The poll: Cross-server zones

[Korrah]

It's a great idea, but they need to get it to work great to be a success.

[Anzaman]

Are cross-server zones a good idea?

I don't like the idea.

Sure some people want to level up in crowded area, perhaps even wait for X mob to respawn for Quest. But overall I'd like if Blizzard would add on option to toggle it off and on.

[Gradywhite]

I feel like the people who are against it want the game to be more like a single player RPG. I view this change as a breath of life into the old game and significantly improving the MMO factor of the game that has been waning for a while now. While there are fewer reasons to group up at the lower levels nowadays, just having people there will make all the zones feel more alive. Maybe they will even bring group quests back in response to this feature, or create more low level scenarios to fill that gap in. My guess is that somewhere down the line, Blizzard will make grouping up at low levels worthwhile either through new features or new rewards for doing so.

This has a lot of potential to push the boundaries into a single-server MMO realm! /tinfoilhat

[Anzaman]

I feel like the people who are against it want the game to be more like a single player RPG.

Yes and no.

I dislike being in heavily crowded area, but prefer to play with my friend(s) or Guild.

As I already play on High populated server, I don't have any problems with the population.

If you ask from me, Blizzard should have just merged some of the dead or dying servers instead of messing up with current living ones.

[underdogba]

lol are you serious? how does having more people to interact with while you level NOT enhance gameplay? it makes leveling an MMORPG again instead of a single player rpg. Blizzard doesn't need to chase subs either as it's sub base is steady.

Yes, I am serious.... lol?

The WoW levelling game has not required players to interact in a very long time.

The obvious function of such a feature is give ultra-casual players who know each other in real life a way to interact, which promotes retention among extremely casual/social players.

[Nadev]

Wonderful idea. I didn't even know that Blizzard was planning something like this.

[Slowpoke is a Gamer]

Yes and no.

I dislike being in heavily crowded area, but prefer to play with my friend(s) or Guild.

As I already play on High populated server, I don't have any problems with the population.

If you ask from me, Blizzard should have just merged some of the dead or dying servers instead of messing up with current living ones.

Thing is, you have to chose between two hells.


1. This feature. Which may inconvenience some high-pop servers, but make life better for low pop ones.

2. Merge servers, which would negate everything that happened yesterday with hard proof "WoW is dead"

[Anzaman]

This feature. Which may inconvenience some high-pop servers, but make life better for low pop ones.

How exactly does it make life better on low populated server(s)?

Q. Will I be able to trade with others I meet?
Trading restrictions are in place much the same as they are in cross-realm dungeons, raids, and battlegrounds.

Q. Can I go into main capital cities while grouped with others?
Capital cities and areas with regularly high populations will not be set as cross-server areas/zones so you will not be able to enter into the same instance of a city as someone who is from a different realm.

Q. Will I be able to trade with others I meet?
Trading restrictions are in place much the same as they are in cross-realm dungeons, raids, and battlegrounds.

So... pretty much it feels like Real-ID -system, but soon you can make a group and go camp Alliance/Horde -players in the World.


Meh... I want an option to toggle Cross-realm zones off.

[stomination]

Thing is, you have to chose between two hells.


1. This feature. Which may inconvenience some high-pop servers, but make life better for low pop ones.

2. Merge servers, which would negate everything that happened yesterday with hard proof "WoW is dead"

Technically I would not say that wow is dead because they got rid of some of the servers. Quite a few of the low pop servers are low pop because people decided to leave them for a medium/high population. The servers are dying because their community is lacking in numbers and people want more people around. Those that stay in low pop dont want to have to fight for nodes or spawns. Or that they prefer to know just about everyone.


Also once you find this zone and it does not restrict what level people are to be in the cross realm i bet that level 90s will hunt down the huge amount of low levels from other servers there. Or that everyone will end up saying hey lets all go to <name zone here> and have a party fest of lag.

[upirlikhyi]

If they bring back elite quests this is a good idea. If they make it to where people need to group up to finish quest lines that is. Otherwise I am taking a wait and see position because there as others have said is a whole can of worms that can and probably go wrong with this idea

[Stevegasm]

It's almost moot now as I have every class at a high level now. But if I choose to roll another level 1, there will at least be people to run into who I can quest with, or kill. Hopefully this will help instill more world PvP when out doing our dailies. With the intro of this tech, I hope they bring back open world group areas such as Stromgarde.

[jeremynative]

there world is absolutely barren due to their poor game design, this will make it seem like a world of warcraft now. just makes me sad im not on a pvp server for this

[Feral Camel]

I'll be interested to see how this will work with Tol Barad / Wintergrasp!

Also. I'm sitting on the fence with this one!
Heart full of Neutrality

[markdall]

And not only that, don´t you see how great could these be for World PVP? Imagine the possibility of these? think about a organized PVP event by the players on X zone.... O.O THESE MAY BE GREAT!!!

THEY WILL TOTALLY BE RAD if you're a dirty, filthy, I-would-not-brake-for-you ganker. (At least, on my server. YMMV and I sincerely hope it does.)

[Bathory]

I like it. Probably not gonna suck too much when it comes to gathering, cause I would imagine people will stay on their own server. If that's how it works?

[Joey Ray III]

love it coz i love ganking;p

only real group quests are in outlands tho

[Resentful]

Nothing wrong with it, It can breath life into well dead zones in most cases which by all means good mind you.

[varren]

Yes. And if you don't like it, get used to it. This is the way WoW and newer MMOs are moving towards.

And this isn't really about 'group quests'. This is about the world feeling 'alive' again.

[stomination]

I like it. Probably not gonna suck too much when it comes to gathering, cause I would imagine people will stay on their own server. If that's how it works?

It will be like how av has all those people but the potential to have thousands if they dont do it correct.

[strangerdanger]

I agree with what some people have said.. the leveling experience now is almost like a single player RPG and this idea will make it feel more like an MMORPG.