I suppose you could contact customer support and explain what you want but I wouldn't hold out much hope for them transferring them. I have bought numerous slots on virtue (okay I am an altoholic and am maxed out at 36) but once you pick a server for them to be added to that is pretty much it.
You could try customer support they are pretty good at working with people. Long ago I mistakenly opened a 2nd account because I didn't realize I could use one to play both COH and COV. They were very nice about shutting down the second account and even credited my existing account for several months using the money I had spend on the second. It's worth a try. Good luck 
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I think this is something that every player would want but the dev would be against because they'd rather you spend money buying more on the new server.
I could agree to let all purchased and veteran slots be transferred to another server that has room for them.
But couldn't see anything like the first 12 slots being transferred at all because that just have people dragging slots from other servers when they need them.
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The OP didn't ask about moving default slots between servers, just empty "claimed" slots.
When you claim a slot, a popup appears warning you that placing a slot is permanent and irreversible. I really doubt Customer Service will be allowed to move the slots.
Just come back to Victory. Join "Victory Badges 2009" and/or "Victory Forum" and you should be able to find people most of the time, even in the wee hours on the morning.
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Never said that he did, I understood what he was saying.
Lavitae, I'm definitely not moving my main from Victory as I still have friends there and do plan on continuing to play there. I just don't see myself rolling up more alts there, so even if I do stay, the slots will go unused.
I had forgotten about the popup from when you claim the slots. I guess I'll contact CS and just see what they say, worth a shot I guess.
I was surprised this issue was elevated once to resolve it, showed there was more to it than a simple "No." which what I expected.
GM Roland, who I'm sure has rescued me in-game as a ghost pirate before, basically told me that it currently impossible to move character slots between servers. It's a technical limitation, and thusly its not a CS issue they can resolve.
He told me this would be a design change that could be implemented by the devs and recommended coming to the forums to express my ideas on the topic.
And my idea is...I don't know. I don't think it should just as easy as contacting CS every time you want a slot moved, if they did that they would constantly be moving slots for us fickle minded gamers.
Possibly a very small fee? Or they could make it a one time thing per account maybe? No idea, tho it is something I would take advantage of if it were available.
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Possibly a very small fee? Or they could make it a one time thing per account maybe? No idea, tho it is something I would take advantage of if it were available.
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Yeah, but unlike a regular server transfer you end up with an extra slot on your server of choice.
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I don't think you get what Mateo is saying.
If you're going to pay to move a slot from on server to another, don't bother. You can simply buy new slots on the server you want.
Slots are purchasable. Right now. They're available for purchase through the character creation screen from the PlayNC store.
http://paragonwiki.com/wiki/Character_Slot
* 1 slot for $5.99
* 2 slots for $9.99 (approx. $4.99/slot)
* 5 slots for $19.99 (approx. $3.99/slot)
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Yeah, but unlike a regular server transfer you end up with an extra slot on your server of choice.
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I don't think you get what Mateo is saying.
If you're going to pay to move a slot from on server to another, don't bother. You can simply buy new slots on the server you want.
Slots are purchasable. Right now. They're available for purchase through the character creation screen from the PlayNC store.
http://paragonwiki.com/wiki/Character_Slot
* 1 slot for $5.99
* 2 slots for $9.99 (approx. $4.99/slot)
* 5 slots for $19.99 (approx. $3.99/slot)
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And I guess Mateo didn't follow what I was trying to infer when I said "small" fee. I'm sure it was no one's fault but my own for not being clear enough.
I'm aware you can purchase slots, I was suggesting that if there were to be a fee involved for moving a claimed slot, it would be a very small one, perhaps $1.99 or $2.99.
The reason for the smaller fee would be that while you are gaining a slot on one server you're losing one on another. The benefit to the buyer would be, if they are in a similar situation as myself, they would at least be able to use the slots they'd earned.
I have no qualms with paying $5.99 (and cheaper if I buy more at a time) for new slots and most likely will once my altitis fills Virtue up. My issue is merely one of annoyance that a server that I no longer roll alts on has all these extra slots sitting around that I could be using on the server I'm active on.
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Yeah, but unlike a regular server transfer you end up with an extra slot on your server of choice.
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I don't think you get what Mateo is saying.
If you're going to pay to move a slot from on server to another, don't bother. You can simply buy new slots on the server you want.
Slots are purchasable. Right now. They're available for purchase through the character creation screen from the PlayNC store.
http://paragonwiki.com/wiki/Character_Slot
* 1 slot for $5.99
* 2 slots for $9.99 (approx. $4.99/slot)
* 5 slots for $19.99 (approx. $3.99/slot)
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And I guess Mateo didn't follow what I was trying to infer when I said "small" fee. I'm sure it was no one's fault but my own for not being clear enough.
I'm aware you can purchase slots, I was suggesting that if there were to be a fee involved for moving a claimed slot, it would be a very small one, perhaps $1.99 or $2.99.
The reason for the smaller fee would be that while you are gaining a slot on one server you're losing one on another. The benefit to the buyer would be, if they are in a similar situation as myself, they would at least be able to use the slots they'd earned.
I have no qualms with paying $5.99 (and cheaper if I buy more at a time) for new slots and most likely will once my altitis fills Virtue up. My issue is merely one of annoyance that a server that I no longer roll alts on has all these extra slots sitting around that I could be using on the server I'm active on.
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The point is.. you are warned when you claim the slot that it's not reversible.
If you create a character in that slot, and then change your mind by deleting a character, you'd be cheating the system by then wanting to transfer that empty slot to another server.
Buying a slot will give you a new slot, without losing the slot on the other side. That may be worth more to somebody because they still have the previous slot to make a character in later without having to do a slot purchase anyway.
I'd be assuming you were pretty full on the previous server to begin with, or else if you weren't intending on making a character in that slot, why did you claim it in the first place? If you change your mind and end up wanting to use it again, it'd still be there if you bought a slot instead of transferring.
I'm sorry, but it'd be your own fault. Buy a new slot and move on. Transferring newbs and/or empty slots of any kind is jut not cost effective.
Moral: Don't claim a slot until you are actually full and "need" the slot to create your next character. Otherwise it doesn't make sense to add the slot, nor accept the terms of it being permanent.
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I'm aware you can purchase slots, I was suggesting that if there were to be a fee involved for moving a claimed slot, it would be a very small one, perhaps $1.99 or $2.99.
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And if they had originally decided to only charge$1.99 - $2.99 we'd still see people whining that that was too high.
No matter what the price someone will want to pay less.
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Moral: Don't claim a slot until you are actually full and "need" the slot to create your next character. Otherwise it doesn't make sense to add the slot, nor accept the terms of it being permanent.
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This is worth repeating. It's of no help to the OP, of course, but may prevent someone else from having the same problem.
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Please everyone, I'm not "whining", I'm not even complaining, just curious!
I've pretty much moved servers, and now my old server has my claimed slots setting empty, had there been a way to move those claimed slots to my new server, great, but there isn't so no big deal.
It's just one of those minor things that irks you, like a minor pet peeve. I see the server list and thing "Well, this (mostly) unused server has 16 slots while the one I play on is full with just 12 slots."
And yes, I'm an altaholic and Victory was full when I claimed them.
Edit in for further clarification: Yes, I plan on buying slots for Virtue and I think they're a steal at the great price they're offered at.
Personally, I don't get why you would switch to Virtue and never use the slots that are left on Victory.
I play on every single server and have all of my available slots filled. What do I do when I come up with a new concept for a character? I buy some more slots and then divide them among my chosen servers.
I'm a server hopper. I simply cannot fathom why anyone would want to restrict themselves to one or two servers and I totally don't get why you'd leave empty slots empty, even if they are on a server you may not play as often any more.
I claimed 4 Character Slots on the Victory server last year. My main hero and all my alts were located on Victory.
I've now started playing mostly on the Virtue server because it is much easier to find teams there given the off-peak times I usually have to play.
I'm merely asking out of curiosity, is there any chance I could move those character slots to Virtue? My gut tells me "No" but I thought it would be worth checking out. They feel like such a waste sitting there on Victory unused.