No, they’re not. Say there’s only 2 perma servers. Leaving the server to go to the other is not splitting the community so thin like NEW Servers are.
I didn’t. You said why you want NEW Servers, and I said why I don’t.
Right, so how do we alleviate the server population from becoming too thin by the time Perma arrives, to avoid being connected realmed?
Exactly LOL
Fresh TBC servers are needed.
The amount of gold exploitation and accumulation on Classic currently is grotesque and will deter many new players.
Blizzard, WoW Devs, listen to the people - and give them what they deserve.
If there are two perma servers, and I leave one to go to the other, or I stop playing altogether, the population and community size of server one is -1 either way. The net difference is the same.
In a more realistic scenario, Server 1 has 6000+ people, and server 2 has 4000+ people. Pick a figure…30% of players on both servers want to roll fresh for whatever reason. That still leaves server 1 with 4000+ people, server 2 with 2700+, the new server with 3300.
I’d argue that forcing people to choose from existing servers that they don’t want to play on will do more to dwindle the playerbase in the long term than splitting the population of already vastly overpopulated servers.
you guys are crazy if you think people are going to want fresh servers with boosts lmao
Given the option, I’d play on a server without boosts but Blizzard being Blizzard I can’t see it happening.
Fresh server with boosts > existing server with boosts
That’ll be the compromise if we get new servers at all.
I wouldn’t overly care. I’d take a fresh TBC server with boosts if it was my only choice. It doesn’t overly affect my reasoning for wanting fresh.
What it would do though is force my hand to also boost which I’d rather not do.
Nope. It has to happen. FNB Fresh no Boost
But, it doesn’t split up the community so thin across many Perma Servers that there’s not a lot of activity on said servers because of it.
Could you please explore more on that?
That’s rather vague. I’m searching for the “how”, and I’m listening.
I never said this. I just said “fresh” is still “fresh” with or without the boost. But because I said it, it doesn’t count, right? 
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Wow! Over 1100 comments! Keep it coming guys!
I think I get it now. The people who are objecting and concerned with splitting the community are the ones who have invested so much time farming gold and mats, they are afraid their investments will not pan out should they be the only ones left on those servers. I guess that makes sense. Would suck to not have any buyers for all those mats you farmed and stored because everyone else on the server also has ten maxed level alts complete with gold and mats.
Of course there will always be the boosted characters on those servers to sell to, so I don’t think it would be a total loss. And since those same people would be quite reluctant to start on a fresh server, it means the community and economy would be that much better.
Again, I see win-win here. Maybe not as much win for the farmers, but again they can remain on their servers with like-minded players and have some new players to sell to with the level 58 boosts.
Just don’t see any downside here. 
Thanks.
I definitely encourage discussion, no matter what your opinions are 
The trolls are helping the post count more than they are trolling at this point 
Thanks.
I the FNB servers would be so impactful… and split up the community so badly, that the majority of players would be on FNB servers. That’s just my thoughts
You couldn’t be way more off. I’ve said over and over again, I’m one of the few perfectly content with dead servers. Again, no I don’t have any “data” to support my thought process in how I concluded that I’m the minority here. But, deductive logic and reason dictates it so. And, I still don’t see anybody disagreeing with me on that 
No more server identities.
You’re welcome
Again, not trolling. Ad hominems don’t invalidate my points.
You’re welcome.
Appreciate that, but I respectfully disagree
I do get what you’re saying but as far as server 1 is concerned, it makes no difference whether I move to an existing server, new server, different xpac, or stop playing all together though.
In my case, I’m far less likely to play long term if I don’t make connections with other players while levelling. By the time people reach max level, they’re usually guilded and have a set of people they regularly play with and people don’t tend to stray from those that much.
Add to that the state of the economies, the fact that basically every group I’ve seen since resubbing are paid boosting runs, and the fact that nobody really needs to run pugs at this point, and you’ve got an environment where it’s pretty hard to build any sort of attachment to the server or community.
If I’d been able to play classic the whole way through it wouldn’t be such an issue but I couldn’t so I’m now in the same boat as all the other returning/new players who aren’t yet a part of anything.
And again, if I don’t play long term, I’m just someone else who’s left a server and the net result for server 1 is -1 person. On the other hand, if I get a new server and am able to make the connections that keep me playing, the net result for the TBC community is +1.
Really?
I just cannot see that. I know tons of people on my server and in my guild that said they absolutely would NOT play TBC if Blizzard did any kind of fresh start or gold wipe. They wanted to take all they had accrued in Classic and move on with it straight to the Burning Crusade.
I think the fresh servers would really only attract those who are interested more in the journey than the destination. I would be leaving behind an epic geared character with a couple of thousand gold, but I would be willing to for a fresh start on a TBC server. Many I have spoken to would not.
Your mileage may vary.
Thanks.
If there’s a lot of try hards in the guild I can see why. However, the majority of the players in classic wow who play the game for actual fun will be on FNB.
Awesome! Those are the peeps I want to play with. Let the try-hards stay on their boosted servers!
Thanks.