Hey there, transferred my whole guild to WrA from a smaller server, we chose WrA over MG for many reasons and those still hold true today:
Smaller, more welcoming neighborhood.
When evaluating our server transfer, we rolled roleplay characters on both MG and WrA to evaluate the RP scenes. While MG objectively had more folks Allianceside and walk-up RP was easy to find, players were less welcoming. All of our TRP3 profiles said we were veteran RPers but new to the server, checking it out, and WrA players sent an abundance of welcoming whispers and were more than happy to answer our questions about the server. On MG, just silence. It felt like we were just part of the background of people’s day, which is fine if that’s what you’re looking for, but we wanted to make genuine connections and not be lost in the crowd.
Active Discord communities.
In addition to the WCP, we have many active Discord community and guild servers where it’s easy to network, find friends, and organize roleplay. Allianceside, this is especially important because we have a smaller population and don’t quite have the critical mass to maintain several walk-up hubs like MG does. That said, if you say “hey, I’m RPing here,” you’ll get a lot of takers, even at early times of day.
Though PST, events are inclusive to all timezones.
Coming from an EST server and also being EST myself, I was worried WrA events would occur too late in the evenings for myself and guildies to attend, but most start at 5 or 6 PM ST, making it the perfect prime time for EST folks like me. One notable downside is one of our RP hubs, Duskwood, tends to get rolling from 11 PM EST onwards, though in recent weeks, we’ve been getting started as early as 4 PM EST and active till 4 AM EST.
Server coordination/projects.
I see WrA in the middle of a slow but steady change from pre-Shadowlands. Though I wasn’t here to see WrA in that iteration of itself, I’ve seen the post-Shadowlands landscape, its welcoming players, how quickly we were folded into the RP community, and also how many folks putting in the genuine effort to make WrA a bustling but unique place of its own separate from MG’s style. This is a good time to join the community and be part of something as opposed to just being a face in the crowd.
Hilarious forums.
Not a huge deal but I like our forums and our vibe. I get the impression it wasn’t always this way, that it earned its stripes through drama trials and tribulations, but the remaining posters are witty, tongue-in-cheek, and when we do have our tiffs, we tend to find some sort of common or “agree to disagree” ground eventually. Also, expect memes, jokes, and general screwing around.
Those are just some of the examples why we chose WrA over MG, and we’ve been happy with that choice. I hope you also consider WrA. Join the WCP, roll a character, and come check us out!
