This site makes extensive use of JavaScript.
Please enable JavaScript in your browser.
Live
PTR
10.2.7
PTR
10.2.6
Beta
Realms
Post Reply
Return to board index
Post by
bill456
Hey guys, I was wondering which realms you guys recommend playing on. I am a new player, plan to play alliance (worgen) and plan to raid when i hit appropriate levels. Preferably a realm thats CST. Iv checked census sites for population and stuff like that but i wanted to get some more substantial answers. Also, what are the pros and cons of a high and low server population and what do you recommended going on? Thanks in advance and Happy New Year!
Post by
Overhaul
Also, what are the pros and cons of a high and low server population and what do you recommended going on? Thanks in advance and Happy New Year!
Having had played on a low population server for 3 years, avoid it at all costs. Low population players never realize how bad they have it until the xfer out, which most don't do. For years I thought my realm was "alright". Now I realize my realm was complete trash.
Low pop realms:
High prices on just about anything in AH(only pro if u are the seller)
No queue times into the game
small community, everyone knows each other (bad if u are a moron or ninja)
easy to make friends
little to no world PvP (bad if u are into it)
Tol barad and Wintergrasp are deserted, especially WG (sucks to get into them)
Very hard to find what you want in trade chat
Raiding is very slow in progression and there are few to none good guilds
very hard to organize a good rated BG group
you are REALLY limited in PvP partners for arena (on my old realm there has never been a duelist or above for arena who was actually from the server, and those that xfer to the server xfer out very fast)
Easy to farm anything in the game
High population servers:
Queue times if it is full
decent AH prices
lots of world PvP
Easy to set up an arena team that is decent
rated BGs can be set up
raid progression is usually very good
more than 1 good guild
TB and WG are full to capacity each fight (makes getting <for the horde> or <Bloodthristy> easy to get
Trade chat is very active and lots of people of the profession you are looking for are around
very difficult to farm ore, herbs, and etc due to many others doing the same
I would recommend finding a high population realm, but one that isn't full. That way you have lots of people and most of the benifits of a full population server, without the queue time. NEVER take a free character xfer. You will end up on my server and cry from the stupidity of having done it.
Edit: Just look at the realms during peak hours and grab a realm that is at high population. All of the realms are equally as good - just try to get one that is balanced alliance vs horde. You will get more PvP out of it.
Post Reply
You are not logged in. Please
log in
to post a reply or
register
if you don't already have an account.