Thread: New Shard Tag: "Trial" 
I understand that transfers are easy. Though it'd be good to check guild names and names before transferring. Mostly.
However the real kicker in all honesty, is that trial players reccomended by friends can't play with them. The pull of an MMO is in part due to friends who play. You will cost yourself future subscribers if trial players can't roll with their friends.
Last edited by Devicus; 06-25-2011 at 01:32 PM.
You won't be able to move to a Trial server...they aren't on the list of transfer destinations. Check the NA Shard forum for "Transfer Destinations" thread for your faction of choice.Originally Posted by Raeniel
Ok, so.... I haven't made any attempt to move off my now tagged trial shard yet but if/when I do, how do I pick a non-trial server if they don't show that they are trial servers? My luck I'll move onto one that makes me move again. Or maybe it would stop me mid-transfer and say "oops! you can't go there!" I was rather enjoying the more adult atmosphere on my current shard. I have a couple toons elsewhere on a more populated shard and the chat is full of obnoxious, illiterate and offensive children. Something to look forward to when I do make a move.
a community-oriented site for all things Rift
- Trader's Village, where you can buy or sell in-game items and materials
- Rune Guide, a complete listing of runes by slot
- Salvageable Essence List, with all Rift essences and skill level to salvage, if possible
ya'll are really dropping the ball with this server transfer thing. 1st you uproot and destroy perfectly sound server communities, and now you do this...Lol what a joke..
hmmph, aedraxis was a cool server name too lol
oh well ¬_¬
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+1 for thinking this is just plain ********.
Not wanting to.
I am sorry but I have been playing on Perspice since early access and couldnt imagine any other place. It sucks and for the most part I will miss alot of my friends. To those moving I share your frustration and to the guild leaders I am sorry for any friends you lose but the best bet for transfers is find a spot with most of your friends and guildies. After all is said and done at least as a still present community you can hang out and know who you can trust in parties.
I was too on Perspice and this transfer thing has been great so far.
The server I chose is hopping. WF are instant pops. There is world pvp even during invasions. Players are talking in the 50 chat and answering questions. There are ppl talking about transferring in. Even in Meridian folks are hopping instead of moping. The move itself was very simple. Clean out my mail and vanish.
THIS is what the game should have been like - a community instead of what I left behind. I don't regret leaving Perspice yet, it was dead as a doornail unless you only wanted to talk to guild members. You don't know what you are missing if you don't try to leave. They are giving you a free chance to move out anywhere. Be stubborn if you like but my home is now Molinar - so be it.
Don't even act like the majority of you were helpful and want to stick around to help trials. There were only about 3 of us answering noob questions in 4-9 chat or Meridian anyway - the rest of you ignored them. What you are hurt by is that you won't be as big of a deal when you have to meld into a larger group. Your 20 person guild won't be as impressive on servers that have cleared as much or more content. Buck up, tell your buddies where you want to go and move on. If you don't that server will continue to lose players and then you will have every shard first and only have yourselves to show off to. I know its bitter medicine but remember - the only constant in the universe is change... plan an adventure, change servers, meet new friends, smile - lucky for you its about a 15 second process to actually move a character.
I watched Zyxxx beg ppl to do the world event stuff in 50 chat and ppl try to organize rift/invasion groups and you stayed obsessed with being guild only so your exclusions and lack of community made that server what it was and it's why ppl will be transferring with or w/out you. P.S. auction house prices are better here too
Last edited by Fernt; 06-25-2011 at 02:27 PM.
Yes, I am trying to coordinate 50 ppl and it is a pain in the ***, but I still like the option. I run a guild and we and have many friends on my old shard. Some are not gonna be on the shard I moved to. I don't know these people in real life, sure it sucks losing contact with a good in game buddy, unless they are real-life friends, you will most likely not keep in touch when you move to another game.
I don't know about your shard, but my low pop shard had no community and any low pop shard I checked out also had no community, but results may vary.
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Fernt this is zyenix and I dont want to but it has to happen for transfer, only issue I have now is the guildies that only contact via in game mail plus those that are offline.
Forced to move
Why am I being forced to move and lose my characters name because Trion decided that my server is going to be a trial server. I bought my collectors edition SO I could get my names. Elrar what is Trion doing for us, the people who want to keep our names that are taken on other servers.
you can you idiot just not on the server filled with trial acounts it is to help you...
Right - I'm Circa - I saw you try to get them to be community oriented and we talked about me having 7 crafting rifts stored even though I had asked my previous guild to do them until I had 4 stored. That's a month of asking your own guild and they can't follow thru. Ridonculous man. Ask me why I left them lol
It will be hard to coordinate but I hope you find happiness wherever you land - you seemed to try unlike some I saw.
List of ridiculous things.
1) Trion making low pop shards Trial shards, rather than making new servers for trial and allowing people to choose to stay or leave on their low pop servers
2) People's reaction about #1.
Seriously, guys...
Yes, it's not the best move, and yes, it might've been done differently...
But it's not a big deal.
Move your guild, move your toons, and keep doing the exact same thing you've been doing on your current shard?
I swear, by looking at the posts, it seems like Trion announced they'll kill every player's first born child.
You'd be happy if you lost your toon's name would you? I doubt it. That's what happens when you're forced to move .. or Trion make it a royal PITA if you don't.
Last edited by Kragorn; 06-25-2011 at 03:01 PM.
You are absolutely right, the server name does not matter. What matters is the group you are with. So it does not help that the first thing a player sees is that message you so kindly posted. Those players who do not log in and choose to transfer before getting more info, they leave your guild. Others that were maybe friends with those player, they will leave to follow their friends. Meanwhile the guild looses cohesion. Some might say it weeds out players. Well, yes, and if you are looking to cull the herd, than this might be a good thing for you. For causal players or groups who have valuable but casual players, they start getting peeled off. There is no easy way for GMs to send a mass e-mail to their members with a sufficient explanation to keep the group together. There are also guild alliances to factor in. All of these things make this move very burdensome for the players. Since the players are the customers, it would have been better if they could have shifted more of that burden back onto the service provider (Trion).
And I did not even cover the identities that folks have created with their name and guild names. Many of those will have to change too. It is one thing to make things voluntary, or providing some incentive to move. While this may not be forced, it is effectively forcing groups to move as the pop up window suggests that it is a requirement and does not give players more information to make better decisions.
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