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    Alice O'Connor posted a new article, Rift getting free character transfers.

    Starting with patch 1.3 this summer, the MMORPG's players will be able to transfer characters between servers once per week for free.
    May 24, 2011 8:15am PDT
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    Alice O'Connor posted a new article, Rift getting free character transfers.

    Starting with patch 1.3 this summer, the MMORPG's players will be able to transfer characters between servers once per week for free. : ShacknewsThis person is cool!

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    • Wow that's something WOW would charge you for. : saturn96This person is cool!
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      Didn't Aion try something similar with disastrous results? : capt trippsThis person is cool!
      • I don't believe they had the time limit like this one does. : one random winner
      • you're probably thinking of the server merges which were not done well. the transfers to maintain race b... : electrolyThis person is cool!
      • Aion is a different game entirely as it is siege focused, even the PVE available is determinant on siege... : StealthHawkThis person is cool!
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      Well that says a lot about the population for this game it's obviously starting to dwindle. : sonicbrewz
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        How does that say a damn thing about the game population? : Zips
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          As people stop playing, servers start to get emptier and emptier so the rest want to transfer to higher p... : pyideThis person is cool!
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            Or they have friends playing on other servers : StealthHawkThis person is cool!
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              Seriously. Just because you can transfer characters doesn't mean jack squat when it comes to a game's po... : Zips
              • Blizz started doing free character transfers because a bunch of servers were getting way too overcrowded ... : pyideThis person is cool!
            • Well yeah. Usually friends start playing with friends from the start though in social games like these. ... : pyideThis person is cool!
      • Wait, what? : Visceral MonkeyThis person is cool!
      • LOL bad troll attempt. : chadg033This person is cool!
      • From what I can tell, it's getting more subscribers, not less. Hard to say since I've been too busy to h... : TheMongbat
      • Yep, WoW 's a ghost town ever since they started allowing character transfers. Surprised they are still ... : fried sushiThis person is cool!
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        The population is growing. It just got a huge boost from the Steam sale. The game is solid, it takes ... : Discrete
        • Addons are nice but can hurt a game. The thing that is nice right now is when they patch I do not have to... : pluto69This person is cool!
        • Steam's daily peak for Rift is +5k, and I'm sure a chunk of those had the game prior to the sale. Is that... : pyideThis person is cool!
      • No, when they combine servers, the population is dwindling. This isn't that. : Rotten DeaditeThis person is cool!