While the details may take time to hammer out it looks a smart move. However, that said, I have several near BIS toons on DW that never get played since I was forced by Moltdown First to join a realm that is not X1, and Second because no transfers under any circumstances are allowed now that Lordaeron has been resurrected, albeit improved. If you want people to play their characters why not figure out some way to make transfers from DW/Icecrown to Lordaeron, even if it involves some losses in gear? I'd jump at the chance. There is definitely a difference in the sort of players who gravitate to different rate realms and I don't like any of them above x1, yet I was forced to move there. This isn't even close to fair considering I/we also lost years of rep and achieves and recipes in the Recovery. I think you could heal many old wounds and make money in the process for a Win-Win solution.