PvP Community's Plans for Server Transfers

First off if you didn't know:

"MMORPG.com: Are for-pay server transfers coming? If so, when can players look forward to this service? Can you talk about any additional for-pay services players can look forward to?

Cory Butler: Paid Character Transfers were originally slated to be part of Game Update 2.1, but we ran into a few bugs with the new Legacy Achievement system. You can expect Paid Character Transfers to be coming in hot on the heels of Game Update 2.1. No new announcements for paid services to make at this time."


Also there are a few threads already either in the PvP Section or in other server sections of the forums that are talking about getting the PvP community all on one server. More specifically the competitive RWZ teams/guilds. I know there have already been a few players on TEH that have already experimented with creating characters on POT5 and have heard mixed feedback on it. Each PvP server seems to be making their "case" to have all the competitive RWZ transfer to. Hasn't turned into a "battle" yet, but each seem to have their pros/cons.

We all know that the RWZ play on TEH between different guilds might happen once a month and besides that, its just been kickball maybe once a week. I wanted to open this thread up to discussion for the PvPers of TEH if we want to server transfer and if so, where do we want to go?

I would be all for it. Depending on cost of course.

I really on have 2 toons I pvp with anyway. Although I really don't want the rest of my money making crafters on a separate server.

So yea.. depending on cost.

otherwise ill prob re roll, or send over just one.

RE: where.. I don't really care. Where ever the majority goes I suppose.

Any thoughts on starting an Ebon Hawk guild over there?.. Doesn't have to be named that, just a thought.

I'll see you all on Party of Five.

transfer them all here, we'll teach them whos boss :P

no-one out there can kill nolimosity guarded by ulliam

no-one.

except for, I am reliably informed, Dominance

Are they actually going to allow toons from PVE and PVE/RP servers to transfer to PVP servers like POT5? I thought that sort of thing wasn't generally done by mmo developers.

As much as I hate to admit, the state of PvP on The Ebon Hawk is... sad. Ranked Warzones are non-existent, kickball does not even count since kickball teams are also trying to avoid other possible RWZ teams (which is against the point of Ranked WZs) and regular Warzones are neither competitive nor the future of WZs. The transfers will make it only worse for TEH since I don't see any more PvP players or teams transferring here as TEH is not a PvP server or a destination for PvP players. I'm not planning to leave, but I'm curious about the number of players who are interested.

Cross-server queues would do nicely but... Not happening.

<Hex> doesn't have a plan yet, as we're waiting to see how transfers are implemented first. Once they go live, we'll make a decision as a guild to make sure no one gets left behind.

I'm guessing (based on informal conversations with our members), that we'll be moving to POT5.

Many ask PVPers on TEH why they chose TEH over PVP servers. I can only answer for myself. I didn't plan on sticking with SWTOR for very long. I was guessing I'd play PVE for my first month, and quit. The PVP game really hooked me, and I've been playing only PVP since pre-launch access. I rolled on an RP server as I've found them to have more stable populations than other server types.

I think moving for ranked play is a mistake though. Currently, ranked is in a bad spot as the design of the WZ's hasn't scaled well with the changes to PVP. From what I've heard, post-2.0 ranked is mostly stalemates due to the strength of post 2.0 healer/tank combos. Even pre-2.0, ranked games were often stalemates. Now it's much worse. This is all based on what I've heard from players on other servers.

Additionally, holding an 8 player team together is nigh impossible. People are busy. Interest in the game comes and goes. It's really, really hard to field a consistent 8 players from week to week when you're in a small guild. Larger guilds have their own problems as folks get bent out of shape when they aren't on the "A" team. It's a complicated issue, and I believe it comes down to the fact that ranked play is poorly implemented.

<Hex> would love to play ranked again, and I believe our best option would be on a dedicated PVP server. We wouldn't move just for ranked though. I personally want to be part of a community who shares a common love for PVP. I think our best bet would be to transfer.

I can't speak for anyone else, but I most certainly will not be leaving Ebon Hawk. I do a fair bit of RP, and I've made a lot of friends here I'd hate to abandon. Plus, we can't have all the PvPers here leave. (Yes, I realize I haven't done much PvP the last couple months. xP )

I might roll alts here to level to 55 then transfer to Pot5 or Bastion or wherever to keep my edge sharp, but my main and most my time would be spent here on Ebon Hawk. After playing on a PvP, an RP-PvP, and RP server on WoW, I find that I vastly prefer the kind of community feel on a RP server, for better or for worse. *shrug*

I'm out of here, and I'm pretty sure 90% or more of guerrilla/empire is going to be headed out as well.

I'll be staying. The only thing I would transfer for are timezone issues(working graveyard sucks), not pvp ones.