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Previous thread: http://forums.wow-europe.com/thread.html?topicId=12730485505&sid=1

New Player Realms
Normal/PvE: Vek'nilash
PvP: Boulderfist

Free Character Moves (FCM)
The free Character Moves below are available until the end of March 16th. To use a free Character Move, please login to your Account Management and select Character Move, or click on the following link:
https://www.wow-europe.com/character/character-move.html

Please note: FCMs are opened based on realm population tracking and analysis and not by request. If you're looking for a specific Character Move (from realm A to realm B), you are in most cases better off using Paid Character Transfer, or you could end up waiting for a very long time. For more information on FCMs, please check our Support FAQ:
http://eu.blizzard.com/support/article.xml?articleId=30558

PvE Realms

Alliance only:
From: Runetotem, Silvermoon
To: Vek'nilash, Chamber of Aspects

Horde only:
From: Draenor
To: Vek'nilash, Bronzebeard

PvP Realms

From: Burning Legion, Darksorrow, Grim Batol, Outland, Sylvanas
To: Boulderfist, Laughing Skull

From: Crushridge
To: Hakkar

Alliance only:
From: Auchindoun, Frostmane, Neptulon, Ravencrest
To: Ahn'Qiraj, Al'Akir, Boulderfist, Dragonmaw, Emeriss

Horde only:
From: Al'Akir, Kazzak, Magtheridon, Stormscale
To: Trollbane

RP Realms

From: Argent Dawn
To: Darkmoon Faire, Earthen Ring, Moonglade, Steamwheedle Cartel, The Sha'tar

PvP to PvE Realm Conversion FCM
The free Character Moves below are available until midnight tonight (March 10th):

From: Vek'nilash
To: Haomarush, Trollbane, Zenedar
For more information on this Realm Conversion, please check this link:
http://forums.wow-europe.com/thread.html?topicId=12304662580

Paid Character Transfers (PCT)
All English realms follow the regular PCT rules, found here:
http://www.wow-europe.com/en/info/faq/paidcharactertransfer.html

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What about Mazrigos?

Did you check previous threads? We've replied on that question only a few days ago:
http://forums.wow-europe.com/thread.html?topicId=12730485505&sid=1&pageNo=2#37

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I see blues are here but dont want to answer me...nice...ty

Um, I think you need to check the time -- it was night. The Community team isn't in the office overnight.

Anyhow, we'll check and see if there's anything odd going on. Sometimes FCMs can just take some time though.

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As appreciated this is i really dont see why its not Alliance Only to Laughing Skull, the server is currently FILLED with Horde and we generally need way more Alliance players then Horde on this lovely server.

The previous Alliance only FCMs were not bringing enough Alliance to the realm. So we are now trying something different. All of the realms that are source realms for FCM to Laughing Skull are either Alliance dominated or were until only very recently.

Anyhow, the main reason for this particular FCM is population related. Your realm is low populated and we want to help realms that are highly populated find a new and less crowded home. Sometimes people don't like it when any group of characters moves to their realm, especially if they are of the faction already dominant. But it is part of our continuing effort to ensure realm populations stay healthy across all realms. Don't worry, we still have faction balance in mind and we will be watching this carefully.

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Sry didnt see that..in my country its day time...and y my chars are locked more then 12h...thats why im asking whats going on..cheers

Well just so you know, sometimes when we open up FCMs on Wednesday, like we did yesterday, sometimes the rush to use the process has in the past meant delays of 24 hours or more. Anyhow, we'll see what we can find out and see if everything is going smoothly or not.

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Was So excited when i saw Runetotem -> Chamber of Aspects cuz i would of moved this and another char over to my main until i saw Alliance only ...

We may consider opening Horde FCM on this realm, but we haven't as yet because Alliance is dominant. But if we did, Chamber of Aspects would not be the destination realm for Horde as that realm needs more Alliance love right now. ;-)

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Wryxian, niclely dogded, locking the last thread without any answers. Reposting my question then:

It is standard practice to repost this thread every week. I'd advise you not to read too much into standard procedures.

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What about realms that you can't play on between 20.00 and 23.00 every day for more then 2 weeks now due to constant server crashes every day?

Do I really need to pay for a Character Move to get out from Tarren Mill?
Or just accept that I can't play on Tarren Mill between 20.00 and 23.00?

We have been working on resolving the issues on Tarren Mill and we have a thread about it here:
http://forums.wow-europe.com/thread.html?topicId=12730505453&sid=1

Our full focus is on resolving the issues the realm is experiencing, and things like FCM are not currently seen as the way to solve the issue: FCM is for balancing realm populations and factions.

Please keep all future questions relating to Tarren Mill to the above thread, as we will not be able to further respond about them here in this thread.

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I would like to know when The Sha'tar gets a FCT to anywhere outside the Vindication :( I payed over 140 euro's for PCT :( you gave Auchindoun Alliance a FCT :(

It is unlikely this Role Playing realm will get FCMs away from it any time soon -- in fact as you can see the only FCMs are to the realm. FCMs are done for balancing realm populations and factions, we want to help encourage a healthier population on The Sha'tar, and not reduce it.

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Average Wait Time: 8 Hours

and im waiting 17-18h kek....

We're having a look to see if the FCM queue is being processed smoothly and quickly. We'll update this thread when we hear something back.

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We're having a look to see if the FCM queue is being processed smoothly and quickly. We'll update this thread when we hear something back.

OK that was quicker than expected! I checked with our technical staff and the FCM queue is actually pretty big right now -- these new FCMs we setup yesterday are seemingly quite popular! :-) But unfortunately this equates to delays in the time it takes to move. :-(

Anyhow the good news is we've increased the number of processors dealing with the FCM queue and it should be moving quicker now than it was before. We're going to keep an eye on it though and if we have any further update we'll post it here in this thread.

Lelemudina, if the character move completes for you, we'd appreciate if you tell us here -- and good luck ;-)

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can i bump here? :D

No thanks! :P In fact, please use our webform to contact us and we'll talk with you further about this issue via email.

https://www.wow-europe.com/community/webform/index.html

[ Post edited by Wryxian ]

This is a general update for all people currently waiting on free Character Moves. There seems to be a very large queue and for some reason the queue isn't being processed as fast as normal and some have been waiting for exceptional times for their FCM to complete. We want you to know we are sorry about this delay, and that we are also investigating and trying to see what's going on and whether we can help alleviate this situation. We realise this can be frustrating and we are doing our best to resolve it.

Just to add -- do not cancel an FCM in a queue and reinitiate it. If you do that, you are placed at the end of the queue again.

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Do you actually think that will work? I am quite sure the only thing that will do is make the horde on the low pop horde servers migrate to a place with high pop horde and just make the situation worse on all servers. Why not just admit that some servers are beyond rescue and start merging?

Since Boulderfist is recommended for New Players and since we have FCMs going to it (and Alliance characters are already using those FCMs), let's say we are cautiously optimistic. Whatever the case, I think you can see with both the New Player tag and FCMs to Boulderfist, we are quite focused on improving the overall state of this realm. Which, one might argue, should be seen as a good thing :-)

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I have a couple of questions.

Currently I'm on Argent Dawn which is perhaps a little too busy for me. I have two (soon to be three before this thread is posted) characters on this server. Can I transfer them all to the same server? I don't have a preference which server so long as it's the same type and not ridiculously underpopulated (that would be rather self defeating), so how do i know the population of the destination?

Thanks.

For our Normal RP realms, as you know Argent Dawn is by far the highest populated and indeed usually has queues. As you can see, we have FCM from Argent Dawn to all the four other Normal RP realms, all of which have a similar population to each other. All four are Alliance dominated to some degree (as is Argent Dawn), but The Sha'tar and Earthen Ring are somewhat more faction balanced than the others.

And just to add, none of them are what could be called underpopulated.

[ Post edited by Wryxian ]

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what i really need to know is: will all my characters migrate to the same server?

A bit confused by this... the FCMs are at your choosing (based on what we have available). So if you choose to send all characters to one realm, they will go to that one realm. Does that make it clearer? :-)

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Thanks for the opportunity that these FCM provides us but Im sorry to say this, that Im trying to to move some of my characters from Darksorrow to Boulderfist but its taking so long, its been 36 hours and status is still Pending . Average Wait Time: 11 Hours and its increasing everytime i checked. all of these characters got stcuked for migration and only DK is available and most of times gets boot out of realm or gives me errors that i cant login now.

its getting annoying , i just wanted to know how long it will take.


Best Regards.

Yes it is annoying and we are trying to resolve it as soon as possible. Please check out the following messages from just a few posts above yours:
http://forums.wow-europe.com/thread.html?topicId=12878617896&sid=1&pageNo=3#41
http://forums.wow-europe.com/thread.html?topicId=12878617896&sid=1&pageNo=3#42

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A small update would be nice if or when you fix the problem so we can expect the queue time to be accurate again thx

No change since our last post, hence no update. We continue to investigate and work on trying to clear the queue faster.

The issue that was preventing the FCM queue from properly processing has now been fixed. The queue should now properly decrease with time, rather than the opposite. We sincerely apologise for the length of time this issue has taken to resolve.

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It blows my mind you haven't recognised that Horde Silvermoon needs a ton more people.

As it happens, of course we are aware that Silvermoon is extremely Alliance dominated. What you are not taking into account is that it is also very highly populated in general. We cannot send anyone of any faction to that realm using FCMs without causing more harm than good. So the focus needs to be on reducing the Alliance side more, to allow space for more Horde. This is why we have Alliance only FCMs away from the realm.

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Any update from Blue's side would be nice, the previous post obviously was just to reduce panik and not the real deal as its not been reduced or anything.!

We can assure you that when we posted, it was after receiving news that something had been resolved. However, our technical teams are still looking into the FCM queue right this minute to see what is going on and why it is still taking so very long. Please don't assume a lack of blue responses in this thread means nothing is going on, it just means we are not in the office to post. We continue to try and address this.

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are any transfers going to be completed this weekend? or does the fact that no1 is in the office mean that none of them will be completed until tomorrow?

My above comment was just in regard to this thread and the Community team to which I belong. Let me repeat once more, our technical teams are looking at this issue right this very moment and will continue to do so.

Our technical teams have not yet been able to resolve the issue preventing the FCM queue from being processed. When we have an update for you, we will be sure to post it here in this thread.

In the meantime, should you be concerned about your FCM and looking for customer support, we advise you to contact our Billing Support team via the contact details on this page:
http://www.wow-europe.com/en/support/accountbilling.html

Should the current wait time with our FCMs be unbearable for you, and we can empathise if it is, please keep in mind that you can at any time cancel the FCM.

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What will happen to all those people still in queue tomorrow?

We are trying to find information on this before we can answer.

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If you tell the community you will expand the current FCM's for a few more days a lot of us will be happy to cancel the FCM for now and restart it later.

(after you fixed the problems)

It is highly likely that because of the issues with this current round of FCMs that we will simply extend the existing FCMs for another week, when we renew them on Wednesday afternoon. The reason why we can't give a definite reason is that there is a very small chance that one of the destination realms might reach too high a population for us to continue FCMs to that realm for another week, but note this is very unlikely especially considering the current issue with the queue. So no promise, but as close to one as we can give.

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can any blue confirm whether the problem has been found and/or fixed? and possibly an eta on the transfers being completed?

No further update as yet, unfortunately.

[ Post edited by Wryxian ]

An update for those waiting on FCMs: a further issue has been identified and corrected. Hopefully this is the last of the issues that have prevented the FCM queue from being processed as quickly as usual.

We are not leaving it at this, though. We are still looking into it in case this isn't the final thing that needed to be fixed. Even if we do feel it was the last issue remaining, we will continue to actively monitor the queue and update this thread as and when we can.

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Ooh, lovely. The character I queued first now has an updated status, it shows "Error" instead of "Pending", and my only option is to cancel and re-queue it. Does this mean I need to start counting the hours from 0 again?

- 100 hours and counting

Don't cancel it (unless you want to actually cancel). Sometimes it shows a status of Error, but it still is fine anyhow.

It's an ongoing issue, unrelated to the current FCM queues, that seemingly hasn't been able to be resolved.

Another update. It appears the queue is now being processed as quickly as normal. If it continues as it is, we expect the current queue to be cleared by sunrise tomorrow. However, we will continue to monitor it and ensure that it continues in this way.

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Ah, lovely. As I had already pressed Cancel and re-queued since that was the only option the interface gave me.

Oh well, next time (if there's a next time) come ask here. But the good news is, if you reinitiate it, then considering we believe the current queue should be resolved in hours, yours will be right after that.

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ok so half my characters have transferred the rest have not and are showing as Error?

Given that I commenced all the transfers around the same time does it mean the Error ones are now stuck?

Do not cancel them, simply wait a while longer. If the issue persists until, say, midday tomorrow then post up here again and we can investigate further. Chances are high they will complete between now and then.

The FCM queue is now cleared completely. Rejoice. :-)

If you are wanting to do another FCM or you've been waiting till the issue was resolved, you should be fine to do it now.

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Are there any plans on giving another week for the FCM?

Take a look at our previous reply, just a couple of pages back:
http://forums.wow-europe.com/thread.html?topicId=12878617896&sid=1&pageNo=13

Currently it's expected we will at least continue the existing FCMs for another week, and the only changes might be expanding them a tiny bit: for example, potentially more source realms to move characters to Vek'nilash.