@Anyone that says Sharding is not noticeable

[Starz-boulderfist]

Oh wow… you clearly didn’t play tbc… there were people everywhere and they upped the spawn rate and it was totally okay.

[Starz-boulderfist]

If they shard from 1-60 the entire way they are going to lose a lot of potential players. It does seem like activision main goal is to create terrible games based on their recent titles so I wouldn’t be shocked at all.

[Mergons-terenas]

Prime example of how these people are going to cry for sharding to be in every zone, because sharding is allowing more people to progress so u would still meet up with lots of players in a later zone and feel like u need sharding again.

[Starz-boulderfist]

A lot of people just don’t want to compete for resources since they are spoiled from having everything handed to them in bfa

[Matcauthon-steamwheedle-cartel (Matcauthon)]

If they shard from 1-60 the entire way they are going to lose a lot of potential players. It does seem like activision main goal is to create terrible games based on their recent titles so I wouldn’t be shocked at all.

if they announce 1 to 60 sharding they would lose so many people it wouldn’t even be funny.

[Ðavyjones-tichondrius]

as someone who played BC at launch, i can tell you the zone was flooded with people and a mess, but it was PLAYABLE, and as a matter of fact, my server was engaged in an hours long pvp match before we even began leveling.

the fact that you trust Blizzard to keep their word about sharding just shows how little you actually pay attention to Blizzard and using sharding.

I have been playing since the first content patch. I was there for the opening of the Dark Portal on Illidan. I know about PvP and how much of a mess the zones were. It was not a quality gaming experience.

I do not fully trust them, but I will get a little to get Classic. I also don’t care about loot trading because its not that big of an issue. It isn’t game breaking.

[Matcauthon-steamwheedle-cartel (Matcauthon)]

as someone who played BC at launch, i can tell you the zone was flooded with people and a mess, but it was PLAYABLE, and as a matter of fact, my server was engaged in an hours long pvp match before we even began leveling.

the fact that you trust Blizzard to keep their word about sharding just shows how little you actually pay attention to Blizzard and using sharding.

I have been playing since the first content patch. I was there for the opening of the Dark Portal on Illidan. I know about PvP and how much of a mess the zones were. It was not a quality gaming experience.

I do not fully trust them, but I will get a little to get Classic. I also don’t care about loot trading because its not that big of an issue. It isn’t game breaking.

so you don’t trust them but you want them to implement sharding in classic after every example of them not sticking to their word when it comes to sharding?

yeah…

[Starz-boulderfist]

Loot trading is more of an annoyance for me than anything. Although, I understand they did it in prep of firing a lot of customer support staff. I can live with that because all it’s going to do is cause forum drama from groups of friends ninjaing gear… sharding actually changes the game at a level I cannot subscribe to

[Matcauthon-steamwheedle-cartel (Matcauthon)]

Loot trading is more of an annoyance for me than anything. Although, I understand they did it in prep of firing a lot of customer support staff. I can live with that because all it’s going to do is cause forum drama from groups of friends ninjaing gear… sharding actually changes the game at a level I cannot subscribe to

the best way to combat the loot trading issues is to make it so any loot rolled need on instantly becomes soulbound.

the only loot that can be thus traded is anything master looted or greeded.

[Ðavyjones-tichondrius]

sharding actually changes the game at a level I cannot subscribe to

I am for sharding as more of a timeframe… I don’t care much about the zones it is limited to. IMHO sharding should END at the first content patch. Because I do hold out hope that the 4 sections they have announced will be broken up. For example they cannot launch the Honor System at the same time they launch BGs. That is not good, they need to give Classic that classic WPvP for at least 3 months before BGs hit.

So sharding until they patch in DM 4 weeks after the Launch. Then off forever.

[Matcauthon-steamwheedle-cartel (Matcauthon)]

sharding actually changes the game at a level I cannot subscribe to

I am for sharding as more of a timeframe… I don’t care much about the zones it is limited to. IMHO sharding should END at the first content patch. Because I do hold out hope that the 4 sections they have announced will be broken up. For example they cannot launch the Honor System at the same time they launch BGs. That is not good, they need to give Classic that classic WPvP for at least 3 months before BGs hit.

So sharding until they patch in DM 4 weeks after the Launch. Then off forever.

considering that the first update is supposed to have BWL, i bet it’s more like 3-4 months minimum.

[Mergons-terenas]

So sharding until they patch in DM 4 weeks after the Launch.

Here we see how much u are against sharding lol, typical retail player. Wants an easy road to level and not be bothered too much, basicly classic is not for u then.

[Matcauthon-steamwheedle-cartel (Matcauthon)]

So sharding until they patch in DM 4 weeks after the Launch.

Here we see how much u are against sharding lol, typical retail player. Wants an easy road to level and not be othered too much, basicly classic is not for u then.

i’m more laughing that he somehow thinks the first content bucket is going to come out only a month after classic goes live.

[Ðavyjones-tichondrius]

the best way to combat the loot trading issues is to make it so any loot rolled need on instantly becomes soulbound.

the only loot that can be thus traded is anything master looted or greeded.

But that’s not Vanilla or retail… #nochanges…

This is how the no changes mentality can come off as close-minded…

I agree with your point… it is a good solution, or the current option of only being able to roll need on class appropriate items… plate for warriors, hunters not being able to roll need on maces, exc.

[Matcauthon-steamwheedle-cartel (Matcauthon)]

the best way to combat the loot trading issues is to make it so any loot rolled need on instantly becomes soulbound.

the only loot that can be thus traded is anything master looted or greeded.

But that’s not Vanilla or retail… #nochanges…

This is how the no changes mentality can come off as close-minded…

I agree with your point… it is a good solution, or the current option of only being able to roll need on class appropriate items… plate for warriors, hunters not being able to roll need on maces, exc.

you missed my point. people are unhappy about loot trading because it’s abusable. and i completely agree. the easiest way to limit the abuse of said system is to implement the version of loot trading where any item you roll need on is soulbound automatically.

i understand this system wasn’t in vanilla. it was in retail at one point though. seeing as we’re guaranteed to get loot trading i want to minimize the damage it can pontentially cause.

[Ristra-suramar (Ristra)]

You should have said some impossible to maintain number and not been specific.

With you asking about 6k we now devolve into discussing a different topic. “Can 6k populations be sustainable” That’s not a question you or I can answer.

With sharding, is Blizzard able to raise population caps higher when it comes to resources? That is going to be the assumption. Why? Because what is the point in sharding a without adjustment for resources.

You might be onto something. Maybe Blizzard didn’t think to scale resources. Or maybe they have a play for that too. They didn’t feel the need to tell us.

[Ðavyjones-tichondrius]

i’m more laughing that he somehow thinks the first content bucket is going to come out only a month after classic goes live.

Clearly you did not understand my point. My hope is that the first content ‘bucket’ is broken up into smaller patches… sorta exactly like the game is currently patched… That way we don’t have DM at launch making so much of MC loot irrelevant…Id be OK with them waiting even longer to put DM in.

[Penguin-tortheldrin]

Instead he watched the chance for any of those interactions disappear right in front of his !@#$ing face. And he’ll never see any of those players again.

He will absolutely see them again. Sharding is not CRZ.

[Matcauthon-steamwheedle-cartel (Matcauthon)]

You should have said some impossible to maintain number and not been specific.

With you asking about 6k we now devolve into discussing a different topic. “Can 6k populations be sustainable” That’s not a question you or I can answer.

With sharding, is Blizzard able to raise population caps higher when it comes to resources? That is going to be the assumption. Why? Because what is the point in sharding a without adjustment for resources.

You might be onto something. Maybe Blizzard didn’t think to scale resources. Or maybe they have a play for that too. They didn’t feel the need to tell us.

i used 6k as an example. it’s roughly double what the server caps were in vanilla.

remember how rare certain materials were in vanilla? especially lotus? now think about sharing those lotus with twice as many people.

[Matcauthon-steamwheedle-cartel (Matcauthon)]

i’m more laughing that he somehow thinks the first content bucket is going to come out only a month after classic goes live.

Clearly you did not understand my point. My hope is that the first content ‘bucket’ is broken up into smaller patches… sorta exactly like the game is currently patched… That way we don’t have DM at launch making so much of MC loot irrelevant…Id be OK with them waiting even longer to put DM in.

except that’s not whats happening at all. we’re getting DM at launch.

each content bucket isn’t being broken up into smaller patches at all. each content bucket is the patch.