Six North American realms to open for BC
by Eliah Hecht 
Jan 15th 2007 at 1:31AM
Blizzard has been telling us for a while that they will be launching new realms when the Burning Crusade hits (they'd be crazy not to). But what they haven't told us was how many, which kind, and most importantly, what their names will be. Haven't told us until now, that is. I present to you the following post from Drysc:
- We'll be launching the following six realms with the release of The Burning Crusade expansion on January 16, at 12:01 AM EST.
- Nagrand - PvE, Oceanic - Bloodlust battlegroup
- Velen - PvE, Pacific
- Coilfang - PvP, Pacific
- Terokkar - PvE, Central
- Exodar - PvE, Eastern
- Auchindoun - PvP, Eastern
- The majority of these realms will be placed in a new battlegroup, the name of which has yet to be announced. These are new non-transfer realms and as such the Gates of Ahn'Qiraj will be closed and they will not be open to character transfers for six months.
Will you be rolling on one of these new servers when you get the expansion, or staying with your old home? Me, I could never leave Shadow Council, but I'm sentimental like that.
Filed under: Realm News, News items, Expansions, The Burning Crusade
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Jack Jan 16th 2007 7:43PM
I was REALLY hoping for a Hellfire realm like the Euro's got.
I was in the beta with alot of folks that said they'd roll on a Hellfire realm if there was one at or near launch.
Hopefully there may still be one. It's possible that they possibly knew most might go to it if everyone knew in advance.
Cassey Jan 15th 2007 4:14AM
Only 6? I was expecting more like 10 for the launch. Well, I guess there've been 10 released in the past week or two, so that should help, but I wouldn't be surprised if as the week goes on, another few are released, not to mention more over the next month.
Galipan Jan 15th 2007 6:24AM
I could never leave Maelstrom, but I'm also sentimental. I know too many people there, and have made too many friends. I think that with the last 10 realms that have been opened and 6 more today, the launch will go smooth. Hopefully we won't see yesterday happen again.
Eric Jan 15th 2007 6:48AM
Rolling on Exodar, I think, but I'll reserve my character name on Auchindoun too.
Serenity Jan 15th 2007 7:47AM
I'm doing the opposite, rolling on Auchindoun and saving name on Exodar.
Zaud Jan 15th 2007 7:53AM
Ah! Stop plugging Shadow Council. It's too crowded as it is!
(I don't think many people took the transfer, though. I hoped my guild would, but they elected not to.)
Martineau Jan 17th 2007 4:52PM
Coilfang already in queue at peak time (6 PST); might have to head back to Aegwynn and check out Outland with my 60 Rogue.