Been trying to play on Doomhowl. And, when I’m up at 3 am the game is fantastic. I can knock out quests fast, and it’s very fun. But, just now I’m trying to complete some quests in Stonetalon, and over an hour spent I’m not even half way done with them. We need double the layers we have now, and a way to hop them on demand. Or the ability to spam dungeons. I really love playing hardcore, specifically on Doomhowl. But, when I physically can’t play the game because of competition; it’s just not fun anymore. I hate that I just canceled my subscription. But, it’s just not worth playing if I can’t get any quests done in under 2 hours, due to competition from other players. Peace.
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No other alternatives to questing in Stonetalon and running dungeons? Do you perhaps have any quests available in areas with a comparable level range as Stonetalon? Not trying to antagonize, just hate to see someone no longer having fun regardless of why that may be.
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Bye.
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The server is just overly populated I suppose. If there was 20 layers, I could just hop around. But, even layer hoping everything is dead. Stonetalon was just the final straw. I have multiple characters at different levels, so I can hop to different areas to get away from the competition. But, right now everything I’m trying to do is contested. Just so frustrated.
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layer hopping on demand is never going to happen 
talk about immersion breaking
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Sure, and I’m not playing on a RP server, so I don’t care about immersion. You wouldn’t have to use it. I can’t play the game, so… Having it would be better than not just to be able to actually play. 
… but randomly putting players on another layer is totally OK - immersion breaking AND lethal!
We need more servers - or double the amount of layers.
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i agree 100% the solution is more servers, not more layers.
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stop the melodrama you can play the game. you just don’t like competing for mobs in quests.
It’s HC so why not play on one of the other realms that are way less populated?
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How about making ACTUAL suggestions rather than antagonizing someone?
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what is an “actual suggestion”? you mean one where you demand changes to the game that don’t need to happen?
my actual suggestion is more servers
and yeah, just play on defias pillager. it’s still plenty populated
I think a better solution to this is just make communal mob tags.
It’s always felt to me like it goes against the nature of a co-op MMO to be competing with your supposed allies over so many things.
I suggested quests in another area. That is an actual suggestion. This:
“stop the melodrama you can play the game. you just don’t like competing for mobs in quests.”
is just needless antagonism. What were you hoping to accomplish? Yes, more servers is a great suggestion. Perhaps you should have led with that.
You would think that the WoW community would strive to be a little more accomodating in the interest of trying to retain other players in order to maintain a healthy population. And I am not talking about accomodating every thought, idea or suggestion that is discussed on this forum and elsewhere. But rather than antagonize someone, would it have really hurt to ask if they thought of this or tried that?
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That’s another reason hardcore kinda sucks. The community is VERY toxic if you don’t want to play exactly how they want you to play. So many gatekeepers.
To all the suggestions: I don’t care anymore. I’ve said my peace, and how it could make hardcore actually playable (unlimited dungeons, or more layers to freely hop to get away from competition) I’ve canceled my sub, the game is badly designed for more than 1,000 players per server, without the layers to make it playable or to let people dungeon grind. (Dungeon grinding is a ton more difficult than open world grinding. and would actually be challenging and “hardmode” as many claim “hardcore” to be. Hardcore = don’t die, that’s it, it’s not hard mode)
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But you don’t need to do that if you’re not looking to cling to some streamers server.
You could just play on a lower populated HC server; there are several to choose from.
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Just on the servers that are infested by streamers and their locusts.
If you depart from the locust swarm it’s a much different experience and IMO 100X more fun.
Is grouping with someone to complete quests an option for you personally? I know that it might be disadvantageous to do so at times but it could be an option for you. I have never played on HC servers as I just don’t have the stomach to potentially lose my “progress” because I either did something to deserve it (like pulling far too much at once) or because fate decided to throw me the middle finger and my power randomly flashed or my ISP up and decides it needs to do maintenance at a most inconvenient moment.
All that said, if I were to play on a HC server I would probably look to quest in a group as much as I could. That whole “safety in numbers” mentality I suppose.
I don’t know why won’t they just double or triple number of layers. It’s fun to see other players in the world going about their day, but not competing on every quest, and being passive aggressive with tagging while doing that. It doesn’t push me to group up, but to resent the competition. That badlands trogg camp quest is one notorious example, where you can feel that people just hate each other being there.
Nobody asked for OF to set up shop on Doomhowl. If you wanted to play anniversary HC then it was literally your only option.