Free Server Xfers: Where Are You Xferring To?

[Rahatmattata]

<p><a href="http://forums.station.sony.com/eq2/posts/list.m?topic_id=357507" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://forums.station.sony.com/eq2/...topic_id=357507</a></p><p><i><b>Where We Currently Stand</b> The actual merge process that will bring the populations of Darathar, Gorenaire, and Talendor together with their new friends on Venekor will take approximately one day. The related week of free character transfers for all servers will last, yup seven days. After that seven day period passes, the free transfer window will close and normal services and rates will apply. As such, the scheduling of these events needs to take place in a timeframe when we have one full week to get it all done without interference. That means we can't have any major updates to the game going on at the same time that we are moving your characters about. Which means the server merge and character transfers have to wait until the next Game Update is in. <b>Don't Shoot the Messenger!</b> Wait! Don't get angry! That's good news! Why? Because it's a tricky way of saying "There is a Game Update coming in the next week!" That's right; Game Update #34 is slated to hit the live servers on April 25th, with the usual offset for our international friends. Because of that, the PvP merge and character transfers are going to get started on April 30th. This gives the dev team extra time to test the tools related to the merge and transfers, and also ensures that we won't have characters moving all about the servers at the same time that we are adding new fundamentals to the game itself.</i></p><p>I will be transferring from AB to Najena to join an Australian timezone based raid guild.</p>

[SignumX]

Im moving off AB too for all the talk of its high pop, i think a big chunk stick to their rp circles and guild only groups so theres not as much groups as one would hope. Plus there seems to be alot more farmers there now.

[Gungo]

<b>Normal Servers</b> ----------------------------------- (20-49) (50-69) (70) <p>23227   3446    2107  nagafen 17084   3953    3051  permafrost 17906   4202    3189  mistmoore 16854   4053    3247  unrest 18845   4772    3277  kithicor 18891   4543    3332  everfrost 19355   4845    3363  nekutlos 19822   4827    3371  oasis 19652   4721    3476  befallen 19795   4968    3571  butcherblock 19212   4830    3626  blackburrow 18317   4712    3915  guk 18966   4821    3934  najena 21233   5229    4087  crushbone</p><p><b>Roleplaying Servers</b> ----------------------------------- (20-49) (50-69) (70)   14354   2117    1194  venekor 18643   3688    2189  lucan dlere 23857   5039    3371  antonia bayle</p><p><b>International Servers</b> ----------------------------------- (20-49) (50-69) (70)</p><p>1403     227      138    gornaire 2880     519      320    talendor 5234     822      469    darathar 9748     2643    2302  storms 10579   3066    2746  innovation 10931   3120    2985  valor 14996   3478    3017  runnyeye 14065   5442    3085  sebilis 15987   3763    3301  splitpaw</p><p><b>Station Exchange </b>----------------------------------- (20-49) (50-69) (70)</p><p>10542   1767    893   vox 13982   3745    2700  bazaar</p><p>While Antonia bayle has a larger number of players by a small margin over Crushbone. Crushbone has the largest playing population. Antonia bayle seems to have more low level alts. </p>

[Calthine]

have you a citation for those stats?

[Rahatmattata]

That can easily be verified by checking for yourself using eq2census or eq2players.

[bensilvi]

<cite>JohnDoe061 wrote:</cite><blockquote>That can easily be verified by checking for yourself using eq2census or eq2players. </blockquote> Seeing that eq2census has ceases operations months ago how can one easily verify now??????

[Deltree_c]

<p>Packing up the rest of my alts and shipping them off to AB!  (I paid to transfer my first one over because I got impatient.  Totally worth it.)</p><p> (Edit) I have heard nothing stating otherwise so please let me burst my own bubble if it comes to that  <img src="/smilies/9d71f0541cff0a302a0309c5079e8dee.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /></p>

[Nuhus]

<p>I'm thinking they may not allow transfers <strike>from</strike> to ab but i guess you never know.</p>

[Looker1010]

All of my gals are happy on Kithicor and we're not going anywhere. <img src="/smilies/8a80c6485cd926be453217d59a84a888.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />

[Gungo]

<cite>Calthine wrote:</cite><blockquote>have you a citation for those stats? </blockquote> You can easily verify those on eq2 players. Those were done on april 19th.

[bleap]

Gungo@Crushbone wrote: <blockquote><cite>Calthine wrote:</cite><blockquote>have you a citation for those stats? </blockquote> You can easily verify those on eq2 players. Those were done on april 19th. </blockquote>Those numbers are over all subscriptions, not just active subscriptions..They are meaningless...I can tell you that there is no way Guk's numbers come anywhere close to that....On a normal night, peak time I would guess Guk's population doesn't exceed 1000 players total if that....Guk is a server that could benefit from some transfers to it, but I shudder to think that a meaningful number will probably go to one of the more populated servers...

[liveja]

<p>Assuming I'm allowed to do so, I'm transferring my SK off Antonia Bayle, to Mistmoore. Not sure why I started a character on AB to begin with, actually, but now I'll have all my characters together on one server, & I'll begin playing (& twinking <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /> ) my SK a whole lot more.</p><p>Hurrah for free server transfers!</p>

[Rahatmattata]

<cite>bleap wrote:</cite><blockquote>On a normal night, peak time I would guess Guk's population doesn't exceed 1000 players total if that....Guk is a server that could benefit from some transfers to it, but I shudder to think that a meaningful number will probably go to one of the more populated servers... </blockquote><p> EQ2's population is so low... we should all just pick like 4 or 5 servers to be on and let them shut the rest down IMO <img src="/smilies/e8a506dc4ad763aca51bec4ca7dc8560.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /> 1 pvp, 1 or 2 pve, 1 station exchange what more do you need? It has been a real chore to get groups at any level 65 and below. The few groups that I have gotten sucked balls. I repeat... I have not had a good group leveling my coercer from 1 - 42. Crappy tanks, n00b dps, and a group leader that doesn't know where to go or [Removed for Content]2 do. I can't really blame the group leaders though. It's so amazingly hard (on Najena) to start a pickup group you pretty much just have to throw together whoever you can get. So the couple groups I have gotten usually tend to consist of something like 2 bards, a chanter (me) or 2, some n00b fighter (if we're lucky) that doesn't know how to pull, can't hold aggro off my grandma's templar, and has barely more mit hp and avoidance than my clothy butt. I know some of you want to respond saying things like, join a guild and group within your guild, start your own groups, do solo quests, quit EQ2 if you don't like it... etc... Save it. While joining a guild with people that have toons around your level does help some, in most cases and in my case, it really doesn't help at all as everyone just seems to solo. The fact remains out of multiple searches at different times of day on Najena, I found a maximum of 12 people /lfg levels 1-70... usually more like 4-8 people were /lfg. Forget trying to get a group to go somewhere like Dvin's Throne instance or Condemned Catacombs, or AQ4-6 or Solusek's Eye (I can go on and on). Anyway, I digress...</p><p>EQ2's server populations are pathetic. At 65+ on a "heavy" populated server, if you are a certain class, there is a good chance of getting a group *at the right time of day*, other than that, unless you have a static group you play with (and most people dont), you are S.O.L. Merge almost all of the servers and revamp the /lfg tool already IMO. I don't give a [Removed for Content] if I have to change my toon names if it actually means there are people to group with. I know some of you are waiting to respond with some line of crap such as "there are plenty of people in T7, server mergers would make it too crowded in T7 and gameplay unenjoyable and laggy and too much competition and people stealing my named mobs and phat lewtz". And I might agree with you to an extent but the fact is, <b>most of the T7 population stays inside instances</b> and rarely if ever group in shared zones, or actually compete for contested content. And God forbid if you have to share/compete for content, and more than 1 or 2 guilds on each server that has all the contested epics locked down actually get some real competition.</p><p>Well this turned into kind of a rant I didn't really intend that when I started posting, but whatever. That's how I feel about eq2 population. Not enough people to play with = canceled subz. It may be easier to find groups in T7 at certain times of the day, but most people aren't going to want to be forced to solo to 65+ skipping almost all heroic and epic content along the way (or doing it solo when it's grey).</p>

[Araxes]

Actually I agree with just about everything you've said, JD. I hope that part of the purpose of these free transfers is to find out where the servers truly stand when theya re done, at which point, perhaps merge several more.  Perhaps.

[Rahatmattata]

Nolus@Antonia Bayle wrote: <blockquote><p>I'm thinking they may not allow transfers <strike>from</strike> to ab but i guess you never know.</p></blockquote><p> You will be able to <img src="/smilies/e8a506dc4ad763aca51bec4ca7dc8560.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /> Just saw more new info on it today... As long as you are moving to a server with the same ruleset. Looks like the account <> account xfers are in too as long as you are the owner of both accounts.</p><p>This is going to be a good thing IMO. So.. everyone that plays in a non U.S. peak time zone come to Najena so I have people to play with <img src="/smilies/ed515dbff23a0ee3241dcc0a601c9ed6.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /></p><p><b><a href="http://eq2players.station.sony.com/en/news_archive.vm?id=1133&section=News&locale=en_US" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://eq2players.station.sony.com/...mp;locale=en_US</a> </b></p><p><b>Server Moves: All servers as long as both have the same "ruleset"</b></p><ul><li>Naming Conflicts <ul><li>If you and another player on the target server have characters with the same name, the incoming character will have an 'x' added to its name to make it unique. </li><li>DE/FR players using special characters (such as the umlaut) may find their name now contains question marks because the US servers do not support these special characters. </li><li>If this happens to you, please file a /petition and request GM assistance in order to obtain a new name. </li></ul>Guilds <ul><li>Guilds will not be eligible for the free character transfer option. If you would like to move your guild from a server unaffected by the merge to any other eligible server, you will need to have your guild mates move their characters individually to the new server, and reform your guilds at Level 1. </li></ul></li><li>In Your Home <ul><li>You can use your house vault for storage. The items in your vault will maintain their association with your character. </li></ul></li><li>As a Vendor <ul><li>Remove all items from the broker system. You cannot move if you have anything, including containers, in the broker. </li><li>As noted above, your vendor house items will need to be placed again when you get to your new home. </li><li>Vendor Events (the logs of what was sold, to whom, when, etc.) will not transfer. </li><li>Until you sell something on your new server, your Total Coin Gain will read as 0. After you make a sale, it will reset to the proper number. </li></ul></li></ul><p><b>FAQ:</b></p><p><b>What happens to my characters if I have hit the maximum number of characters per account for both regions?</b> For our friends in Europe being merged into Venekor, this is a very real question to consider. It is also quite possible that people already on Venekor could be asking the same question and worrying over characters they made in Europe. To address this concern, the dev team is making a special exception for characters incoming to Venekor. Characters created before April 1st, 2007 on Venekor, or any of the EU servers merging into Venekor will be grandfathered and not counted toward the normal six character maximum. For each such character you have, your maximum number of character slots will be increase by 1, to a maximum of 12 character slots. Characters transferred into Venekor from other servers during the week of free character transfers will not be granted this exemption as they were not forced to merge by the process. <b>How many times can I move my character to a new server during this week?</b> For the duration of this week, you can move as many times as you wish. The only limit to this is the time it will take for the data to transfer your character to the new server. <b>Can I transfer my characters between accounts?</b> Yes, during the week of free transfers you will be able to move your character to a new account provided that you own the source and destination accounts. <b>Can my guild move as a part of the free character transfer week?</b> After the merge into Venekor, anyone wanting to move their guild to a new server will need to move their characters and then form a new guild on the destination server. The only guilds being moved for free are the ones being merged into Venekor. <b>Can I move from PvP to PvE servers? What about Exchange Servers?</b> You will not be able to move characters between servers of different rule sets. Characters on a PvP server must stay on PvP servers. If your server has more than one rule modification (PvP + Exchange) you must qualify your target server for each requirement (i.e.: Characters on Vox can't transfer servers because no other server of similar qualifiers exists.) <b>What happens if someone has the same name as me and I don't like how the default process renames my character?</b> Incoming characters with duplicate names should find an 'x' appended to their name to make it unique. International players may find that the special characters used in their native language (such as the umlaut) are not properly represented on the destination. If issues such as this affect your character after the merge or a transfer, please submit a petition at <a href="http://support.station.sony.com/petition" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://support.station.sony.com/petition</a> Please keep this information in mind as you prepare for the merge and any desired character transfers. As a helpful guide, you can view the <a href="http://help.station.sony.com/cgi-bin/soe.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=16936" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Server Transfer Tips</a> and the <a href="http://help.station.sony.com/cgi-bin/soe.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=16214" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Reimbursement Policy</a> articles in the Knowledge Base. Thank you for your patience while the merge and transfers were getting set up, we hope you enjoy your new home!</p>

[Rattfa]

After Darathar merges with Venekor, I'll be moving my 42 Ranger and 36 Paladin to Nagafen. I'll be levelling my ranger to 70 on Naggy