I haven't got off the newbie island because I like to play a couple hours a week or month instead of half of most days. I'll most likely build another character or two before I take the jump to the mainland
but I'd be happy to pay a couple months sub fees in advance to see my main come through intact.
seems like a reasonable way to raise the cash to overcome the technical difficulty of character transfers would be to transfer characters for anyone willing to pay their sub for 2-3 months in advance. one character per subscription, or perhaps a small additional fee for alts. This would allow players to select the most vital characters to them and at the same time raise enough funds to hire temps to do the data transfers.
Best side is for the long term subscribers staying on they aren't paying anything they aren't already.
As an older and casual gamer the biggest obstacle for me in MMORP's isn't the experienced players or even the pvp loving jerks who like to smash noobs for fun. It's the limited space for low level toons, and all my buddies leveling past me. I enjoy the game and will drop in on the new server and make new characters. prolly will even pay some dues this fall when I start playing more.
I do like the 2x experience rule for paying players. maybe add a few more bonuses of that nature and kill the level cap so that free players can hope to achieve everything the sub players do if they are willing to grind enough?
but I'd be happy to pay a couple months sub fees in advance to see my main come through intact.
seems like a reasonable way to raise the cash to overcome the technical difficulty of character transfers would be to transfer characters for anyone willing to pay their sub for 2-3 months in advance. one character per subscription, or perhaps a small additional fee for alts. This would allow players to select the most vital characters to them and at the same time raise enough funds to hire temps to do the data transfers.
Best side is for the long term subscribers staying on they aren't paying anything they aren't already.
As an older and casual gamer the biggest obstacle for me in MMORP's isn't the experienced players or even the pvp loving jerks who like to smash noobs for fun. It's the limited space for low level toons, and all my buddies leveling past me. I enjoy the game and will drop in on the new server and make new characters. prolly will even pay some dues this fall when I start playing more.
I do like the 2x experience rule for paying players. maybe add a few more bonuses of that nature and kill the level cap so that free players can hope to achieve everything the sub players do if they are willing to grind enough?