To everybody asking for a 2nd server.

[Boulda]

Just posting to voice agreement with the OP.

I assume that a straight upgrade to the server itself is always possible as well (through donations or whatever). The state of things right now are totally manageable for the player, but I'd rather it remain that way.

[ivanlink]

Nah, a 2nd server is not the best option. I'm also positive about the queue thing or just a better server engine to support even more players.

[Glaston]

Ogtuckboi is right, you're a literal gamer scrub if you think a second server is needed. I mean this many players is totally detrimental to the server, but I'm pretty sure starting up a whole second server will do more harm than good. I have no clue how the Nost devs are split up as far as work goes, but I imagine that would also be more shit to weigh down a team that's still struggling to release Dire Maul.

[azreal3133]

Ogtuckboi is right, you're a literal gamer scrub if you think a second server is needed. I mean this many players is totally detrimental to the server, but I'm pretty sure starting up a whole second server will do more harm than good. I have no clue how the Nost devs are split up as far as work goes, but I imagine that would also be more shit to weigh down a team that's still struggling to release Dire Maul.

Lol? You do realise that adding a second server almost literally only requires them to get some more hardware? It would take little to no dev time and to say it would is incredibly ignorant.

[tuck3r]

Ogtuckboi is right, you're a literal gamer scrub if you think a second server is needed. I mean this many players is totally detrimental to the server, but I'm pretty sure starting up a whole second server will do more harm than good. I have no clue how the Nost devs are split up as far as work goes, but I imagine that would also be more shit to weigh down a team that's still struggling to release Dire Maul.

Lol? You do realise that adding a second server almost literally only requires them to get some more hardware? It would take little to no dev time and to say it would is incredibly ignorant.

a second server(in the sense your talking about) would be better used to have one hosting certain aspects of the game such as eastern kingdoms and BG's and the other server hosting kalimdor and raids/dungeons.
another REALM is NOT the answer. i have no problem with a queue and if you do have a problem with a queue then thats pretty stupid.

[Holmes]

mentioning dire maul....... where is dire maul?? it was announced to pop 1 month after rag+ony kill. NOW ITS MORE THAN 2 MONTHS!!
and due to the timeline BWL shud be released right now! 2 months after the kills!
are the announced timelines for the waste can?

oh by the way a cluster system for the server wud be smart. like 1 server for kalimdor, 1 for easter kingdoms and 1 for the instances.

but a 2nd server wudnt be too bad either. they just need to share their database so its the same server just with halfed population and you could switch by just changing the realm and BGs should obviously be linked like it was in vanilla retail GG

[Coding3347]

mentioning dire maul....... where is dire maul?? it was announced to pop 1 month after rag+ony kill. NOW ITS MORE THAN 2 MONTHS!!
and due to the timeline BWL shud be released right now! 2 months after the kills!
are the announced timelines for the waste can?

oh by the way a cluster system for the server wud be smart. like 1 server for kalimdor, 1 for easter kingdoms and 1 for the instances.

but a 2nd server wudnt be too bad either. they just need to share their database so its the same server just with halfed population and you could switch by just changing the realm and BGs should obviously be linked like it was in vanilla retail GG

Abt the whole "cluster system" thing, you gotta remember the whole team is doing this voluntarily. Nobody is getting paid. It's probably not as simple as you make it to be

And the DM thing, yea it's pretty shitty they lied about it but at least it's almost done getting tested.

[azreal3133]

mentioning dire maul....... where is dire maul?? it was announced to pop 1 month after rag+ony kill. NOW ITS MORE THAN 2 MONTHS!!
and due to the timeline BWL shud be released right now! 2 months after the kills!
are the announced timelines for the waste can?

oh by the way a cluster system for the server wud be smart. like 1 server for kalimdor, 1 for easter kingdoms and 1 for the instances.

but a 2nd server wudnt be too bad either. they just need to share their database so its the same server just with halfed population and you could switch by just changing the realm and BGs should obviously be linked like it was in vanilla retail GG

Abt the whole "cluster system" thing, you gotta remember the whole team is doing this voluntarily. Nobody is getting paid. It's probably not as simple as you make it to be

And the DM thing, yea it's pretty shitty they lied about it but at least it's almost done getting tested.

They didn't lie, they've said from the start that every time a date is involved its tentative, which means that if they have to they can and will change it if they need to. Their "timeline" was more of a tentative guideline than a hard and fast release date cycle.

[Robotron]

They didn't lie, they've said from the start that every time a date is involved its tentative, which means that if they have to they can and will change it if they need to. Their "timeline" was more of a tentative guideline than a hard and fast release date cycle.

This portion of the discussion illustrates exactly why Blizzard was tighter than Fort Knox when it came to release dates.

[zipzo]

They didn't lie, they've said from the start that every time a date is involved its tentative, which means that if they have to they can and will change it if they need to. Their "timeline" was more of a tentative guideline than a hard and fast release date cycle.

This portion of the discussion illustrates exactly why Blizzard was tighter than Fort Knox when it came to release dates.

Maybe when it came to the exact date yeah, but they also had PTRs where people could test out all the content themselves before the patch came, and did previews to build hype. They didn't just let people sit in the dark until the day it was time to push it out.

Personally were already in the same position over on Kronos where many of us are beginning to feel like we've buckled down for months of MC over and over, it is an interesting discussion that I also spurred on the forums there.

At the end of the day I think it's important to at least string people along a little to keep 'me hyped. Invite guilds to test the raid content, show preview videos of the bosses in action, etc etc.