Did anyone catch it when blizzard said they won't be merging servers?

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It was a detail that no one really picked up on. If pvp servers are faction locked then this means that blizzard can never merge PVP server if the population dies compleatly. This may be years down the line for most servers. It does mean if we want to push down those odds, sharding at the start of classic may be the only way we avoid dead servers years later.

I am not saying I am pro sharding, or pro faction locking. I am just saying blizzard can’t merge PvP servers if they are faction locked. I think server merges were handled poorly in retail. Blizz should have just offered free transfers off of dead servers, but locked out full or high pop from taking those free transfers.

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Blizzard doesn’t merge servers, period. They do “Connected Realms”, which means your name is shown as Wamp-Mannoroth to people on the realm your server gets “connected” to.

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Yeah “server mergers” look really bad at quarterly stockholder meetings but “exciting new cross realm technology” goes over just fine.

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Reported for cyber stalking me. how do you know that my name has -Mannoroth next to it

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That just sounds like a server merger with extra steps :stuck_out_tongue:

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It’s in your profile :confused:

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Share holders care only about quarterly sales, sales projections, and the value of their shares. They are not concerned with minor intricacies like server merges, department shake ups, or changes made to products that do not have impact on share values.

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Or simply his mouse-over URL as well. -_-

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I figure we end up with CRZs before it’s all said and done. With the way they are planning to release the game there is no way to avoid mass dead servers.

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First, where did Blizz say this? If you’re going to reference such a statement then provide evidence.

Second, what does this have to do with pvp servers specifically?

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[citation needed]

No-one picked up on something that wasn’t said.

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It was Blizzard’s way sneaking in the removal of realms and turning it into one giant Realm. You just get some tag at the end of your name of a Realm that used to exist.

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On mobile :slight_smile:

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It was a solution to the issue that two people had the same name. Their options were

  • Add a ‘surname’.
  • Make one person change their name. How do you decide who?
  • Make both people change their name and ensure no-one is happy.
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if they merge servers there will be alot of people ending up on both factions. PVP server will be faction locked.

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Ok, I finally see what you mean. You’re saying if someone has Horde characters on one pvp server, and Alliance characters on a different pvp server, and those servers are merged…

That makes sense.

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Or they guarantee there’ll be at least 2 PVP servers, and when they merge servers, your PVP characters will go to one server or the other.

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So when they merge the two servers i play on together, my alliance have to go to the other one, not merged with my original server, meaning my guild, friends etc alliance side are gone as my toons are exiled to the other server?

There just isn’t a way to do this that will not screw some people.

That said, server mergers>sharding, even if its me that ends up screwed by this.

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If you’re playing on a PVP server X, on Horde, your Horde guild would all go to server A. If you’re playing on a PVP server Y, on Alliance, your Horde guild would all go to server B. You can’t have Horde and Alliance on the same account on the same server, so its not an issue to split them up.

It really only would be a problem if they merged repeatedly over time, and all the groups got mashed by playing on multiple servers.

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That doesn’t address the issue. What are you saying? That there will be 1 Horde pvp server (where all horde characters go) and 1 Alliance pvp server (where all alliance characters go)? So that the faction balance on each server will be completely one-sided? Or that they just arbitrarily assign certain number of alliance and horde characters to each server, maintaining a faction balance as best they can?

You think they’re going to transport entire guilds? Are they going to go through the rosters and pick out alts and move them too? Where do they draw the limit? And just because you’re not part of a guild doesn’t mean you’re not friends with other players on that server. Not to mention you’ll potentially be split apart from members of the opposing faction on your original server. So those rivalries will come to an end.

I’d say the OP is right. You can’t merge pvp servers and maintain the faction restriction. I wonder if that’s part of the reason the restriction was removed.

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