It's several weeks later than expected, but Amazon is finally ready to start rolling out its long-promised server transfer system to New World. Players will soon be able to quickly transfer to a different New World server using a free token provided by Amazon, given as promised for initial launch issues for the MMO. There are limitations, however, based on server population. Luckily, Amazon has put together a website organizing New World's servers into groups based on queue sizes to help players decide where to make their homes.
The good news is that Amazon has opened up server transfers to all servers that aren't full, which is most if not all servers most of the time. There are times during peak-play hours where many servers are full, but attentive New World players should be able to find a time when they're able to transfer regardless of the server. The bigger issue, then, is finding a server that has low or no queue times at peak hours, since no one wants to transfer to a server where they won't be able to play after they get home from work.
Amazon's updated New World website is intended to provide guidance on server queue sizes for all of the MMO's 600+ servers. They're grouped into three separate sizes: High, Medium, and Low. The vast majority of servers fall into the Low category, with less than a fifth of servers split into Medium and High. The website doesn't state exactly what the difference in queue times is between each group.
The idea is that New World players will be able to use the server queue size website to inform their decision on which server to transfer to. Perhaps a player has a friend on the US East server of Caerleon, but they then see Carleon is ranked High in terms of queue size. As such, the player and their friend choose a different New World server to transfer to instead.
The bad news is that there do seem to be some accuracy issues with regard to the server queue size list. The list is likely automated, so it must be making some incorrect assumptions. A server could, for example, have an average population that's 55% full most of the time. However, if that server spiked one day the past week and, due to a War or event, and had a brief lengthy queue that otherwise never happened again, it'd still be listed in the High category.
New World players will ultimately still have to do their own research regarding what server is adequately populated for their playstyle. No one wants to wait in queues, but no one wants to be split off from their friends, either. Amazon's server queue size website will hopefully be a useful tool for New World players to make an educated decision when server transfers are fully available.
New World is available now on PC.