I wonder if the community would be interested in a point system for transfers that would allow you to transfer by spending time as opposed to spending money?
I think a point system that works like karma or glory would do it. Points should cap at 18 and transfer costs would be:
5 pts – low pop server
10 pts – med pop server
18 pts – high pop server
You would earn 3 transfer points as a reward for completing your monthly, or you could buy points via the gemstore (500 gems for 5pts, 1,000 gems for 10pts, 1,800 gems for 18pts).
Maybe you could make the points trade-able for karma or laurels for those folks who have no interest in switching servers.