131002-character-transfer-hiatus-sep-29-date-changed-to-sep-28-update-below

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We’ll be suspending free character server transfers when maintenance begins for the WildStar free-to-play launch on September 29 28, and expect to enable character transfers a few weeks later via a new purchasable transfer token from the in-game store.
 
With the free-to-play launch bringing a lot of new players to the game, we want to ensure that we’re not adding the complexity of character transfers into the mix of a highly-anticipated (and potentially very server-straining) launch. We expect we’ll be comfortable enabling purchasable character transfers in the weeks following launch, and once we have a date to announce we’ll be sure to let everyone know.
 
If you’re a current subscriber and are looking to take advantage of the current free character transfers we recommend doing so at your earliest convenience.
 
FAQ 
 
Q: If I choose not to take advantage of free transfers now, how much is it going to cost after September 29?A: The transfer token will cost 1590 NCoin ($19.88 USD), or 795 Omnibits—a free in-game currency earned over time while earning experience from various game activities, such as killing monsters, killing players, and completing quests.
 
Q: Can I move from a North American server to a European server?A: No, the game services are run independently in each region, which precludes transfers between them.
 
Q: What happens if I transfer to a server and my name is taken?A: You’ll be prompted to choose a new name upon login.
 
Q: Are there any transfer limitations?A: Yes! See the Realm Transfer FAQ for specifics.
 
Q: If I don’t like my server after September 29, can I transfer back?A: Once transfer tokens go on sale you’ll be able to purchase one for NCoin or Omnibits, and initiate a transfer back to the other realm at that time.
 
We’ll have more information in the weeks following the WildStar free-to-play launch.
 
Thanks!
Team WildStar
 
UPDATE - Due to the timing of having to bring servers down - all character must be transferred before the 28th.  We apologize for the inconvenience.
			
				
	Edited September 5, 2015 by CRB_Sunshine
	
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			well this is.....a pretty big wake up call.....I feel like I've been here before.	
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			So....uh....what are your plans regarding the PVP servers. As I understand it, they barely have any population. I imagine suspending transfers might be a good way of getting new population to stay on the PVP servers, but what about old players who wish to move back to the PVP servers? Maybe transfers should be kept open and free from PVE to PVP for a short period of time after F2P launch?	
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Perhaps they should/could make new characters on the PVP realms and level up with the all the new players that will be joining, thats what ill be doing atleast.
 
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			Are you kidding me?! There are SO many people I know who have been waiting for F2P to go live to transfer back to the PvP server to rebuild the community. I know they can move early, but come on! To a certain extent, the current player base should at least have the opportunity to see where the new F2P population lands before having this service taken away from them.	
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Perhaps they should/could make new characters on the PVP realms and level up with the all the new players that will be joining, thats what ill be doing atleast.
 
The battle of whitevale begins! 
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			So without active sub there is no way to transfer back to PvP server? I switched to PvE just because of population and really wanted to get back once F2P hit live :[	
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 but what about old players who wish to move back to the PVP servers?
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TBH I think your just taking a poop on all the PvP players that have stood by your GAME.....after a month maybe, but doing it instant ?
 
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TBH I think your just taking a poop on all the PvP players that have stood by your GAME.....after a month maybe, but doing it instant ?
 
You can smile on your streams....but you can't hide the smell
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Ppl have been forced to move to a pve server because everybody did that, so it would be nice if you  give the ppl with a lvl 50 the chance to move from the pve too a pvp server if they want too.
You CANT ask for the first time money for that.	
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Are you kidding me?! There are SO many people I know who have been waiting for F2P to go live to transfer back to the PvP server to rebuild the community. I know they can move early, but come on! To a certain extent, the current player base should at least have the opportunity to see where the new F2P population lands before having this service taken away from them.
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You have 25 days, three and a half weeks. If they're not subbed now, I'll be frank I don't have a ton of sympathy. I want this launch to be as smooth as possible. If that means shutting off transfers, then that's what to do. Keeping them open for a short stretch after launch pretty much negates the purpose of shutting them off.
 
Carbine's been more than generous with shutting off the charge for transfers when the game population was declining and it was warranted. If people took advantage of that and still didn't stay? *shrug*
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 Exactly this, was under the assumption players would get around a week to see how population changes so they can change back to the PVP server.
 
There is also the problem of the current players, if PVP players transfer to the PVP server before F2P launch you lose your arena team and rating so you lose out on the Arena S1.5 Rewards. So basically PVPers have to choose PVP server or the PVP rewards from the current Season.
This is really upsetting as i planned to transfer back to PVP but losing out on the season rewards is just a low blow.
 
Should either:
- Allow players to still transfer for up to 2 weeks after F2P launch
- Allow level 50 players to still transfer for up to 2 weeks after F2P launch
- Allow players to transfer one way from PVE->PVP for up to 2 weeks after F2P launch
- Give all current level 50's 1 server transfer token
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			I hope there's some way to help guilds transfer over to the PVP megaservers before F2P without having to disband and reform. At least that way, when the doors open for F2P, there will be some established guilds on Warhound and Luminai for new players to join. :)	
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People who stopped playing and paying didn't stand by the game. People who aren't willing to sub for a month to take advantage of the last 3 weeks of free transfers aren't standing by the game. PvPers playing now have 3+ weeks to get their house in order without paying.
 
For all the talk on these forums about people wanting a smooth launch, I should be surprised some people are bothered by this, but sadly I'm not.
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			Your logic doesn't work. Just because they took advantage of a free move to keep their game alive once, doesn't mean Carbine is obligated to give them more free moves. If they care about the game or care about the PvP community, they should move before the deadline or move after and pay. 	
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Your logic doesn't work. Just because they took advantage of a free move to keep their game alive once, doesn't mean Carbine is obligated to give them more free moves. If they care about the game or care about the PvP community, they should move before the deadline or move after and pay.
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This is just another example of a pretty awful and poorly thought out idea on something that probably needs to be done in some fashion.
 
There are numerous reasons as to why someone would want to wait until the f2p launch was over and smoothed out, rather than transferring to a server ahead of time.  If anything, this is just a simple money grab from players who have learned from Carbine's mistakes and negligence in the past.
 
So let's brain storm and try to fix the problem.
 
Problem:  The servers clearly can't handle the influx of players that will be incoming on f2p.  Having free transfers potentially increases that load by watching people move back and forth on f2p release day.
 
Solutions that favor the players AND Carbine, rather than the greedy management at Carbine:
Instead of making any PvPer looking to get their rewards pay money for a server transfer, or any joe who loves PvP, but doesn't like dead servers, give them a token.   Give them a 1 time use free transfer in the future that gives them enough time to make an educated decision.
 
Further, a better choice would be to DISABLE ALL TRANSFERS, for 1-2 weeks after the f2p release.  Then, re-open them for people to level out our 2 servers, after things have settled down.
			
				
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 Exactly this, was under the assumption players would get around a week to see how population changes so they can change back to the PVP server.
 
There is also the problem of the current players, if PVP players transfer to the PVP server before F2P launch you lose your arena team and rating so you lose out on the Arena S1.5 Rewards. So basically PVPers have to choose PVP server or the PVP rewards from the current Season.
This is really upsetting as i planned to transfer back to PVP but losing out on the season rewards is just a low blow.
 
Should either:
- Allow players to still transfer for up to 2 weeks after F2P launch
- Allow level 50 players to still transfer for up to 2 weeks after F2P launch
- Allow players to transfer one way from PVE->PVP for up to 2 weeks after F2P launch
- Give all current level 50's 1 server transfer token
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			I hardly ever agree with Eclips, but his post makes sense on the solution.  Especially for the pvp arena teams.  Maybe give a few days after the season is over or give a 2 WEEKS ARENA SEASON OVER RIGHT MEOW!	
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			I just don't accept the rhetoric that going back to the industry standard of charging for transfers at a time when the game is restructuring all its pricing somehow constitutes 'hate' or 'screwing' the players. Carbine gave up on trying to get money for transfers months ago, and have been pretty damn generous while they worked to restructure both the servers and the payment model into a system that way too many people 'demanded' by taking the childish option of walking away and not supporting the game (PvP community primarily).Last time they screwed up by not announcing the shift from going from paid to free in a timely way, and people *cupcake*ed. Now they announce it a month in advance and people are still *cupcake*ing. If you're prepared to be pissed at however they choose to do things, then everything's gonna *cupcake* you off. That's no way to live and it makes me sad to see people act that out.	
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I just don't accept the rhetoric that going back to the industry standard of charging for transfers at a time when the game is restructuring all its pricing somehow constitutes 'hate' or 'screwing' the players. Carbine gave up on trying to get money for transfers months ago, and have been pretty damn generous while they worked to restructure both the servers and the payment model into a system that way too many people 'demanded' by taking the childish option of walking away and not supporting the game (PvP community primarily).
 
Last time they screwed up by not announcing the shift from going from paid to free in a timely way, and people *cupcake*ed. Now they announce it a month in advance and people are still *cupcake*ing. If you're prepared to be pissed at however they choose to do things, then everything's gonna *cupcake* you off. That's no way to live and it makes me sad to see people act that out.
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			Nah, not buying it. Carbine hasn't been perfect, but that doesn't mean they need to kowtow to bad attitudes for the honor of their presence. Pay or not, stay or not, that's how reality works. They've tried to do a lot of favors to the community, and some people continually look for the least niggling way to kick them in the teeth for it.	
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Nah, not buying it. Carbine hasn't been perfect, but that doesn't mean they need to kowtow to bad attitudes for the honor of their presence. Pay or not, stay or not, that's how reality works. They've tried to do a lot of favors to the community, and some people continually look for the least niggling way to kick them in the teeth for it.
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			Actually, nah. I'm done with this convo.
			
				
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I've often heard that a good way for street performers to get donations is to put some of their own money in the bucket before they even begin.  It gets the ball rolling, so to speak, and shows people that they aren't alone in giving the performer money.  As far as I see it, this is exactly what Carbine is trying to accomplish.  They want there to be somewhat of a community already on the PvP servers before F2P so that new players are encouraged to create characters there and stick around.  Let's face it, no one wants to play on an empty server, and MMOs tend to have this snowballing mindset of "No one plays here, so I'm not going to either!"
 
By trying to get people to move back to the PvP server before the 29th, Carbine is trying to plant the seeds for a community to grow from.	
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			I really didn't want to see it at $20.....dang.... I have 8 toons..... :(
			
				
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I really didn't want to see it at $20.....dang.... I have 8 toons..... :(
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Hey Everyone -
 
We understand that you're upset, but we're not doing this because we hate you as some have said. It is with all of you in mind that we have continued to try to come up with a F2P business model that puts our players first.When we first made free transfers available, it was with the understanding that it could be turned off at some point. That time is now as we try to anticipate the impact new and returning players will have on our servers. We tried to give as much notice as possible, but this is the best we could do to ensure that you all had enough time to move what character you'd like.
 
Thanks
 
Team WildStar	
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Ppl have been forced to move to a pve server because everybody did that, so it would be nice if you  give the ppl with a lvl 50 the chance to move from the pve too a pvp server if they want too.
You CANT ask for the first time money for that.
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Hey Everyone -
 
We understand that you're upset, but we're not doing this because we hate you as some have said. It is with all of you in mind that we have continued to try to come up with a F2P business model that puts our players first.
 
When we first made free transfers available, it was with the understanding that it could be turned off at some point. That time is now as we try to anticipate the impact new and returning players will have on our servers. We tried to give as much notice as possible, but this is the best we could do to ensure that you all had enough time to move what character you'd like.
 
Thanks
 
Team WildStar
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Hey Everyone -
 
We understand that you're upset, but we're not doing this because we hate you as some have said. It is with all of you in mind that we have continued to try to come up with a F2P business model that puts our players first.
 
When we first made free transfers available, it was with the understanding that it could be turned off at some point. That time is now as we try to anticipate the impact new and returning players will have on our servers. We tried to give as much notice as possible, but this is the best we could do to ensure that you all had enough time to move what character you'd like.
 
Thanks
 
Team WildStar
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Lol
 
Just lol
 
Way to go not addressing actual legit concerns raised in this thread.
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A lot of negative comments in this thread. Just want to comment that this is a good decision.
 
I'd like to have servers as stable as possible after f2p play launch. One way to control the population is closing free trasfers.	
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Sure you gave us a heads up, but for someone who is actively participating in your Season 1.5 3v3 you give us the choice to either transfer now and give up our ranking and our work over the last months or we stay and throw money your way despite most of us on that leaderboard to begin with are long time subscribers..
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I really think this only affects our PVP arena teams that really want to move back to pvp servers, if they move now they don't get the season rewards, seems kind of messed up.
 
Also seems like it would be easy for Carbine to track those players separately and give them the loot, there can not be too many of that are moving and have earned awards.
 
I mean with only 2 servers to choose from I can't see this being a big deal in the long term. 	
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			So i think we have several different issues here for different people.1) non-active subs are in the place where they have to pay to have access to free transfers or pay for transfers, this hurts people trying to come back to play with their friends, for example I stopped playing because my PVP server was dead and I stopped before free transfers were available, meaning I never had access to transfers and am locked on PVP, so if that server is dead I'll prob ditch the game again.2) PVP are being boned by the timing, they either lose their arena progress or are trapped on the PVE servers, this is punishing for people who are even active subscriptions3) Post release population worries, for people who want to transfer back to PVP some won't because they might get "trapped" on a PVP server if they die again, this means that there will be less population on the PVP servers initially which means new players won't want to roll on those servers and this becomes a self fulfilling problem which could lead to the death of the PVP server again (this also bones people like me who are trapped on the PVP server currently and have no choice)     So what are some solutions to these problems?well we could 1) leave transfers free? unlikely, the STATED reason for removing free transfers was to increase server stability on launch thus leaving it free keeps this problem2) Transfers for  level 50's, This addresses "trapped" fears well removing the large volume of new chars who want to be move around all the time. this could be combined with a) Tokens system, give each of these level 50's a token to consume for their transfer that way new people don't take advantage of it but only people who should've had access the transfers but couldn't for some reason (arena rewards, non-active sub, etc)b) time delay, block transfers for n number of weeks/days so that servers can stabilize before the added strain of the transfers when it comes down to it this game is about playing WITH people and servers constrain that, server transfer fees are there to limit the strain caused by high population and transfer strain well generating money, HOWEVER if you don't have high population (current problem and reason of going F2P) limiting the ability to play with your friends is gonna cause people to leave, this isn't a huge problem for WoW where they can afford to lose players, W* can't at this pointTL:DR something has to be done to alleviate fears of being "trapped" on a dead server or we're gonna have serious problems, either from unbalanced server pop, or low pop.	
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I'm just kind of bummed thinking about the economy we're going to have on warhound.... just transferred a character there and looked at the AH etc.
 
CREDD is currently 30 plat...10 more than on Entity, and well you can imagine what the AH/CX look like....it's going to take a while to rebuild.	
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Q: If I choose not to take advantage of free transfers now, how much is it going to cost after September 29?
A: The transfer token will cost 1590 NCoin ($19.88 USD), or 795 Omnibits—a free in-game currency earned over time while earning experience from various game activities, such as killing monsters, killing players, and completing quests.
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1 USD = 1 EUR ?
 
OK.
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1.00 USD = 0.898299 EUR
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I know, that's why I have say that.
 
Because for Carbine $19.88 USD = 19.88 EURO.
 
$19.88 USD = 17.80€ but for EU we pay 19.88€, that's not normal.
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			Well, they have to make money so ... I think it's normal	
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			That aint normal for any global company.  You use exchange rates.You wont see retail companies pricing things at $100 and £100.	
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Iphone 6 in US : 649$
Iphone 6 in Fr : 699E
(same shop ==> apple store)
 
Should be 580E but ho wait ... US *cupcake* EU so hard ... so don't blame Carbine .. blame US.	
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Iphone 6 in US : 649$
Iphone 6 in Fr : 699E
(same shop ==> apple store)
 
Should be 580E but ho wait ... US *cupcake*EU so hard ... so don't blame Carbine .. blame US.
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No need to blame anyone folks, lets get this back on track please, this thread is about character transfers. 
 
- Team WildStar 	
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I'll bring it back on track. 
 
Forcing your pvp players to gamble on you reviving the pvp server or have to pay, it's disgusting. And you should be ashamed.	
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This thread is awesome.
 
I've got three or four level 50s on the PVE server. I'm going to transfer one of them to the PVP server tonight JUST SO I can gank the newbies the second they land in Whitevale!
 
Gonna make some lives miserable and do a little happy dance!	
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I don't see why you would force people to switch now without even knowing what the experience will be like.  The past has shown us how terrible it is to play with nobody else around so why would you force people to take that gamble....just so you can charge them after the patch to come back?
 
If anyone there has any brain cells with regard to offering your customers a good experience and retention of customers they better start using them.  Seeing pound notes instead of satisfaction is a very short sighted view and wont get you in anybodies good books and right now your marketing needs you to be in people's good books because they are pushing the game more than yourselves!!
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			I don't see why you would force people to switch now without even knowing what the experience will be like.  The past has shown us how terrible it is to play with nobody else around so why would you force people to take that gamble....just so you can charge them after the patch to come back?If anyone there has any brain cells with regard to offering your customers a good experience and retention of customers they better start using them.  Seeing pound notes instead of satisfaction is a very short sighted view and wont get you in anybodies good books and right now your marketing needs you to be in people's good books because they are pushing the game more than yourselves!!
			
				
	Edited September 9, 2015 by Charge	
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because if everyone wait to see if others people will go there then no one will go ...
 
Life is nothing without any risk :D
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1 USD = 1 EUR ?
 
OK.
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TT gave me some great news on the PTR yesterday
 
 
Thank you for this Carbine. In the end you managed it to make it work out the best for everyone. Much appricieted	
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TT gave me some great news on the PTR yesterday
 
 
Thank you for this Carbine. In the end you managed it to make it work out the best for everyone. Much appricieted
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			what is the exact cooldown on the server transfer, please?  (for resubbed people who are on the pvp server and want to temporarily go to pve for now but get back to pvp in time before f2p)
			
				
	Edited September 14, 2015 by Mln asdfgghI	
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			I believe its a 7 day CD for the free transfers atm	
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what is the exact cooldown on the server transfer, please?  (for resubbed people who are on the pvp server and want to temporarily go to pve for now but get back to pvp in time before f2p)
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I still hope Carbine reconsider the free server transfer grace period.  Even if it becomes PvE to PvP only for 2 or more weeks after F2P launch. 
 
You're asking people to take a massive gamble on moving back to PvP servers with the risk being they'd have to pay to go back to PvE.  	
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I'll bring it back on track.
 
Forcing your pvp players to gamble on you reviving the pvp server or have to pay, it's disgusting. And you should be ashamed.
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You know what I have not heard?
 
An answer to why you are forcing your pvp players to gamble on you reviving the pvp server. 
			
				
	Edited September 24, 2015 by DomxDom	
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			my friend is stuck on the PVE server. We were looking to try Wildstar again, however the fact that we can't play together kind of repulses us. And we're really unlikely to give 20$, twice what the game has recently cost, just to be able to see if an MMO that used to be on shaky grounds has improved. I know that there will probably be a lot of posts here about how we're entitled, but I'm just disappointed in yet another decision from Carbine that will hinder the liveliness of the PvP server. And the death of the PvP server was the reason why we left in the first place :(	
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i WILL NOT play the game if my 50 lvl stalker will be stuck in PVE realm.
i dont have the will to level up a new one, i dont want to spend money on this (i better buy something like a mount or so).
 
You are losing subscribers\players in the first days of your relaunch. Great job.	
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			Urgh.. you just stomped out the chances of my friends returning, who are stuck on the other server because they stopped playing before free transfers. *cupcake*... I'd have even paid their transfer fees, but waiting "a few weeks" before they can play with me is a serious dealbreaker for them.. well *cupcake*...	
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			this is very upsetting in deed.. a great lunch but ppl dont have a free choice to swap servers.. but there is no way ppl cude have know about this if they have stop playing and comming back just becuse of the f2p.. if ppl stopt playing before the mega servers then the choice have bin taken from them.. and paying a sub just to swap servers for soo called f2p. witch wasent spoken off back then... i think that old wildstar accounts shude have the option to swap servers.. 	
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			great relaunch, we have 144 hours (7 days?) queue in pve realm, tho we cant move our characters THAT WERE CREATED ON PVP REALM BEFORE to unpopulated PVP realm and by that fix the queue issue a bit. No?! amirighthuh?!	
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			I was aiming to bring my guild to Wildstar with this launch but of course due to the server problems I had to move to PVE. Now that we have people again I want to play on PVP with my guildmates. If they can't play with me and I can't play with them on a character that originally was made and leveled on a PVP server then none of us are thinking of playing.	
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			I was too late on this party, but i think that you should wait for 1-2 week, at least for your old returning subscribers. I don't really want to pay €80 for my 4 alts, so i just uninstall the game one more (last) time. :(	
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			"Sigh" Carbine are your really this thick?I was eager to get back into Wildstar now that's it's F2P but now I'm stuck on a DEAD server on Luminai with no economy, no guilds and no chance of doing anything in terms of good dungeon runs let alone raids and on top of having to wait for several weeks to be able to transfer my character but also am expected to have to PAY 20 bucks for it?If this doesn't get resolved soon the only thing I'm doing with this is removing this piece of shit from my PC.	
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			yea, Luminai really dead server. I'm transfer my char  to luminai before f2p, but want return back to Jabbit. Not because I do not like the server, but because  there are very few people. It's so sad.
			
				
	Edited September 30, 2015 by anymore	
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"Sigh" Carbine are your really this thick?
 
I was eager to get back into Wildstar now that's it's F2P but now I'm stuck on a DEAD server on Luminai with no economy, no guilds and no chance of doing anything in terms of good dungeon runs let alone raids and on top of having to wait for several weeks to be able to transfer my character but also am expected to have to PAY 20 bucks for it?
 
If this doesn't get resolved soon the only thing I'm doing with this is removing this piece of shit from my PC.
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			well its not smooth the PVE is to over populated ive had to wait for an hour and half just to get in to the PVE server so if thats what you call smooth then so be it	
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			when character transfer will be available ?	
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 Luminai has queues just like jabbit does. So while we have no guilds, no ecconomy and no infrastructure, you can't say that a full server is a dead server.
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So it has a lot of F2P players right now as a result of a surge of activity. But on the end game level side it is a dead server.
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			Allow for PvP <-> PvE servertransfers for god sake
			
				
	Edited October 2, 2015 by Timeraider	
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			Im not sure if its because this update, but i log in on my acc... and start paly game, my PC crashed...i start wildstar again and update started, when i log in back,... i lost ewerithing, ewerithing missed (all characters), i send it to support, please is there anybody to help me? ... Sorry for my bed eng :/	
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Yeah, I totally missed that the free transfers were coming to an end. I haven't played in months, but I kept subscribed in order to support the game and get loyalty rewards, but now my main is stuck on the PvE server and all my friends from launch who are coming back are on PvP. 
 
Sent in a ticket to support and they said that they can't manually transfer characters "for any reason".
 
So, guess I'm not coming back. :(
			
				
	Edited October 2, 2015 by Lyro	
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Yeah, I totally missed that the free transfers were coming to an end. I haven't played in months, but I kept subscribed in order to support the game and get loyalty rewards, but now my main is stuck on the PvE server and all my friends from launch who are coming back are on PvP. 
 
Sent in a ticket to support and they said that they can't manually transfer characters "for any reason".
 
So, guess I'm not coming back. :(
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basically this... unsubbed before they implemented the megaservers and i logged in on free to play release and my character was on the "dead" pvp server with no option to transfer. If i don't want to wait for the 20euro transfer token ofcourse.
in my opinion they should have given all active and inactive level 50 characters the option to transfer server and not have returning players log in on free to play day and have a 50/50 chance they got put on the server that they like
 
as i have to interest in pvping and all the good pve guilds are on the pve server already this have might been my quickest comeback - quit ever.
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and the question is... can i have your stuff?
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			Please allow f2p players free character transfers for pvps sake. lots of people moved to the pve server during the free to play 10 day thing wondering if the game was alive because no one played on the pvp server back then. Que times were 1-2 hours on the busy days . That is how dead pvp was . Now that its alive I would like to get back on there and play with old returning friends. 	
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 I really wanted to play my stalker in PVP, but I can't because YOU made me transfer it to PVE mounths ago... And no you betray us?
 
 F*ck Wildstar.	
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			I transferred to Entity after someone told me Warhound was dead and I tried transferring back to Warhound before the 28th when free transfers expired and I received error after error after error. Now I'm stuck on Entity while all my friends are on Warhound. My first and only 50 is on the PvE server.	
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Is this some sort of joke? You removed a fully free feature and you only post it on the forum? How was I supposed to know I needed to do this before September 28?
Now I got some characters stuck on a server I'm not going to play on anymore unless I fork an extra $20 over the subscription I'm already paying. You guys makes me sick.	
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			At least let me move my character back to a PVP server! This is ridiculous.	
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			Can you remove Raid Lock requirement to transfer characters? Thank you in advance, there are multiple guilds that want to transfer, but we cant due to Raid lock.	
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			please allow us return to our main server PVP because your forces us to go to PVE due to low population, do it for us we pay you a lot of months in subsicrptions	
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			the comunity is very mad about this everywhere, this is totally unfair, please make the comunity happy like Square enix did with his costumeerrs when they *cupcake* them they always give presents or free days etc.. that stuck pve just sucks and  i didnt wanted to go there , you told me " ey we are all in pve " ! come! wtf?  i didnt want to i ahd no option and now i cant return i knew this was going to happend, i know i was haveto pay i nthe end, but i wont, im just stuck in pve with no fun and almost not playing 	
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			allow me return to pvp server and have fun god damm, beniog stuck in pve is a shit, please allo 1 free transfer and dont be so greedy wanting to mucuh$$$ this will be better for the future of the company
			
				
	Edited October 3, 2015 by valmax	
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			allow signature players a server transfer to either realm for some amount of time this way people play enough to earn it in game. by either realm specifically i mean PVE to PVP 	
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			Last Monday I transferred my character from entity to warhound, thinking that friends would play, it was a mistake on my part, now I want to transfer it back to Entity, because I'm not playing with it because nobody speaks my language warhound, practically it is useless for me in warhound, please let me return my character to entity, 	
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			Any idea when the transfer tokens will be available?	
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i know its free to play and thank you for that...
However please increase the amount of servers to the players as i see 4 servers available to me... jabbit x 2 and luminai x 2 and yet i am in the line waiting at number 3750 ...ridicuolous and after 3 hours still cant get in...
yet after this article you said you will fix it in 24 hours...i doubt it ..today is the 5th October allready
Fix it please
 
thank you
Regards	
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			We need a dev response on this. We want to be able to move our characters back to a PVP server. I just want to get on Luminai 2 with my friends!	
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We’ll be suspending free character server transfers when maintenance begins for the WildStar free-to-play launch on September 29 28, and expect to enable character transfers a few weeks later via a new purchasable transfer token from the in-game store.
 
With the free-to-play launch bringing a lot of new players to the game, we want to ensure that we’re not adding the complexity of character transfers into the mix of a highly-anticipated (and potentially very server-straining) launch. We expect we’ll be comfortable enabling purchasable character transfers in the weeks following launch, and once we have a date to announce we’ll be sure to let everyone know.
 
If you’re a current subscriber and are looking to take advantage of the current free character transfers we recommend doing so at your earliest convenience.
 
FAQ 
 
Q: If I choose not to take advantage of free transfers now, how much is it going to cost after September 29?
A: The transfer token will cost 1590 NCoin ($19.88 USD), or 795 Omnibits—a free in-game currency earned over time while earning experience from various game activities, such as killing monsters, killing players, and completing quests.
 
Q: Can I move from a North American server to a European server?
A: No, the game services are run independently in each region, which precludes transfers between them.
 
Q: What happens if I transfer to a server and my name is taken?
A: You’ll be prompted to choose a new name upon login.
 
Q: Are there any transfer limitations?
A: Yes! See the Realm Transfer FAQ for specifics.
 
Q: If I don’t like my server after September 29, can I transfer back?
A: Once transfer tokens go on sale you’ll be able to purchase one for NCoin or Omnibits, and initiate a transfer back to the other realm at that time.
 
We’ll have more information in the weeks following the WildStar free-to-play launch.
 
Thanks!
Team WildStar
 
UPDATE - Due to the timing of having to bring servers down - all character must be transferred before the 28th.  We apologize for the inconvenience.
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Any news about this?
I have 4 friends waiting right now.	
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			Still waiting for more information about realm transfers between pve en pvp.	
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			Agree, would not mind some type of repoly just giving us an idea of where we are at in the process to bring this feature back.	
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			Any word on transfers?  Still waiting for an ETA	
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Any word on transfers?  Still waiting for an ETA
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			OMFG really? I am waiting for this function more then one month already. I created a medic on pvp realm right when free2play started just because I have already all 50 lvl classes on pve realm. Now I am raiding with medic two weeks already and I got 98 ilvl gear which is even more then on my main engineer which stuck on pve realm for whole month. Is that mean I MUST WAIT A HALF OF YEAR to be able to move my main character to pvp realm just because the temporary servers are not merged back? Is that mean I must forget about this stupid idea and drop this game after next few weeks when I complete datascape already on my new medic? Is that mean I must create another engineer on pvp realm and up it to lvl 50, upgrade his craft to master lvl and get 90 ilvl gear, because it WOULD BE MUCH FASTER then Carbine will let me to move it from pve realm to pvp realm? Maybe Carbine will do this for me if I pay $100 for that? Carbine, are you still there and reading messages? Please tell me how MUCH MORE time I need to wait to be able to move ONE character from pve realm to pvp realm which was DEAD, because you killed it a half of year before by letting people transfer characters for free from pvp realm to pve realm without option to transfer it back to pvp realm?	
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Yeah, so back when this game came out i bought it and played for a long while with my friends on one of the pvp servers and when the monthly sub started i decided to quit. Wanted to get back into the game when it went f2p again and was in contact with support regarding realm transfers a month ago and they said that a few weeks into the relaunch of f2p they would add a realm transfer item in the store so i could transfer my 3-4 characters to the pve realm where currently all my friends are.
 
Like i said, that was a month ago and still no word on transfers?
And no, i wasn´t back in time for the "free realm transfers" which still is shown on the character screen but obviously doesn´t work.
 
And before anyone ask, i will not start anew yet again on the pve realm when i have a bunch of characters waiting on the pvp one.
Guess i´ll wait a bit more then or maybe just quit, it was a good game but I and many more with me won´t wait forever. At the moment i don´t even feel like logging in to the pvp side and play there, as it is more or less empty anyway. Oh well..	
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