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Aug 16 2019 09:34pm
Not sure if this has been posted yet, but a word of advice to everyone planning on going to Herod... this is a direct quote from Blizzard.

"Based on name reservations so far, the Herod realm is looking to be massively overpopulated. If all existing players on this server remain there, login queues in excess of 10,000 players are a certainty, and possibly much higher than that.

We recently opened up the Stalagg realm, and we urge players on Herod to consider moving there. There are a lot of players currently on Herod and we want Stalagg to fill up before we open any new PvP realms. This is so that player population is spread as evenly as possible before launch, in order to provide the best play experience.

While we are able to fit several times more players on a single realm in 2019 than was the case in 2006, we are not going to raise that cap any further, even though we have the technical capacity to do so. Raising realm caps would simply forestall the problem, letting more players in at launch but creating an unsustainable situation down the line, with severe queues when we turn off layering permanently before Phase 2 of our content unlock plan.

Please also note that our realm population estimates of Low, Medium, High, and Full are based on this increased capacity – a Medium realm today already has more characters on it than even the most crowded realms did back in 2006.

Our top priority in planning for WoW Classic’s launch has been ensuring that we are laying the groundwork for strong realm communities that will endure over the months and years to follow, which is why we’re cautiously opening new servers to meet demand."


This post was edited by RisingDarkness on Aug 16 2019 09:35pm
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Aug 16 2019 09:36pm
As if I'm going anywhere when I got the names Alchemy and Arms.
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Aug 16 2019 09:40pm
Quote (SaphirexX @ Aug 16 2019 09:36pm)
As if I'm going anywhere when I got the names Alchemy and Arms.


Good grabs, but you might have to wait 3 days in queue to log onto them. ;)
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Aug 18 2019 04:07pm
I’m a little nervous about queue times. If it’s that bad after the first week or two I’ll switch.
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Aug 18 2019 04:36pm
In about 2 weeks it wont matter. Every server will have ques day 1.

Id rather play on a full server that has ques for a little bit over a server that once the population goes down the server dies.

also, got my exact names i wanted.

This post was edited by AlphaofAlphas on Aug 18 2019 04:39pm
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Aug 18 2019 09:50pm
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In about 2 weeks it wont matter. Every server will have ques day 1.

Id rather play on a full server that has ques for a little bit over a server that once the population goes down the server dies.

also, got my exact names i wanted.


they also stated this so if your worried about dead realms i dont think u gotta worry with the populations were seeing right now
"Please also note that our realm population estimates of Low, Medium, High, and Full are based on this increased capacity – a Medium realm today already has more characters on it than even the most crowded realms did back in 2006."

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Aug 18 2019 09:53pm
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they also stated this so if your worried about dead realms i dont think u gotta worry with the populations were seeing right now
"Please also note that our realm population estimates of Low, Medium, High, and Full are based on this increased capacity – a Medium realm today already has more characters on it than even the most crowded realms did back in 2006."


tbh i dont trust that.

if so then they would have made more than 1 extra server because almost all of them are full/high and the game isnt even out yet
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Aug 18 2019 10:04pm
Quote (AlphaofAlphas @ Aug 18 2019 11:53pm)
tbh i dont trust that.

if so then they would have made more than 1 extra server because almost all of them are full/high and the game isnt even out yet


maybe they will but the servers can hold a lot more so they might feel they only need 1 extra server to fill the extra people and have reasonable ques

i personally dont think they have enough but the approach they are taking is probably the way to go because imo its better to have congested servers then 20 servers half full like retail has

you also have to keep in mind this is name reservations i know a lot of people did it on multiple servers... you likely only play on one of those so thats up to 2 false players on a server so it might say high/full but be med/high come launch
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Aug 19 2019 07:25am
Just have to wait for all the retail tourists to leave.

It'll normalize.
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