Eranikus PvP EST WotLK Classic server
Alliance /who 80 = 4 to 20 on average
Horde /who 80 = 20 to 60 on average
Dead servers aren’t really news, but I have questions for players and blizzard alike. These forums are so poorly structured now, I’ll be surprised if there’s a response, so thanks in advance if you do, or if you read most of this. This is my first post since playing classic because I rather be playing…
Please understand that my prior server experience relates directly to this issue, so thx for your patience.
When Classic was only 60-Era, I paid to xfer 10 characters from Thunderfury [A] to Faerlina. No discount, whatever, I was instantly happier. With lockdowns I had time to play, and I did so until a few months after TBC launched. Business was starting to pick up and Graphics orders started coming in again, so I took a break to make money. Upon returning to Classic, Faerlina had become a Horde mostly (90%H:10%A) server.
I really really really enjoy world PvP so I was having a good time ganking BUT, in order to exist and enjoy an MMO, you need to be able to make gold via an active Auction House. You can argue otherwise, but I’ve never bought or sold gold, I have all professions covered, so I think I know what I’m talking about. Please also understand I was in a popular GDKP guild when Faerlina [A] was hyperactive.
It was VERY inconvenient, but I began to realize that of the Faerlina Alliance players, most were Horde alts. Faerlina Horde was scouting our AH and sniping deals and reposting at crazy prices so it was time to go. I made alts and surveyed level ranges on both factions of free xfer servers listed, with the goal of finding balanced active PvP server to move to. You’ll laugh but I found Earthfury, which was very healthy when I decided to move there. I managed to sell my GBank for 2k gold, at a loss, and made the free xfer.
Took nearly 2 weeks, but I had remade my 5 Tab GBank for my characters, from scratch. I enjoy farming and crafting for a profit, so the GBank setup is necessary. So of course in a few months Earthfury died as well. This time I fully converted all my characters to 20 slotters and specialized profession bags, couldn’t find a buyer for the GBank this time around. I delayed leaving long enough to farm without competition for 2 weeks.
Eranikus. So, everyone moved to Eranikus, so I did as well. Now Eranikus is dead and everytime servers die, I notice people blaming Blizzard. Not really their fault entirely. This time I’m not moving. I’m using my 7 level 80s and 3 xp-off 79s to farm gold to buy gametime via WoW Token. I rerolled on Pagle, and have options on Bene and Grob just in case, but no more xfers for me. Using WoW Tokens I’m paid up till 5//24, my goal is 9//25, then I’ll chill.
Now I’ll tell you why servers die, and why Guilds all jump at same time to a pre-determined server.
I can tell you why servers actually die and why raid guilds all decide to jump to the same server GDKP guilds server a great purpose, they keep geared players playing content they dont need anything from, and with the gold split you can but the 3 seater mount with vendors we all like. But… at the extreme, youve got some farmer guilds that go a bit too far. Their approach is modeled after Whaling. So when a server runs out of whales, the top guilds pull the trigger and decide to jump to a server with more spenders. Thats the root right there.
So about Eranikus and other similarly dead servers, will they be merged? If theyre merged will GBanks merge as well ? I like the way that 60-Era server were merged all together, that was a brilliant fix.
I really kind of scoff at the fact that we were given KeyRing in 60-Era classic, but not xrealm group finder which wouldve solved dead server issues. Ranked Battlegrounds dont matter at all and wont save classic, I just think that the number of ppl who actually understand all the battlegrounds, their objectives and how to effectively win, are a painfully small minority. Also, if Cataclysm Classic launches I’ll return to 60-Era and stay there because I really regret playing retail past 80 and quit at 85.
Thanks for your time, and be well !!