To everybody asking for a 2nd server.

[tuck3r]

It seems every time that nostalrius reaches a new peak of players people ask for a 2nd server.
This is a very bad idea and would likely end up killing the original server and the new server created, currently nostalrius peaks at around 7.5k and dips down to around 3k at off hours.
If we made a 2nd server then nostalrius would peak at 3.75k and would dip down to 1.5k during off hours and some people time zones. The reason I play here and the reason that many others play here if because of the very large population, and how you can log on at any time and the server is always packed.
If you do not like playing on populated servers there are a lot of low population servers out there for you to play on.

My suggestion would be to put a queue in place when the server begins to get unstable, I dont know what that number is(10k would be my guess).
So they could just put a cap at 10k players online and then put people in a queue.
A 10-15 minute queue would be a lot better than 2 dead servers,
Some people also act like a queue would be the end of the world but my only guess is that these people never played high population servers in retail.
I played on tichondrius in BC and alot of the time it had a log in queue, ecspically during peak hours.

And last but not least GZ nostalrius on 8K playes online!! It is awesome to see the population continue to grow.

[Brian]

for me i like the pop also,
tho with this pop we rlly need faster spawntimes on all herbs and mining nodes rlly...
blizzard server were capped at 2.5K players and we got tripple that pop

[Mehdiaus]

really like the pop also!
Nice to group for every farm quest and meet new people

[Ricen]

Couldn't agree more! But i think the main concern about a 2nd server is will stability continue from a privately run server with over 8k active players at peak hours?

I love Nostalrius, and I think the developers have done a fantastic job providing us the original Warcraft all of us loved. Yet is it worth it to have a big population for totally unstable conditions, that is the one thing that will rapidly drive players away from a server like Nostalrius in my opinion. I could be wrong but just something to think about.

[Helada]

for me i like the pop also,
tho with this pop we rlly need faster spawntimes on all herbs and mining nodes rlly...
blizzard server were capped at 2.5K players and we got tripple that pop

Spawn rates were tweaked a couple of weeks ago already

[Rhinzual30]

It seems every time that nostalrius reaches a new peak of players people ask for a 2nd server.
This is a very bad idea and would likely end up killing the original server and the new server created, currently nostalrius peaks at around 7.5k and dips down to around 3k at off hours.
If we made a 2nd server then nostalrius would peak at 3.75k and would dip down to 1.5k during off hours and some people time zones. The reason I play here and the reason that many others play here if because of the very large population, and how you can log on at any time and the server is always packed.
If you do not like playing on populated servers there are a lot of low population servers out there for you to play on.

My suggestion would be to put a queue in place when the server begins to get unstable, I dont know what that number is(10k would be my guess).
So they could just put a cap at 10k players online and then put people in a queue.
A 10-15 minute queue would be a lot better than 2 dead servers,
Some people also act like a queue would be the end of the world but my only guess is that these people never played high population servers in retail.
I played on tichondrius in BC and alot of the time it had a log in queue, ecspically during peak hours.

And last but not least GZ nostalrius on 8K playes online!! It is awesome to see the population continue to grow.

Pretty sure the devs said we'll be getting a second server, but it'll be a TBC server.

[tuck3r]

Pretty sure the devs said we'll be getting a second server, but it'll be a TBC server.

thats a few months after naxx is cleared.
so that wont be for 2+ years.

[Nain]

It just gets a little delayed. I'm sure you can live with some overpopulation for a few hours of the day/week.

[TheStreak]

for me i like the pop also,
tho with this pop we rlly need faster spawntimes on all herbs and mining nodes rlly...
blizzard server were capped at 2.5K players and we got tripple that pop

Spawn rates were tweaked a couple of weeks ago already

Troiuble is those spawn rates appear to be global rather than just the lowbie areas.

I never saw as much available unmined nodes on 1k ever in vanilla. Unfortuantely doublign the rate unbalances the economy, or crafting...

When those lowbie get higher the problem will solve itself.

[Kromulous]

All that matters is a higher /who count imo.
We could have a draw distance of 30 yards and a latency of 800ms but it doesn't really matter. What really matters is the pop. Personally I'm looking forward more to 10k players peak than DM and BWL.