Some free realm transfers extended and changed

by Adam Holisky Dec 2nd 2008 at 5:00PM

Bornakk posted an update on some of the free realm transfers that have been going on.

All transfers to the Drak'Tharon realm have been shut down.
They have extended the timeframe to transfer to the Oceanic realm Gundrak.
Saurfang is now also eligible to transfer to Gundrak.

Transfers to Gundrak will now close down on Monday, December 8th at 12:00 p.m. PST. Be sure to transfer early (like, tonight) if you want to. They have been shutting down transfers early when their quotas are met.

The full list of eligible transfer realms after the break.

Source (PvP & PvE)
Dreadmaul
Barthilas
Thaurissan
Frostmourne
Jubei'thos
Saurfang

Destination (PvP)
Gundrak

Tags: bornakk, free-transfers, realm-transfer, transfers, wow-free-transfer

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Serian Dec 2nd 2008 5:07PM

#
# Saurfang is now also eligible to transfer to Gundrak.

Lol.

Gordal Dec 3rd 2008 7:34AM

Saurfang is eligible to transfer to any realm he wishes.

Myria Dec 2nd 2008 5:49PM

Do the free realm transfers actually ever do anything?

There have been two free transfer periods to the realm I spend most of my time on, and it's still a ghost town compared to most realms.

About the only thing the free transfers did was earn Blizz lots of money when a goodly number of those foolish enough to transfer paid to go back.

Maybe it does work on some servers, but as far as I've seen it's pretty much a sad joke. The only way they're going to fix population imbalances is to merge servers, and they're not going to do that because it would be interpreted as a sign the game isn't doing well.

nyctef Dec 2nd 2008 6:56PM

They really seem to have helped for Twilight's Hammer - after Wrath came out, we were having 500+ queues, but since the transfer has started I haven't had to queue, so that's a big improvement there

Joshua Smellie Dec 2nd 2008 11:48PM

How would it be a sign that the game isn't doing too well?

If they merged two realms together (meaning any servers under those two realms would host the same new realm) it wouldn't change anything. It just means they're merging two realms to host a larger amount of people.

In some ways it can be looked on as being good because then you're not playing in a complete ghost town of a realm where there is hardly any social interaction.

roguedubb Dec 2nd 2008 6:32PM

Free transfers have worked somewhat for Oceanic realms. Aman'Thul was packed, transfers opened up which eased things for a few weeks and now it's full again (20+min to log-in in the evening, don't bother on weekends). Meanwhile at the transfer destination realm Saurfang Blizz now wants to transfer people off.

mike Dec 2nd 2008 6:39PM

Saurfang does not transfer to Gundrak. Gundrak transfers to Saurfang.

Adam Holisky Dec 2nd 2008 6:43PM

Hmm... Nope. The source says:

We are also allowing transfers from this PvE realm:
Saurfang

Destination (PvP)
Gundrak

And I say:

Saurfang is now also eligible to transfer to Gundrak.

That's the same thing, unless I'm really off my kilter.

mike Dec 2nd 2008 7:20PM

Sorry, original post was poorly written. How about:

Saurfang does not travel to other places. The rest of the world travels to Saurfang. ;)

Armo Dec 2nd 2008 7:14PM

Tell ya what, its darn right empty on Gundrak at the moment.

Scott Dec 2nd 2008 10:08PM

"We have extended the timeframe for the transfers to the Oceanic realm Gundrak. These transfers will close on Monday, December 8, at 12:00pm PST (December 9, 7:00am AEDT). We are also including the PvE realm Saurfang as a source realm to ensure those who wanted to play on a PvP server can continue to do so. "