02/03/10 09:02:12 AM
Patch 3.3.2
Slorkuz |
Previous thread: http://forums.wow-europe.com/thread.html?topicId=12304393070&sid=1
New Player realms
Normal/PvE: Bronze Dragonflight
PvP: Xavius
Free Character Migration (FCM)
The below FCM is available until February 9th 2010.
From: Burning Legion, Crushridge, Grim Batol, Kazzak,
Outland, Ragnaros, Stormreaver
To: Daggerspine, Deathwing, Agamaggan
From: Argent Dawn
To: Moonglade, Steamwheedle Cartel, The Sha'tar, Earthen
Ring, Darkmoon Faire
From: Vek'nilash
To: Haomarush, Trollbane, Zenedar
Alliance Only:
From: Darksorrow, Frostmane, Ravencrest, Sylvanas
To: Kor'gall, Lightning's Blade, Shattered Halls,
Talnivarr
Horde Only:
From: Shattered Hand, Stormscale, Twilight's Hammer
To: Dragonmaw, Hakkar, Sunstrider
Please note: FCM is opened based on realm population
tracking and analysis, not by request. If you're looking for a
specific migration (from realm A to realm B), you are in most cases
better off using Paid Character Transfer, or you could end up
waiting for a very long time.
Paid Character Transfers (PCT)
All English realms follow the regular PCT rules, found here:
http://www.wow-europe.com/en/info/faq/paidcharactertransfer.html
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02/03/10 01:10:12 PM
Patch 3.3.2
Wryxian |
Q u o t e:
3rd time asking hopefully its a charm!
RP and RP-PvP realms? whats the ruling on these, i would really
like to roll on 1 but dont know which! :D
What kind of information are you looking for exactly? :-) Hints and
tips on how to find the best realm or are you thinking something
else?
If it's the former, it's subjective I guess. Probably the only
really way to find out about a realm and whether you like playing
on it is to try playing on it. But you can sometimes get a bit of
information just by asking a few questions in each realm's
dedicated forum. Some realm forums, well most in fact, usually have
helpful stickied threads which might have some information you're
looking for. But again, it depends on what that is.
Good luck in your quest :-)
[ Post edited by
Wryxian ]
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02/04/10 02:34:13 AM
Patch 3.3.2
Wryxian |
Q u o t e:
I'm interesting what realm population tracking and analysis say
about Emeriss, do you see any trouble there, and are there any
plans to revive the realm and what could be the way - merge it with
low populated realm but with inverted H:A ratio, FCM or just to
close it and offer us several option to migrate.
Thank you!
We consider any realm with a relatively low population and
high faction imbalance to be a realm in an undesirable state.
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02/04/10 02:41:28 AM
Patch 3.3.2
Wryxian |
Q u o t e:
Horde only to Dragonmaw?
Yes. Dragonmaw's faction balance is actually pretty good when
compared to most other EU English PvP realms and it still
has the capacity to take on more players. Your impressions may
vary, but this is the case and this is why we have it as a
destination realm this week.
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02/04/10 02:59:26 AM
Patch 3.3.2
Wryxian |
Q u o t e:
The Argend Dawn FCM has been active for quite a while and doesn't
seem too effective. If you would offer transfers to RP-PVP realms I
think people might be more interested in migrating. At the moment I
personally don't see any reason to transfer away from AD to a lower
population same ruleset realm, specially since AD is a very good RP
server.
Just my thoughts on the matter.
Thanks for your thoughts. We have no plans for this kind of
suggestion, however. Character Moves are typically set up purely
for population reasons, and not to accommodate requests to play on
another type of realm.
What you might not have noticed is that this week the free
Character Moves from Argent Dawn increased to now cover all
other RP realms as possible destinations -- we are hopeful that
increasing the amount of options will further improve the
population situation on Argent Dawn.
If people are happy to play on Argent Dawn along with the
associated queues, then that is their wish and we respect that --
the use of a free Character Move is optional and of course we
realise that. However, this does not mean that we also do not want
to provide the option for those who do not want the queues or for
whatever reason would rather be on one of our other RP
realms.
And people do move away from Argent Dawn to the other RP
realms every week -- we track the figures of those who
utilise the free Character Moves.
[ Post edited by
Wryxian ]
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02/04/10 03:52:12 AM
Patch 3.3.2
Wryxian |
Q u o t e:
I apologise if I'm chatting nonsense, it's just our realm finds it
hard to believe that Horde are in a minority. And by 'our realm' I
mean the responses and opinions of players I've spoken to on both
factions, general/trade chat, and our realm forum. I'm also not
saying that horde do not require more players, I'm saying Alliance
do too, and the whole server has ever since Frostmane was
created.
Having Horde-only free Character Moves to Dragonmaw does not mean
that there is no possibility that there might be FCMs for Alliance
or both factions to Dragonmaw in the future. I am compelled to
point out though that any such statement is not to be seen as a
promise of any kind.
Just to reiterate, your realm may well appear to have a dominance
of Horde but what needs to be considered is that the majority of EU
English PvP realms have a faction balance worse than Dragonmaw.
Apart from a few exceptions, this is mostly a Horde
dominance.
By the way, you seem a bit concerned that you had come across as
though attacking me -- rest assured I didn't feel you came across
that way and there's no harm done. ;-)
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02/04/10 04:27:28 AM
Patch 3.3.2
Wryxian |
Q u o t e:
Wouldn't it be a more fruitful idea to open up Alliance only FCM
from largely Alliance dominant realms to Dragonmaw aswell as the
Horde only FCM?
Again, that it isn't the case now doesn't mean it can't be in the
future. If we set up Alliance only free Character Moves to
all Horde dominated realms, the increase this would provide
to all those realms would be so minuscule it would be undetectable.
Instead we choose to concentrate on a few realms at a time, which
for one thing helps to facilitate a potentially more significant
and noticeable change towards greater faction balance. Another
thing is that it helps to ensure those who do move have others in a
similar position to mix with. It wouldn't be so nice to move and be
one of few that did, because there were so many destination realms
to choose from. Hope this snippet of information helps explain
things a bit.
Q u o t e:
Yea I just wanted to make sure you didn't think I was attacking
you. The majority of blue posts tracked on other sites show players
simply abusing blues.
Thank you, Fred. :-)
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02/04/10 04:45:07 AM
Patch 3.3.2
Wryxian |
Q u o t e:
Got 2 problems:
1. I'm trying to move my alliance character from Darksorrow to
Shattered Halls and whenever I check status, it says ERROR.
2. If I try to open character move from account management again,
It says none of my characters are eligible for free transfer but if
I press the refresh button over 5 times, all of a sudden it finds
all my characters (even those that really are ineligible for free
transfer)
For #1 above, are you saying that you have already made a character
move but are unable to see the status of the move?
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02/04/10 04:51:48 AM
Patch 3.3.2
Wryxian |
Q u o t e:
Nevermind, I went to check the character status now and all of a
sudden it was completed (even though I havent recieved an e-mail of
succesful transfer but whatever)
Very strange. But I'm glad to hear it is OK now.
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02/04/10 04:53:42 AM
Patch 3.3.2
Wryxian |
Q u o t e:
Don't worry, I completely understand the process and the reasoning.
I'm just confused as to why you've selected Dragonmaw as a
destination realm for Horde only. Dragonmaw is in need of more
players in general, but Alliance more so than Horde, which is why
all the Alliance on Dragonmaw are completely dumbfounded by this.
Infact one person on our realm forum has suggested that it's
probably just a typo.
Well it wasn't. The realm can take more players and the expected
amount of Horde immigrants is not anticipated to force the faction
balance too far in the wrong direction.
[ Post edited by
Wryxian ]
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02/04/10 04:59:53 AM
Patch 3.3.2
Wryxian |
Q u o t e:
Are you implying that there's already a Horde dominance? :p
We haven't outright disagreed with your assertion here. What we
have made clear though, is that your realm is one of the most
faction balanced EU English PvP realms able to take on more
population without great risk of queues.
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02/04/10 05:05:12 AM
Patch 3.3.2
Wryxian |
Q u o t e:
Probably getting banned now but it's just silly. OPEN YOUR
EYES.
Please read above for a reply already made about Emeriss. Though I
appreciate you are not happy with your realm, you need to remember
we are well aware that some realms are not in the state we aim for.
We have already commented that we are aware of this, if you just
look above at some of my previous replies.
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02/04/10 05:17:05 AM
Patch 3.3.2
Wryxian |
Q u o t e:
It's unbalanced for ages now, every time someone posts something
about it they get ignored or they even get banned.
Well I am sorry to hear you feel that has been the case. I need to
make it clear though that nobody would be suspended or banned
without it being because of a clear breach of the forum
rules.
The forum rules:
http://forums.wow-europe.com/thread.html?topicId=10701098&postId=107101103&sid=1#2
Anyone who is suspended or banned has the right to appeal if they
feel the suspension is unwarranted. We personally investigate each
and every mail we receive. If you or someone you know believes they
have been unjustly banned, please point them towards our
webform:
https://www.wow-europe.com/community/webform/index.html
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02/04/10 05:27:35 AM
Patch 3.3.2
Wryxian |
Q u o t e:
No problem there, Frostmane made sure we'd never see a queue again!
Can I suggest that you consider FCM for alliance next time round
then please? If we do get an influx of Horde I'll cry. Do want me
to cry?
We've already responded to this. And no we do not want to make you
cry. :-(
[ Post edited by
Wryxian ]
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02/04/10 05:49:55 AM
Patch 3.3.2
Wryxian |
Q u o t e:
About the Argent Dawn FCM: Im a bit concerned that there's only an
ability to transfer to other RP realms.
Reason for my concern is that there's already a large population on
Argent Dawn who do not participate in any form in Role-play. The
worst thing that could happen is that people who DO participate in
role-play will leave to other realms.
I have the feeling, that because Argent Dawn is on top of the
server-list (because the alphabetical order) lot's of new players
make a character on the server without realizing they have joined a
Role-play server. Maybe some extra PR about what it means to play
on a RP server and giving non-RPers a free migration to PVE or PVP
servers could solve two problems on Argent Dawn: Overpopulation and
the abundance of non-RP players.
Just a thought :)
Thanks for sharing your thoughts. You may have noticed we no longer
recommend New Players for our RP realms. We believe quality role
playing players will be able to find the RP realms on their own
accord, and that typically "real" new players are better placed on
non-RP realms until they are informed enough about what role
playing means to decide to want to be on one of those realms.
It isn't completely impossible that we might migrate from RP to
non-RP but as far as I am aware this hasn't happened while I have
been working here (and may never have happened before) and I know
of no current plans for this to be the case. Please do not take my
reply as any indication that anything like this could ever
happen.
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02/04/10 10:45:57 AM
Patch 3.3.2
Wryxian |
Just as a general response to a few
posts, yes we are well aware that apart from just a handful
of realms, many EU English PvP realms need a greater Alliance
population.
It would be great to announce that we were hurriedly at work
building vast factories to produce cloned human players that prefer
to play Alliance on PvP realms, but unfortunately this is not the
case.
However this does not mean that we have stopped in our efforts to
aim towards greater faction balance and active populations for
these realms.
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02/04/10 11:00:55 AM
Patch 3.3.2
Wryxian |
Q u o t e:
Wouldn't free faction changes be a good idea for realms with bad
ratios?
Please read all posts above, this is already covered.
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02/09/10 05:32:06 AM
Patch 3.3.2
Wryxian |
Q u o t e:
any chance Xavius again gets FCM?we received a bump in population
for recent FCM but i think we still need more ppl,at least on
alliance side, since we have basicly only 25% of population of full
server
It's unlikely at this point, as Xavius now has a healthy enough
population. It is quite possible if it was a destination realm
again, that it might go into queues and this is not something we
want to see happening. Of course we continue to review this each
week, so things are subject to change.
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02/09/10 08:52:56 AM
Patch 3.3.2
Wryxian |
Q u o t e:
Extend this plz
Again, FCMs are not done on request, sorry.
We are already reviewing the new FCMs for the up-coming week, and
we should have these up to see tomorrow afternoon.
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02/09/10 03:12:33 PM
Patch 3.3.2
Wryxian |
Q u o t e:
what is healthy enough?i hope you dont count all the lv under 10
that just poked on our servers to get more info about our server
since as ia said we only have 25% population of heathly server so
we do have room to accpet at least as much lv80s as we have on our
server now to still be just medium filled server
If any of the new players, that chose to roll on Xavius while it
was recommended for new players, decide to leave after a while and
the population drops down to where we feel it is safe to be able to
choose the realm to be a destination for a free Character Move
again, then we'd definitely look into doing that if it seemed
fitting at the time.
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