I guess there will be no server transfers either eh?

[Grogo]

I say good. If you want to be a dick online it will cost you as reputation may be a thing again. Can't transfer out.

[chrisnumbers]

The hell are you talking about.

[Nasuuna]

Agreed.

I want to be known as that dude who is top tier but doesn't play enough to commit to a guild.

Aka, a pugs dream healer.

[kurtpal]

The hell are you talking about.

Server transfers

[Hotsforyou]

The hell are you talking about.

He is talking about when your reputation mattered on a server. No server Xfers to run away from a bad rep and everyone knew everyone.

[Armourboy]

I wouldn't bet on that if it is integrated into the new infrastructure it is certainly possible.

[God Save The King]

The paid character transfer begun in mid 2006. It was originally limited to only being able to transfer between realms of the same type, and eventually opened up to allowing PvP to PvE, but not the reverse. I believe PvE to PvP came out in TBC.

Server transfers would naturally need to be in Classic, since they were a part of the game.

I also recall something like a 6 month or 1 year cooldown for specific characters, so you couldn't hop around every few days like today.

[chrisnumbers]

Server transfers

Right, but it's an odd way to start a conversation, talking about people being dicks already.
Where does it say there would be no server transfers when they release Classic?

[Echocho]

Server transfers existed in vanilla so it should definitely exist in Classic. Being stuck on a dead realm sucks.

[Maudib]

Server transfers existed in vanilla so it should definitely exist in Classic. Being stuck on a dead realm sucks.

Mid 2006:

http://wowwiki.wikia.com/wiki/Character_Transfer

[Dahij]

Where does it say there will be? If we're going to make an educated assumption, the original Classic didn't have server transfers. Do you have another metric that you're using to gauge probable future events or details? A crystal ball?

They did tho.

[Ealyssa]

Pretty sure they didn't. For years now people have pinned the "Community" argument on the fact that you could not simply transfer your character to a different server. As seen above in previous posts.

Are you implying you were able to transfer servers in Vanilla, from the original launch?

Community is full of shit, that's shocking news.

[Armourboy]

Funny...on the other hand there are threads how ninja looting was a rampant problem and how personal loot was needed to fix

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Guess this is why all the threads here are going so well. Everybody being 100% informed and all...

Always felt the ninja looting issue was way overstated especially in raids. I think I could count on my hands the number of times I saw it in anything other than low level instances and in most of those it was that people didn't know better.

[Siraeyou]

Pretty sure they didn't. For years now people have pinned the "Community" argument on the fact that you could not simply transfer your character to a different server. As seen above in previous posts.

Are you implying you were able to transfer servers in Vanilla, from the original launch?

They existed since 2006, but with certain limitations, and additionally there was a minimum wait time you had to meet before you were eligible to transfer again. http://wowwiki.wikia.com/wiki/Character_Transfer

[Franzy]

There probably won't be too many realms open anyway, not hard to track where those jerks go if they do transfer

[RobertMugabe]

Funny...on the other hand there are threads how ninja looting was a rampant problem and how personal loot was needed to fix

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Guess this is why all the threads here are going so well. Everybody being 100% informed and all...

Yeah ninja looting is a thing, but they happened mostly in dungeons. For raids, most "serious" people would join a guild and thus this was a rarity overall (most raid "pugs" of current content in vanilla where semi-guild runs). Ninja looting really became a HUGE deal in Wrath, where pugs became common.

So yeah personal loot isn't really necessary in vanilla and it could even cause a lot of issues due to vanilla's itemization (gear wasn't really normalized so the items had a ll kinds of weird stats and auras + some classes like shamans need cloth gear etc.)

[Armourboy]

I cannot wait for the reactions of people when THAT is what we get for Classic servers. Reading threads here I get the feel, ppl expect AQ gate opening or Naxx 40 to be the patch that Classic servers run on.

But yeah...let us start with the Nov 2004 release...I am all for it

Same here and would actually prefer it because I didn't get to see the first couple of patches.

[Dahij]

That's why I asked for specifics. Because you intentionally left your comment vague.

They implemented them at the end of Vanilla with a six month cooldown. You're not technically wrong, but leaving your comment vague like that tells me what you're trying to do.

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Okay, we're going to play that game? They implemented them in 2006, and BC released early 2007.

So yeah, tell me all about how people were transferring during the main part of Vanilla (2004-2006).

Hint: They weren't.

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To presume to know what they're going to release is the true idiot's move.

Naxx was released mid 2006, are you saying it shouldn't be in classic either just because it was so close to BC?

[RobertMugabe]

tbh we don't know yet how Blizzard is gonna exactly do it (they most likely don't know either at this point), but it would be cool to see if they'd launch multiple realms starting at 1.1 and then progressing to 1.12 (at this point all realms join battlegroups, as it was the case in 1.12, and they can start offering characters services betwen those realms). Personally, I wouldn't even mind if they went even beyond and made "1.13" (or just go to TBC)...
And they could always just launch new 1.1 realms whenever they want. This would be all possible from a technical PoV (players don't need to manually patch the client) and it gives people always the choice to either join a popular realm where their friends are in or just start at 1.1 and relieve the whole experience (and if they add extra patches for class balance and QoL stuff, then they could go with patches beyond 1.12 as I said earlier).
All in all I think this would make most people happy and it's definetly doable. Basically, it would work like Nostalrius, but only better, as Blizz could also "simulate" spells etc.

[chrisnumbers]

the original Classic didn't have server transfers.

It's still a question as to which patch(es) of Classic will be rolled out, and when. Server transfers existed before any TBC expansion patches.

edit--I didn't notice all the other people informing you of this before I replied.