And Blizzard spake saying, "Transfer thou in 3 days hence..."

[Bigfish]

So a whole raid will transfer from one server and back to another every week? That seems a trifle extreme even for the hardcore guilds.

But think of all the server firsts they could get!

[Simulacra]

the 3 day move is a good idea though

Yup. It'll promote ninja-like activities. /yay

lol - I hadn't thought of that..mwahahahahaha

[Physics101]

what happened with wow in china?

[sliptrap]

the 3 day move is a good idea though

Yup. It'll promote ninja-like activities. /yay

Umm if someone wants to pay $25 every 3 days for more chances to ninja... more power to em. The only affect this will have on the general population is the increased trade and forum QQ threads.

[Ughmahedhurtz]

what happened with wow in china?

http://www.google.com/search?q=wow+china+netease&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-USfficial&client=firefox-a

[sliptrap]

Hardcore raiding guilds with the financial means will also be able to abuse this mechanic to raid the same content twice in a week.

If there are guilds out there that are willing to do this then this was a financially genius move by blizzard.

[Tdog]

http://www.google.com/search?q=wow+china+netease&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-USfficial&client=firefox-a

L2link, I don't have the time to copy and paste :P

Wedbush Morgan analyst Michael Pachter thinks that the switch from The9 to NetEase was done for primarily financial reasons: While Acti-Blizz has an estimated 22% royalty rate for WoW income in their partnership with The9 (about 50-55 million USD annually), analysts are predicting that the NetEase agreement would come with royalties of at least 55% - resulting in annual revenue of more than $140 million every year. So switching to NetEase puts approximately $90 million more in Blizzard's gold-lined coffer every year.

For an extra $140 million annually for just switching providers I would ditch the9 as well.

[lans83]

now if only they would cut the price down just a bit. they would probably get more people to use this service actually.

[Sajuuk]

How long will it be before they implement a paid service that allows you extra experience boosting?

*COUGH**HACK*RAF*HACK**COUGH*

now if only they would cut the price down just a bit. they would probably get more people to use this service actually.

Is 25 dollars really THAT much? (Yes, I know it multiplies if you play more than one character, but still...)

[Multibocks]

25 dollars x1? Nope cheap. 25x8 err, ya that's 200 bucks. Not exactly expensive, but I kinda hesitate when dropping that much on a game. However, if the wrap everything into one purchase, i.e. mass character transfer AND faction change I will do it in a heartbeat!