every single one has low pop, like maybe if there were also bc and wrath era realms too. even then prob dont need that many lol same deal with retail consolidate the realms so the world doesnt feel so empty thx
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The short answer is: We haven’t. They are clustered so that in effect we have 1 PvE, 2 PvP, one RP-PvE, and one RP-PvP. If I remember correct, I migh be a bit off here.
The only thing you could ask for, was to further cluster the PvP clusters.
And as for BG’s? they are already one battlegroup.
The long is: Naming issues, Blizz’s fumbling in the great consolidation chaos of 2022, and a lot of other reasons. which others thigh supplement you with.
But according to me, we could have been given free transfer to one RP-PvP, one RP-Pve, and 2 or 3 servers of each PvP and PvE. And then the rest could have been made into TBC and Wrate Era servers. No probs with me.
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There’s a bit more than that. It looks like 12 clusters in total. You can see what they are here: https://ironforge.pro/population/era/?locale=US
This is filtered to US realms though. You can change the filter selections to browse as you will.
It looks like there are 12 separate clusters, 10 if you exclude Oceanic (which fall under US for some reason).
To my knowledge, this is correct though I’m not sure if the Oceanic realms fall into this category. I assume they do but maybe someone else can weigh in on this?
So the realms are misleading because of the consolidation that Vanillataur mentioned and Blizzard could do a better job of presenting this. However, you can use the link above to see the realm clusters, which are typically named after the most populated server on them. So for example, US West PvP is typically called Whitemane because it’s the most populated realm in that cluster, Mankrik for US East PvE.
While on the surface it might seem like a negative to play on a low pop cluster like Atiesh instead of a higher pop realm like Mankrik, I can promise you that in the long term you would have more fun on Atiesh. The main issue surrounding higher realm populations right now is that it brings a lot of the more negative aspects of the game (bots, professional farmers, par$e culture, etc…). Lower pop clusters tend to to be a lot more community focused.
You only need 3-4 players to experience any dungeon in the game outside of UBRS and you only need 30 players to experience any raid in the game. Those are the general minimums, anything more than that is a bonus.
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These are the clusters:
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Era needs like 1 pvp and 1 pve server. It barely gets over 10k players. That’s 1/10th the size of a anniversary servers. And that 10k is so spread out so the game feels dead.
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I’d still - and as always - advocate for a minimum of 2 PvP, 2 PvE, 1 RP-PvP and 1 RP-PvE. No matter how low pop, people tend to congregate to one server, and as Tubbly so aptly put it:
I like it small.
Spanish maybe? … and then the RP realms, which were alone from the get-go, and never got clustered, so Grobb and BB are there as well.
I knew the
Snipy spoke of, but could not find the link.
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Era servers were experimental realms left over from the original Classic release. After the clone and release Blizzard nearly wiped the servers and broke them beyond repair… Nearly…
They made a post and said “Never again!”
Since then they have served as a museum server for classic players to enjoy reliving that classic game they progressed in many having full Naxx sets and gears.
However this was not attractive to new players… So eventually anniversary servers were announced. Now you might ask “what does this have to do with there being 50 servers still?!”
The answer? They do not know how to properly handle these servers now since they are near broken. So they remain as is, while new players and bored ones get funneled back into these newer anniversary servers.
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Bro bots are not going to be an issue on era lmao. I cloned my character I have 120k gold. The economy is already dead from gdkp. You don’t have the playerbase for 2 of each server. Era is the lowest pop form of wow by a very large margin. Maybe when anniversary players come over more servers could be a good idea, but why just have empty servers. Merge all pvp and pve servers to 1 of each per region and the world would feel more alive.
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Bots? I never mentioned bots.
Your alive is my crowded.
Bare bones would be 4 servers, PvP, PvE, RP-PvP & RP-PvE. I’d sure prefer two of each of the non-RP ones, as Blizz never knows when and how to open new servers. And using the RP as overflow … we’ve had this scenario once too many.
I would really enjoy seeing them wipe the ERA servers seeing as my old druid was wiped, even after it was transferred to a TBC server some years ago. I was on Grobulus RP-PvP server and had a really enjoyable time with the community we formed.
Currently just started over on a Anniversary Server, with 25k+ population, and it feels overwhelming, because that is just too many on 1 server, imho. I didn’t start out when these servers started fresh back in Dec, so my leveling experience is met with a lot of griefing, but what should I expect because I chose a PvP server.
Part of me wants to start over on a fresh server, so not sure if I should just wait or if there is a smaller community (of around a few thousand or so) that I could integrate into and get to know a more tight knit community.
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The avg pop on era is 700 my man. That’s not crowded.
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Have you done a /who there or from where do you get those numbers?
If pro is pretty transparent. Era is on life support my man
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700 per server … did you take the total divided by number of servers? This is meaningless in Era. You’ve got to look at the numbers for the clusters, as many servers are virtually deserted
Populated are Whitemane cluster with over 3000 raiders, and the Mankrik one with over 2000 raiders. And Atiesh cluster with over 200.
And IF.pro counts Raiders only … how many non-raiders?
If you think it’s dead, that’s on you. We playing Era do not think so. And what does our playing there hurt you, then?
Edited to add Atiesh, whch would be my server of choice, were I to play Era on the US servers.
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3k and 2k raiders per week is abysmal my man.
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More names?
if theyre clustered then why not just merge them, bot shell company problems.
Era needs to be left alone. It’s fine as is. Find a cluster you like and have fun.
The only ‘too low pop’ servers are the rp ones, but they like it that way. Really makes a community. Maybe open up free transfers to those realms. Just hope not too many would join.
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Come join up, the servers are active
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As others have said they are already consolidated in-game.
No need to change anything you can have way more Era characters on a single sub than if it was a single sever. You can also use server as a bonus identity Bigglesworth
Note: be a bit careful when trading as people have been known to use the extra servers to scam by copying names.
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