New Realm Population Label System

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With a hotfix to WoW Classic a few moments ago, we’ve changed how the realm population labels work in order to display realm populations in a more meaningful way.

How it worked before this hotfix

As we explained here, the system previously calculated the population labels by comparing all realms to the most-populated realm. This could result in a very crowded realm (with a lengthy queue) showing up as “Medium”, since it was being compared to the realm that had the highest population and a potentially massive queue.

How population labels work now

This system now measures each realm against a realm’s absolute capacity. Medium indicates a healthy total population on a realm – well in excess of what we considered Full in a 2006 – with room for more players to log-in. You’ll now see a High label if the realm is close to having a queue, and a Full label if the realm currently has a queue.

We will continue to monitor this system closely and take further steps if necessary.

Thank you very much!

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Thank you for this, but any news on server transfers? Grob has an 8000+ player queue right now, and guilds aren’t going to pack up and reroll to a low pop realm that could die without a transfer.

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Yeah, never. Reroll, how high could you have gotten IN A DAY!

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Very cool, thanks for addressing the real problems.

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So does this mean youre actually addressing the queues or just making it easier to look at?

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Please have server transfers and make more servers

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Been in queue for 7 hours now.

inb4 “mAkE a NeW cHaRaCtEr”

so abandon my level 20 and all 9 of my IRL friends. K

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Thanks for…changing the labels?

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Its too late now. You should have locked all the servers people paid money for early access to and made tourists roll on other servers.

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lol all butfour servers are full

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Thanks for my 3rd disconnect. Back to queue. Weird how it never hits streamers.

Maybe atleast boot all people from the server and not only some.

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That sarcasm though

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No really sure how this alleviates the current situation of people waiting in 8 hour queues to play…

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Late is better than never. Thanks.

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Why in the world was this not the original formula? What possible benefit did you previous method have?

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Can you please inform us if a new Eastern server will open? The queues are astronomical and the holiday weekend is coming…

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I made friends I wouldn’t want to lose touch with within the first 10 minutes of the game going live. Let alone the first day.

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I didn’t want to be that person who complained but jesus christ, 2 days now and EVERY server says FULL… congrats on the BS Blizzard!

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If you’ve got your name, your guild name, and have built a guild community, rerolling isn’t that much of an option.

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Trust me, we knew they were full.

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