Play on another server.
Or wait a month for the furor to fall off and start playing.
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They are not going to increase layers, only to have to drastically decrease them later. No more short term bandaids. These servers are packed, well beyond there limits and well beyond what is desired for phase 2.
Transfers are the only escape.
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That would be going in the opposite direction from the removal of layering before phase 2.
Actually you’re both wrong. Each additional layer increases realm population by approx 3000 or whatever original WoW realms ran with.
But what’s actually happening is: blizzard is removing layers as per their promise.
Expect queues to increase with each layer removal.
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Can you find a quote for that?
The interview Forbes had with Ion had him discussing layers, which he specifically stated just split the population across the server to an even number. One of the questions asked was ‘Why not just increase the player cap?’, implying layers have nothing to do with population cap and literally just split the server.
Blizzard reduces the player cap when they remove layers. This causes longer queues.
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Actually, we’re not. You’ve just got it backwards and I’m not having this argument for the fourth time.
Holy cow just took care of that for u.
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Works the other way around. They’re reducing the server capacities, effectively removing the layers in the process.
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I’m not arguing. I’m stating fact, take it or leave it.
No you aren’t.
The two go hand in hand. If you’re arguing the “well technically” point of view. Then you’re doing it to be controversial.
I hear Heartseeker is nice this time of year.
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It’s all interconnected and unless you’re just attempting to be witty and be super technical about it, yes they do.
More layers = more players in = less queues.
Less layers = less players in = longer queues.
This is how it is working right now.
Yeah yeah I get it, “BuT tHe PlAyEr CaP iS iTs OwN tHiNg”
Sure, but that’s not what’s happening right now.
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Thanks for your personal explanation and absolutely no reference to anything Blizz has stated about layers.
Imagine rolling on the streamer server. 
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No. The number of players is going down.
The number of layers is going down too. That’s why it feels like thing don’t improve.
In my own not scientific estimation, we’ve already lost about half players and half layers.
When we reach 1 layer per server (probably already the case on some servers), the queue time will go down. Until this moment, wait time will stay constant.
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You really need me to reference something they have said a million times over when describing how layering works? I take it you’re new here.
Take the free transfer otherwise get ready for longer queues.