Any new Free Xfers planned?

#0 - May 14, 2009, 5 p.m.
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Was wondering, it's been awhile and Tichondrius is usually on the list of eligible.

The lag is terrible so our guild is considering moving off.
#2 - May 14, 2009, 5:07 p.m.
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Was wondering, it's been awhile and Tichondrius is usually on the list of eligible.

The lag is terrible so our guild is considering moving off.


As soon as a set of FCMs are planned we will post about it and let you know. Right now nothing is planned.
#7 - May 14, 2009, 5:32 p.m.
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So that's the term you're going with now? FCM's?


I've called them that numerous times in the past too (I think), but yes, FCMs = Free Character Moves.

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Not to be argumentative, but you all just changed WG quests because of the extreme lag on these high population servers. I'm thinking something to fix these problem servers should be at least in the planning stage.


We have been making a lot of changes to Wintergrasp since the launch of this expansion. I don't think opening up optional transfers will really get the job done on a lot of realms and we would prefer to keep trying to improve the situation on a more base level for all realms. In the end we have been and continue to work on fixing these problems, optional Free Character Moves just aren't part of the plan as we don't expect them to have much of an impact.
#17 - May 14, 2009, 7:40 p.m.
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Before the massive WG problems FCM's were more often it seemed. Now would be a good time on select High Pop servers like my own to address the POPULATION issue. I'm sure a lot more people would consider it now given the amount of problems with server side lag.


There were a lot of issues with realms queuing a little while back, especially at the launch of Wrath of the Lich King, so Free Character Moves were constantly available to players. Overall the queues are not a big issue right now so we have no had many FCMs lately and generally it takes some really nasty conditions like being stuck in a login queue for over an hour to really convince people to transfer to a new realm.

We are keeping an eye on things though and working on improving things as always.

Is there anything I am missing in your comment? (Just want to make sure I'm not misunderstanding anything.)