World Transfer Q&A

[Epic_Gilly]

@ Vyvyanne

Is this Q&A thread where you will be posting the remaining dates for server transfers? I was following your World Transfer Status Updates (https://www.lotro.com/forums/showthr...26#post7464426) watching for dates. Just wanted to know if I need to dig through all the comments here, too. Thanks!

[Vyvyanne]

@ Vyvyanne

Is this Q&A thread where you will be posting the remaining dates for server transfers? I was following your World Transfer Status Updates (https://www.lotro.com/forums/showthr...26#post7464426) watching for dates. Just wanted to know if I need to dig through all the comments here, too. Thanks!

I will be continuing to post dates on that thread. But thank you for the reminder. I will go post next week's now

[Vovo]

If that is really true (and who can know, since you really can't speak for them...), in spite of how many times they keep dropping the ball on this, they are expecting an awful lot of the people who play this game.

This isn't my child, who I would forgive endlessly, in spite of anything. This game isn't my life (although it is for some people, true...).
They need to get their **** together, here. Not everybody loves them as much as you claim they are hoping.

I don't speak for anyone aside from myself. But I do take the time to read the posts of Vyvyanne and Frelorn.

Vyvyanne Executive Producer Nov 10 2015
Thank you again for your patience and understanding in this transition!

I then try to assist others, if I can, by quoting official posts and summarizing what those posts say (because I can appreciate the fact that some people don't have as much time as I currently have to sift through threads and posts). I also do my best to be clear when I am the one making the assumptions, the interpretations, or simply giving my opinion.

Moreover, I understand that the transfer process and the delays, which are caused by technical challenges, are frustrating for most of us. I have no greater love for anyone or anything than most people, but I do try to live in accordance with some very wise words:

...give us grace to accept with serenity
the things that cannot be changed...

[Vovo]

There is a limit to patience even if you have the patience of a saint . What makes you think everything will be hunky dory even if people wait as you say ?

Well into next year , even if you look at things with rose tinted spectacles , like you do .

Your question concerns individual thinking and the different approaches to the way we think. Research suggests that positive thinking has better outcomes than negative thinking.

The situation may not improve, but some evidence suggests that the positive thinker feels better and copes better with life's challenges.

I believe that the evidence is clear. That many of the achievements we, as a society, enjoy today are the result of persistence and positive thinking. Where inventors, thinkers, and workers faced with obstacles, believe that the problems they face can be solved. Holding that belief and patiently persisting has very often resulted in success.

The alternative is to be a negative thinker, but what does negative thinking actually achieve? Will negative thinking help a person to cope more effectively or help that person to feel a greater sense of well-being? Will negative thinking fix the hardware any faster?

I, like you, want Turbine to solve the problems as effectively, efficiently, and as soon as possible. I hope that the problem-solvers are positive thinkers. I believe they are. Meanwhile, I prepare for the worst, hope for the best, try to find the best way to proceed until all of the challenges have been resolved, and in my own way try to shine light in corners of darkness. Why? Because I care.

[Beaniemooch]

Your question concerns individual thinking and the different approaches to the way we think. Research suggests that positive thinking has better outcomes than negative thinking.

The situation may not improve, but some evidence suggests that the positive thinker feels better and copes better with life's challenges.

I believe that the evidence is clear. That many of the achievements we, as a society, enjoy today are the result of persistence and positive thinking. Where inventors, thinkers, and workers faced with obstacles, believe that the problems they face can be solved. Holding that belief and patiently persisting has very often resulted in success.

The alternative is to be a negative thinker, but what does negative thinking actually achieve? Will negative thinking help a person to cope more effectively or help that person to feel a greater sense of well-being? Will negative thinking fix the hardware any faster?

I, like you, want Turbine to solve the problems as effectively, efficiently, and as soon as possible. I hope that the problem-solvers are positive thinkers. I believe they are. Meanwhile, I prepare for the worst, hope for the best, try to find the best way to proceed until all of the challenges have been resolved, and in my own way try to shine light in corners of darkness. Why? Because I care.

You seem to have missed the point that this is a game. A product. Something for sale at a price. To me it's not about negative thinking, it's about being dissatisfied with a service that was promised on a specific schedule which has now been blown all to hell yet we are still being required to pay for the service at the same rate. I haven't seen a reduction in price or extension in VIP due to reduced performance or delayed deadlines.

When customers are dissatisfied they take their business elsewhere. I believe that's how we got to server closures in the first place.

[UwS-Harledir]

I will be continuing to post dates on that thread. But thank you for the reminder. I will go post next week's now

How many more months of waiting are you imposing on the EU closing server populations?

[steveshire]

Check with the character that owned the house the escrow option at the vault NPC, NOT the escrow NPC.

Sergio :-)

that must be the case as the escrow broker and the vault npc has all my goods from the hoiuse

[Tirn]

Your question concerns individual thinking and the different approaches to the way we think. Research suggests that positive thinking has better outcomes than negative thinking.

The situation may not improve, but some evidence suggests that the positive thinker feels better and copes better with life's challenges.

I believe that the evidence is clear. That many of the achievements we, as a society, enjoy today are the result of persistence and positive thinking. Where inventors, thinkers, and workers faced with obstacles, believe that the problems they face can be solved. Holding that belief and patiently persisting has very often resulted in success.

The alternative is to be a negative thinker, but what does negative thinking actually achieve? Will negative thinking help a person to cope more effectively or help that person to feel a greater sense of well-being? Will negative thinking fix the hardware any faster?

I, like you, want Turbine to solve the problems as effectively, efficiently, and as soon as possible. I hope that the problem-solvers are positive thinkers. I believe they are. Meanwhile, I prepare for the worst, hope for the best, try to find the best way to proceed until all of the challenges have been resolved, and in my own way try to shine light in corners of darkness. Why? Because I care.

LMAO this has to be he most bizarre (if not patronising) response I have ever seen . Either you have been to your first philosophy lecture or you are on something .

"Fanboi" , Someone who is hopelessly devoted to something and will like anything associated with their particular thing .

You fiddle whilst Rome Burns ,you are a clear and devoted follower of the "chicken little" way of life .Have fun being away with the fairys .

[Fratonia]

so basically you are saying that I haven't as yet done a world transfer, my worlds are

Lauralin
Withywindle
Snowbourne

Laurelin is a surviving world and transfers off of that world are not allowed at this time. Turbine stated that they will enable transfers off the surviving worlds later.

Withywindle and Snowbourn are among the largest worlds in EU that are going to close. That means that players on those worlds will be the last to be allowed to transfer somewhere else. You have to wait some more weeks before that happens.
Vyvyanne will announce new transfer options here.

[ShireDweller]

that must be the case as the escrow broker and the vault npc has all my goods from the hoiuse

I'm glad that worked out for you!

[floccari]

When the transfers between the last 5 remaining US Servers will happen again?

[Daniyel]

Do we have to wait until Meneldor has completed its move before we can expect to move between Arkenstone/Crick/Landroval/Gladden?

[EB64]

That is my understanding, yes.
They will not open the worlds that will remaining for transfers until the closing servers have all been opened for transfers.

Then they will hold 1 week transfer windows between the remaining worlds, one at a time.
Once they've cycled through all 5 remaining worlds with the 1 week open transfers, they will then cycle through them with 1 month long open transfers one at a time.

In addition, all accounts will be given 3 free transfer tokens.

ALL the closing servers will reming free transfers off indefinitely.

[floccari]

That is my understanding, yes.
They will not open the worlds that will remaining for transfers until the closing servers have all been opened for transfers.

Then they will hold 1 week transfer windows between the remaining worlds, one at a time.
Once they've cycled through all 5 remaining worlds with the 1 week open transfers, they will then cycle through them with 1 month long open transfers one at a time.

In addition, all accounts will be given 3 free transfer tokens.

ALL the closing servers will reming free transfers off indefinitely.

Even if nothing goes wrong, this will take a lot of time sadly. QQ

[EB64]

Yeah. It'll take awhile.
But, I'd rather they get the new servers working correctly BEFORE they move things over.
There will be another Stress Test in the next few weeks to test what they've adjusted after the last one.

[Tangaar]

if you have a creep character class on another server and then you transfer it on those who will stay with a creeep class already existed...what happens?

[Mournsigh]

if you have a creep character class on another server and then you transfer it on those who will stay with a creeep class already existed...what happens?

Creepside, you will see a small arrow next to the class if you have transferred another of that class in, which you can click and cycle through the characters in that class. Freepside, each character gets a slot regardless of the class, limited only by the number of character slots you have.

[Jaedor]

Good morning, I've read through much of the information out there and haven't yet seen my issue/question.

I have characters I'll be transferring off Silverlode and wanted to send one over in advance, but Silverlode isn't in the list of available worlds. Is there some other way to transfer characters that isn't on the launcher? Or are the servers scheduled for dissolution closed to transfers completely?

I can't believe I'm the only one with this issue, so apologies if I just missed it. Thanks for your help.

[Anmorata77]

Check this Article here Jaedor

They are currently on Maiar and Imladris - so not yet to Silverlode.

[maartena]

Do we have to wait until Meneldor has completed its move before we can expect to move between Arkenstone/Crick/Landroval/Gladden?

Yes. Currently that looks to be early next year or so, provided nothing goes wrong with the new hardware cutover....

[Jaedor]

Check this Article here Jaedor

They are currently on Maiar and Imladris - so not yet to Silverlode.

Thank you, I hadn't realized that all transfers were closed from Silverlode to anywhere else.

[KayleahSunshine]

Question:

Why did you open transfers up to Brandywine when you clearly stated you wouldn't do so UNTIL they upgraded the new hardware?

"Brandywine is now available as a transfer destination for the closing worlds that have been opened for transfer."

The server is so laggy now that I can't even hardly do PvE. This is frustrating and disappointing. If you DID in fact upgrade the hardware, you need a refund because it's seriously failing.

[Vyvyanne]

Question:

Why did you open transfers up to Brandywine when you clearly stated you wouldn't do so UNTIL they upgraded the new hardware?

We were able to add additional hardware to the current Brandywine servers and were seeing this strategy working well for the other servers who are now as large as Brandywine. With the delay in the build out we decided to open that server as well to those player who have been waiting as the additional hardware would help with the additional population. We will do an analysis this week to see how the servers are holding up and if we need to can close transfers again as needed.

[Mercho]

I received an in-game mail today with the Subject: World Consolidation Notice. It mentioned, "Detach any items from your in-game mail that you wish to keep". There were no items I could detach. Were there supposed to be items I could detach?

[EB64]

They're saying that, if you still need to transfer, make sure you clear out your mailbox before you do as those items will be lost in the transfer.
I misread that the first time I got that mail as well.