I transferred 3 characters and all my stuff is still there. I don’t have anything missing or corrupted. So glad that didn’t happen to my account.
Not entirely sure. I did a faction transfer on another character prior to the pre-patch and nothing happened, then I did a faction transfer for this character post pre-patch and was affected by the complications mentioned. The issues are at least being acknowledged, and hopefully with today’s extended maintenance they are being solved. Guess we will find out soon enough!