Transferring Not What I Hoped For

[DoctorOfLiterature]

So I transferred one HCL toon to Orien and one to Sarlona to check them out and my experience confirms my decision not to transfer my main and alts.

First, when looking at pug scene there is more to consider than average number of lfms. There are more lfms on Orien than my home server, but the quality is poor. Many are free to play doing normal/hard/elite, which doesn’t interest me.

Second, the players are less nice, maybe because there are so many; more people means you can be a jerk because there are so many people that they don’t care about their reputation or being squelched.

Third, there are a lot of players I can’t communicate with. If you are a non English speaker this may not be an issue but communicating about how to fight, loot and next quests is something I miss.

Fourth, finding a guild was not as easy as proponents make it sound. On Sarlona I still haven’t found one. On Orien I did but it is full of bank toons and people who haven’t logged in years. If you are transferring with your whole guild this won’t matter; but if you show up alone, good luck.

Fifth, play time matters. There are more lfms in the middle of the night but there isn’t much difference in late afternoon or evening hours.

Last and maybe most importantly, the lag on Orien is noticeably worse. It will only get worse and you will be stuck there.

I’m keeping my main and alts on my current server until ssg does a proper transfer with all my stuff and guilds, and to a server that can handle being a mega server.