The last realm connection was over a year ago. When will we see more realm connections?

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Warning: data dump.

List of servers marked “Low” every single day within the past week with 0 other realm connections:

  • Arthas

  • Darkspear

  • Earthen Ring

  • Gallywix

  • Goldrinn

  • Stormreaver

  • Turalyon

List of servers marked “Low” every single day within the past week with only 1 other realm connection:

  • Alexstrasza/Terokkar

  • Argent Dawn/The Scryers

  • Arygos/Llane

  • Baelgun/Doomhammer

  • Blackhand/Galakrond

  • Bladefist/Kul Tiras

  • Bloodhoof/Duskwood

  • Bronzebeard/Shandris

  • Draenor/Echo Isles

  • Dragonblight/Fenris

  • Durotan/Ysera

  • Eitrigg/Shu’halo

  • Feathermoon/Scarlet Crusade

  • Greymane/Tanaris

  • Kilrogg/Winterhoof

  • Misha/Rexxar

  • Ravencrest/Uldaman

  • Runetotem/Uther

Now, I obviously don’t have the data Blizzard has. However, I know what the words “low” and “high” mean in the English language. I also know that last year, there were an assortment of realm connections which connected realms similar to the connected realms listed above together.

For example, here is a list of servers marked “High” or “Full” every single day within the past week with 6 to 9 total realm connections. All of these servers were blessed by the Blizzard gods last year, and are the chosen ones:

  • Agamaggan/Archimonde/Blade’s Edge/Burning Legion/Jaedenar/Kargath/Norgannon/The Underbog/Thunderhorn

  • Akama/Antonidas/Dragonmaw/Eldre’Thalas/Korialstrasz/Mug’thol/Uldum

  • Alterac Mountains/Anvilmar/Balnazzar/Gorgonnash/The Forgotten Coast/Undermine/Warsong

  • Andorhal/Black Dragonflight/Eonar/Gul’dan/Scilla/Skullcrusher/Ursin/Velen/Zuluhed

  • Bloodscalp/Boulderfist/Dunemaul/Maiev/Quel’dorei/Sen’jin/Stonemaul

  • Borean Tundra/Drak’thul/Hydraxis/Mok’Nathal/Shadowsong/Silvermoon/Skywall/Terenas

  • Burning Blade/Garona/Icecrown/Lightning’s Blade/Malygos/Onyxia (Mike Ybarra, Blizzard President, plays on this connected realm grouping)

  • Cairne/Cenarius/Frostmane/Korgath/Ner’zhul/Perenolde/Tortheldrin

  • Drak’Tharon/Firetree/Frostwolf/Malorne/Rivendare/Spirestone/Stormscale/Vashj

  • Ghostlands/Gnomeregan/Grizzly Hills/Kael’thas/Lothar/Malfurion/Moonrunner/Trollbane

  • Eredar/Gorefiend/Hellscream/Spinebreaker/Wildhammer/Zangarmarsh

I think I got all of them. Why weren’t the “Low” servers pairings mentioned earlier connected like the realms that are now fortunate to have healthy populations? Every single one of these 6-9 real connection groupings was connected last year. Blizzard never communicated that it was going to stop connections, it just abruptly stopped one day in September 2020.

Before all the servers were switched over to “Normal” types or “RP” types, all of the dual-connected realms (except for Argent Dawn/The Scryers and Feathermoon/Scarlet Crusade) were “Normal” realms. These realms seemingly had similar population figures (again, I don’t have exact numbers) to the former dual-connected server pairings within the now “High” population Ghostlands cluster.

I know this seems like the rant of a madman on the forums of a game struggling to keep subscription numbers stable, but please Blizzard, look into connecting the low population realms. There is a thread on the EU forums with 865 posts concerning this very issue, with many of the same points I’ve been bringing up. It’s still being consistently bumped; in a forum that automatically locks posts after 30 days, it has stayed alive for years.

Thanks for reading.

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