Blizzard why insist on having cross-realm BGs?

[Bewarê-frostmane]

@Partial-aegwynn

Well it was Bloodlust (Blutdurst) in german.

https://web.archive.org/web/20070211192629/http://www.wow-europe.com/de/info/basics/battlegroups.html

Im in a hassle time wise now and need to go and didnt find the Number for Classic currently, only the old battle grps on a first glance.

So cant do a comparison now. But you maybe enlighten me as i come back.

Pretty sure this answers what you’re looking for, in terms of comparison:

@Bewarê-frostmane

There are 43 realms up now in classic, with over 3 times the maximum population capacity compared to back then.
(5 of those realms being Russian btw, since they’re now only possible to be enemies in BGs so they deserve a special mention here.)

Keep in mind that so many servers with over 3 times the population caps, you’re looking at more than 43k players when only assuming 1k characters per realm, all thrown into the same matchmaking mix (except for the case with the Russian realms, which is limited to enemies only.)
The population caps are over 10k right now, so assuming the average is at 5k, that’s 215,000 players. That you can be matched with and against.
It’s pure insanity.

Let me know when you find a battlegroup from back then that matches the overall size of the matchmaking pool as it is now. (You won’t find one.)