WOW Realm Population and TBC Launch
Posted: January 10th, 2007, 10:30 pm
Ommra from Blizzard EU chimes in with a bit of information, have a listen...
The Burning Crusade is soon upon us and in preparation for launch we’re continuing to make sure the population on the realms is at a level where the community thrives and queues are not overly long and/or frequent. There are several measures to ensure this:
Realm tags: the “Full” and “Recommended” realm tags will be used continually to direct new and restarting players where to start new characters.
Free migration: we’re currently preparing a batch of free migrations. Read more about it here. Additional free migration may be run after launch.
Raising realm caps: as the increased world size naturally accommodates for more players online all realms will have the population caps raised at launch.
New realms: at launch we will open a number of new realms. The exact number and names will be revealed soon. More realms will be opened as needed in the weeks and months ahead.
Realm split: in the case other measures are not enough we will consider doing a realm split. You can find more information about realm splits in the FAQ.
Thanks
The Burning Crusade is soon upon us and in preparation for launch we’re continuing to make sure the population on the realms is at a level where the community thrives and queues are not overly long and/or frequent. There are several measures to ensure this:
Realm tags: the “Full” and “Recommended” realm tags will be used continually to direct new and restarting players where to start new characters.
Free migration: we’re currently preparing a batch of free migrations. Read more about it here. Additional free migration may be run after launch.
Raising realm caps: as the increased world size naturally accommodates for more players online all realms will have the population caps raised at launch.
New realms: at launch we will open a number of new realms. The exact number and names will be revealed soon. More realms will be opened as needed in the weeks and months ahead.
Realm split: in the case other measures are not enough we will consider doing a realm split. You can find more information about realm splits in the FAQ.
Thanks