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Dark Age Of Camelot => DAOC General => Topic started by: Saxif on January 16, 2010, 03:36:57 pm
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Mythic have confirmed that we will be able to transfer our EU toons to US servers!! Now there is no reason for you current non-DAoC players (Las, Eko) to play! ;D
http://www.camelotherald.com/news/news_article.php?storyid=3999
Awesomeness!
Sax.
edit - After having checked I don't think my account exists anymore, so a little less awesome for me :-[
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I cant seem to login to my accounts or get the password changed. Besides I kinda knew this already by not getting the bonus goodies in warhammer that all other ex-daoc'ers got, seems GOA decided I was of no use to them anymore !
Besides that i guess leveling a new one wouldn't take too long anyways, you guys seem to have done it quite quickly. I just have a lack of motivation to play daoc again tbh (sorry!), maybe I'll change my mind in the future though - never say never!
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GOA changed everyones account passwords on 27th August 2003 due to being hacked. They changed both the game and the subscription passwords. There were emails sent out at this time. I know the exact date because I saved my email with the new details. So, check back through your old emails if you still have them. If you haven't tried to log in since then this is probably the reason you can't now.
I managed to log on to my EU account and all my characters are still there. Made me realise they aren't as good as I seem to remember. Toons I thought were fully TOA'd are only ML8, toons I thought were high realm rank are only RR3 or 4 (highest is my old Hero at 6L6). I have more plats on Ywain, even after buying a house and doing templates, than all my toons put together on Prydwen. So if you can't get access to your old toons I wouldn't worry, you arent missing much other than a bit of nostalgia.
If Mythic offer some form of free transfer I will migrate a few of my toons over. But nothing is ever free is it, greedy games companies always want to grab money for moving toons between accounts (its one of the biggest ripoffs in the MMO industry, charging up to a months subs for a simple database transfer that is automated and takes a few seconds). So unless it is free or the charge is a nominal one, I probably won't bother, or at very most I will pile all my plats and useful items onto one single toon and transfer that.
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Guess we will have to wait and see - I forgot I had created so many characters on my account but like you Cern I thought by Warden had done more ML's!
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Mythic have announced how the EU merger will work. Here's the FAQ:
http://www.darkageofcamelot.com/international/goa/faq_en.php
Looks like players from Prydwen and Excalibur will be given the option to transfer to either Ywain or one of the new French and German servers. So we'll be able to have our EU toons on Ywain, but of course they'll be on a separate account so that poses some issues. I don't intend to pay for a third account and since transferring a toon between accounts is a paid service I will only do this for perhaps 1 Prydwen and 1 Excalibur character maximum. My old Hero is RR7 and ML8 with 45k BPs. But I like my new Luri. Decisions decisions :)
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So we can either have a 2nd account for our new toons for free or pay to have a toon moved onto the same account? Any idea how much that costs? I can't spend to much time browsing the web at lunch :)
This is good news, got my password sorted for my Champ, so just need to get things set up for a transfer :)
Sax.
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Hmm, just logged into account management and the character transfer section only works for Warhammer. Looked at the Herald and only thing I can find is account splitting, but that is only for moving toons to a new blank account, not to an existing account. It costs $40 anyway, so sod that (though for up to four toons). Perhaps there's not a way to do this as I'd hoped (I assumed the link inside account management worked for Daoc, but its only for Warhammer).
I have emailed Mythic support to ask about account mergers and character transfers, will see what they say.
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pfft, you know there's no choice now Cern, once you've tasted the awesomness of a tiny little luri bashing things much bigger than him the other races just seem..... meh :)
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pfft, you know there's no choice now Cern, once you've tasted the awesomness of a tiny little luri bashing things much bigger than him the other races just seem..... meh :)
Heh too true, Luri powah! I'll probably end up asset stripping my poor old Celt to boost the evul Lurikeen Empire.
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Can't believe you'd do that ... Celt all the way!!!
Sax.
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luri's forever !!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MItez4bd-uw&feature=channel (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MItez4bd-uw&feature=channel)
(as a side note i remember this video from around the time i was doing mine, made me laugh allot ! :) Amusing song to do the video to)
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When they start the transfer of the data base will they have trouble with character names before or after you activate old toons?
If you don't get my meaning, then I haven't deleted my Thane yet which is called Saxif because until I can actually log my Champion in I won't fully believe it! So will not having deleted the Thane mean that I am going to have to rename the Champion, or will I only have to rename him if I reactivate him? I assumed the latter, anyone know or suppose differently?
Sax.
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Your EU toons will initially be available on a special archive server that Mythic will be setting up (details yet to be announced). You will need to log on to that archive server and then use the /freexfer command to initiate a transfer to your choice of allowable destinations. For ex-Prydwen and ex-Excalibur toons the choice will be between Ywain and the new French/German server they are setting up.
It is only when you actually trigger the transfer via /freexfer that any name conflicts are checked. So it would be safe to log on to the archive server and check all is well with your Champ before you decide what to do with your Thane. If all is well with your Champ then you should delete your Thane before you do the /freexfer command. If you don't delete your Thane called Saxif then your Champ will get assigned a temporary name something like Saxif-12345 and you will be prompted at next login to change it to something new.
More details on how the process works here:
http://www.camelotherald.com/section.php?id=47
This applies to the old US server transfers when they merged into Ywain, but the method will be the same for the EU transfers.
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Cool.
At least the name is saved then :)
Sax.
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Is anyone going to transfer their characters across? and is it a character you move or the account?
Also is there going to be a cost involved? I'm at work at the moment so I can't access any gaming websites (curse you internet filter)!
Brigh :D
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Hey Brigh,
From what I understand you start by a free transfer of the account and then you have the option of paying to have your toon moved from one account to another. Yes if Saxif is truly there I am getting him back, my Druid can't do anything without a grp until the next patch comes in. With a Champion I will at least be able to earn some cash or have more options to fill up grp spaces!
Sax.
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Cool - I would deactivated my account with the BuffBot on and open the account with my Warden on it as I know I have a level 48 Druid and level 42 bard I could use for bots :)
Brigh :D
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There's a misconception, which I seem to have helped start, that we will be able to transfer toons between accounts. There's nothing Mythic have said and nothing currently in the account management pages that would facilitate this. So it looks highly unlikely.
The deal is this. Mythic have moved all old EU accounts under their control. There will be new "EU" servers operated by Mythic for French and German customers. However UK players with Prydwen and Excalibur characters will have the option to transfer their toons to Ywain. BUT ... we will only be able to play them on Ywain if our old EU account is paid for and active. So for example, if you want to have both Brighy your Vamp and Brigheiss your old Warden both active, you'd have to pay for both accounts.
There's no news on any account mergers, Mythic deflected my questions on this so it looks unlikely to happen.
Apparently the new EU servers have been up and running and now down again for maintenance. But I've not seen any details on how to access them. They don't appear in the server list via the US client, so I can only assume you have to run the EU client to see them, but the patcher for that seems down.
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Not a problem if it ends up like that as I'm paying for 2 accounts at the moment anyway so would stop the subs on my BB account and use my old EU account as my 2nd account
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Not a problem if it ends up like that as I'm paying for 2 accounts at the moment anyway so would stop the subs on my BB account and use my old EU account as my 2nd account
Yep this looks like my best option too. I can close my current BB account and make my old EU account my 2nd account. This would mean I would initially have no buffbot but shouldn't be too hard to level new ones, though would need to level a 50 BB on both accounts. Messy but at least would give me access to all my old toons.
But looks like some Luri imposter has stolen the name Cernos .... dunno what my old Celt is gonna do about that :)
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I think I've got a character called Brigheiss somewhere which will probably just get deleted :)
Any date on this happening btw roughly?
Brigh :D
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Currently the only players who can transfer are those who had an active EU account when the hand-over happened (so that's almost no-one). Currently there's no way to re-activate an old EU account as there's no payment options in the account management pages. I've seen a 'red' post on VN boards which says there is no ETA on fixing this but likely to be several days. There's no rush because they have yet to activate the transfers from archived Prydwen/Excalibur to Ywain and again ETA on this is several days.
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ahh ok - will carry on with my BB account for now then but just not renew it when the time comes :)
Brigh :D
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Damn you Cern for starting rumours!!
psuedo gives me a ready made BB for Saxif though ;p I will keep Djem as a playable toon however :)
Sax.
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The subs on both my US accounts have expired and I don't have plans to renew for the time being, at least not until the whole EU transfer thing resolves. Everything seems up in the air at the moment and I'll not subscribe until it sorts out. I believe all EU accounts are free to play until the 28th so I might pop onto Prydwen to say hi on my old toons, but I've no interest in farming anything on there like a lot of people seem to be doing.
Whether this means I will drift from the game I'm not sure. I'm rather busy with work anyway and have some other games to keep me occupied (NTW and DA:O xpack soon to be out). Plus I'm about to start another artwork piece with an accompanying short story, so this will impact on the time I have available for gaming anyway.
My houses on Hib and Mid are paid up for the next 3 or 4 payments. I have set permissions so that anyone with current access can withdraw money from the merchant and also pay the rent (which you do by dropping 20g at a time onto the house). Take any gold of mine which might be on the merchants and use it to pay the rent. I think the house gets respossessed after 120 days of non subscription, but it probably won't come to that because I had been enjoying playing the game again until the whole EU transfer thing derailed everything.
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I have been busy and not playing alot and additionally a couple times when I had time to play I wasn't able to find a grp for my Druid, so I have been afg (away from game) for awhile also. I intend to keep lvling up my Druid though so I can take care of the house issue; "how much" do you have to pay every "how many days"?
I haven't bothered farming stuff on Dyvet either, I figure I'll do it on Ywain when everything has settled down again, also the fact I'll be able to supply pots and buffs will help alot. I hope it does go through because alot of old EU ppl have spent alot of time on Dyvet recently gearing up old toons they'll be pretty pissed off it if it was for nothing. Though I am 95% sure it'll go through within 4 weeks of now.
I might however finish off DA:O so I can play the expac on release, I am only about 12 hrs in so far. Couldn't finish the Dalish content, the Hermit kept beating me as did that Revanent by the Grave stone and the other one by the suspicious camp. Will go back after the mages tower and try again.
Sax.
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House rent is 20g a week. You can prepay up to four weeks. Chances are I'll be back before the prepaid rent runs out. But just in case I'm not, would be grateful if you can drop some rent onto my Hib and Mid houses in a couple of weeks time (assuming you still have an active account yourself).
Hib: Ywain2, lot 3356
Mid: Ywain1, lot 1785
I agree it's likely the EU-ENG -> Ywain transfers will eventually go ahead it's the uncertainty over when which is derailing everything. They just need to get it over with and settle everything down. Current situation is silly.
As for DA:O, there's around 100 hours gameplay if you explore every area thoroughly and do all the side quests. If you skipped side quests and just did the main storyline you could perhaps halve that. At 12 hours in you're probably a bit early for Brecilian Forest. On both my run throughs I left that until much later (after Orzammar) as there's some tough fights. I would go to Mage Tower first and then Redcliffe.
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Dunnof if you guys are still keen, I get the feeling DAoC lost Brigh to WoW :)
There has been a xfer update, they are going to try and get it sorted out early April, would be nice if it was in time for Easter but not the end of the world if it isn't.
Update - EU Free Character Transfers
We?re pleased to announce free character transfers for our European Dark Age of Camelot Players!
Since moving the game to Mythic, we have been working hard on our goal of moving all players onto one account center, keeping EU players updated to the most recent version of the game and ensuring everyone can join in on Realm Pride. With all those moving parts, our current plan is to allow free transfers in early April, however please note that this timeframe is subject to change. Once the transfers are enabled, we will continue to monitor populations as things progress and adjust the source and destination servers as needed.
Below is the list of servers and where they will be able to transfer to:
Dyvet
Transfer to Ywain, Kattraeth, or Glamorgan
Diera
Transfer to Ywain, Kattraeth, or Glamorgan
Cumbria
Transfer to Ywain, Kattraeth, or Glamorgan
Canterbury
Transfer to Ywain, Kattraeth, or Glamorgan
Camlann
Transfer to Mordred
Ywain
Transfer to Kattraeth, or Glamorgan
We will consider transfers from other servers as we move forward.
For the last month the DAoC EU Community has been enjoying a free month on their new servers. As you may have heard by now, we will be turning on billing beginning March 25th. If you haven?t already, please visit the EU Account Center to update your account and purchase game time codes.
Please be sure to watch the Camelot Herald for updates regarding a finalized plan of the free character transfers.
Thank you for your continued support and we?ll see you in the Frontier!
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Andy Belford
Community Coordinator
Mythic Entertainment
http://forums.freddyshouse.com/general-discussion-18/241808-update-eu-free-character-transfers.html
The rest of the thread is ppl saying how great it is and general enthusiam about the entire process, which amused me as all these ppl have been bitch slapping Mythic for the last 2 or 3 weeks :)
Sax.
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Would have preferred the transfer to be enabled during the free month, then I could have at least got my EU toons transferred before deciding what to do with opening and closing accounts, deleting toons (to preserve names), recreating buffbots, possibly transfering house ownership and so on. This now means that to sort out my situation I'm going to have subscribe three accounts for a month. Dunno if I can justify that, will think about it.
Asking EU customers to start paying on the 25th with the transfer still 2-3 weeks away is a bit off. Anyone using that free month to see how the game was doing will have logged into largely empty servers and been unaware of all the action happening on Ywain (or if they are aware, they can't join it). To expect people to pay to still log into the same dead server situation is laughable. I think they had a nice window to get lots of EU people playing again and they've dropped the ball.
I'm going to watch the situation and decide what to do once the actual transfer date arrives.
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No ones gonna resub their EU accounts until the xfer actually happens and I would expect Mythic to transfer subs across to Ywain, so thats not really an issue. I doubt they have been dragging their feet its more likely they had alot of issues to sort out with a small work force and did the best they could. I thought it was a bit off they didn't comunicate with the community but I suspect all they would have to say is "We are working on it and will get it sorted asap" which is hardly worth commicating.
It would have been nice to have had it happen already, Ywain is sucky atm cos the guild is empty and I am getting bored with PUGs. I also doubt it it'll improve much once the xfer does happen cos their is a hard core in NFD and they'll all want a piece of the action and I don't think they'll wanna run 1+FG's (slightly elitist imo). Will see, if my fears are realised and I wanna play more I'll find a guild that needs a Druid and swap across, would be a shame but I get the feeling there are going to be EU guilds created for returning players. Also I'll be able to be active on 2 out of 3 realms with my Skald, though being 49th it would take months to get him to an equivalent state compared to my Druid but might be worth it for a regular grp.
Sax.
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Yep I'm sure they've had their hands full trying to sort out the EU situation. The free month should have been extended until the transfer is sorted out. But I guess they couldn't extend the free month because French and German players are already up and running on their destination servers. It's only the English language EU players which are currently orphaned. But that's still a sizeable number of players that are in limbo.
I think you're right about the possibility for elitism. Before the whole EU transfer thing NFD were pretty accommodating with group setup and running with rusty players or freshly dinged toons. But once they have access to their old high realm rank toons and old setups, I get the feeling everything will change and become much more hardcore. It's understandable but at the same time frustrating.
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To do with sharing the same names.
More.
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Originally Posted by Influenza View Post
When we originally transferred to ywain , duplicate names had a number attached to them for a while then we had to change the name , Qqnametaken111 etc....
Ive got some of the same names on ywain as i do on dyvet , im hoping if i delete them that they will become available. Last time i deleted my skald and tried to use the name on another char and it wouldnt let me , but it would let me use it on remaking the skald.
That is because the toon isn't deleted until you overwrite the slot.
Sax.
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Thanks for that. Yep, you need to re-use the slot, any temporary name will do, and this will free the name and make it available again.
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EU xfers are happening on Tuesday.
http://www.camelotherald.com/news/index.php
Sax.