I am normally very reserved in my criticism and try to only keep it constructive… but Blizz severly mishandled the Stalagg situation if they wanted to help Herod.
Two reason:
(1) I see the announcement about Stalagg happened at 6:33 pm. Name reservation opened up 1 hour and 27 minutes later. Not enough time for guilds to coordinate a server transfer. And for unguilded players… after resubscribing specifically to name reserve, waiting through a queue of thousands to get logged in, and (hopefully) getting at least one name they wanted… did they really think people would give up the names they fought for? Many people I know didnt even know about the new server until after it was open.
(2) I dont feel that the severity of the overpopulation was adequately described. Saying a realm is very crowded is one thing. Saying you will have a 10,000+ person queue to login is another thing entirely.
Stalagg should have been announced with at least 24-48 hours notice and the true extent of the Herod crowding should have been explicitly stated.
TL;DR: 1 hour and 27 minutes was not enough notice. Let people know how truly overcrowded a realm is before you open another. Ii feel they really, really messed this one up.
Yeah, I think that’s true. But it doesn’t invalidate OP’s point, which is that more notice would’ve made this better for groups that might be interested in transferring, to prep for name reservation.
I generally think Blizzard has been doing a great job with Classic, but this was a bit of a mis-step.
I agree it will self-correct. I think it will ultimately be fine. People will quit, transfer, etc. Im just pointing out why i think they bumbled the opportunity to help proactively.
Up until now i have been overall pretty happy with the way things were handled.
100% didnt help that blizzard gave an hour notice. If people had 24 hours to actually talk to their guilds, communities etc… and get names, could have been more sucessful.
We also don’t know how many people created names on Herod and intend to play on Stalag either.
maybe. but Guilds that all chose a realm that works are not going to move unless there is enough time to move safely.
one option would be to grant accounts that have 1 or more characters on Herod (or any other way over crowded server) 1 extra name slot that can only be used on the new server added.
If they get the name they wanted they may live there instead but no one is going to risk their names. Maybe they might try to move a whole guild on launch when more name slots unlock and then decide but its unlikely. leveling in classic will likely lock in anyone who is trying to reach max level or in a raid guild.
I would be willing to bet a vast majority of players are not guilded yet or are rolling Herod with guilds. So yeah those with guilds on Herod stay, but that’s probably less than 5 to 10% of player base now.
It’s people really wanting a name more likely than guilds holding out on Herod.
Name sucks compared to Herod, not pulling many just because of that.
Chance to jump off a healthy populated one, for one that will probably not be. No thanks, I like my economy robust .
They should have aloud more name reserves. People could of had a chance at grabbing ones they want. If things do not go to there liking on Herod, the move could go smoother.
I total agree with there not being enough time to organize. With so few options, there was not much time to figure it out. There was no real choice.
This is a pretty toxic attitude and is only contributing to the problem.
No server will be "dead’. They already stated that medium is similar size to the most populated vanilla server. We haven’t even gotten to release yet.
Also, All people really care about is names for some reason. Nothing is stopping anyone from switching servers and picking new names.
I get people have some attachment to them but I’d rather be able to actually login to use my name than sit in a 10,000 person queue
I don’t disagree a server announcement needs more lead time. Blizzard isn’t – and shouldn’t – announce exact server populations. That would lead to different kinds of problems. Without hard information, I don’t know to what extent we can say it has or hasn’t helped. I would suggest the title of your thread should be “hasn’t” instead of “didn’t”. It’s still early, and we’re days away from launch.
If launch sees such a massive influx they aren’t going to come make a thread letting us know in 24 hours 3 new realms will open. They’re just going to open them on the spot to help with the overflow.
To say you don’t have enough time is BS.
We are 9 days out and know Herods queues are going to be massive. If you don’t leave it’s not because Blizzard didn’t give you enough notice.
Ok we will go with that. Saying I like population that everyone knows is going to be lasting as opposed to the unknow. Does not contribute to a toxic attitude.
Everything is stopping people from going there. Like how about the 3 Name cap and if they someone deletes there toons try go over there they might not get the name they want and lose it on Herod.
Not a chance I would take nor would a lot of people. Name’s are people Identity.
Ya ok there will be queue, and that’s a Bliz problem. If I got to sit there and wait I will.
The problem was at the jump they should of had more server.
I dont think you understood my point. I was saying there was not enough time between the announcement of Stalagg and the opening of name reservations. This had nothing to do with the time left until launch.
Trying to get 60-70 people to transfer to a new server with 1 hour and 27 minutes notice was not adequate. And after many people fought tooth and nail to reserve names they want, its not gonna be popular for a guild to tell their members to drop them and reroll on another server, possibly losing those names.
What I have learned over these last week is that names are more important to people then i ever imagined. People are literally willing to wait in queue of access of 10,000+ people. Which could translate into HOURS in queue to play.
I agree 100% they should have given a 24 hour grace period for people to prep/tell friends to move/reserve names on Stalagg. I like having the name i use for MMOs. But waiting 2, 3, 4 hours in line to play a game after a long day of work out weighs any name I could ever use.
