118820-game-region-change-possible-necessary

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Hello,
 
So a friend and myself started WS. After checking the launcher settings, I see I play in the NA server/datacenter thing. I live in Europe and the game seems kinda laggy, so I am worried (300-400/164 ms showed by that Latency addon). I tried to change to Europe, and it says the code is not valid, so I cannot log.
 
My questions are:
 
- is this setting affecting my latency? How much?
- can I transfer to the Europe region? How?
- if I transfer, will I still be able to play with my friend?
- any other details I should know about?
 
Thanks a lot.	
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			- well if you're connecting to a different continent, 300 ms seems normal- by buying an EU copy. The game is region locked - only if he is on the EU copy. 	
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			Contact support and request a region change. It's a one-time thing, so be certain this is what you want.	
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			Ah true, I forgot about that. :P	
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Contact support and request a region change. It's a one-time thing, so be certain this is what you want.
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Thanks a lot for the responses.
 
Will I still be able to play with my friend after the region change?	
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			If you both play on the same region yes. If not then you can't play together unfortunately.	
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If you both play on the same region yes. If not then you can't play together unfortunately.
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This is really bad :(
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Well it's pretty standard. You'd have to be on the same datacenter to be able to play together - there's no way your friend in NA and you in EU could both play together lag-free. That's simply a physical limitation of the internet.
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Has anyone actually went through this process? 
 
I was told they can indeed transfer account, but I will lose my char :( 
 
2 weeks of work/level 47 is just too much for me to let go to waste.
 
Has anyone managed to get their chars transferred as well?
 
Thanks.	
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			It isn't a transfer process. Your account has a new code in the region you want activated, and your old account for the incorrect region is disabled. This is why it is best to make this decision as soon as you realize you're not in the region you want to be. If you don't want to lose your character, you're going to have to suffer with the latency of playing on the US servers.	
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It isn't a transfer process. Your account has a new code in the region you want activated, and your old account for the incorrect region is disabled. This is why it is best to make this decision as soon as you realize you're not in the region you want to be. If you don't want to lose your character, you're going to have to suffer with the latency of playing on the US servers.
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You can't change characters between regions in World of Warcraft, either. Are there any other MMOs that let you do that?
 
Here's the most recent response from Blizzard's Customer Support forums:
http://us.battle.net/wow/en/forum/topic/15140595089#1	
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You can't change characters between regions in World of Warcraft, either. Are there any other MMOs that let you do that?
 
Here's the most recent response from Blizzard's Customer Support forums:
http://us.battle.net/wow/en/forum/topic/15140595089#1
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