I cant link so iask you to google ion speaks aboit layering and watch the video.
Content phase 2 can be up to 3 months away, thatâs 3 months of community and open world things that can be potentially missed due to it.
Game doesnât start at 60
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Same here. Missed some things I wanted to see because I was not in the right layer even though I was on the same server.
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Some of the âtouristâ may literally stay tourist due to layering, they may be on a bad layer and miss that little bit of magic that would keep them on board
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Exactly they are ASSUMING the population will decline by 60 percent. What happens if it doesnt? 60 percent seems like a huge assumption.
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And on pvp and rp realms that really will impact the player base
Then the server will be capped out and they will merge the layers together.
I know. That was my question too. No official answer to that and that make it worrisome.
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Which could result in a 9K population and long queues to get in.
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Do you have a source for your 9k cap? It could be half that before they stop people from creating characters on that server.
âsome peopleâ their will be tons of people who never experienced it, therefor it is no longer a 15 year old game, it is new to them, the classic experience is lvl 1+ not lvl 60
If the population doesnt decline they cant remove the layers
Why not? They could easily lock character creation at the cap of a fully loaded server. You still get layering to prevent starting zones from crashing and then have the ability to merge them later.
Which is why I said âYOUâ in my post. People play the games different ways. You saying it starts at 1+ is no more valid than me saying it starts at 60.
Because they are putting more players then one layer can handle on a particular server. If the playing population doesnt decline then they will be unable to merge layers after phase 1. Then what?
Well each layer would have 3K and there would be 3 layers per realm.
Ion and the other devs said they wanted to keep population close to what vanilla was and that was 3K per realm.
Now what if they have 4-5-6 layers per realm ?
If it comes to that (which it almost certainly wonât), theyâll probably do it anyway. Layering wouldnât work if it goes past the first phase.
The best we can do at this point is think like the developersâŚthat the majority of players will quit before the end of phase 1.
Another question in my OPâŚhow is the layer you are put in determined? Is it a account prioriry method or is it a first log in first into layer method?
I think itâs population basedâŚlike if layer 1 is full when you log in you go to layer 2.