Quote Originally Posted by BananaBandit View Post
Do you understand what xbLeyd was responding to?
There is not a chance that PlayWithi can (or would) move your virtual goods from the PH game for the following reasons.
  1. They do not own and cannot access Rohan PH servers. To PlayWith Interactive, the Rohan PH was nothing more than a legal private server.
  2. Moving your OP stuff from Rohan PH would totally unbalance these servers and destroy playing for the people already here.
  3. In order to move virtual goods from one server to the next, both servers must match 100%. iRohan and Rohan PH have diverged a LOT since and do not match in the least. and with (1) there is not a hope in hell of that ever happening.
  4. PlayWith Interactive does not care in the least how much money you spent on Rohan PH any more than they care how much money players have spent here. They want you spend money here. Period. Moving your stuff here (even if it were possible -- it is not) would not entice you to spend the money re-building your characters here.
  5. With the invitation you received, you were not promised anything more than the players that have been here for more than 6 years enjoy. This is not Rohan PH it is R.O.H.A.N. : Blood Feud also known as iRohan. Completely different server. Completely different owners.

So xbLeyd is perfectly right in saying "Not a chance". It is not trolling - it is a fact.

I do agree with you that if PlayWith Interactive wants the PH players, they will need to remove their IP blocks. Those blocks were put in place to force PH players to play closer to home at the request of the Rohan PH operators so they would have a chance to become established and grow. It is no longer needed and should be removed -- if they remember how.
Counterpoints:

1. Given how the interface looks like, they will have database-level access to the PH servers to verify existence of said characters for transfer. As YNK owns PlayWith, they see Rohan PH as a Licensed server they have full control over.
2. The interface shows only a single form for the primary weapon used by the player owner. This may be only a verification form, but IF it is used as the only thing a Rohan PH player can transfer, it will still be quite an infusion of decent quality items:

The following are bundled weapon sets from the last two promos involving Glacial weapons.
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?...1771774&type=1
https://www.facebook.com/rohanph/pos...52279792391775

The following are
6 weapons with stats taken from http://live.levelupgames.ph/wp-conte.../UPDATED21.jpg
and another 6 weapons from http://live.levelupgames.ph/wp-conte...2013/02/21.jpg

A major factor in the OP power levels in Rohan PH was not on the above weapons, but the costume sets; the last 2 links above show stats given to costume sets; while a cursory look at the Rohan PH page shows the average equipment level required. This ties in with points 3 and 4, that PlayWith/YNK, having control over Rohan PH databases for at least comparison purposes, CAN insert the weapons, but will not care about consumables, which is where they can earn a lot of their money in the first place. Even if they insert accessories and armors, most players are coming here with Bedron sets that barely match a good Glacial set, and thus will have to invest anyway to catch up, while their current sets are "good enough" to survive for the meantime.

However, the fact that YNK does have final say over how Rohan is run regardless of server renders 5 moot. If they say the inventories can't be transferred but the equipped items can, then it's not the transferring players' problem, since YNK will prefer that players spend on consumables in PK and upgrading items (they're coming in to a server that has some potential for upgrading) than discouraging them completely from infusing their presence into the game economy and thus as a potential source of income.