Herod pop problem solved

[Mini-firetree (Mini)]

Instead of just switching servers everyone refusing to leave like…

[Imonalott-kelthuzad]

If only it was that easy. The reason for server caps isnt some arbitrary player cap so economies work. Its a physical limit to server structure. The math and computing behind games like wow is staggering and isnt as easy as “increased limit, done”. Their server hardware and software can only handle a certain amount of load at a time. And its not cheap to upgrade / reserve more for Classic. They were given a set budget from Activision and they must appeal to their shareholders/heads to acquire more. That is why we see more servers popping up. I dont think people realize this is a passion project and they do not intend this to be their next big mmorpg.

[Gitz-shattered-hand]

Increase the server cap?! Do you even have a clue how servers work? The technical aspect of it? It’s a little more complicated then just adding a couple zeros.

[Azryil-proudmoore]

Though that’s generally true, it’s not the case here. Blizzard said in a post last week that they could raise the cap further but they have no intention of doing so, since that would just push the issue down the road and potentially cause issues when they remove layering prior to phase two

[Oldallagala-frostwolf (Oldallagala)]

You act as though blizzard set the cap lower than it should be because they love ques. Lol jesus christ you honestly think they wouldn’t set it to a max number so they have a smooth launch? People use your brains for just one second before thinking about ideas such as this.

[Gobbyjr-draka (Gobbyjr)]

they did say they can increase server cap

@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.

however, that’s their reasoning for not wanting to do so, i think the game is good and the retainment rate will be high

[Snowbunnybae-moon-guard]

sounds like a bunch of lame excuses

[Tyberim-emerald-dream (Tyberim)]

increase the cap for launch. Seriously its that easy.

Wow man, you’re so smart! I bet they never thought of that!

[Jessabrina-thrall]

Its a physical limit to server structure

Actually. That’s not true. At all.

It’s all about phase 2 when layering is removed. If they allow too many people in now, you’ll end up with much higher queues once layering is gone

[Imonalott-kelthuzad]

Blizz confirmed this themselves

@Feyawen-wyrmrest-accord

First, we’re absolutely committed to reducing to one layer per realm before our second content phase goes live, and the sooner we can get there, the better. The reason we can’t do that initially is that on launch day, everybody will be clustered in the starting zones, and having players so close together causes an exponential drain on server resources. In fact, the same number of players cause more server problems crammed into Northshire than they do spread across all of Elwynn Forest. We expect that even after the first couple of days, we’ll need fewer layers than we need for the initial hours of launch, and our stress tests have confirmed that expectation.

[Jessabrina-thrall]

Which has little to none to do with server wide caps.

The reddit comment is saying there’s a limit to the number of people crammed into the same tiny area.

They could still greatly increase the server wide population cap still, and greatly increase the amount of layers. Cloud servers are a thing

But, that would be counter intuitive, because Phase 2 won’t have layers. Blizz has stated this…

[Stellan-khaz-modan (Stellan)]

Though that’s generally true, it’s not the case here. Blizzard said in a post last week that they could raise the cap further but they have no intention of doing so, since that would just push the issue down the road and potentially cause issues when they remove layering prior to phase two

Right. Don’t increase the server caps, add servers. That will solve the problem of the phase 2 issue and, incidentally, short of Classic imploding, it’s the only solution.

[Powgotcha-zuljin]

Right, and then when they remove the sharding in phase 2 you’ll have a post on here saying “WHY ARE THERE 12,408 PLAYERS IN ORGRIMMAR I CANT EVEN LOG IN.”

[Imonalott-kelthuzad]

As they stated many times in the past layering isn’t for physical number of players on a server at once. Its to stop 1000’s of players in a small area. The max occupancy of a server is different. Servers are difficult to increase max occupancy and that is why we see them opening more servers. Which in turn can hurt them as when the vacationers and short term players drop off some servers “could” die.

[Xarlath-area-52]

[Ruckainc-mannoroth (Ruckainc)]

“A car can drive 100 miles. There’s no WAY it can drive another 10! It already drove 100! It’s impossible!”

[Kazanda-wyrmrest-accord]

Live broadcast of launch day on Herod.

[Rooktoe-tichondrius]

Can’t they?

I was under the impression the cap was artificial in order to encourage a spread of the population in order to not disrupt phase 2 no layering.

[Caltheon-stormrage]

10 IQ Post.

[Oldallagala-frostwolf (Oldallagala)]

Can’t they?

I was under the impression the cap was artificial in order to encourage a spread of the population in order to not disrupt phase 2 no layering.

That’s probably one of the main reasons, also putting too many people on one server can’t be good for a launch experience no matter how many layers you try to put them in. Doing what OP suggested would probably be the dumbest thing you could do.