We now have three hardcore realms (Defias Pillager, Doomhowl, Skull Rock), each with 1 layer and a dwindling player base. The nature of hardcore does not do well with so many servers.
Most people expect that a cluster similar to era is on the horizon, all of the servers have the same ruleset now, so any input from blizzard on the timeline or feasibility of a cluster would be appreciated.
My hopium supply is running low, send the cluster!
HesRight
Need cluster
bump 
10char
This would ruin it for those of us who play Solo Self Found speed running so something would need to be done there
Maybe cluster - or even merge - the two original servers and leave the Anni one as is.
Layers and HC is not a good combination, and for sure we would have thoose if all three servers were to be one. More so with TBC not being that attractive , new and shiny any more and players returning.
I like a cluster. Merging would suck. I would lose my names.
Agree, as long as only the two oldies get clustered I’m in. No more layers ever!
it would be a like 99.99% chance they just do a cluster rather than merge since thats what they’ve done for all the other servers and most likely is the least amount of work as well
bump again
Cautioning again
bump 10 char
bumping thread, got HC toons everywhere….it sucks. anyway, next question. Whats the largest guilds on skull rock right now for HC? I dont care about the race/class I just want people to group with as the game was intended. Anyone know? I heard tauren, but I would hate to get up there to WC and not find any groups. Raid logging in tbc and would really enjoy some HC on the side, thanks
So Skull Rock is built on that racelocked challenge where people group with only the same race. The challenge is to take a race and try to clear Molten Core first.
Best bet would be Doomhowl honestly as there’s no challenge runs going on there. But if you don’t like Doomhowl, I don’t have an idea on where to go then.
Bump, 3 HC servers makes no sense. We have the technology to cluster. Blizzard please
Merge the two original ones and let the Anni one stay for itself.
If we merge all three will just get … layers 
Who cares, merging all three is what’s needed/better
Layers is not good for HC.
Sudden layershift → Mobs not being dead → death.
DC while in a group → log in on another layer → death.
Except on HC servers, once layers are spun up, they never “spin down” thus it’s impossible to shift layers unexpectedly unless you join a group with someone which is very predictable
Hardcore is popping off on doomhowl, tbh.