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Joe
1 in thread Character Transfers to be Enabled Tuesday, April 15th [News and Press Releases]
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Originally Posted by Dinendal86
I just think we shouldn't be able to change server if we are in the 4 biggest server...
We thought about that, but it has a good chance to cause problems for people who play on multiple servers. If your society on Bonny is moving to Blackbeard, where you already have a character of another nation, you shouldn't have to choose between your character on Blackbeard or staying with your society. So we are letting every character transfer ONCE so that you can get out of your own way.


Joe
Joe
1 in thread Character Transfers to be Enabled Tuesday, April 15th [News and Press Releases]
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Originally Posted by Xcillion
It says they they wont let us creat char.s on bonny and several others. does this mean that we can still play on bonny??? If so, will we be able to make new char.s on Bonny...Ever???

From what i read they are just banning new char.s on bonny, not shutting it down...forever.

Am i wrong with my translating???
You will be able to continue playing on Bonny for the next month. At that point we will be locking the server, which means you will no longer be able to log in to Bonny. You can transfer your character to one of the four remaining servers after tonight's maintenance and will continue to be able to do that even after the server is locked a month from now.

French, German, and Spanish translations of the announcement are on their way.


Joe
Joe
1 in thread Character Transfers to be Enabled Tuesday, April 15th [News and Press Releases]
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Originally Posted by thegreywolfe
Thanks, I'm guessing probably yes on the missions too, but I just wanted to be sure.
You keep your missions too.


Joe
Joe
1 in thread Character Transfers to be Enabled Tuesday, April 15th [News and Press Releases]
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Originally Posted by MikeyDee
Could you file a ticket and say you are British Soc on Blackbeard (big one), could for server balance you (FLS) do a one time transfer of inter-nation on same server (move them to Spanish nation), but keep everything in tact we just have to move our lots around?

Will that kind of option be available to Soc Leaders ever? Granted this means the majority agree and when they start transfering this is one choice they get and if they decline they can just leave SOC or move to alternate server that drops them from Society anyways.
For various boring technical reasons we can't do cross-nation transfers. It would wreak havoc with mission lists and other parts of the mission system. Unfortunately this isn't going to happen any time soon (if ever.)

What the character transfers SHOULD do is push all nations populations up over the minimum number for viability on the four remaining servers. That will make the desires to switch nations a lot less pronounced I think.


Joe
Aether
1 in thread Character Transfers to be Enabled Tuesday, April 15th [News and Press Releases]
Danicia
1 in thread Oh you want my feedback? No you don't. [General PotBS Discussion]
Hey all!

We want to make sure to capture everyone's feedback on this exciting news article so please make sure to post in the announcement thread rather than creating many threads across the forums.

Thanks for your understanding!
Danicia
Joe
1 in thread Character Transfers to be Enabled Tuesday, April 15th [News and Press Releases]
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Originally Posted by Slamz
What about people who have quit the game but might like to come back someday?

It might be nice if there was a way to save their character somewhere so that if they one day decide to re-subscribe, they can do so and pick which server to go to at that time. My guild roster has plenty of people who unsubscribed from the game and while I'm not sure of the odds of getting them to come back one day, I know those odds are roughly "zero" if they have to start over again.
We intend to keep the old clusters up to allow transfers off of them for a good long time. If they come back they will find that they can transfer their old character off to one of the remaining servers and begin playing right where they left off.


Joe
Joe
1 in thread Character Transfers to be Enabled Tuesday, April 15th [News and Press Releases]
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Originally Posted by bluefish
Disappointed to see Bonny on the trash list.

That is all.
Yeah, me too. That's actually the server where I play (or did until I transferred my character a few days ago.) Still, it will be worth it to get the populations up to a higher level.


Joe
Joe
1 in thread Character Transfers to be Enabled Tuesday, April 15th [News and Press Releases]
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Originally Posted by Taralin Snowden
so, if an entire society (or an entire server) wants to all go to the same place, they will all have to move at exactly the same time to avoid the possibility of being forced to split up?
If a server is starting to fill up you will get a warning that it's almost full when you start to set up a transfer. If you are seeing that warning and are worried about getting your society across before the door closes, file a support ticket and we'll make sure you get your society transferred. We have no desire to split up societies and will make sure that doesn't happen against your will.

If an entire server wants to go to the same destination they had better go all at once. We aren't making any special effort to keep everyone from a server together and people who show up late might find that they have to pick a different target server.


Joe
Joe
1 in thread Character Transfers to be Enabled Tuesday, April 15th [News and Press Releases]
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Originally Posted by Corison
1) What happens with characters of the same name? I have multiple french characters on both Bonny and Rackham in the 40-50 range.
You will be given the option to rename your character when you transfer.

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Originally Posted by Corison
2) What determins which lots stay? Clearly I can't have 20 lots, so somehow its going to have to pick and choose.
You do. If a transfer would push you over the lot limit it won't be allowed. Remove some structures from characters on the source or destination server until you are within the limits.

Though in your case you might be better off just transferring those characters to one of the OTHER remaining servers. It's entirely up to you though. This is your chance to consolidate if you want to.


Joe