Hey all,
Thank you for sharing your thoughts in a constructive way. It’s always very much appreciated!
After digging around a bit, I can confirm that the non-sharding system for RP realms are currently only applied to capital cities (i.e. Stormwind and Orgrimmar). Everything else follows the normal sharding and area-sharing rules.
Sharding may also be re-enabled temporarily at times, to make sure that the servers are working correctly for all players.
As always, if you’d like to share feedback about the game with our developers, I would encourage you to send a suggestion in-game, gather your thoughts in a new thread in the General section of the forum, or post on the different social media sites of your choice (Reddit, Twitter, Bluesky, fan sites, etc.).
Thank you!