Bring Back Realm Merges

[Shifti-chamber-of-aspects]

So as much as you (Blizzard) are going on about how you listen to the playerbase in order to improve the game in 10.0, when are you going to merge dead/dying realms?

Some realms have been connected 5+ times and others have never been connected. Obviously the likes of Draenor/Silvermoon don’t need connecting, but other servers don’t have even 1/10th of the playerbase they have and have never been connected. Surely it is about time for mass server merges in order to bring up realm population, leading to better recruitment opportunities, a better functioning AH etc etc. or is Blizzards plan just to continue bleeding it’s playerbase for realm transfer money?

The idea of cross faction raiding etc is fine for communities, but people like to raid with the guilds, and be involved in the guild chat that comes with it which this won’t bring. In terms of mythic raiding you can’t x-realm raid mythic unless people are on your server either (until Hall of Fame is done). AH prices and supply/demand is absolutely whack for lower pop realms as well.

The difference in server population between the top servers and the bottom (unconnected) servers is around 20,000 players, which is clearly insane.

Again, this thread (Dead servers MEGATHREAD - Ghostlands/Dragonblights plea to Blizzard - #1007 by Blessing-silvermoon) has been active since May 2019, it’s been almost THREE YEARS and Blizzard still hasn’t done anything to resolve the problem. How greedy and ignorant can you (as a company) be?

[Vilketnamn-draenor]

Should see the 10? Or 11? Even server group Ahn’Qiraj and Balnazzar are in. Primetime in Oribos and I am usually the sole player from Ahn’Qiraj.

A /who Oribos will give 4-15 people as a result, lmao.

We’re usually 30-40 people at the great vault on wednesdays

[Shifti-chamber-of-aspects]

I mean if you’ve got it that bad with 10/11 realms connected then damn you absolutely should be merged again. Like I don’t think it’s to unrealistic to think that they should be looking to bring each server (or connected group) up to a 10k active playerbase minimum, and that would still be half of the server populations of the likes of draenor/tarren mill ( and tarren mill is connected I believe?)

[Punyelf-draenor (Punyelf)]

I don’t know why they keep ignoring dead realms. Connections are better than waiting for people to leave of their own accord.

[Shifti-chamber-of-aspects]

They ignore them because they foolishly think that say 1000 people will pay to transfer multiple characters to a bigger server, when in fact the reality is that 950 people are more likely to stay where they are or quit the game altogether and maybe 50 people will move. Blizzard wants more of our money but is in fact losing it due to people quitting the game over dead realms instead.