Permanent or Temporary 2nd Realm

[Cupcake]

At no other point in the server's lifetime will we see 80% of each faction's population questing in the same low level zone. There is no reason to make a second realm and doing so would be a bad idea. Also OP's claims are wildly exaggerated.

[Jastill the Druid]

Idunno, I have met more friends in 3 days than years playing retail because of the need, intentionally or not, for teamwork from the beginning. Already getting better anyway.

[BlioodKira]

no need for a second realm, a temporary one is even a worst idea and way to much fuss.

When most of the people reach lvl 60 there won't be so many lvling in the low lvl zones, it will get stabilized. if there are people not wanting to wait for quests, just wait a week or 2 and you will see how everything will go smooth and no floods of players. also there is no lag, maybe you pc's are crap or there is something wrong with YOUR CONNECTION to the server, you could try to reduce the graphics.
And very few DC's here and there not from 10 to 10 min like some sayd.

This server is BY far the best server I've ever played, very few minor bugs witch i saw they are trying to fix asap, and most of the quests if not all I've did until now are scripted blizzlike, even the rare mobs.

Best FREE server you can find out there, if some of you dont like it, go play blizz and you will see that not even there everything is not that perfect as some of you presume.

[Starfallen]

For what it is worth, at least judging from the responses to my earlier question in the general discussion forum, this server's present peak population runs at a bit over twice the online player cap for any original (Blizzard) vanilla server (2.5k).

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Given that the (vanilla) game was apparently not designed with any more than that number of players in the game world at a given time, and the lack of adjustments for timers, etc. made on Nostalrius for such a high number as are currently present, I would have to agree with the original poster in advocating for a split realm, or simply a new one to provide an avenue for the excess population (or those who do not want to play with such an abnormally high number of players as is currently present). Beyond raiding and running dungeons, if the server population holds up through time, one would have to think that normal activity in the game world, e.g. farming for materials, questing, etc., along with progressing in the honor system, would be much more troublesome than it was ever designed to be in vanilla, even on the most populated servers.

As far as providing for a lively community goes, while ignoring the details of what a "lively community" actually constitutes, I would say that there is no necessary benefit to that aspect of the game by having a larger number of players playing. Beyond a certain minimum number of players, e.g. enough to actually play the game with some regularity at high levels, as opposed to waiting around for hours in hopes of the last needed member showing up for your group, there is no necessary improvement to the community of the server by having more players. It is quite possible to have plenty of players and a bad community for a game.

[Keftenk]

No need for a second server.

[Xaroba]

^

No need. /thread

[pinacolata]

i think its good to have another 2nd PvE realm..... BUT not now, i think it's good on a later date if there is too many people.