Just jumping in to say, the processes we are following are not related to Character Transfers, so you really don't have to take the same precautions. It's totally up to you, but honestly, we need to do this right and make it as seamless as possible for everyone.
Don't forget, we'll enter into maintenance around 3:00am Central Time and fully anticipate needing all 12 hours of scheduled downtime. Also, we are not going to rush bringing the new Servers online, so if we need additional time, we'll let you know.
You can expect periodic updates throughout the day.
Talk to you all soon,
Keith