What happens if we have these queues in phase 2?

[Mogar-stormrage (Mogar)]

@Zilzikt-barthilas

You are assuming phase 2 is a fixed date deadline that they will turn off phasing.
Phase 2 could be a flexible date where when phasing is no longer required.

Classic Content Plan

At BlizzCon 2018, we proposed a plan to give Classic four content phases. These were planned to be centered primarily on raid power progression. Currently, based on both your feedback and our own deliberations, we’re now planning to increase it to six phases. Our focus is still primarily on player power-progression, but we’re also aiming to capture what it felt like to play in a realm community in original WoW. To do that, we’re planning to mirror the approach taken by original WoW, with patche…

Phase 2 is Dire Maul, Azuregos, and Kazzak. The when is a mystery, of course. But that’s what constitutes Phase 2. And Blizz said layering will be turned off before Phase 2. Perhaps a day before, perhaps much earlier. But they also said they anticipate that Phase 1 will be the shortest phase, since they want Dire Maul added somewhat quickly.

But the point was and is that if queues are this big right now, imagine what happens when layering is removed. Double, triple, quadruple the queues. Maybe more. Maybe a lot more. So, again, good luck to them in getting rid of layering before Phase 2. But that’s something Ion promised, and something Brian and Omar also committed to. Maybe Phase 1 will end up lasting a year then.