7.5K players, do we need a second server?!

[holkan]

@Flaat
My realm in BC always had a queue. If anything a queue would be a "good" sign. What idiot would want to leave a server with super high population to go play on some dead server? A 5-10 minute queue would not be bad at all and is 100x better solution than a second server. There is literally nothing abnormal about high/max pop servers having a queue.

I dont think you understand the purpose of a queue. A queue limits the amount of people able to login at once to prevent the server from crashing. It doesn't fix having so many people on one server that the server can no longer function properly. Here's the thing also if the server cant be stable with the amount of people on it 2 servers are necessary and if the population dwindles they can always be merged back into one server. 7k is almost 3x the population of what a vanilla server was on retail.

I play here for the massive population along with most people here.
If you enjoy low pop servers, there are plenty out there

I can't tell if you're dense or just trolling but even if we split the population in 1/2 at peak it wouldnt be close to a low population server.

[tuck3r]

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i think ur the dense one.
if we split it in half then it would peak at 3.25k and dip down to 1.3k
that means that certain timezones will be playing with under 700 people on there faction.
your suggestion sounds like a good way to kill the server

[phorla]

I don't ever have any lag issues..

[rinron]

today has been particularly laggy and discy for some reason but im usually quite smooth, US east. no need for second server. id rather be able to build an RP campfire in org and have 12 random people sit around it than split the server, tuck3rs numbers sound about right

[PanTheSatyr]

If the server was at 5K consistently at low times, then a second server would be reasonable per all the discussions of population and overcrowding.

But since we are NOT near that point yet, we don't NEED a second server - as much as I would love a PvE realm to play on that had the population and polish of Nostalrius. (And please don't tell me that a PvE realm would be low pop; there's enough discussion from people tired of the constant ganking to make a future PvE realm viable.)

[Osirus]

4 crashs in 2 hours, might consider a 2nd server rofl

[tuck3r]

4 crashs in 2 hours, might consider a 2nd server rofl

pretty sure its getting DDoS'd

[holkan]

4 crashs in 2 hours, might consider a 2nd server rofl

This its only going to get worse if the population keeps growing and like I said if you make 2 servers and the population becomes shit then you just merge them back together nbd. And the website is pooping its self as well.

[Antipatra]

Do. Not. Want.

Splitting the population is such a terrible idea. The more people that are around, the more interest there is in actually being a group oriented community. If you want to do quests, group with the people that are doing it, make friends, continue on or split up... Soon as interest in the game dies down, numbers will drop. Hopefully that won't happen, but splitting the population is only causing more problems, because then they'll have to consider consolidating, and that causes more issues.

No, screw that. If you don't like that it's packed, if you don't like that resources are scarce, then tough. Go play on another server. If you're smart, you'll find an opportunity to get around those problems.

[tuck3r]

4 crashs in 2 hours, might consider a 2nd server rofl

This its only going to get worse if the population keeps growing and like I said if you make 2 servers and the population becomes shit then you just merge them back together nbd. And the website is pooping its self as well.

then its obviously a DDoS attack, it wasnt crashing like this with 7.5k on and now its crashing constantly with 6k on, and the website is also going down.
are you computer illiterate?