There has been more then 1 blue post saying layer is 100% going to be removed before or when phase 2 drops
Blizzard is going into this assuming 80% of the playerbase will quit by phase 2.
Sign me up to the MEGASERVER then!
They are warning people of the ridiculous queues they will face when layering is removed if they all stay on Herod, so I’m pretty sure they’ll pull the plug on layering even if they’ve got 15k extra people. Have fun in those queues lol
You are assuming they are going to reduce the capacity to 3k, where did you get that information?
Because that’s the population per layer and what an actual vanilla server cap was around
Don’t see the capacity being reduced in that post.
The whole post addresses it, but this is probably the clearest paragraph
Yea they will probably have to do server splits instead of merges. Wasted time on layering probably.
Nah, they only address not increasing capacity, nothing about reducing capacity once layering is turned off.
They specifically mention not raising it over the 2006 cap, open your eyes.
The increased capacity is the result of the layers. When they turn the layers off, excess population goes into queues because there is no more increased capacity because no more layers.
Even though I totally agree that quote can be interpreted as:
Classic cap is the same as 2006 cap
I didn’t read it that way initially. And I’m not convinced that is what was meant.
The ‘any further’ in the quote suggest the cap has been raised. What Kaivax, was saying is that they will not raise the cap more than they have just to get rid of queues.
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any further could just mean any further then 2006 though, and they’ve basically confirmed unlayered servers will just be one layer in the past soooo
Agree. I just think it is ambiguous. Not trying to dig or conspiracy theory. I just honestly think its ambiguous.
I think it is confusing because there has been so much misinformation about layering thrown around this forum. It is super clear to me that the increased capacity is due to the layers and when layers go away, we’re back to a vanilla sized realm. They are neither adding extra layers, nor increasing the layer/realm cap… so queues for Herod.
the auction house is going to crash when that happens, sell sell sell!
Why? What would you do with those numbers that low medium high wouldn’t give you?
Because they have the numbers and they’re the only ones making server and scaling decisions.
because if the cap is 60k players and you have 112k players waiting to play on the server people could see how bad it really is and make a better informed decision. right now when it says “full” people think i don’t mind waiting a few mins not realizing it will be hours. I bet right now people who don’t use the forums are making characters on herod! They wouldn’t if they knew how badly it is overpopulated.