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Fully agree with this. A few points I'd add:

The economy alone should settle it. PvE transfers don't just bring gear — they bring gold, mats, and stockpiled consumables farmed in an environment where nobody could ever contest them. On a fresh PvP realm the auction house is the early battlefield ...

As for transferring characters from the HC server to the PvP realm — this won't be available at launch. We plan to open transfers about a month after PvP server launch (timing may change depending on server population and activity). For the first while, it'll be a truly fresh and new server, and ...