Why VIPs get server transfer instead of 800 more points?

Any claims that the player base doesn't want free transfers is untrue. People have been coming to the forums every 30-60 days begging for more free server transfers ever since they gave them out on the 2009 Winter Event.


That being said I think the devs would have done better by giving us a window where we could select a free respec, server transfer, or name change token depending on what we needed that month

I think I'm at tier 8, another tier and in another month it will really not make sense for me to pay $14.99 for what amounts to $5.00 worth of points, for me and my playstyle.

If they offered a nice perk, not available from the market, that can't eventually be freed up with reward points, like, maybe merit rewards, I'd say ok, that's cool.

But they aren't, server transfers have a cost, they've put a price tag on it, 800 points, the same as a powerset, a respec, a name change, a full costume set.



It's like a magazine subscription, I subscribe for the year, I get a lower price than if I buy each issue at the newstand.

The current model is counter to that, doesn't repay loyalty, which is not good business sense.

Not to mention some of the small side bonus for being VIP. I've a character at level 4, no AH badges, and he can hold 40 pieces of salvage. A non-VIP, as I read the rewards shrub, doesn't get the bonus inventory and would be able to hold only about 8, maybe 10 pieces. Without going for a whole bunch of AH badges, my pre-Freedom 50s held 55.

Simplest reason is a Server Transfer costs them nothing to give out but points do, since the only thing you can buy nowadays with actual money, other than a month or more subscription, is points.

I think the main reason they decided to give the free transfer may have been in order to provide subscribers with a free way to move to the VIP only server.
When the new business model was initially announced, there was concern bout how the servers may be flooded with spammers, jerks and other such unsavory riffraff.
Whether or not any of this was considered a legitimate concern, an offering to allow subscribers to jump into VIP seclusion seemed almost a necessity.

Now, that may not be the real or the sole reason behind it... but if there weren't free transfers, I am quite sure there would have been people asking for them.

And, as others have mentioned... giving free transfers does not equal giving 800 points for their value.

It would be nice if you could trade them in directly for respecs and renames, both of which cost the same in points, and 1 a month/account I doubt will break anyone's bank.

Or better yet make them worth their point total (800) which can be spent as normal but only on things that cost 800 or more, excluding power sets (make power sets 799pts). So you can offset to truly outlandish prices of some items (enhancement trays @ 1600pts WTF?).

The basic idea behind the FREE server transfer for VIPs was to allow them to slowly, one per month, move characters from the zones they are on now to Exalted (the new vip zone). That way a player could eventually move all of the characters they wanted to the new zone without paying a transfer fee provided they were patient enough.

As mentioned here it definately has side benefits. Have a character that you love but wish desperately you'd chosen a different name..... Wait till you have 2 free transfers, find a server that already has a character with that name (or go create a character on that server with the same name .. shhhhh don't tell them I said that lol) , then transfer your beloved character to that server. Of course the first time you log on your going to get a free name change because your character's name already exists there. Then just use your 2nd free transfer to go back to your old server. NOW.. IF the free transfer did not exist to accomplish that your best bet would be to simply but a rename token from the on line store.. otherwise you'd need to buy 2 server transfers to accomplish the same thing.

Personally I have used mine, along with a few I purchased, to transfer characters. A few older 50 that I didn't have the heart to delete but never play anymore retired to Exalted to make room for new characters using Time Manipulation, Beam Weapons and Street Justice. A few characters I had on other servers found their way to Virtue (my home).

I realize there are players out there that don't care to do any of the things mentioned and wont but plenty of us are and here's the thing..
NC soft easily could have not given us anything at all and just let those of us that wanted to transfer characters PAY for the priviledge. Its better to have something you may or may not use than to have absolutely nothing at all.

I'm not overly fussed about the free transfer either. Saying that however, 2 server transfers = a free name change which is very handy