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YanksfanJP
05.22.2012 , 10:11 AM | #21
Quote: Originally Posted by NDiggy View Post
We know BW can do transfers, but for some reason they haven't started them yet. What are they waiting for? As soon as the Aussie server transfers worked they should have started manual transfers on select low pop servers to select destination servers. Why hasn't BW done this yet?
We know that they could do the comparably small amount and more simple transfers they did before.You don't have any idea if they're capable of the much larger amount and more complicated transfers they'd be doing in the near future. Please don't spam up this forum with assumptions.
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05.22.2012 , 10:11 AM | #22
Quote: Originally Posted by Anomorn View Post
So you're suggesting that they take away labor from creating an automatic transfer system so they can manually transfer legacies? Come on, man.
I think they have moved the people working on transfers to moderarate the new server transfer/merge threads that pop out every 5 minutes or so. How else can it take 5 months?

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Sammm
05.22.2012 , 10:11 AM | #23
Maybe the Bioware developers don't have control for the final decisions. Just maybe.

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05.22.2012 , 10:12 AM | #24
Quote: Originally Posted by navocky View Post
Actually yes - that. They have lots of people working on PR why not put a little more work on something like manual transfers ? They are needed and yes would not change the situation but would at least show that they care a little instead of making more and more promos.
I see your point, but I assure you, the people working on PR have degrees in marketing and public relations. They're not the kind of people you can sit behind a computer and tell them to start transferring characters.
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NDiggy
05.22.2012 , 10:12 AM | #25
Quote: Originally Posted by Anomorn View Post
There's a big difference in transferring players and their legacy to an empty server and transferring a player to a server that may already have their legacy name on it, so let me give you a scenario. With all this talk about Fatman, let's assume I started a character and a new legacy on Fatman with every intention of paying for a transfer when the Character Transfer Service is available. At this point I have two legacies, Johnson on Hedarr Soongh and Smith on Fatman.

Well, the day has come, and I want to transfer my Johnson legacy to Fatman, which contains my Smith legacy. Therein lies the problem. You can't have two legacies on the same server, so something had to be done. This is one of a few reasons why a Character Transfer Service is a bit more complicated than the Asia-Pacific transfers.
Those servers weren't empty. They'd been open for at least a month before they had transfers so they had worked out the legacy issues. Many Aussies had legacies merged together. They know how to do it. They should start transfers.
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05.22.2012 , 10:13 AM | #26
Quote: Originally Posted by NDiggy View Post
Those servers weren't empty.
You're mistaken. The transfer process began before the servers went live.
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05.22.2012 , 10:15 AM | #27
Quote: Originally Posted by YanksfanJP View Post
We know that they could do the comparably small amount and more simple transfers they did before.You don't have any idea if they're capable of the much larger amount and more complicated transfers they'd be doing in the near future. Please don't spam up this forum with assumptions.
Thanks for not bothering to read. I'm not suggesting mass transfers. All I'm suggesting is they start doing small transfers which they've already done with the aussie servers. They've already done transfers like these so its not an assumption they can do them.
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05.22.2012 , 10:18 AM | #28
Quote: Originally Posted by navocky View Post
Actually yes - that. They have lots of people working on PR why not put a little more work on something like manual transfers ? They are needed and yes would not change the situation but would at least show that they care a little instead of making more and more promos.
Because PR is juuuust slightly different then working on a DB. DBs can be finicky at best. Sorry, but I don't want to be a guinea pig just because you can't wait another few weeks for a transfer system. I am on one of those deader than dead servers and have no problem waiting if it means less headaches when the time comes.

Quote: Originally Posted by NDiggy View Post
The same people work on both?
I would be surprised if they didn't. Since the transfer would involve DB information, you would want your DB experts working on the system to ensure nothing gets broken.

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HeavensAgent
05.22.2012 , 10:18 AM | #29
Quote: Originally Posted by NDiggy View Post
That's why they should start small. Help the servers with the lowest pops. They have the ability yet they refuse to use it.
Actually, they probably cannot so so at all while putting the automated system in place.

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Hajizan
05.22.2012 , 10:18 AM | #30
Quote: Originally Posted by Anomorn View Post
There's a big difference in transferring players and their legacy to an empty server and transferring a player to a server that may already have their legacy name on it, so let me give you a scenario. With all this talk about Fatman, let's assume I started a character and a new legacy on Fatman with every intention of paying for a transfer when the Character Transfer Service is available. At this point I have two legacies, Johnson on Hedarr Soongh and Smith on Fatman.

Well, the day has come, and I want to transfer my Johnson legacy to Fatman, which contains my Smith legacy. Therein lies the problem. You can't have two legacies on the same server, so something had to be done. This is one of a few reasons why a Character Transfer Service is a bit more complicated than the Asia-Pacific transfers.
This seems like a problem you created by creating characters on different servers, some of us did not go around server hopping. I think the people that did the server hopping at lauch are also to blame for filling up the servers with unplayed characters.

Giving BW a copout, that it wont be done because it requires manually transfering them is just silly, As a PAYING customer, BW should be doing everything they can to retain my business, This is not a onetime purchase of a product, but a sub based product.
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