[James]

Simply put, the state of the game has changed considerably since the initial character transfers were opened up. The focus is no longer on world PvP, and the places you level at now are all but ghost towns. The developers have finally nailed it down pretty solid, the game truly does start at level 70. So why is there a restriction on which realms you can travel to?

To me, it doesn't make any sense at all, from a fairness perspective, from a financial perspective, from a game balance perspective. It just doesn't jive with the general feel and philosophy of the majority of WoW's design: accessibility, non-harmful/non-permanent decisions, having fun. How fair is it that of two complete newbies who randomly pick a server, one will be able to travel anywhere but the other will only be able to travel to certain servers simply due to what is usually a completely uninformed choice? How much money would Blizzard be making if they allowed PvE->PvP transfers? Why is it a bad thing if someone levels up on a PvE server and then transfers to a PvP server? Maybe then you'd see an increase of Horde players on PvE servers, even if only temporarily. I just can't figure these questions out for the life of me, and the fact that Blizzard has waited this long to open up PvE->PvP transfers really has me scratching my head -- WHAT'S THE HOLD UP?

I don't think I'm alone here, either. I'm sure many of the top rated guilds here can tell stories of the apps-that-would had the guild only been on a PvP server. They'll probably tell you about wishing *they* were on a PvP server. What's funny is that the only PvE->PvP transfer that happened has been what many would call a huge success. It created a very competitive server environment for a very long time, it saved at least some of the guilds from a slow attrition based death on some somewhat backwater PvE servers. Why would you not want to repeat that decision? Why would Blizzard continue to ignore the obvious want of the option based on what can only be described as an archaic mindset? When, honestly, was the last time someone here got corpse camped? Not in a very long time, I'd wager.

I guess I'd be happy if someone can answer any of these questions, but I'd suspect most cannot be. Blizzard just needs to catch the fuck on and open them up.