New Oceanic Realms Coming
by Elizabeth Harper 
Apr 27th 2006 at 4:00PM
Well, they aren't going to be
opened immediately, but there are plans for two new Oceanic
realms (one PvE and one PvP) to open mid-May. With only a few existing Oceanic servers, this will hopefully
alleviate overcrowding. Of course, this does not much help existing Oceanic players who started out on
non-Oceanic realms before there were any Oceanic realms - chances are they'll be waiting for pay-for character
transfers if they want to swap.Filed under: Realm News, News items
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
BartmanDK Apr 27th 2006 4:11PM
Oki dont wont to sound stupid, but whats an Oceanic Realm ? :D
elizabeth Apr 27th 2006 4:17PM
While European players have their own game servers, Oceanic (Australian, etc) players play the North American version of the game on North American servers and North American time zones. This can be problematic when the players attempt to do end-game content and that 7PM server time Molten Core raid is actually 7AM local time. The idea of Oceanic specific servers is pretty recent, and I believe there are only three of them at present.
Tryst Apr 27th 2006 5:19PM
Even though I am on PST I love playing on an Oceanic server. It's only night when I log on early in the morning, like last Saturday morning for the opening of the AQ gates. Other than that, it's usually daytime in the game when I am playing. It makes it nice to not have to be running around questing at night all the time.
obo Apr 27th 2006 11:33PM
Same here, Tryst, I work nights. 2 a.m. to me is what 5 p.m. is to a 9-5er.
Just need those realm transfers so I can get off of Feathermoon...
Andrew May 11th 2006 2:09AM
Yeah the main server Frostmourne is very full, at peak time queues are upward from 300