Hi all,

I just wanted to add some info about the new character transfer service. Some people have posted/asked 'Hey, you were always against this before! Why are you changing this now?'

Well, there have been three major reasons we've not accomodated server moves before:

1. We were concerned that it would upset the economies on the destination server

2. We lacked the manpower to accomdate the moves.

3. We were afraid one server might be perceived as 'better' or more 'popular' and that players would flock there, leaving one server undercrowded and the other overcrowded.

We've now addressed these three issues:

1. You move without items, and the cost is someone prohibitive. In other words, players will hopefully move for the right reasons now, and being sans items shouldn't measurably disturb the destination server's economy.

2. We've updated our billing system and automated much of the task, such that the manpower hit is minimal.

3. We're pretty sure we have enough servers now (which wasn't the case in the past) such that this won't happen. That said, if it does happen (or if anything 'bad' happens because of this), I assure you it will be turned off ASAP.

Also, the page of rules and details regarding the move will be amended very soon, to include the following:

1. Transfers from servers to servers with disparate rule sets (for example, from a PvP server to a non-PvP server) will not be allowed.

2. Only one request for a move will be allowed per account per 6 months (this number is subject to change, but is what we're leaning towards now). So, in other words, you have one chance to move between 1 and 8 characters to another account/server every six months.