The Layering Scandal

[Switzy-stormreaver (Switzy)]

I’ve argued this issue to death so I’m not going to do it again here. Instead, I’ll just pose a question.

What is your solution? What would you suggest Blizzard do instead of implement layering for release?

I think we can both agree that Classic is probably going to see an insane amount of people at launch, much more than Vanilla ever had - so how do you mitigate that without layering?

Solution 1: Layers are static. No layer swapping, either automatic or manual. This removes the CRZ/Sharding aspects of layering, while still keeping the ability to merge.
Solution 2: More servers, and allow for free transfers from low pop servers.
Solution 3: Extremely limited sharding in starting zones and days long, not weeks or months. Layering is far more detrimental than the sharding Blizzard originally mentioned; layering lasts much longer than what sharding was supposed to last, while having the same impact as CRZ on the community.
Solution 4: Get creative. Offer players a retail mount or pet if they delay their entry into Classic WoW by a week, so that launch isn’t as overloaded.