No xferring to Freedom or Virtue

Verfall · July 24, 2007, 04:05:05 PM

http://boards.cityofvillains.com/showflat.php?Cat=0&Board=Freedom&Number=8777505&page=0&fpart=1

MJB · July 24, 2007, 06:28:29 PM

This may piss some people off but this may be the best thing at first.

-MJB

BlueBard · July 24, 2007, 07:02:34 PM

Well, there goes most reasons I might have ever had to move characters around, unless the majority here decides to stake a claim on a different server.

I did consider the possibility of spreading my 20+ characters across different servers, but that's less likely.

Figure Fan · July 24, 2007, 10:59:57 PM

Plus it costs $10 to transfer, when it should only be $3 at the most.

What a rip.

captainspud · July 25, 2007, 12:54:14 AM

QuotePlus it costs $10 to transfer, when it should only be $3 at the most.

You seem fairly certain of your figure there.

MJB · July 25, 2007, 02:25:31 AM

The $10 tag is there to prevent abuse. It isn't a price I want to pay but it is that high to deter people from abusing this feature.

-MJB

BlueBard · July 25, 2007, 07:22:51 AM

Quote from: MJB on July 25, 2007, 02:25:31 AM
The $10 tag is there to prevent abuse. It isn't a price I want to pay but it is that high to deter people from abusing this feature.

-MJB

Yes, but that price PLUS no transfers to two of the most popular servers just about guarantees that few people will even USE it, let alone abuse it. Either measure alone would have been more than sufficient to deter abuse.

ow_tiobe_sb · July 25, 2007, 08:08:48 AM

The following alternative might not be feasible (especially on a busy Friday evening :ph34r:), but it is an improvement that I wish could be implemented:

I would not mind paying a one-time $10 fee to allow my toons from any of the servers to travel to an independent server at will that would operate like a universal Pocket D (that is, if Pocket D does not already operate in this fashion--perhaps I missed something :blink:). In other words, this independent server would serve as a meeting place for toons, both Heroes and Villains, on any of the other servers. What would be the aim, you ask? This hypothetical server could host large missions or series of missions designed for team-ups between, e.g., two SGs or two VGs or one SG and one VG, etc. Exiting this realm would teleport the toon to its original server; however, the toon's source files actually would never be removed from its original server, just 'ported (copied) to the independent server on a temporary basis. If a toon quits while on this universal server, its data automatically would be saved to its home server, and the toon itself would appear in its home server when next the player logged in.

I simply think it would be nice to have the option of teaming up with players who have excellent toons on different servers. Yes, yes, I know that one solution is simply to create a new toon on the desired server; however, the flexibility of simply 'porting to a common ground in an instant (and on a temporary basis) strikes me as very appealing. :)

No, I doubt I will use this new toon transfer feature. I paid my $9.99 (or whatever the price was) to get the Jump Jet and Pocket D teleporter, and, for now, that is all I will pay for extra features and services.

ow_tiobe_sb
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