12 min queue for WSG does not mean it is a dead server. Illidan used to have similar queue times back when it had almost 50,000 people on it and was the most populated server in the world. Just queue for random BGs. Most people dont solo queue for only WSG. The people who do random queues will get into WSG by chance before you do when it pops if they queued random rotations first and they will take priority over you getting in. WSG gives least honour and has highest chance of PvP honour DR from your HKs so it really is a terrible one to spam back to back.
My old 60 twink i made back in original wrath was better than any 69 twink. The 60 set bonuses dont work at 69. I had a level 60 ret paladin twink. 60 means you are the lowest level in the bracket in Wrath. So I dont have to be top level to twink. Idk. Kinda boring one shotting everyone you come across in a battleground. So I quit doing it almost 10 years ago or so. Level 60 ret paladin twink. I PvP max level now.
I dont care for honor farming. I’m playing the BG that I love and its WSG. I would try random bg queues but if I get SoTA, Im afk’n out asap. If I cared about honor I would premade. =)
With horde vs horde bgs WSG used to pop almost instantly. 15min queues is not indicative of a super active crowd.
Friday my 2’s partner an I literally Could not get the EOS daily done because the Q never popped.
We did lots of AB for the laughs but EOS was stone dead.
I thought that wrath would have bigger player base than Era but I think it may be close to Era’s PvP population, and also consider most of the players on Era are sub level 60.
I knew Wrath would crash and burn. Today’s player base is all about instant gratification. They hate phases, they hate grinding. GIMME EVERYTHING NOW, so I can go play fortnite, LOL, Dota2.
But Wrath is more instant gratification than Classic. The problem is that by wrath every bit of old school rpg atmosphere is gone but none of the modern day systems and conveniences are in place. This means Wrath is basically retail without any of the features. The expansion got hard carried by Arthas’ story.