WoW Classic - Phase 2 Launches in 2019, Realm Layering Update – EU

WoW Classic - Phase 2 Launches in 2019
According to an article on PC Gamer, which will release in its entirety next week, Ion Hazzikostas revealed that Phase 2 will launch before the end of the year. Factors that affect the final release date include ending layering and having population stabilization before the release of the world bosses. Ion expects layering to end within a matter of weeks. We will have a link to the full interview when it is posted.



Realm Layering Update – EU
Originally Posted by Blizzard (Blue Tracker / Official Forums)
Over the five weeks since we launched WoW Classic, we’ve continuously monitored realm populations and utilized layering when necessary to handle launch populations. As we’ve said before, we will have all realms on a single layer before introducing world bosses, and a great deal of progress has been made toward that goal.

First and foremost, players have leveled up and spread out around the world. This allowed us to accommodate more players per layer, which means fewer layers required per realm. The last time a server in this region had more than three layers was the first week of September, and almost all realms reached two layers shortly after that.

Along the way, some select realms reached their end-state of a single layer, and we locked that in. With a change we made earlier this week, the following WoW Classic realms are now permanently set to one layer:

  • Bloodfang
  • Dragonfang
  • Earthshaker
  • Hydraxian Waterlords
  • Judgement
  • Ten Storms

Be on the lookout for another change that we will make in the coming days: soon, realms that are operating with more than one layer will indicate that on the realm selection screen. Those realms will say “Layered” in the realm list. Thereafter, you’ll only see the Full/High/Medium/Low markers for realms that are permanently set to one layer.

We plan to move more realms to a single layer over time, and we will continue to offer free character moves to balance populations and manage login queues. In order to avoid queues in the future, we encourage you to use that service as soon as possible.

Thank you very much!
This article was originally published in forum thread: WoW Classic - Phase 2 Launches in 2019, Realm Layering Update – EU started by Stoy View original post
Published on 2019-10-04 02:06 PM
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  1. Gadzooks's Avatar
    All I wanted was the bickering to stop. Once Blizzard announced they were gonna do Classic, I no longer had a horse in the race, and stopped investing in it (And I really only was going by what Blizzard themselves were saying, not that it was bad to want it). I figured, hey, now both sides get the game they want, and the arguing and slap fights would stop.

    Boy, was I wrong. It only got worse.
  1. KaPe's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by McNeil View Post
    New classic thread on the news page, BFA fans are triggered, nothing new to see here.
    Yeah, nothing like Classic fans, who are always so mature and composed, only using true facts and stats straight from Blizzard to prove the superiority of "their" game.
  1. MoanaLisa's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Gadzooks View Post
    All I wanted was the bickering to stop. Once Blizzard announced they were gonna do Classic, I no longer had a horse in the race, and stopped investing in it (And I really only was going by what Blizzard themselves were saying, not that it was bad to want it). I figured, hey, now both sides get the game they want, and the arguing and slap fights would stop.

    Boy, was I wrong. It only got worse.
    It's intolerable sometimes.
  1. Pacster's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Finear View Post
    yeah not really, most of my friends who came back after looong breaks for classic are playing retail now instead
    Really? Today on my end it looked like 80% of my WoW playing friendlist have been logged into classic. I neither play classic nor BfA...so I'm strictly neutral on that one.
    I expected the numbers to crumble way faster and am seriously surprised. I'd like to see how shocked they are at Blizz headquarters about that success...and watch them figure out how to deal with it now and work with it in the future(cause it's saying a lot about retail and that something went wrong there. Possibly too many time sinks and too much monetarization while ruining any sense of community and "achievement". But that is just my opinion.).
  1. Meow's Avatar
    Why is there so much hatred for Retail vs Classic? I play on Retail mainly and play Classic sometimes, and I don’t think you have to concentrate on Classic only just for proving the love. They are both official WoW.
  1. Onikaroshi's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Pacster View Post
    Really? Today on my end it looked like 80% of my WoW playing friendlist have been logged into classic. I neither play classic nor BfA...so I'm strictly neutral on that one.
    I expected the numbers to crumble way faster and am seriously surprised. I'd like to see how shocked they are at Blizz headquarters about that success...and watch them figure out how to deal with it now and work with it in the future(cause it's saying a lot about retail and that something went wrong there. Possibly too many time sinks and too much monetarization while ruining any sense of community and "achievement". But that is just my opinion.).
    It's taking people awhile to hit max, but once you're there, there's like nothing to do honestly. We actually kind of went back to retail til the next FF patch because we hit 60, did MC and Ony and the end game dungeons a bunch and after that there is zero to do.
  1. Bunchie's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Ozbaab View Post
    And how exactly do you know this? You're just pulling numbers and estimates from your ass like everyone else around here.

    "as it seems people only have an account active right now because of classic" - like, seriously who the fuck do you think you are pulling comments like this?
    Classic is drawing in more new players than retail. Classic doesn't need cross server layering to survive. Classic bas almost all of their servers staying at high or full now.

    The only people that don't like classic are the ones who just like pooing on something they aren't good at. I'm sorry.
  1. Nask's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Bunchie View Post
    Classic is drawing in more new players than retail. Classic doesn't need cross server layering to survive. Classic bas almost all of their servers staying at high or full now.

    The only people that don't like classic are the ones who just like pooing on something they aren't good at. I'm sorry.
    Do you have any idea how many more servers there are in retail? NA has like 200 servers alone.
  1. deceptacon1's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Nask View Post
    Do you have any idea how many more servers there are in retail? NA has like 200 servers alone.
    I believe he's suggesting that classic is bringing more new players in not that it has more servers/people than retail.
  1. Eapoe's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by deceptacon1 View Post
    I believe he's suggesting that classic is bringing more new players in not that it has more servers/people than retail.
    The problem is that it’s a baseless claim without Blizzard officially giving profits and where those profits came from.
  1. Caperfin's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Nask View Post
    Do you have any idea how many more servers there are in retail? NA has like 200 servers alone.
    Yup. the retail server infrastructure is insane and can accommodate a tremendous amount of players.
  1. relaxok's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by phattsao View Post
    Legion was promised "in summer", and it came out the last day of August. WC3 remastered was promised "before then end of 2019", and it's looking like it's gonna be literally the final days of 2019.
    August isn’t the end of summer, September is
  1. MasterHamster's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Poopsnacker View Post
    At first, it needs cross server layering very soon for a lot of servers already.
    There is no such thing as cross server layering. What Blizzard is doing as population stabilises is to move players within the same server to fewer layers.
  1. Fiacla's Avatar
    Reducing layers already due to population decline...

    Guess J Allen was right all along

    lol.
  1. KOUNTERPARTS's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Strawberry View Post
    Classic is dying, gg.
    How does it feel to be wrong all the time?
  1. ONCHEhap's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Gadzooks View Post
    All I wanted was the bickering to stop. Once Blizzard announced they were gonna do Classic, I no longer had a horse in the race, and stopped investing in it (And I really only was going by what Blizzard themselves were saying, not that it was bad to want it). I figured, hey, now both sides get the game they want, and the arguing and slap fights would stop.

    Boy, was I wrong. It only got worse.
    Some people legitimately spend more time screeching about how "their game" is better than the other and how the other is going to die soon than actually playing the game

    I get that some people are quite retarded but even by those standards it's impressive at that point
  1. reacher's Avatar
    Everyone is trying to force the community into 2 buckets: those who love classic and hate retail, and those who love retail and hate classic. It's naive to think that the majority of the WoW population fits into these buckets. Using your own friends and acquaintances are examples is also a bad practice, because the sample size is vastly too small to draw any meaningful conclusions. These forums are a great example of the extremely loud vocal minority
  1. Lurker1's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by BillTheButcher View Post
    How does it feel to be wrong all the time?
    How does it feel to be indenial all the time?
  1. dranlord's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by ONCHEhap View Post
    Some people legitimately spend more time screeching about how "their game" is better than the other and how the other is going to die soon than actually playing the game

    I get that some people are quite retarded but even by those standards it's impressive at that point
    this so much this, both game are feeding each other, success Classic mean Retail still going, and same goes for Retail with Classic.

    Classic it was a success for real, but the hype is dying down. I notice on my friend, how many have come back but after a couples of week alot of them have leave already.
  1. Molo's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by MasterHamster View Post
    There is no such thing as cross server layering. What Blizzard is doing as population stabilises is to move players within the same server to fewer layers.
    Battlegrounds will be cross server, sadly.
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