I’ve heard some rumor about the starting zones being sharded due to the expected amount of people in starting zones. Is this true? can anyone confirm?
I have mixed feelings about that, but I also understand how truly impossible it would be to level with 100+ people on the same exact quest.
On the other hand, nothing can take the “community” sense away quite like sharding does. If this is true, will it be for starting zones ONLY?
Beating the dead horse again?
Sharding is currently being considered for the start zones, yes, but for a limited amount of time (weeks has been stated).
It’s not for the amount of people in the zones, but for the amount of “tourists” that Classic will see. Classic is going to share a subscription with BfA, and there will be lots of BfA players popping over to see what’s what for a little while. This introduces a large problem with establishing server communities, as they will artificially fill the servers with characters that wont be playing the game long term. This could leave some servers dead population-wise. Blizzard wants to avoid this.
So, the plan for now is to raise the server caps to be much higher at launch, and introduce sharding for the starts zones to give those tourists somewhere to go while they sight see. The caps will be lowered and sharding removed once enough of the tourists have left.
even with 600 people it’s still possible
Here, have a look:
Not sure what you’re trying to say. It’s a legitimate question. If I’m late to the party, why don’t you supply a link with the answer?
Discussed to death on this forum, use the search feature please.
Very good. Thank you for that information!
Look to the upper right. Near your picture. See that magnifying glass?
I am sorry if you are new and truly wanted to know, but this has been gone over and over and over. .
Keep the community STRONG!!
Supply a link instead of being a tool. I don’t use forums regularly, so I wouldn’t know.
You have the internet, access to this forum and the search feature. That link shouldn’t be hard to find from like yesterday.
No problem! It’s a hot button issue around here as you can tell. I personally hate sharding so very much but I understand that it’s ours and Blizzard’s best option so far.
I see now, thank you.
Stick to current WoW, pal. People like you would ruin classic.
Just stating the facts. I was nice in my first reply and you called me a tool which is not very Classic of you…
I’m learning that, and quickly lol. Thank you, I should have done more research first I suppose!
Blizzard, take notes: This person speaks for no one but themselves.
Surely, you understand where he’s coming from. Sharding has it’s concern for obvious reasons. I’m okay with it (based on what I’ve been told on these replies), as long as it’s gone after a week or two.