Celtic Heroes

it will ruin the micro economies and "politics" of the servers, as well as the power of the server overall

Exactly...that's the entire point... This game is so annoying for new players because of server power.. Pretty much there's a few clans on each server who control the server... Usually 1 main clan controls a server now.. And within that clan a handful of people control that clan... So in essence a small group on each server controll the server... Luckily I'm in the strongest clan in my server and usually the game.
And I have allot of seniority so I am one of the few who actually has a chance to enjoy the game.

You remind me very much of an ingrown toenail .

I have made this post on another changing servers thread and I'll post it here too.

In another MMO (EQ) they introduced server transfers for a fee. But when you transferred you transferred with nothing. All the gear, gold and anything else you had accumulated disappeared. And at that point you couldn't return to original server. You lost everything! That way there was absolutely 0% server economy impact.

If OTM starts allowing transfers it should be done in this way. The real life cost can be almost nothing (10 plat at the most) but the impact on your character would make most people really reconsider. You would almost need a good group of friends to help you on your new server to get geared up.

I have made this post on another changing servers thread and I'll post it here too.

In another MMO (EQ) they introduced server transfers for a fee. But when you transferred you transferred with nothing. All the gear, gold and anything else you had accumulated disappeared. And at that point you couldn't return to original server. You lost everything! That way there was absolutely 0% server economy impact.

If OTM starts allowing transfers it should be done in this way. The real life cost can be almost nothing (10 plat at the most) but the impact on your character would make most people really reconsider. You would almost need a good group of friends to help you on your new server to get geared up.

i would support this if you also lost say 25% of your current overall level (a lvl 100 would become 75,) meaning they couldn't switch servers and automatically join the best clan

I totally agree with you infinity.....hence my PREMIUM WORLD topic

But Only Now a Monthly subscription can support all this

I quote "money is wat makes the WORLD go around"

NOT

"money is wat makes the WORLD'S Go around"

Usually the only time MMOs allow for server migrations or merging servers is when there aren't enough players on each server to continue supporting and paying for that servers cost. Happens all the time - even the biggest of them like EQ and WOW.

It is usually based on real life economics rather than giving the opportunity for disgruntled players to look for a new start without consequences.
CH is not big enough to support huge migrations. There is one high level zone and it's just not feasible.

For various technical reasons, I bet OTM would also want load-balancing, so instead of 1 server having 20,000 players and one server having 1,000 players, it's better to have 2 servers with 10,000 each.

Usually the only time MMOs allow for server migrations or merging servers is when there aren't enough players on each server to continue supporting and paying for that servers cost. Happens all the time - even the biggest of them like EQ and WOW.

It is usually based on real life economics rather than giving the opportunity for disgruntled players to look for a new start without consequences.
CH is not big enough to support huge migrations. There is one high level zone and it's just not feasible.

For various technical reasons, I bet OTM would also want load-balancing, so instead of 1 server having 20,000 players and one server having 1,000 players, it's better to have 2 servers with 10,000 each.

+1 that being said I don't like server migrations at all!

Usually the only time MMOs allow for server migrations or merging servers is when there aren't enough players on each server to continue supporting and paying for that servers cost. Happens all the time - even the biggest of them like EQ and WOW.

It is usually based on real life economics rather than giving the opportunity for disgruntled players to look for a new start without consequences.
CH is not big enough to support huge migrations. There is one high level zone and it's just not feasible.

For various technical reasons, I bet OTM would also want load-balancing, so instead of 1 server having 20,000 players and one server having 1,000 players, it's better to have 2 servers with 10,000 each.

I could compromise for this idea. 2 servers. 10k on each. Wouldn't be all to bad i guess.
Im not totally sure of their capabilities at the moment. I don't know how many players a server can currently support. But perhaps if it could support up to 5k or 10k players and they could have a few servers vs the 14 or so that they have now.. I really don't like how there are so many servers because then everyone disperses like how it is now.

I know this may be a kruch for me but I can't see past the " wanting server hopping " I played runescape for 5 years so it kinda stuck. I do apologize but I absolutely loved it. I loved that it felt like a trip to the markets to hop to world 1 and then when you couldn't find the items or prices you where looking for you would hop to world 3 and then if you where a memb you hopped to w 2. It was fun.. Honestly I don't really know the best way to do this but I really really would love to see a " market" area.