Currently there are thousands of (mostly returning) players who are completely trapped on dead factions in “Full” realms that do not have FCMs - notably Whitemane (A), Pagle (H) and Mankrik (A). To recap, here is what these paying customers currently cannot do:
Cannot take any free transfer, including to “destination realms” Sulfuras or Old Blanchy
Cannot PAY to transfer to any reasonably populated realm, including Benediction, Faerlina, Grobbulus, Whitemane, Pagle, Mankrik, or now apparently Sulfuras
Cannot take a free or even PAID transfer to “overflow” Eranikus
Cannot even try a “player-made solution” like recruiting friends or guilds to transfer here, because guess what… Whitemane, Pagle, and Mankrik are all locked even to PAID transfers
What, exactly, are the players stuck on these dead factions supposed to do? Is PAYING to transfer to a low-pop PvE realm like Old Blanchy really the only option??
EDIT: All of this also applies to alts that have been left behind on these servers/factions. Now players can’t even PAY to reunite their alts/mains, especially if they were considering a main swap for Wrath.
Never thought of that - thanks! Maybe I’ll reroll on Skyfury-PvP.
Also, the cruel irony is that I’m 99% certain that Whitemane will have long queues and ultimately FCMs at Wrath launch… but because there’s a chance this doesn’t happen, there’s no incentive to continue sinking hours into my trapped characters.
The forums blaming people for mass transferring off a server causing faction imbalance while also blaming the people who stayed to keep it alive, really is peak internet.
OP if you’re not attached, transfer to a lower pop server on the list, I think they will fill up soon tbh. Only choice atm.
Alright, though I rolled my DK on Alliance and I have to say its not lacking for active people, in the hours I play and there are active Discords. But I understand my experience doesn’t represent everyone elses, and it’s true that I don’t see too many Alli guilds recruiting.
I play on Pagle and have seen an uptick in the amount of Horde characters I see running around, but that doesnt mean its going to be a good experience for Horde on Pagle in the long term. its a 90+% Alliance server. Even if there is enough horde for a few raiding teams, most of the world resources are going to alliance.
It’s not a troll. Change realm. Go some place better. It’s not like you payed real money for a bunch of gold on that character or anything right? Right?
Don’t forget, both Benediction (H) and Faerlina (A) players were stuck like this too until last week’s “get out of jail free” card. Now they can freely go to Sulfuras, Eranikus, or Old Blanchy.
There’s actually a very clear fix for this issue (and almost all server/queue problems): connected realms.
That way, returning players on Whitemane (A) can group with their guilds/friends that left for Benediction or Grobbulus. And this avoids the burden of processing transfers, paid or otherwise.
what sudden reasoning is there for people who rolled on 1:99 server needing to transfer off now?
if you picked horde on pagle you probably knew what you were doing
these servers never had free transfers before
allowing transfer to any of the 15k+ queue realms is an absolutely unacceptable solution
eranikus was made for the extreme cases of these realms being in dire need of a solution to the queue, i dont know about whitemane and mankrik personally but pagle has no queue so there is no dire need for transfer to an emergency realm like this
if you rolled on a 1:99 server that’s something you did to yourself and you still have mostly all the solutions you had before of solving it