Where does Classic end and Retail begin?

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Classic Era Server

Since I am not interested in playing Classic Wrath, I thought I would reroll on the Vanilla era pve server. I installed the CensusPlus mod so I could get a good idea of how many people are on it. It looks like there is a 2:1 Alliance:Horde ratio with about 2000ish alliance toons and about 1000ish horde toons. This looks like a progressed server, so maybe 30% of all toons are level 60, which means the leveling process looks mostly solo, but there is raiding at 60. WoW is designed to allow solo l…

This linked thread has some useful information about the Classic Era (max level 60, Phase 6/6) realms. Both Classic Era and the wotlk progression realms have identical server names. Some key takeaways are:

• Realms are clustered according to type (PvE or PvP) and timezone (Oceanic, West Coast, East Coast)
• Some realms receive free transfers
• Instanced PvP (Battlegrounds) combines all Classic Era clusters together so queues will be identical no matter where you choose to call home

My advice is to roll a lv1 on any prospective cluster and chat with the locals to get a feel for each communities’ culture.