UPDATE 3
Sigh blizz, at least unlock transfers.
Update 2
Our message got through boys!!! realms are unlocked. @Blizz if you are reading this, please consult with the server communities next time, the damage you have done to many guilds is irreparable. who knows if golemagg will ever recover back to what it was, either way, talk with us and keep talking, dont just leave it so long again. Thankyou!!!
Update 1
Ticket submitted to Blizz, usual dismissive responce given and locked ticket. New ticket opened
TL:DR : Server was locked several months ago with LOW queues (there was NO need for transfer Lockdown in the first place). Server IS dying with low population. Mono-language guilds ARE dying without fresh blood. EU Servers NEED to be UNlocked for transfers to prevent a disaster.
I’m playing in non-english Guild on EU-Golemagg. We are currently struggling in situation where we cannot gather one full raid. Before server lockdown we had two full raids. People were transfering to us refreshing the guild and raids.
The worst queues we had faced were 300-700 (20 mins waiting aprox - tops) - raid time on Wednesday and Saturday/Sunday. The realm was lagging ONLY on ZG opening night. There was NO reason to lock Golemagg-EU. It’s happened though.
There is NO information when it will be unlocked (will it even ever happen). There is NO free-transfers from the realm to unload non-existing “overpopulation”. There is no communication on EU blue posts.
There are lots of of mono-language on our servers. Spanish, CZ-SK, Russian and many others. Overmore, it’s summer time - people are dropping the game. The peak of online due to corona has passed. People are lacking for content. Guilds can fulfil their roster ONLY with transfers - but they are not available.
I literally can see in Orgrimmar how “many” people are logging in for world buffs. It looks like low populated server on both unnecessary layers.
It looks like Blizz locked the realm by mistake in the first place and don’t bother to check the status now.
The list of locked realms HAS TO BE revised! Blizzard need to unlock half-dead (mid pop and low pop) servers. The Golemagg-EU (and other EU realms) needs to be unlocked for transfer!