SilverGen.2679

WvW would likely see more players participating in the game mode if the current transfer "situation" weren't the way it is. So... yes, in a sense, it IS a "need" vs a "want" if you look at the bigger picture.

Obviously there would have to be some sort of balancing to it. Can only transfer x amount of times within x amount of time sorta thing. I think Death's whole point about this is, for the veterans who would like to play WvW with friends who aren't currently on the same server together, we'd like an alternative route vs A) Deleting all toons/resetting our accounts or B ) Spending an outrageous amount of gold/gems to move.

Hence why a free transfer every so often would be good for the community. I believe I answered this in my original post saying I would like to play with my friends and guildmates that are on another server. If it is already a problem with the current cost model, I really don't think a free server transfer every couple of years is going to break it anymore than it is. Besides, alliances will fix this eventually, when/if they come out with it, and get rid of the reason for world transfers anyways. Why not get rid of that model now? 1800 gems isn’t much gold. Farm it, convert to gems and transfer. And that’s the highest amount. That's roughly 750g.. I'm not sure about you, but grinding for that much gold takes a lot of time and effort, or as Death pointed out, too much irl $$ to really want to shell out. The alliance is a great idea, but.. For all we know, it'll never happen. At the very least they could reduce the cost for world transfers.