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I recently transferred one of my alts to a new server to play with a friend from work and check out what his guild was all about. Once I was there, it became quickly clear that I had made a mistake. It wasn’t that I didn’t like my friend or his guildmates, its that I had left behind an even closer social circle on my previous server. I’d been playing and adding to this social circle for as long as I’d been playing WoW, spending time helping each of the characters in the circle to level their professions and reach the end game. The strange thing about this social circle was that it was imposed entirely of one person; myself.

See if you can follow me here. Over the years, I’ve put a lot of time into my characters, leveling all different professions so that I can essentially become a self contained island in WoW. Need some flasks for the raid? No problem, I can farm up the herbs on my Death Knight and send them over to my Rogue to make flasks and potions. Need any gear enchanted? Got it covered on my Warlock. Need a new set of Plate for a toon I’m leveling? Terrific, let me put my Death Knights Blacksmithing profession to use (since it cost so damn much to level, I might as well use it).

When I got my alt to the new server, this entire support system was ripped out. I couldn’t turn to any of my elder characters for cash, gear or professions. He had to totally rely on himself. By transferring, I had inadvertently invalidated 4 plus years that I’ve spent in WoW. Needless to say, I quickly apologized to my friend and his guild and made haste back home. Have any of you had a similar transfer experience? Was the result the same?