I am interested in transferring my Alliance character to another server to play with my Horde friend. Will I have to pay two fees, one for the server transfer and another for faction change?
I also need clarification on whether or not I will have access to unlocked races. I read that I would have to complete the Horde quest chains to unlock them with a level 110 character minimum. I am exalted with all BFA reputations and required Legion reputations with my Alliance character. I would like to play as Horde Nightborne.
My concern is that I would now have to 1) pay for a server transfer 2) pay for a faction change (to a non Nightborne race) 3) play through the quest line to unlock Nightborne and finally 4) pay for a race change to become Nightborne.
I attempted to Google an answer to my question and was unsuccessful. I apologize if the answer is obvious to some of you.
Yes, you’d need to swap the character to the Horde to play with your friend, so there would be the character transfer charge and faction change charge. You can do both in one service though, that way you can avoid any cooldowns you’d get if you did them individually. You’ll see a check box option when you initiate the character transfer.
It depends what you mean. If you have already unlocked an Allied Race and completed the quests to have them join your faction they will be available to use.
If you have only met the requirements to unlock the Allied Race but not yet completed the quest (i.e. met the requirements to unlock the Nightborne on your Alliance character but you haven’t completed the quest line to have them join the Horde), you’ll need to complete those quests on a qualifying character. So for Nightborne, the questline will only be available on a level 110+ Horde character.
Thank you very much for the responses. As it stands, I believe I would incur THREE charges then if I wanted to switch from Alliance to Horde Nightborne. As you stated, I could pay two fees in combination to move servers (1) and also switch factions (2). However, since I have not yet completed the Nightborne questline I would not have the option to pick the Nightborne race. From what I understand, I would have to pay a third fee for a race change (3) after I complete the Nightborne questline.
Is there some obvious way I could avoid the third fee? After writing this out a few times I think I could make a Horde demon hunter on my current server, level him to 110, and complete the Nightborne questline. THEN I should faction change (1) my level 120 as a Nightborne AND THEN I could transfer servers (2) for a total of two fees. But now I am left with a level 110 Horde demon hunter on the wrong server.
If I were to make a Horde demon hunter on the new server first, would it also benefit from the reputation unlocks of my Alliance character on the other server?