Is WoW overpopulation becoming an issue?
by C.K. Sample, III 
Dec 5th 2005 at 10:45AM
Forget what I said the other day about the more the merrier. Why the heck am I constantly having to queue up to log in to servers where I already have characters?Last night, I tried logging into 5 different Realms, before finally giving up and creating a new character in a new Realm. I, for one, would like to see Blizzard do something about this. Either make a population cap or let us migrate characters from other Realms or spider all the Realms together. Something. Sometimes I just want to log in and play for a little bit, and the queue destroys that. Do I really need to create a different character for every Realm and spend hours and hours trying to grow them all? What do you think?
Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, Realm Status
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Mark Asher Dec 5th 2005 8:16PM
There is a free trial available now via download. I wonder if that is causing some of the overpopulation pressure?
I personally have not had any issues with queues on Frostwolf since they let players transfer to Frostmane.
Josh Owens Dec 6th 2005 8:04AM
I agree, there does seem to be an overpopulation issue going on in WoW all of a sudden. I tried to log in to Bloodhoof last night and I was presented with a queue! That was the first time I had seen that since the beta.
Ryan Dec 6th 2005 11:30AM
I've been running into a queue every night recently on Arthas. On the weekends it's worse but you'll find the queue on Tuesdays, Thursdays, pretty much any day.
Dr.Funbags Dec 6th 2005 11:42AM
From what I've heard - the Trials may be adding to server overpopulation - but when they are queuing to join an already full server they get bumped by regular paying subscribers. Just have to work out a system where they "boot" trial users who are already in my realm!!
Ed Dec 6th 2005 8:23PM
I'd seen people post in the forums about "queues of 800", but had been lucky enough to not really understand what they meant. I'd never seen a "realm is full" message before...
... until last Saturday, that is!
Not sure if it is a sign of things to come, or a bit of a glitch, but my previously "medium" pop realm of Suramr gave me a queue over the weekend - only 40 people, so only took a minute or so, but it is a worry!
Frimoth Dec 8th 2005 2:46PM
Same here - Burning Legion is now getting queues :( Blizzard should prevent or throttle new accounts on "Full" servers IMO.