Having sharding in classic will destroy this franchise

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@Eloraell-moon-guard

No-one arguing against sharding (including yourself) is actually proposing something that will meet their stated diametric goals of a smooth launch and long term stability without sharding.

Why don’t you make an argument instead is stating absolutes?

Here is an anthology of players against sharding. It is my own Wall of No to sharding.

Sharding puts Vanilla gameplay second (anti-sharding anthology)

Gameplay FIRST. Source: Blizzard Mission Statement Edit: at the end of my post is a list of links I have found on how harmful the community feels sharding will be on authentic Vanilla gameplay. If you would like to include a link, post it below and I will add it to the OP. Thanks for reading. The gameplay of Vanilla WoW was all about community. It created a place “where everybody knows your name.” In modern WoW gamplay, no one cares who you are, largely due to sharding and other moder…

In it, I refer to an alternative from to Black Desert Online and proposed by a number of streamers.

My own solution? This is Vanilla. How about use a Vanilla solution? Queues. Additional Relams. Transfers.

I would choose those solutions over sharding, always. I am not willing to sacrifice Vanilla WoW gameplay (community is everything) for the sake of a cloud-based player population management technical solution.