Yes, and no – as far as I understand it. That’s why it’s important to do the research before making a move.

especially if they don’t suck and make contacts…. a good caliber player is limited by the people around them, sure they can shine, but in a shithole … well. shining won’t get you clears.

If you move with good people. To a server that shows promise, and has decent progression *wowjutsu is your friend*
you have a much better chance.

look to take some retard who doesn’t know his class, is specced horrid, and keyboard turns? you will doom yourself.

helps a ton.

and good players migrate off them, as well as terribads looking for a free ride.

take aggramar. Terribad. started there, and I moved off and am rocking content. (moved pre wrath secured a good guild spot and I’ve stuck it out on aggy since vanilla.)

where you move, and whom you move with… hey a few friends never hurt.

helps a ton.

Once you do find a good guild, would you want to leave? (even if the queue is like 500 every time you try to log on).

Blizzard really needs to think about the cost of transfers, they seem very unfair at the moment.

The most surprising thing to me was just how important a social network is in WoW.

During the year and a half on my original server, I build up an extensive list of contacts, friends, acquaintances who’re great for a quick blast through a dungeon, tradespeople for all the items I need, etc. I earned the respect of those people and built up my reputation server-wide.

After the transfer, I was totally stripped of all of that.

Luckily, the guild I transferred to join has been an excellent fit and most of my needs can be met without looking further than our guild forum or gchat. However, we run a very lean roster with little excess (which is a very good thing), and I play a lot on the early morning East Coast times, which is nearly dead in the guild.

I just realized, my comment here isn’t really a Tip for new xfers, but rather a reflection on what it was like to transfer. So in the form of a tip….

Dont underestimate the value of your social network, and be patient once you transfer because it’ll take time to build your reputation and friends list back up.

Amavas last blog post..Phoot >>> Bang

My sister and her husband decided to transfer servers around the time Wrath hit and I didn’t transfer with them. The huge influx of returning players resulted in enormous queues on the new server, triggering Blizzard’s transfer lockout. So I didn’t get the first few levels on the road to 80 with them. Fortunately the transfer limitation lifted and I’m now happily playing with them but it could have been worse.

This applies doubly to the free transfers Blizzard opens up to reduce server populations. If you’re going to consider it, make the decision ahead of time and jump on it. I’ve heard about guilds taking a couple of days to discuss and vote on the issue, start transferring and Blizzard yanking it out from under them when half their members have moved and the other half are just getting around to it.

As soon as the transfer goes through, reserve your name on the old server by creating a new character with the same name. This prevents clowns from impersonating you or you simply losing that (hopefully) carefully chosen character name. If you transfer back you can simply delete the level 1 character.

Honorshammers last blog post..Dear Honors,