Phantasmagorian
Sage
The way I would consolidate servers: leave an "alternate land/reality" mark that a player can use to visit their own house and other visitors also see. Duplicate that part of the land.
So, if I have a castle on Drachenfels, but transferred to Atlantic, .. now going to Atlantic somewhere in a non-blocked near location there is a black wisp like thing, when you click it, it transports you to that part with the castle, on a carved out piece of land, floating in "space" like this:
And instead of making it costly to move at all, make it free for people who forfeit their house, and charge for this "alternate reality" house portal. I would also try to think of a few more incentives for players to make the move, with the currently most populated shared coming with the best incentives. Perhaps a cool rare and title "from another dimension", etc.
I've been back only for a few days, be gentle. It's just a rough idea. I moved one character from Europa to Atlantic and two from Drachenfels to Atlantic.
So, if I have a castle on Drachenfels, but transferred to Atlantic, .. now going to Atlantic somewhere in a non-blocked near location there is a black wisp like thing, when you click it, it transports you to that part with the castle, on a carved out piece of land, floating in "space" like this:
And instead of making it costly to move at all, make it free for people who forfeit their house, and charge for this "alternate reality" house portal. I would also try to think of a few more incentives for players to make the move, with the currently most populated shared coming with the best incentives. Perhaps a cool rare and title "from another dimension", etc.
I've been back only for a few days, be gentle. It's just a rough idea. I moved one character from Europa to Atlantic and two from Drachenfels to Atlantic.