Free Character Migration Week - The Great Migration

Dear Blizzard,

Lets have a Free Character Migration Week!

...and sort out problems such as the many mentioned across threads like the one linked below, once and for all.

http://eu.battle.net/wow/en/forum/topic/2986509135



THE IDEA:

- Merge some of the lower population realms together or simply schedule them to be closed down.

- Set in place a SOLID server cap for each faction on every server (of your choosing)

- Put in place a SOLID server ratio cap (of your choosing)

THEN:

- Offer EVERY character 1 FCM + 1 FREE faction change at the time of migration (for those who take up the FCM)

- Offer EVERY guild the option of 1 free server transfer + 1 FREE faction change at the time of migration (for those who take up the FST)



Blizzard then sets up a web page for this event, which opens one week before the FCMW.

This web page would show players current sever population stats and migration trends, as well as a selection of Guild stats and Guild population stats. It would also give the whole WoW EU community one weeks notice and the chance to discuss who is doing what, and decide upon their chosen migration plan.

This website is then used during FCMW by players to check live stats of those mentioned above.
They log-in to their account through this site and pre-select/pre-order the FCM and FST for their guilds during this FCMW. Which is effectively a week of pre-arranging/pre-booking Character and Guild server migrations on a first-come first-served basis.

Then at the end of the week, once everyone is booked in for their chosen migrations Blizzard closes down WoW for 24hours and processes all transfers!



I'm not saying this process wouldn't be costly, i'm not saying it would be easy, I'm not saying it wouldn't cause some issues a long the way... but i definitely think it would solve a lot of issues.

People stranded on some servers could re-unite with friends. Dud chars stranded on old servers could have new life breathed back into them. Old players with dud chars would be tempted to re-activate and resurrect their accounts, knowing they could make use of them again. Servers with too many players would be re-balanced, and so too would servers who have a problem with Horde to Alliance or Alliance to Horde ratios. There are many draws to the community to run a project such as this, and wouldn't it be awesome to have this all completed in-time for a united community to enjoy Mists of Pandaria?