Server exodus when rated BGs come out?

[Clovis]

I have a vent that's a guildie's that he lets me use for pugs and whatnot, I'll clear it with him and then post the info.

For 4 characters it would be $100 to transfer ($25 per transfer) -- if Faction change is factored in, then its an extra $35 per toon.

[Fat Tire]

I have a vent that's a guildie's that he lets me use for pugs and whatnot, I'll clear it with him and then post the info.

For 4 characters it would be $100 to transfer ($25 per transfer) -- if Faction change is factored in, then its an extra $35 per toon.

How much does this service cost?
Each Faction Change costs $30.00 USD (not including applicable taxes). This covers a single Faction Change for a single character.

[asonimie]

I have a vent that's a guildie's that he lets me use for pugs and whatnot, I'll clear it with him and then post the info.

For 4 characters it would be $100 to transfer ($25 per transfer) -- if Faction change is factored in, then its an extra $35 per toon.

No I believe its 30 for faction, I remember it being 55 per toon for a full crossover.

[asonimie]

I have a vent we can use.

va1.ugt-servers.com
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[heyaz]

Aye, having a data center close is pretty important. I am currently on a boston data center and I use the registry fix and even then it drops my ping from 250 to 130. I go onto a closer data center and my ping is 30-40s max. Seattle data center servers are not run by AT&T so that is a bonus right there.

Yeah for sure. Nathrezim is in LA and I'm in Phoenix, but it's AT&T so I don't get much better performance than I did playing on Dallas servers. AT&T routing is a bit of a mess (I was in Houston for a bit and couldn't reach Nathrezim for a month due to massive packet loss over AT&T, I had to tunnel it through an SSH server in Dallas on Level3). I'm gonna test out some Seattle servers and see what I get.

[heyaz]

Just talked to a shaman on Anub'arak who is #2 5v5 in the whirlwind battlegroup.

Anub sounds like a pretty solid server for horde. He said they win everything, significantly outnumber alliance and have some of the highest rated pvpers in the battlegroup. Healthy economy etc.

All the check marks are there for me. I'll keep asking around.

And Edit: I'm east coast but I play on a west coast server at the moment, and it's not that horrible.

Well with a 3 day cooldown on transfers, I'm willing to move my paladin or priest over to try out the BGs, wintergrasp, monitor the market, and just get a feel for the server. Not much to lose really.

[asonimie]

Well with a 3 day cooldown on transfers, I'm willing to move my paladin or priest over to try out the BGs, wintergrasp, monitor the market, and just get a feel for the server. Not much to lose really.

Let me do a bit more digging. I've talked to 1-3 people on 4 of the PVP servers now, and although they all sound semi-successful at pvp, Anub sounds like a higher pop, which is important for the economy. I'll talk to a couple more and post back tonight.

[Smoooth]

Here's all the pops from the PVP realms on whirlwind.

Anub'arak
Total Alliance: 1,594 - 24% Total Horde: 4,996 - 76%

Darrowmere
Total Alliance: 3,009 - 50% Total Horde: 3,038 - 50%

Maiev
Total Alliance: 805 - 12% Total Horde: 6,018 - 88%

The Forgotten Coast
Total Alliance: 7,726 - 59% Total Horde: 5,458 - 41%

Vashj
Total Alliance: 3,071 - 41% Total Horde: 4,356 - 59%

[asonimie]

Thanks smooth!!

Maiev: While Maiev has the highest horde pop, alliance is dead which can make for an unhealthy experience in some ways. I talked to some people there and they indicated very little pvp action going on, theres only like 1 team above 2K 5v5 so ya... but then again same on my server /wink. I also thought Maiev is also considered a low pop server for some reason...

Anub: Horde have the majority, heard good things overall. My choice at this point. I am going to talk to some more people, high rated 2v2 peeps etc.

Forgotten Coast: I always assumed this place was a hub for pvp, but I got some sort of negative vibe today, maybe I talked to the wrong person. I'll dig some more. Good population numbers.

Vashj: Dont think I've checked it out yet.

Darrowmere: Pretty low pop overall, haven't heard much either.

[heyaz]

I'd rather be on one where Horde in 40-50% of the pop.. not 76%... that's just too high.

The Forgotten Coast has a cool name too