Dont open fresh server at frist,please!!!!!!

[Lifealert]

just pray Nostalrius made the clustring system !

They did not as they were spending their time trying to convince Blizzard to do legacy servers.

[RepublicanNatio]

Have they said anything about putting a cap on the server(s) this time around? Just curious. I'd hate for them to do like kronos and cap the servers at 5k and have a 4k queue (k2 launch). I remember the kronos devs said they could put that cap at 10k but refused to because their prenost players didnt want it. obviously the nost players did.



If they decide to put a cap, cap it at 12k like warmane. Dont do some 5k cap bs while having a 2nd pvp server on top of it, that would indeed split it up. Thats a fatal thing kronos did, split the pop, put a 5k queue on each. And slowly but surely they are bleeding dry (and this was happening well before a nost return was even a thing). K2 is barely peaking at 2k on a sunday. And K1 peaks at like 1200. People are crying to merge the servers, and have been for some time.



I remember there was a major uproar back when nost wanted to open a 2nd server last august/september. Nost did the smart thing and made it a pve server, and ironically not only did it NOT kill the pvp server, it actually gained players while the pve server had 2k. I honestly think there will be more players than we had before because of the hype nost got from the shutdown. You gotta remember, nost was gaining like 500 new players every month. And thats the pre shutdown hype it had. I cant imagine what it will be like now. I miss seeing 8000 on right in the middle of off peak hours. Then watching it peak at 15k. Crazy seeing those numbers. Miss it!

[Lifealert]

Have they said anything about putting a cap on the server(s) this time around?

No

This is probably why they will have a total of 3 servers instead of just 2 to mitigate population problems.

[HuMa]

Ban this kind o people pls, claiming to not open fresh start, ban them execute the orde 66

[Mislei]

Whats wrong with starting a new char on your old account?

[Geex]

i have a t1 t2 rogue on pvp and im gonna start fresh.
i did stop playing on pvp when zg was out. why? because there were way too many ppl online. farming raidmats or gold impossible. buying raidmats impossible (overpriced af cuz nobody was able to farm)
there will be more than enough ppl to play on old pvp. but i always like new realms. "its about the journey". and i hope they will cap atleast the fresh server at about 6k online.

[northaunt]

Im also against 2 pvp servers. Voting for 1 PvP 1 Pve. No matter with old database or not. I just want big population.

[ThoronaX]

I share your concerns and because of that I'm going to abandon my old characters. And if I'm going to do that, I'm probably not alone.

But the thing is, it's got to be this way.

Starting on a fresh server is a unique experience. I want everyone to have the chance to experience it.
Forcing this group to wait 3 months is not an option. Like others have said already. There will only be 1 fresh server. This may change still of course. It will be a complete mess, which is part of the experience. Not a single enemy will be alive. Players will be fighting over spawns for days. You'll abandon quests because you failed to be the one tagging the quest mob for hours. Not everyone can take this kind of punishment. And many will say F this, I'll just start on the other server. At least I can level up there.

So, we'll just have to wait and see. It's going to be a big mess no matter what. We can speculate all day, but nobody knows how many of those 800k accounts will come back. Even the planned stress tests will not answer this.

There can be many solutions later as well. If needed there could be character transfers down the road from the new to the old server. Many will perhaps be interested in this to see Naxx sooner or whatever.

tl;dr
You can't deny new players the experience of a fresh start.

[line4]

You can't deny new players the experience of a fresh start.

Why? Nost did it when it was still up. They didn't make a new server every week so everyone can experience the same thing. Retail does it. Why can't you?

[ssishtar]

whats the problem with both communities starting alongside each other?

amplarus ==> Joined: Tue Nov 08, 2016 1:53 am

The problem is that the Nost PvP server will be sentenced as soon as the fresh PvP server will be launched because the fresh server will attract every new player (I see no reason for a new player to start on the old server, exactly as in the K1 and K2 case; i can't see a different mechanism).

And with zero new players influx, any server is going to die.

And it is sad that it is the former players who have already shown their support and loyalty to Nostalrius are the victims of this decision. So, for them as for me, the solution is to start on the fresh server (and thus aggravate the situation).

So basically, you want to sentence 3x more players, for the 3x less players to enjoy their game or what ? are you for real ? Go advertise your bloody old server on internet so you can get a bigger poll, or play with fewer players, but let me play where I wanna play, cause I won't ever come back on that old server, no fucking way in hell.