Blizzard could weave the realm race population into the game architecture

[Pheraz]

I find this idea kind of amusing.

http://www.warcraftrealms.com/census...ervertypeid=-1

So from these statistic (I don't know how accurate they are) I learn two things and brew one idea:

1. All those threads about how the horde GREATLY outnumbers the alliance are highly exaggerated since it's only 7% more horde - who cares.
2. Many people love blood elves, humans and night elves - which is kind of amusing since the blood elves are not really a typical horde race
3. I think it would be cool if the size of the capitals (*cough* let's hope those who are destroyed get rebuild *cough*) would grow or shrink depending on the true ingame populations.

Look at bloodelves (high elves) - lorewise there numbers are small, which I certainly never understood because their starting areas look quiet populated, but the players love them, so why not let their city grow? Or freaking clear the freaking scourge area there - shouldn't be this hard in ... 10? years?

It would not need to be super special houses. Just regular houses in the correct racial architecture. Like 1 ring of houses for 10% increase of the population.
Or increase the size of other small villages in the starting areas.
I am not talking about player housing. There could be some world quests in there or just NPCs.

[HuxNeva]

So from these statistic (I don't know how accurate they are) I learn two things and brew one idea:
1. All those threads about how the horde GREATLY outnumbers the alliance are highly exaggerated since it's only 7% more horde - who cares.

Now put your 'server type' to 'PvP' and press 'go' to get a more representational approximation of those potentially interested in Warmode (which is what those treads are about).

• Alliance: 26%
• Horde: 74%.

Then compound it with the Activity graph to see Horde character players are on more (indicating already a further drift towards Horde?) , and you are beginning to see the picture.

Want to do anything above medium engaged raiding: Go Horde
Want to do M+: Go Horde
And now
Want to do Warmode Questing with free boni: Go Horde

[Guaricana]

Capitals are not separated instances, but part of the world. I don't really see how they can shrink or grow.

[Deleted]

It would be nice to have a living eco system like this. Make trade routes as well between cities, populate the world in a more dynamic way... not just have monsters wander in an area waiting to be killed. For instance if the caravans are killed, the vendor items could be limited/have their price increase. People will try to go and protect the caravans and thus world pvp would ensue. heh...

[Pheraz]

Now put your 'server type' to 'PvP' and press 'go' to get a more representational approximation of those potentially interested in Warmode (which is what those treads are about).

• Alliance: 26%
• Horde: 74%.

Then compound it with the Activity graph to see Horde character players are on more (indicating already a further drift towards Horde?) , and you are beginning to see the picture.

Want to do anything above medium engaged raiding: Go Horde
Want to do M+: Go Horde
And now
Want to do Warmode Questing with free boni: Go Horde

Oh okay sorry. Didn't know that the complains where mostly about warmode.
I am not interested in warmode that's prbly why I am very biased. I feel sorry for the alliance pvp enthusiasts.

[frogbound]

Oh okay sorry. Didn't know that the complains where mostly about warmode.
I am not interested in warmode that's prbly why I am very biased. I feel sorry for the alliance pvp enthusiasts.

Don't worry. Warmode is it's own thing. It puts both factions together in seperate phases with 50:50 balancing.
Only a few horde players will end up in the overhang phases until there is room for more horde or there is more alliance coming in.

[Pheraz]

Capitals are not separated instances, but part of the world. I don't really see how they can shrink or grow.

Ofc this idea is more of a naive dream and half grown.

But most things are possible with a solid client/server architecture. Client would need to request the number of rings/ state of the villages from the server (server asks the database) to be synced with other players and so on.

[HuxNeva]

Don't worry. Warmode is it's own thing. It puts both factions together in seperate phases with 50:50 balancing.
Only a few horde players will end up in the overhang phases until there is room for more horde or there is more alliance coming in.

If it's an 80/20 divide, then those Horde players are going to end up in Horde only shards like 75% of the time. Free boni for Horde.

[Gavll]

The game you want is Ashes of Creation