Posts with tag free-character-transfer

More migrations for Europe

by Eliah Hecht Apr 9th 2008 at 2:00PM

It seems like there have been free character migrations for Europe constantly for the past few months. Well, this week is no different. Thundgot announced the following free moves, available from today, April 9th, to next Wednesday, April 15th, all for PvP realms (I think):

From: Frostmane, Grim Batol, Magtheridon, Twilight's Hammer
To: Bladefist, Dragonmaw, Spinebreaker

From: Molten Core
To: Stonemaul

Those of you who want to switch, get your move on soon, because transfers may close early if they get the population balance they want (although I can only remember this happening once). Out of curiosity, European readers: what countries are you in?

Filed under: Realm News, News items

Free migrations for Europe

by Eliah Hecht Mar 13th 2008 at 3:00PM

Man, you European players just can't seem to balance server load, can you? /cast Evasion. Once again, here's a round of free character migrations for European servers, open from yesterday to next Tuesday, March 18 (my birthday!).

From: Burning Legion, Crushridge, Kazzak, Magtheridon, Shadowmoon
To: Auchindoun, Jaedenar

Standard disclaimer: the transfers may be closed early if the desired population levels are attained, so transfer ASAP if you want to. However, I'm not sure that this happens very often; in fact, last time the transfers were extended for another week because not enough people had taken advantage of it. Standard closing questions: if you're on one of the "from" realms, will you be taking advantage of this? If you're on one of the "to" realms, do you welcome the newcomers?

Filed under: Realm News, News items

Europe joins in the free move fun

by Eliah Hecht Feb 27th 2008 at 4:00PM

To go along with the set of free North American character transfers that started yesterday, Blizzard Europe has seen fit to open the following free character transfers:

From: Al'Akir, Crushridge, Grim Batol, Outland, Stormscale
To: Burning Blade, Laughing Skull

The transfers are scheduled to be active from today until next Tuesday, March 4, although the standard disclaimer applies that the transfers may be shut down early if the desired population levels are reached.

Since Blizz bases their transfer decision off of their stats for what realms need it most, this should be the appropriate set of servers, but I'll ask you anyway: if you're on one of the "from" servers, are you overcrowded now? If you're on one of the "to" servers, are you glad to have some new company coming? And if you're on another server altogether, do you need some transfer loving? Sound off in the comments.

Filed under: Realm News, News items

Free US transfers now open

by Eliah Hecht Feb 26th 2008 at 6:00PM

Once again, it's time to balance the server load a bit. Free character transfers are available on select North American realms, starting a few hours ago at 12:00 PM PST and going for one week, until Tuesday, March 4 at 12:00 PM PST. Here's the server list:

Group A (PvP)

From: Illidan, Mal'Ganis, Sargeras, Stormreaver, Tichondrius
To: Vashj

Group B (PvP)

From: Arthas, Burning Blade, Mannoroth, Mug'thol, Warsong
To: Zuluhed

Group C (PvE)

From: Area 52, Arygos, Ghostlands, Hellscream, Zul'jin
To: Velen

As usual, the transfers may close early if the population levels get to where Blizz wants them, so transfer early if you intend to. And again as usual, the realms chosen are based on Blizz's extensive internal stats, so at least in theory, the realms that you're transferring from are the most overpopulated, and the realms you're transferring to are the most underpopulated. Will you be taking advantage of these transfers? If you're on Vashj, Zuluhed, or Velen, do you welcome the newcomers?

Filed under: Realm News, News items

Many free moves for North America

by Eliah Hecht Jan 10th 2008 at 11:42PM

Earlier this evening, Drysc announced a bevy of free character transfers for the North American realms, in four groups. The transfers began today at 3:00 PM PST, and will run until Thursday, January 17 at 3:00 PM PST -- that's one week, for those who shun addition. As always, transfer ASAP if you know you want to switch servers, because they do occasionally shut down early due to desired population levels being reached. And now, the available moves:

Group A:

From: Illidan, Sargeras, Kel'Thuzad, Mannoroth
To: Anatheron

Group B:

From: Jubei'Thos, Frostmourne, Barthilas
To: Thaurissan

Group C:

From: Aman'Thul, Khaz'goroth, Dath'Remar, Nagrand
To: Caelestrasz

Group D:

From: Emerald Dream, Destromath, Tichondrius, Stormreaver
To: The Underbog

If you want to take advantage of these moves, go to the Character Move page. Will you be migrating to a new Azeroth? If you are on one of the affected servers, do you think the transfers will produce a positive effect? Are you not on this list, and think you need a transfer? Blizz claims the realms are selected based on population statistics, but since they still inexplicably refuse to provide the public with their stats, we have no way of actually knowing that.

Filed under: Realm News, News items

Free character moves for the US

by Eliah Hecht Dec 21st 2007 at 6:01PM

We've had some moves recently for Oceanic and European realms, but these are the first North American free character transfers I've seen in a while. As of noon PST today, and until 12:01 PM PST a week from today, December 28th, players can make the following transfers free of charge:

From: Arthas, Illidan, Mal'Ganis, Warsong
To: Azshara

As always, players are urged to make the transfer as soon as possible if they intend to, since the transfers do sometimes close early if desired population levels are reached. Drysc promises that the realms they choose for transfers are based on exact population statistics, which seems to imply that, out of the North American reals, the source realms are the most overpopulated and Azshara is the most underpopulated. Those of you on these realms, does that ring true? Do you plan on taking advantage of the transfers? Azshara folks, do you welcome the newcomers?

Filed under: Realm News, News items

Breakfast topic: Will you be transferring?

by Elizabeth Harper Dec 6th 2007 at 8:00AM

Yesterday we received the word that Blizzard was opening free transfers from certain overpopulated realms to certain underpopulated realms. No doubt Blizzard is hoping to re-distribute realm population to make some of the player-less "ghost" realms more playable while alleviating login queues on the largest realms -- but we'll see how well this works after transfers are completed. For those of you on realms that have transfers available, however, are you planning on transferring? And for those of you who aren't on realms allowing transfers, would you plan on transferring if you could? After all, maybe the grass really is greener on the other side...

Filed under: Realm News, Realm Status, Breakfast Topics

More EU migrations

by Eliah Hecht Nov 7th 2007 at 12:59PM

The European free character migrations on some PvP servers continue, since apparently they haven't had quite the intended effect yet. Thundgot says:

Due to population differences between some of the highest and lowest populated PvP realms, the following Free Character Migration will be available November 7th to 13th:

From: Crushridge, Frostmane, Grim Batol, Kazzak, Outland
To: Boulderfist, Daggerspine, Vek'nilash

Please note that the migration may be closed at any time should a destination realm's population rise too high.

This is the same source realms as before, and one of the same destination realms (Boulderfist). It looks like not too many people chose to take advantage of this move last time. So get moving, people!

Oh, and to answer a question that was asked in another thread: Europe will be getting patch 2.3 on November 14th, a week from today (source).

Filed under: Realm News, News items

Free character migration for some EU servers

by Eliah Hecht Oct 25th 2007 at 1:15PM

Wow, we haven't had one of these for a while. Starting yesterday (oops), players on a few high-population European PvP servers will be able to transfer to some of the lower-pop ones for free:

Due to population differences between some of the highest and lowest populated PvP realms, the following Free Character Migration will be available from October 24th to 30th:

From: Crushridge, Frostmane, Grim Batol, Kazzak, Outland
To: Boulderfist, Jaedenar, Kor'gall

Please note that the migration may be closed at any time should a destination realm's population rise too high. (Thundgot)

Edit: Apparently the following additional EU migrations are also active until the 30th:
From: Zul'Jin
To: Uldum, Tyrande
[Thanks, Rauten]

As the post says, you should take advantage of this ASAP if you want to move, because they do occasionally close these early.

Are you on any of these servers? If you're on the "from" realms, do you agree that overpopulation is a problem, and if so, are you going to move? If you're on the "to" realms, do you think your realm needs more players?

Filed under: Realm News, News items

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