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PvE-to-PvP Paid Character Transfers Now Open
… as per the official World of Warcraft website.
There is going to be a good deal of excitement from folks about this. People who innocently rolled their first characters on PvE servers, only to find out later on at 70 when they decided that they loved raiding, that most of the top raiding guilds are on PvP servers.
On the other hand it will undoubtedly create a huge uproar from the hardcore folks who put in the extra time and effort to level their characters on PvP servers. And let me tell you - as someone who leveled my first character on a PvP server - it can be incredibly frustrating and take a lot longer. You also gain a sense of pride for having done so and have no problem at all referring to PvE servers as “care bear” servers.
For those players, seeing the droves of incoming newly 70 PvE wimps with zero honorable kills transferring to their servers in quest greens is going to be maddening to say the least.
I went the other way though. I got tired of the ganking and the PvP braggarts on Lightninghoof. I spent most of my time on the edge of a paid character transfer. Then I eventually just rerolled on a PvE server with some friends and coworkers.
Oddly enough, the PvP braggarts are even worse here on Shandris. But I get a kick out of it because what do these people know about PvP? This is a care bear server! Try getting a quest done or even just getting to the front door at any raid instance when you can’t unflag and hide somewhere for five minutes. If you haven’t experienced it, trust me. It sucks.
I always wondered though, why would Blizzard not allow PvE to PvP transfers? They’re missing out on a ton of income by not allowing it. I mean, that does seem to show that Blizzard really had the interest of the players in mind. Like they thought that the PvP server players deserved the honor of being the only ones on those servers. If you wanted to play on a PvP server, you had to earn it.
And that is why I believe they’ve made this change now. Money. Imagine the spike in their bank account when this went live.