was practically a pve server if you were horde), low pop (at least dalaran doesn't melt your box), and bad location (the server is hosted in LA, at that time we had ONE person west of Texas).
Dysmorphia May 25th 2010 6:30PM
Poor Drak'thul, you have my sympathies. I guess what they did to Darrowmere was just a test case and the "success" is being replicated.
Terrant May 25th 2010 9:11PM
At first Blizzard converted Vek'nilash-EU, and I didn't speak up because I didn't play on a European server. Then Blizzard converted Darrowmere-US, and I didn't speak up because I didn't play on Darrowmere. Then Blizzard converted converted Drak'thul-US...
Ricohardt May 26th 2010 5:40AM
Actually, the horde side of Darrowmere might be hurting still, but alliance side things are definitely picking up. Quite a switch from before the transfers.
Tyn May 25th 2010 6:31PM
lol any free transfer to get me off Vashj would be great!
dmasterd20 May 25th 2010 6:43PM
Odd you skipped trollbane. Trollbane is terribad, pugs rarely make it past gunship, Only 25 man guilds that cleared lich king are on horde side. The alllaince guild transfered to Stormrage. This will change this server a lot
Arkeband May 25th 2010 6:51PM
They ought to open up some transfers to us RP-PVP'ers, Ravenholdt's economy could use a boost, as well as some fresh players.
Deathknighty May 25th 2010 7:19PM
Is that Ravenholdt US or Ravenholdt EU?
snarkygoldfish May 25th 2010 7:48PM
Ravenholdt US desperately needs to be opened as a destination realm for Alliance-side transfers. We need fresh blood; we're outnumbered, and Allies are beginning to transfer off left and right-- and most of those that are left are a bunch dramaqueens and tradetrolls.
MechaKingGhidra May 26th 2010 3:27AM
@snarkygoldfish
I am Horde on Ravenholdt and I agree. I only have a couple Alliance alts for kicks and giggles but it would be nice to log in and not have a barren wasteland greeting me. There's very little point to advertising the 'war' of Warcraft when the only war is with your own faction trying to get something done on scripted events. And I'm not even the PvP type.
jadestorm18 May 26th 2010 1:25PM
Another horde on ravenholdt. Yes, we need alliance. Please.
busuan May 25th 2010 6:52PM
Imagine:
there's no boundary between realms
you level at any area in any realm you choose
you chat in channel with any1 from any realm
you form/join guilds and raid with people from any realm
I guess there are a lot more to do.
I wonder if Blizz's doing it in their next MMO. Surely if you are partitioned into realms, it can't be called Universe of Starcraft.
Drakkenfyre May 25th 2010 7:39PM
And you suffer lag because all of the servers are located in one area, and it might not be near you.
Would you want to be in Europe, and the server be 5000 miles away? Or be in America, and the server 5000 miles away?
The servers are in different locations. That's why your ping to each can vary. There are about twenty servers in one location, twenty in another. Games that use one centralized server either don't have the population demand needed for it, the company doesn't want to put out for it, the game isn't the type where latency is a big problem, or the players suffer.
And they aren't doing a StarCraft MMO. They said it wasn't connected to any of their previous games.
Superthrust May 25th 2010 6:53PM
i need to get off Aerie Peak...alliance side is WAY over crowded.