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[Grador-nathrezim]

@Kaivax

While we are able to fit several times more players on a single realm in 2019 than was the case in 2006, we are not going to raise that cap any further, even though we have the technical capacity to do so. Raising realm caps would simply forestall the problem, letting more players in at launch but creating an unsustainable situation down the line, with severe queues when we turn off layering permanently before Phase 2 of our content unlock plan.

For all the people saying thats not how layering works. This is a direct quote from Blizzard less than a month ago. They directly say that removing layering come phase 2 will impact queues even more.

Something to note as well. This post was made prior to them caving and increasing realm capacity to add more layers. So as we inch closer to Phase 2, will be interesting. Think we need more of an explanation on how it works.