I will be excluding arena data from this, as there's no comparable PvP data for OG Classic, so it seems more fair to only look at PvE (while keeping in mind that dedicated PvPers are also out there, somewhere).įirst off, let's look at the overall numbers. I'd like to illustrate this by comparing the historical data from the last week of OG Classic to data from last week, which was Burning Crusade Classic's 52nd week. As I've also said before, this obviously doesn't present a complete picture of a server's population, as there'll be many players who don't get captured by either of those measures, but it does give a pretty good indication of general trends. I've referred to this site before - it collects weekly data on how many characters are featured in raid combat logs or as having participated in arenas. Let me once again illustrate what I mean by using data from ironforge.pro. You see, before Hydraxian Waterlords' sudden death I had been blissfully unaware of Classic having any population issues at all, but since then I've been looking around and the situation is actually pretty incredible, to the point that I'm continually surprised that there hasn't been more reporting on the subject. I actually started writing this draft about server populations a couple of days ago, after Redbeard brought up the subject in a comment. So, does this mean that Classic's dying? Not at all, but boy, does it have other problems. Players would point and laugh at other MMOs for closing and merging servers, but never WoW. for example there were some EU servers many years ago that acted as unofficial Russian servers and were closed down when Blizzard decided to set up actual Russian servers, but by and large, Blizzard definitely made sure to avoid any bad press associated with that kind of thing. Connect into clusters, sure, but outright shut down? Never! Seeing Blizzard announce such a large number of actual server closures is quite shocking, as they've long had a reputation for never shutting down servers. (There are currently 79, and the plan is to shut down 22 of the US ones and 21 in the EU.) My old home Hydraxian Waterlords is among those servers meant to be put out of their misery, after Blizzard already killed it off for all intents and purposes back in November by offering free transfers away from it. I woke up to the shocking news this morning that come August, Blizzard is planning to shut down more than half of all BC Classic servers in the West.
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