Mankrik Is Full - Classic WoW Population Update for NA Realms August 20

Classic Posted 2019/08/20 at 8:01 PM by perculia

NA Realm Population - August 20th

Blizzard

As of now, a large number of WoW Classic characters have been created on the following realms. Players with characters on this realm are likely to experience severe queues at release.

Faerlina - PvP
Herod - PvP
Mankrik - Normal
Pagle - Normal
Thalnos - PvP
Whitemane - PvP

Last Updated: August 20

We have updated the algorithm for the realm population tags so they more accurately reflect the expected population for that realm. The realms that are listed as “Full” are where we expect to see extended queues. If you’re concerned about long queue times affecting your play experience, you may want to consider creating characters on a lower population realm before the game releases on August 26 at 3:00 p.m. PDT.

Blaumeux - PvP - Pacific

Bloodsail Buccaneers - RP

Grobbulus - RPPVP

Skeram - PvP - Eastern

Atiesh - Normal - Pacific

Myzrael - Normal - Pacific

Fairbanks - PvP - Pacific

Stalagg - PvP - Eastern

Faerlina - PvP - Eastern

Mankrik - Normal - Eastern

Pagle - Normal - Eastern

Herod - PvP - Eastern

Thalnos - PvP - Eastern

Whitemane - PvP - Pacific

Queue TimesCan you elaborate in any way on some on the expected queue lengths (preferably in length of time) at launch?

Queue Times #2Is that on launch/phase patch day only or do you expect lengthy queues (up to several hours) during regular weekdays after the first week aswell?

This is something we are definitely keeping an eye on and making adjustments as needed. Due to all the excitement, we are expecting lengthy queues for at least the first week after launch.

Launch Experience ImprovementsWhat steps are being taken to ensure that at launch, the same thing doesn't happen on an even grander scale during the initial rush?

We're planning a number of fixes to improve that experience. First, we've already begun opening new realms and we encourage people to switch to them. We've also increased the size of the realm queues, so they can hold more people before disconnecting them. And we've improved the error message you get, so that you'll know you're being disconnected because the queue is full, instead of getting a generic disconnect message.

Emergency RealmsDo you have a contingency plan to deal with a larger-than-expected population?

We have contingency plans in place to bring up additional realms quickly if needed. We may also integrate character transfers (this ultimately became a service in original WoW.)

As you can imagine, it's difficult for us to gauge how many people will come to play Classic and stay on to experience max-level content. Ultimately, we want to see realms with healthy stable populations so we'll try to match demand without inadvertently creating low population realms in the process.

Emergency Realms #2What will you do if all of the realms are capped out at launch day with massive queues? Will you continually put up realms until the demand is met?

As /u/altruiswow said elsewhere: We have contingency plans in place to bring up additional realms quickly if needed.

We took a careful approach here. Taking various things into consideration, we wanted to hold true to our main objective of ensuring healthy realm communities in a post-Launch world. Therefore, we felt that the best approach here was to start off with fewer realms in order to gauge player interest during the name reservation period. As we have seen players congregate on certain types of realms, we have opened up new realms with communication to that effect. While we acknowledge that queues will be part of the launch experience, we encourage players to keep an eye on the forums and message boards over the next days/weeks for communications around realms with lower populations and therefore more manageable queue times.

Comment by marth354Come and join us on Blaumeux! Still a pretty good chance at getting names you want.Comment by Isaemarod6 more days and servers still getting full, oh lordComment by ArchieAngelShout out to muh RP realms amiright?Comment by SkyreiI feel that the cluster%^&* headed this way is so large that all measures taken simply delay itComment by Azrajin*must resist childish mankrik joke* Must be because he can't find his wife. I'm sorry I couldn't.Comment by MooreaI picked 2 servers and both are bad, fml, Whitemane is full, probably will have 5h+ queues... and Blaumeux is low... probably will be a dead zone 1 month after launch...

Please come to fill up and play (and stick to) Blaumeux !Comment by marth354I picked 2 servers and both are bad, fml, Whitemane is full, probably will have 5h+ queues... and Blaumeux is low... probably will be a dead zone 1 month after launch...

Please come to fill up and play (and stick to) Blaumeux !Comment by DawnsbloodWonder if they'll spin up another normal server for Eastern? It's looking bleak and the Pacific normal servers are getting close too.Comment by SoeroahA Korean MMO called MapleStory has "worlds" as realms, but each of them has 20 instances players can freely move between at any time.

I know people dislike sharding, especially in classic, but would the ability to manually pick and choose your shard be something players would accept as a way to spread players out?Comment by midnightbluNo. Classic players don't *want* sharding, and most don't even want layering. That's kind of the point here, people want the world to feel like a world again, and not just the sliver of it that serves as your safe space for the day free from people taking your quest mobs.Comment by Ifelixland in the end all the hype in WoW: classic, which the result that affects BfA, will be worse for the servers because the gamers have to be only concentrated in a game, or in WoW classic after a few months?Comment by Alanray43A Korean MMO called MapleStory has "worlds" as realms, but each of them has 20 instances players can freely move between at any time.

I know people dislike sharding, especially in classic, but would the ability to manually pick and choose your shard be something players would accept as a way to spread players out?Comment by XandraroesLooks like we can expect at least 1-2 more Normal realms in NA before launch since both Eastern realms are now full and the two Pacific ones aren't far behind. Maybe I'll get my preferred name after all!Comment by vhaelenmankrik is full? well...gotta move the mankriks wife then... oh wait i cant find itComment by DcolonRage6 more days and servers still getting full, oh lordComment by blupacheA Korean MMO called MapleStory has "worlds" as realms, but each of them has 20 instances players can freely move between at any time.

I know people dislike sharding, especially in classic, but would the ability to manually pick and choose your shard be something players would accept as a way to spread players out?Comment by KanetsidohiAs a Latin American player whom do not like PVP, my choices are not many so, Pagle it is because of time zoneComment by JetLightWolfI picked 2 servers and both are bad, fml, Whitemane is full, probably will have 5h+ queues... and Blaumeux is low... probably will be a dead zone 1 month after launch...

Please come to fill up and play (and stick to) Blaumeux !Comment by NinjaFlibble6 more days and servers still getting full, oh lordComment by MikodadevodaI picked 2 servers and both are bad, fml, Whitemane is full, probably will have 5h+ queues... and Blaumeux is low... probably will be a dead zone 1 month after launch...

Please come to fill up and play (and stick to) Blaumeux !