I started on a server a long time ago, and eventually made it to 80 with 6 toons. I only level chars there, as the raiding seems toxic. Everyone seems elitist and just wants gearscore and whatnot. “Just join a guild!”… Most of those I had the pleasure of joining doesnt run anything else than Ulduar.
So after some time, I decided to make a new char on a different realm and faction, just to try something new. I met a cool guy and joined his very casual guild. I’ve been there for a little over 2 months now, and enjoy the company. Several of the officers runs some old instances (classic/bc) and sometimes Naxx just for the fun, and to gear up people - even though they run two ulduar (25) teams. The general population is very calm regarding hc/hc+ and often take in players to see how they react. Heck, a few actually scolded me for mentioning my gearscore.
I got a single character on that realm (well, a bank toon as well), but would kinda like to drag one of my other characters over, that I enjoyed playing.
But. 55€. 55!
It used to be 15 on retail (in wotlk). Why is it so expensive to move something to a different realm? We already pay a monthly subscription to play the game. Why can’t we be allowed to use our characters somewhere else?
Why not make char transfers possible for free, but add like a 6 month restriction. Heck, Heirlooms can cross any realm to anywhere, but why is it so expensive to move a character? A paid transfer has “few minutes” as wait time, and currently a race change also has “few minutes” as wait time… So it has to be mechanical only, and not something an employee fixes anyway?
Just curious. Why is it so darn expensive to play a game we already paid for and still do monthly anyway?