Now i understand why other players avoid ppl from are-52 server.
Their AH is outrageous, selling for double the price, ppl are toxic like on no other server,and yet transfer is $25
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You’re literally the first person I hear complaining about that server.
It’s one of the highest pop servers. Everyone is always adviced A52 for Horde or Storm…something for Alliance.
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Our trade chat is pretty funny, too. 
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Yeah basically my thoughts
I have characters on Area 52 and I have no issues with what you are complaining about. There are toxic people on any realm if you really think about it.
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I play Stormrage for Alliance and Area 52 for Horde (biggest Ally/Horde realms in the US, respectively). Never heard of any issues aside from the unavoidable queue times at patch days or, even worse, expansion launches.
The only realms I really hear people talk a lot of crap about are Moon Guard (because of the obligatory Goldshire jokes), and Ragnaros / Quel’thalos (because they’re hubs for players who don’t speak English as their primary language, which makes PUGs even more disorganized than usual)
You must understand then that the larger the population the more potential there is for there to be toxic people.
Stormrage
What items in particular are you talking about and to which realms are you comparing them to? https://theunderminejournal.com/#us/area-52 I generally find that A52 is reasonably priced, type in an item and scroll to the bottom of that site and you’ll see a graph showing A52s price compared to every other server.
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There’s more than population to look for in a server. I play in Bleeding Hollow, a fraction of A52’s population but the players are generally skilled and much nicer. A52s are extremely demanding, very short tempered and a mixed bag when it comes to skill.
At least you’re not on Stormrage. Our trade chat’s sense of humor is “an@l [Item/Ability]” and “Did I hear [Thunderfury, Blessed Blade of The Windseeker]?”
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Lots of realms do that, including A52, but I added the word “anal” and the word “Thunderfury” to the BadBoy addon so I never see it anymore.
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literally every other server on both retail and classic. Even the brutally underpopulated ones, you’re liable to sit in Stormwind/Orgrimmar for an hour just to see one, single message: anal [dead server]
Try illidan for fun trade chat.
Weird, newish to Area 52. Noticed an incredibly active economy and ability to sell everything I craft as I level professions. Epics that are purchased fast. Mounts cheaper than other high pop servers even.
The only things I noticed selling for higher prices are raid epics…since people are actively buying them. Otherwise this is not my Area 52 experience at all. Lot of friendly people too btw, not just a good AH…
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And politics, don’t forget politics.
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Yea for some reason around 2016 A-52 just kinda went crazy, no idea why it just kinda happened over nigth, i mean before 2016 there was the random trolls and such but after 2016 it just kinda,i don’t know.
You can’t be talking about A52, that sounds nothing like it
that was my experience right up until 2016.Could just be because i play after the Australians come on /shrug lots of C’s and T’s getting tossed around willy nilly.
I thought all the saltier ones moved to Tich
I’m a staunch Alliance Proudmoore fan, and Horde Tichondrius fan myself.
With good experiences on both servers and both are considered Full to my knowledge idk the exact high pop comparisons though.
Everyone from Tich is nice in my experience 
lol thats where im at. don’t go for selling mogs here, much better off dabbling in raw materials. on the up side its very very easy to make a lot of gold on 52, almost everyones rich.