Feldon As you might be aware, EQ2 Automated Server Transfers have been down for over a year now. As a result, server transfers are something which must be done manually by a customer service rep. Server transfers have cost $50 per character, which makes it absurdly expensive to transfer all of your characters from one server to another.
Hopefully good news on this front is that the EQ2 Automated Server Transfers are coming back, but rather than through the Station Store, they will be triggered in-game through Station Marketplace (StationCash). Check out the Coming Soon thread at the EQ2 forums. Or just read these quotes requesting a definition for ‘soon’, how much it will cost, and whether server transfers were being held up for stationcash.
From Brenlo:
[Server Transfers] were not withheld to implement Marketplace. Just fortunate timing on the work.
A few weeks is the current plan.
I am confirming pricing options.
Inevitably, comes the question of whether we’ll see Free Character Transfers, as a summer promotion, but Brenlo indicated that there were “none planned at the moment.”
Xalmat asked if EQ2Players Character Stats such as most mastered, discoveries, etc. would carry over.
Zoltaroth replied with:
The new system builds upon the old automated system, which should support transfering over your stats. If it does not work with the new sytem, it is something that I will look into fixing.
I am sure we will post a FAQ at some point, but a few things I wanted to point out since this thread is here (keep in mind these are subject to change):
- Transfers will be limited to monthly current subscribers only
- Transfers will be limited to characters above level 10
- Transfers will be limited to accounts older than 60 days
Anyone wishing to transfer who does not meet those requirements, will have to use the old manual proccess. However, since the vast majority of transfers meet those requirements, manual transfers should become less impacted and faster as well.
We’ll have more info as it comes down the pike. Hopefully one of the options is to move all characters on the account to another server.