Layering need serious rework

[Saneko-ragnaros (Saneko)]

@Wushupanda-outland

so to keep the zone lagfree, they moved me FROM an empty area, TO full area ?

It appears you did not read the explanation on layering in my previous post, the relevant quote on why they move you from an “empty” layer to a more active one applies here:

@Aggrend-1483

For Season of Discovery, we decided to try something new and allow layers to automatically retire when populations dropped to “collapse” the number of total layers and make the world feel more active and lively at all hours of the day and night. We hoped to avoid those “dead” periods where the realm felt more empty than it actually was.

The unfortunate side effect of this is that every time we would retire a layer, it would suddenly cause players to change layers as the layer manager re-balanced and redistributed folks. We’ve never engaged this system before because we knew this would feel jarring, and in a game mode like Hardcore for example, being unexpectedly moved to a new layer when yours is retired could be deadly! But, like many other aspects of Season of Discovery, this was a risk we consciously took to see if we could improve the experience for those that prefer to play at off-peak times.

It is likely engaged for your game version, as your layer is retired with you on it as the overall realm can manage it with that much layers at that moment.