The Latest on Transfer Timing

[Cordovan]

UPDATE: Character Transfers have been re-enabled following the resolution of a bug which caused transfers to be disabled last month. We are extending the After Party of the Hardcore Season through March 21st, with the After Party ending when we bring the game worlds down for weekly maintenance on March 22nd. Additionally, we are re-enabling free Character Transfers to Orien and Sarlona through March 21st, ending when we bring the game worlds down for weekly maintenance on March 22nd. To read more about Character World Transfers, click here (https://www.ddo.com/guides/ddo-transfer-guide).

We are currently working to resolve an issue that prevents us from opening World Character Transfers. At this time we do not have an ETA on when this service will return. We will announce an extension of the free transfer period to Orien and Sarlona in addition to an extension of transfers from the Hardcore server once we know more about this service's return.

[DarkSkysz]

We are currently working to resolve an issue that prevents us from opening World Character Transfers. At this time we do not have an ETA on when this service will return. We will announce an extension of the free transfer period to Orien and Sarlona in addition to an extension of transfers from the Hardcore server once we know more about this service's return.


Since devs are working on it, any chance the system also gets an improvement? Like transfering our stable to the new server? Losing paid stuff or even exclusive stuff from events from years ago is a BIG issue.

[Dandonk]

Since devs are working on it, any chance the system also gets an improvement? Like transfering our stable to the new server? Losing paid stuff or even exclusive stuff from events from years ago is a BIG issue.

Yeah, I lost some of my event augments. Not a gae breaker, but still pretty annoying.

[C-Dog]

How does this relate to transfers OFF the HC Server? Are those affected? (And what is the current date for end of that after party?)

[Just_a_Dude]

How does this relate to transfers OFF the HC Server? Are those affected? (And what is the current date for end of that after party?)

Someone didn't read the whole post. :p

[Sirea]

Soon™

[Oliphant]

Thanks for the info.

[Khimberlhyte]

With the extra load from transfers, can you please look into moving the default to another server? The lag over the past two weeks is making Orien unplayable in US eastern evenings. Putting new players somewhere with less server load is probably the fastest, cheapest band-aid solution.

[mbartol]

Thanks, Cordovan, for the news regarding extending the free transfer period.

Has there been any thoughts about SSG officially supporting a mega-server after seeing the outcome of the free transfer period?

[thbu21]

Thank you for providing us with some update at the very least.
Although, I must insist that we get some type of consolation for this.

I personally was left stranded with a single character in a different server, before I could move my whole account, and my friends cannot follow me also.
Many others were left without their guildies, and without their gear like me.
Please address that once the services are back online.

And just like others said, please allow sharing the mount stable between servers, or at least just the for the rare mounts..
My server is dying out, but I don't want to lose years of collecting rare mounts just to have a bit more joy with other people.

Thank you.

[LT218]

We are currently working to resolve an issue that prevents us from opening World Character Transfers. At this time we do not have an ETA on when this service will return. We will announce an extension of the free transfer period to Orien and Sarlona in addition to an extension of transfers from the Hardcore server once we know more about this service's return.
Serious question. Is this in the bug fix queue ahead of or behind the ladder bug?

Just asking so I can decide whether to spend time prepping all the bank mules for transfer or bequeath my account to my children's children and specify finally getting my toons to Orien as my last wish.

[Meugh]

Thank you for the information and all the work to get this to happen.

Good luck<
Shane

[LrdSlvrhnd]

With the extra load from transfers, can you please look into moving the default to another server? The lag over the past two weeks is making Orien unplayable in US eastern evenings. Putting new players somewhere with less server load is probably the fastest, cheapest band-aid solution.

But gee I thought the solution to all of DDO's problems was a mega-server, do you mean that this idea is unfeasible?? /s

[kamimitsu]

We are currently working to resolve an issue that prevents us from opening World Character Transfers. At this time we do not have an ETA on when this service will return. We will announce an extension of the free transfer period to Orien and Sarlona in addition to an extension of transfers from the Hardcore server once we know more about this service's return.


Since devs are working on it, any chance the system also gets an improvement? Like transfering our stable to the new server? Losing paid stuff or even exclusive stuff from events from years ago is a BIG issue.

Cord, perhaps this isn't the place to bring it up... but there is at least one glaring issue with transfers that seems to be affecting a lot of people: being unable to re-earn Monster Manual rewards. It might be worth looking into this while whatever else is being worked out is worked out.

My thread on it is here (https://forums.ddo.com/forums/showthread.php/537252-Monster-Manual-after-Transfer).

[parttimewarrior]

With the extra load from transfers, can you please look into moving the default to another server? The lag over the past two weeks is making Orien unplayable in US eastern evenings. Putting new players somewhere with less server load is probably the fastest, cheapest band-aid solution.
Seconding this.
The lag is unbearable regardless of your location. We have people from US, Western Europe, Eastern Europe etc, and everyone experience crippling lag nearly all the time (there's like, one window on workdays when it's possible to play for a couple of hours with little lag, but that's it. And on weekends there's no point logging in at all).
Hopefully there's no more transfers to Orien until the lag issue is resolved. And if it's impossible to resolve, well, hopefully there's no more transfers to Orien at all. And those who couldn't get their whole guild or alts to Orien can probably get an option to transfer back to where they came from?

[Sylvado]

How does this relate to transfers OFF the HC Server? Are those affected? (And what is the current date for end of that after party?)

"in addition to an extension of transfers from the Hardcore server once we know more about this service's return"

[Ereshkigal]

We are currently working to resolve an issue that prevents us from opening World Character Transfers. At this time we do not have an ETA on when this service will return. We will announce an extension of the free transfer period to Orien and Sarlona in addition to an extension of transfers from the Hardcore server once we know more about this service's return.

Thank you for the update!

[Grymli]

My sense of the servers prior to the free transfers was that Argo and Orien were overpopulated and had too much lag, Wayfinder was dead as disco, and the remaining, mid-size servers were... OK.

As I understand it, the point of allowing transfers was to enable players from Orien and Sarlona, who had been blocked from transferring home from the hardcore server, to return home.

Instead, we're seeing numerous players jumping from less-active servers to Orien and Sarlona... creating even less activity on mid-size servers like Thelanis, Khyber, Ghallanda, Cannith, and play-crippling lag on already-overpopulated Orien. Not cool, cool :D I myself jumped from Argo to Sarlona looking for less lag... only to discover I wasn't the only one with the idea. If this ends with enough players making the same move to bring the lag with us, I will cry :D

Unless the goal is to make all servers less attractive, please do something to fix this. Soon. Gamers have short attention spans. We're seeing a lot of returning players at the moment. Don't give them a reason not to stay.

Cheers.

[pjw]

We are currently working to resolve an issue that prevents us from opening World Character Transfers. At this time we do not have an ETA on when this service will return. We will announce an extension of the free transfer period to Orien and Sarlona in addition to an extension of transfers from the Hardcore server once we know more about this service's return.

Any chance that the fixed version will allow for a complete transfer (AS, mounts etc)? Or the ability to "fold up" a guild to give a "Guild Charter" in your inventory that also has the guild XP of the original guild? Or something like that?

[NemesisAlien]

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[Arteghost]

My sense of the servers prior to the free transfers was that Argo and Orien were overpopulated and had too much lag, Wayfinder was dead as disco, and the remaining, mid-size servers were... OK.

As I understand it, the point of allowing transfers was to enable players from Orien and Sarlona, who had been blocked from transferring home from the hardcore server, to return home.

Instead, we're seeing numerous players jumping from less-active servers to Orien and Sarlona... creating even less activity on mid-size servers like Thelanis, Khyber, Ghallanda, Cannith, and play-crippling lag on already-overpopulated Orien. Not cool, cool :D I myself jumped from Argo to Sarlona looking for less lag... only to discover I wasn't the only one with the idea. If this ends with enough players making the same move to bring the lag with us, I will cry :D

Unless the goal is to make all servers less attractive, please do something to fix this. Soon. Gamers have short attention spans. We're seeing a lot of returning players at the moment. Don't give them a reason not to stay.

Cheers.
If you are to believe the audit, lets all shame Ghallanda.

https://i.postimg.cc/ppzCLqvQ/blame-ghallanda.png (https://postimg.cc/ppzCLqvQ)

[Gordo]

To all of you affected, I feel terrible.

To all of you asking even the simplest of questions (after the initial statement from SSG) and expecting a follow up "Q&A", I feel worse.

This is not a normal, functioning company. The fact these problems persist or even occur, should tell you everything you need to know about a game that many of us pay for both as a subscription and with in game currency, and they still can't stop breaking - let alone fix.

I feel empathy for you which is far more than the people who actually work at SSG feel.

[Cordovan]

Any chance that the fixed version will allow for a complete transfer (AS, mounts etc)? Or the ability to "fold up" a guild to give a "Guild Charter" in your inventory that also has the guild XP of the original guild? Or something like that?

No, this work will not include any new features or functionality.


Cord, perhaps this isn't the place to bring it up... but there is at least one glaring issue with transfers that seems to be affecting a lot of people: being unable to re-earn Monster Manual rewards. It might be worth looking into this while whatever else is being worked out is worked out.

My thread on it is here (https://forums.ddo.com/forums/showthread.php/537252-Monster-Manual-after-Transfer).

This is an issue we will have to look into longer-term. Typically you can re-earn the rewards after undergoing a True Reincarnation. Unfortunately this is a challenging systems issue to resolve.

[kamimitsu]

No, this work will not include any new features or functionality.



This is an issue we will have to look into longer-term. Typically you can re-earn the rewards after undergoing a True Reincarnation. Unfortunately this is a challenging systems issue to resolve.

I appreciate your response, but I recently did an Iconic TR and there was no change to the Account-based rewards (which is the issue). I have a ticket in, but it sounds like (per the previous threads on this issue years ago and your response) that I might be waiting a while. Even so, thanks for directly responding.

[Wahnsinnig]

No, this work will not include any new features or functionality.



This is an issue we will have to look into longer-term. Typically you can re-earn the rewards after undergoing a True Reincarnation. Unfortunately this is a challenging systems issue to resolve.

You can not re-earn account deeds when they are bugged after transfer. The problem is not with character deeds.

[Maidenstalker]

Thanks for the update. Must be a tricky bug.

I was in the middle of a bunch of transfers and had to get a VIP subscription for a month to free up greyed out toons (was VIP, switched to premium, lost six slots on each server), so I hope it is fixed soon because I still have five that would be greyed out on Argo. March 8 is (currently) my last day of VIP.

[LT218]

With the extra load from transfers, can you please look into moving the default to another server? The lag over the past two weeks is making Orien unplayable in US eastern evenings. Putting new players somewhere with less server load is probably the fastest, cheapest band-aid solution.

SSG should allow Orien players to transfer to Ghallanda so they can see what real lag is with half the active players. :)

[YUGWEN]

We are currently working to resolve an issue that prevents us from opening World Character Transfers. At this time we do not have an ETA on when this service will return. We will announce an extension of the free transfer period to Orien and Sarlona in addition to an extension of transfers from the Hardcore server once we know more about this service's return.

In my wildest dreams I imagine a single mega US server or two mega US servers where the least and most populated servers are combined followed by the next to balance them out. I imagine character creation/merging with a naming designation XYZ of Khyber and XYZ of Sarlona etc. so there are no duplicate name issues. With the massive level spread now, the only time I see a lot of opportunity to play with other humans is on HC or in raids. But, as someone on West Coast time, I don't usually see a lot of raids or people online when I am.

On the mega server idea, assuming finance is a major hurdle to that option, couldn't SSG come up with some kind of fundraiser? People will find a reason to complain no matter what, but I'd like to see fundraiser cosmetics, a special combo heroic/epic box, legacy gear/loot from raids that no longer happen (or are, um broken...), normally I would say a partnership/sponsorship but there's no company I can think of that someone won't get politically freaked out about so not worth the drama to try that imo.

DDO has a lot of life in it and ahead of it, if we can get by the technical issues the path will get a lot smoother and less dramatic. Less lag plus all of the work that has gone into new content, and the still excellent play mechanics could encourage a lot of former players to return too. :)

[Wizard1406]

In my wildest dreams I imagine a single mega US server or two mega US servers where the least and most populated servers are combined followed by the next to balance them out. I imagine character creation/merging with a naming designation XYZ of Khyber and XYZ of Sarlona etc. so there are no duplicate name issues. With the massive level spread now, the only time I see a lot of opportunity to play with other humans is on HC or in raids. But, as someone on West Coast time, I don't usually see a lot of raids or people online when I am.

On the mega server idea, assuming finance is a major hurdle to that option, couldn't SSG come up with some kind of fundraiser? People will find a reason to complain no matter what, but I'd like to see fundraiser cosmetics, a special combo heroic/epic box, legacy gear/loot from raids that no longer happen (or are, um broken...), normally I would say a partnership/sponsorship but there's no company I can think of that someone won't get politically freaked out about so not worth the drama to try that imo.

DDO has a lot of life in it and ahead of it, if we can get by the technical issues the path will get a lot smoother and less dramatic. Less lag plus all of the work that has gone into new content, and the still excellent play mechanics could encourage a lot of former players to return too. :)

Yes mega server would be great.

DDO really only has enough population for 1 maybe 2 servers outside of afternoon/evenings US, since population skews heavily US (esp. EST)

I'm not sure why DDO isn't that popular in other countries. Maybe because there is no translation to other languages (anymore) and the pricing model is too expensive outside of the richest countries.

[Ereshkigal]

In my wildest dreams I imagine a single mega US server or two mega US servers where the least and most populated servers are combined followed by the next to balance them out. I imagine character creation/merging with a naming designation XYZ of Khyber and XYZ of Sarlona etc. so there are no duplicate name issues. With the massive level spread now, the only time I see a lot of opportunity to play with other humans is on HC or in raids. But, as someone on West Coast time, I don't usually see a lot of raids or people online when I am.

On the mega server idea, assuming finance is a major hurdle to that option, couldn't SSG come up with some kind of fundraiser? People will find a reason to complain no matter what, but I'd like to see fundraiser cosmetics, a special combo heroic/epic box, legacy gear/loot from raids that no longer happen (or are, um broken...), normally I would say a partnership/sponsorship but there's no company I can think of that someone won't get politically freaked out about so not worth the drama to try that imo.

DDO has a lot of life in it and ahead of it, if we can get by the technical issues the path will get a lot smoother and less dramatic. Less lag plus all of the work that has gone into new content, and the still excellent play mechanics could encourage a lot of former players to return too. :)

What server are you on that you cannot either join or create a group and have people to play with?

[Seph1roth5]

I don't get how MM is so complicated for people that code for a living. Seems like there's SOMEwhere that keeps track of your kills, and then a yes/no that toggles when you hit the milestones. Is it buried so deep AND no one knows how to find it?

That's really just embarrassing for a company. It'd be like if a restaurant got my order wrong, and when I try to send it back they say sorry they don't have anyone in the kitchen that knows how to make that (even though it's on the menu), so I have to eat the wrong dish.

[Livmo]

We are currently working to resolve an issue that prevents us from opening World Character Transfers. At this time we do not have an ETA on when this service will return. We will announce an extension of the free transfer period to Orien and Sarlona in addition to an extension of transfers from the Hardcore server once we know more about this service's return.

Also can we get character slots on sale at that time to?

Please and thanks. I've got a village to feed :D

[wolfspirit72]

With the extra load from transfers, can you please look into moving the default to another server? The lag over the past two weeks is making Orien unplayable in US eastern evenings. Putting new players somewhere with less server load is probably the fastest, cheapest band-aid solution.

DDO and lag are synonymous. We cope. We deal.
I will take 1000 lag deaths anytime over having no one to play with. The more the merrier. Put the people together and let the lag sort them out.
I'll be also moving to Orien with my Main as soon as it opens back up. That seems to be where the people are migrating to, and I shall follow the people.
The lag be dammed.

:)

Just my view...

[wolfspirit72]

I don't get how MM is so complicated for people that code for a living. Seems like there's Somewhere that keeps track of your kills, and then a yes/no that toggles when you hit the milestones. Is it buried so deep AND no one knows how to find it?

That's really just embarrassing for a company. It'd be like if a restaurant got my order wrong, and when I try to send it back they say sorry they don't have anyone in the kitchen that knows how to make that (even though it's on the menu), so I have to eat the wrong dish.


If you did code for a living, you would get it. But you don't, so you do not. Comparing food preparation in a restaurant is faaaaar different that combing through 1,000,000,000 characters in code. Its SO complex that even database management tools struggle.
The complexity is mind boggling to those that think that coding is as easy food prep...

[Demonfire]

Hey Cord!
Is it far fetch to simply allow G-landers who want to, like me, to simply go back for free.

Clearly SSG does not have the infrastructure to host more then 400 people at a time.
I tried to better my experience being part of a bigger population but obviously this is a fail!

When the transfer goes back live please allow us one last free transfer!

[KoobTheProud]

If you did code for a living, you would get it. But you don't, so you do not. Comparing food preparation in a restaurant is faaaaar different that combing through 1,000,000,000 characters in code. Its SO complex that even database management tools struggle.
The complexity is mind boggling to those that think that coding is as easy food prep...

If you have good processes behind the development effort it's not that hard.

When I consulted in IT I'd be able to tell you in about 15 minutes whether a company had a good process in place just by looking at the change logs and what steps were required to check code in and out. That look would tell me exactly how tough the job in front of me was and whether it was worth pursuing.

Companies that rely on people instead of process are a complete disaster from a code maintenance perspective. If process is King then the job really is not that difficult and a wider range of skill sets can participate. If people are King then it's time to outsource the entire IT process and let professionals handle it for you. Cost of ownership is *much* lower in that situation.

[parttimewarrior]

DDO and lag are synonymous. We cope. We deal.
I will take 1000 lag deaths anytime over having no one to play with.
You do realize that you won't have anyone to play with anyway if everyone is unable to play due to lag?

Whatever. Today's the worst day so far. Can barely move my character even in a scarcely populated zones like the Twelve. Sure, let's bring more people to Orien to make original Orien players quit. And I doubt they'll be restarting on a different server after this transfer BS.

[Peroth]

With the extra load from transfers, can you please look into moving the default to another server? The lag over the past two weeks is making Orien unplayable in US eastern evenings. Putting new players somewhere with less server load is probably the fastest, cheapest band-aid solution.

+1 Life on Orien has been miserable since the massive influx of new players. My partner and I play in the evenings after work and the massive lag spikes tend to leave us dead even after dropping the difficulty from 4 to 1 skull. The greater server instability combined with the sad excuse for a new VIP reward system has decidedly put the DDO subscription on the "not to be renewed" list unless something changes between now and when it expires in July (we buy 1 year at a time).

[Kryxal]

Funny, I was thinking of transferring out of Cannith so as to have more people to group with. Low numbers or lag, tough choice...

[Livmo]

Funny, I was thinking of transferring out of Cannith so as to have more people to group with. Low numbers or lag, tough choice...

The only place I've suffered lag on Orien is in Thuderholm PST.

If you have 10 charecter slots for example, you can make 10 chareters on each server. You can try before you buy. Roll up an iconic.

Better yet, SAAAARLOOOONAA!

Best beaches in DDO!

[Krimer]

If you did code for a living, you would get it. But you don't, so you do not. Comparing food preparation in a restaurant is faaaaar different that combing through 1,000,000,000 characters in code. Its SO complex that even database management tools struggle.
The complexity is mind boggling to those that think that coding is as easy food prep...

Well this makes it clear you don't code for a living either. OP was correct, it should NOT be difficult to understand and fix a module in the game. No one combs through code to figure out what to update, did you get this from a movie?. This is a production mmo, and the fact so many of its systems are broken is embarrassing.

[Deltoideus]

Any news regards to this issue?

Since transfers stopped, the guild have been divided into two servers. Everyone is just waiting, no fun playing. Makes the anniversary abit ironic ...
This is not only a hardcore to main server issue. I hope this is highly prioritised and understood by devs.
I'm been VIP almost from the start, been buying all expansion, so been toosing lotsa money into this game and I expect more Im sorry to say.

[Seydlitz]

Seriously.... two weeks after the last "we're wortking on it" and no update? Sheesh, people are still stranded between servers and all we get is nothing? No progress at all?

[thbu21]

Any news regards to this issue?

Since transfers stopped, the guild have been divided into two servers. Everyone is just waiting, no fun playing. Makes the anniversary abit ironic ...
This is not only a hardcore to main server issue. I hope this is highly prioritised and understood by devs.
I'm been VIP almost from the start, been buying all expansion, so been toosing lotsa money into this game and I expect more Im sorry to say.

I second that, my account is divided, I can't play my characters the same way, all my gear isn't with me, and my friends are stuck in a different server
This is honestly so outrageous, it has been 3 weeks!
How is this not being talked about more??

Fix this already!

[Cordovan]

Character Transfers have been re-enabled following the resolution of a bug which caused transfers to be disabled last month. We are extending the After Party of the Hardcore Season through March 21st, with the After Party ending when we bring the game worlds down for weekly maintenance on March 22nd. Additionally, we are re-enabling free Character Transfers to Orien and Sarlona through March 21st, ending when we bring the game worlds down for weekly maintenance on March 22nd. To read more about Character World Transfers, click here (https://www.ddo.com/guides/ddo-transfer-guide).

[C-Dog]

Thanks for the info, and the extension!!
o7

[Deltoideus]

ty for information!

[Phoenicis]

Character Transfers have been re-enabled following the resolution of a bug which caused transfers to be disabled last month. We are extending the After Party of the Hardcore Season through March 21st, with the After Party ending when we bring the game worlds down for weekly maintenance on March 22nd. Additionally, we are re-enabling free Character Transfers to Orien and Sarlona through March 21st, ending when we bring the game worlds down for weekly maintenance on March 22nd. To read more about Character World Transfers, click here (https://www.ddo.com/guides/ddo-transfer-guide).

Thanks for the extension, but I'm still curious about what exactly the bug was that caused this level of disruption.

[Flavilandile]

Thanks for the extension, but I'm still curious about what exactly the bug was that caused this level of disruption.

From what I gathered, it's the kind of bug that shall not be talked of

[Diracorvus]

Thanks for the extension, but I'm still curious about what exactly the bug was that caused this level of disruption.

People cheating of course. It's always the same, some few stupid people ruining it for everyone else.

[KingKoz]

Thank you for providing us with some update at the very least.
Although, I must insist that we get some type of consolation for this.

lol, You insist :-)


I personally was left stranded with a single character in a different server, before I could move my whole account, and my friends cannot follow me also.
Many others were left without their guildies, and without their gear like me.
Please address that once the services are back online.


Awwww! poor you! The 1st thing I learned when I started playing DDO is that everything is SERVER dependent. if you want to play a FVS, you buy it or gain the favor on EACH server you want to play an FVS....etc. You can still play with your friends, you just needed to wait a bit. IMHO we are lucky SSG has opened FREE transfers.Think of all the stuff you moved to a new server, you wouldn't have them if SSG didn't open free transfers

[KingKoz]

People cheating of course. It's always the same, some few stupid people ruining it for everyone else.

people cheating was the result not the reason. The reason was the transfers had issues from the start. Not everyone that had issues with transfers was due to cheating. That tells me there was an issue "allowing" the transfers to go on. The toon copying was the result of the coding that allowed the transfers.

[KingKoz]

Thanks for the extension, but I'm still curious about what exactly the bug was that caused this level of disruption.

When transfers were opened, the coding had issues that allowed some players to have "copied" toons rather than "transferred" toons. So now, they had a toon on their original server (with all the goodies they collected) AND on the server they just copied to. So say you purchased the Season Pass from a few years back and took the time to do your daily Gold & Silver rolls on all servers and have several pages of XP stones saved....then, SSG opens free transfers because of some coding issues (probably tested it once before making transfers live) and you xfer that toon and find it is now on the original server AND the new server with all the goodies on both servers. THAT is why transfers were closed. :-)

[LokiFrost20882]

Character Transfers have been re-enabled following the resolution of a bug which caused transfers to be disabled last month.

Thank you for the notification. I love that you put the message here bc it makes sense.

[LeslieWest_GuitarGod]

This was a very good idea.

A strong Ghallanda is great for DDO. It was definitely time to do this, and a perfect counterbalance as well due to the current phenomenon.

There are many guilds on Ghallanda that will make awesome homes for NEW PLAYERS. Tyrs Paladium will VERY GLADLY ACCEPT brand no players to DDO.

We have the experience and the logistics (guild website, Discord, 16 years guild leadership experience that never changed hands).

There are other guilds here that also make great homes for new blood.

Thank you Cordo!

[shmagmhar]

Question : do we keep our characters bank items when we server transfer?

[Livmo]

Question : do we keep our characters bank items when we server transfer?


Character Inventory = yes
Character Bank = yes
Shared Bank = no
Plantnum Bank = no
Astral Shards = no
Pets = no
Mounts = no

[Livmo]

Don't forget to transfer:


Plat to toon to tranfer to another server
Green bag items
Red bag items
Augment bag items



Others items I loaded up:


Crafting blanks
Guild deeds to build an Orien fleet of airships on smaller scale than my Sarlona armada
Consumables
Tomes
Clickies
Cosmetics
Pet certificates


Also I moved a couple of flagged raid toons to get into the action right away. Good times!

https://i.imgur.com/boD7LEh.jpg

[Cernunan]

Character Inventory = yes
Character Bank = yes
Shared Bank = no
Plantnum Bank = no
Astral Shards = no
Pets = no
Mounts = no


Reincarnation Cache= yes

[Livmo]

Reincarnation Cache= yes

Thanks I didn't see that on my L7!

[Mindos]

Reincarnation Cache= yes


Thanks I didn't see that on my L7!

https://www.ddo.com/guides/ddo-transfer-guide


Notes:



The following things will not transfer with your character:

Your Friends list
Your /Ignore list
Your Guild name, level, airship, amenities, membership ranks, or other guild-related benefits. You will appear in the new world guildless.
Items in your True Reincarnation Cache
Items bid on or posted to the Auction Houses
In-game mail
Shared Account Bank and Crafting Storage items
Your Astral Shard balance
Your Creature Companion Stable
Your Mount Stable




Is this guide wrong?

[Phoenicis]

https://www.ddo.com/guides/ddo-transfer-guide



Is this guide wrong?

In my experience, TR cache does go with, BUT since the guide from SSG says it doesn't I wouldn't be surprised if it occasionally doesn't.

[Olds-cool]

Reincarnation Cache= yes

This = joke ?

The guide says otherwise.

[Guzzy]

Did I miss the transfer period to get a character off the hardcore server? I had been waiting for transfers to be re-enabled for ages and now saw the update message in the first post of this thread.

[C-Dog]

Did I miss the transfer period to get a character off the hardcore server?...
Yeah, sorry, it ended ~8 hours ago w/ this most recent server reset. :(

Been a lot of threads on it, official and otherwise - here's the latest, w/ links to an early official warning of today from 2 1/2 weeks ago.

o https://forums.ddo.com/forums/showthread.php/537863-Downtime-Notice-Wednesday-March-22nd-9-00-AM-12-00-PM-Eastern-(-4-GMT)?p=6577313&viewfull=1#post6577313

[Phoenicis]

This = joke ?

The guide says otherwise.

The guide does say otherwise, but I've moved reincarnated characters off HC and the reincarnation cache came with.

I always move important things out first to be safe, but it has always moved...

[Guzzy]

Yeah, sorry, it ended ~8 hours ago w/ this most recent server reset. :(

Been a lot of threads on it, official and otherwise - here's the latest, w/ links to an early official warning of today from 2 1/2 weeks ago.

o https://forums.ddo.com/forums/showthread.php/537863-Downtime-Notice-Wednesday-March-22nd-9-00-AM-12-00-PM-Eastern-(-4-GMT)?p=6577313&viewfull=1#post6577313

Yeah, that is garbage. I had my toon ready to go, was waiting for weeks. Go out of town for two-week school break and come back and I missed the window? It was not announced in the game loader, and they gave no advanced warning. They need to reopen the after party for at least as long as it was closed down, no?

[mr.stevens]

UPDATE: Character Transfers have been re-enabled following the resolution of a bug which caused transfers to be disabled last month. We are extending the After Party of the Hardcore Season through March 21st, with the After Party ending when we bring the game worlds down for weekly maintenance on March 22nd. Additionally, we are re-enabling free Character Transfers to Orien and Sarlona through March 21st, ending when we bring the game worlds down for weekly maintenance on March 22nd. To read more about Character World Transfers, click here (https://www.ddo.com/guides/ddo-transfer-guide).

We are currently working to resolve an issue that prevents us from opening World Character Transfers. At this time we do not have an ETA on when this service will return. We will announce an extension of the free transfer period to Orien and Sarlona in addition to an extension of transfers from the Hardcore server once we know more about this service's return.

So, you tell us in the launch window to NOT transfer. Then DO NOT tell us in the launch window that we SHOULD transfer. Some of us don't troll the forums on a regular basis.

Thanks to this poor execution I've lost XP pots and a fast nightmare mount to say the least.

Had it worked as intended I would have transfred when instructed. Your extenstion was not long enough and very poorly advertised.

[mr.stevens]

Yeah, that is garbage. I had my toon ready to go, was waiting for weeks. Go out of town for two-week school break and come back and I missed the window? It was not announced in the game loader, and they gave no advanced warning. They need to reopen the after party for at least as long as it was closed down, no?

I missed the window too. I did not see a message in the launch window despite looking every time I logged on. I was worried I would miss ths window! Not happy.

[Lingal]

UPDATE: Character Transfers have been re-enabled.

Well I completely missed this announcement. Very annoying as I had spent a while to set up my toons ready for the transfer to re-open. While I do check the dev tracker most weeks, I don't check it every week (sometimes life gets busy). I did not see the message in the launch window -- nor did any of my friends mention it to me. If the message was at the top of the list, I am not sure how I (or my friends) could have missed it.

Being unable to transfer my toons is not the end of the world, but it is annoying. I had been checking frequently earlier in March but I eventually got frustrated with the lack of news and increased the intervals between checking. I must have stopped checking during the key period when transfers did re-open as today is the first time I checked for a couple of weeks.

[Lingal]

I missed the window too. I did not see a message in the launch window despite looking every time I logged on. I was worried I would miss ths window! Not happy.

I agree with this word-for-word.

[Septimus-Boldrei]

The message in the launcher was an edit of the original one not a new message, so was always at least 3-4 messages down. unless you scrolled down to look at it you wouldn't have seen it, and why would you want to re-read old announcements after all...

[Sylvado]

The message in the launcher was an edit of the original one not a new message, so was always at least 3-4 messages down. unless you scrolled down to look at it you wouldn't have seen it, and why would you want to re-read old announcements after all...

because you had characters waiting for transfer, I checked every day, I don't need a nanny.

[prynts]

As a returning player, i ddnt know about the free transfer and just knew that happened after check the forum.

I would be grateful if got a new oportunity for tranfers, cause i got some friends that were/still lost in khyber and want to get back to the game and join me in sarlona!

thx

[C-Dog]

I would be grateful if got a new oportunity for tranfers, cause i got some friends that were/still lost in khyber and want to get back to the game and join me in sarlona!
Can't hurt to ask, but going by past response it's very odds-against.

But there's nothing preventing your friends from starting new characters any other server.* With some help from a "rich uncle" (that's you!), leveling should be pretty fast.

(* Also a very good reason to get 100 Favor on every server!
o https://ddowiki.com/page/DDO_Point#Earning_DDO_Points)