FREE Character Transfers are Coming!

Yeah i do agree with him that merging servers during 1.2 would have been a problem because alot of people came back to check out 1.2 since they gave people who unsubbed a free week or weekend , but that only lasted a couple of days and winthin a week after 1.2 my old server went right back to where it was the day before 1.2.

i was always under the impression from past games that summer is actualy the slowest time for mmo's, sure kids are out of school but school doesnt stop them from playing games at peak time anyways. during the summer people are out doing things, not indoor playing video games. Thats why major mmos almost never release right before or during the summer time and im kind of surprised that gw2 is going to try it.

This is generally my experience as well.

Summer is when everything picks up. Kids out of school not having to go to bed early or get up late. Lots of adults with vacation time. College students normally are off for the summer months too. You really saying people playing this game would take a break go outside and do something they arent forced to do (work/school).

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You will be paying to go to the server of your choice don't be fooled people. "Free" transfers will be limited to a list bioware will limit these transfers to. The fact that every sub isn't being offered free one time server transfer per character over xxlvl, is simply them telling me to cancel my subscription. The game is pretty damn good, dont get me wrong, but bioware must have thier head's up thier #*@, with GW2 and Diablo3 coming out it's gonna be very easy for those of us on the fence about staying and "dealing with" the server population issues to just cancel. Use your brain tho, it's called "spin" if you aren't media savy. By simply putting the word "free" out there in the article, that key word can be latched onto and argued by morons to divert the attention away from the subject matter, despite not arguing about what is actualy being given free.

Why would I be upset that I have to pay? After paying the box initial fee of 49.00 usd and then an additional fee of 14.95 usd per month since launch, I am then to pay an additional fee to continue playing the game on a server that I can actualy do flashpoints on an alt at current lvl or the heroic quests on any given planet at current lvl? So after paying once to aquire, and a monthly fee to continue to enjoy, i must then pay an additional fee to simply play said game as it was originaly sold to me as.....a massive multi player on line game....I say the better business buruea will have another case against bioware soon in addition to mass effect 3, bait and switch, false advertising, any smart lawyer will be able to make a name for themselves here

I agree.

This was my experience, too. Though in theory kids have more time because class is out there are more things to distract them. I say this as a former GL on two different servers. We always had problems filling raid slots once summer vaca started.

So you had an easier time when people have work/school/etc than not? I mean do you think people leave for 5 months out of the year to go on vacation? Seriously every game has higher populations in the summer months.

It was quite the phenomenon. School year start and guild attendance was at a high. The only time school really interfered was during semester finals and maybe spring break. Summer comes along a "bam" everyone is off doing something else.

It boiled down to what else was there to do on a cold, wintery night but do homework? Nah, play games...

I have to agree with Veluthurk, I've always had more difficulty running content during the summer. In WoW, City of Heroes, EQ2, and WAR, the population seems to be quieter. It may just be a matter of players continuing to play the same hours a week as usual, but varying that time throughout the day. This would account for a significant lessening of the population during what would normally be peak hours. Or it is possible that people actually play MMORPGs less during these summer months, for a variety of reasons.

In any case, if you do some searching you'll see that it's not just player perception. Those working in the industry have noted several times over the years that activity appears to drop over the summer months.