In a
post on the World of Warcraft Forums, Blizzard explains they are planning
some server merges in
World of Warcraft to improve population density in
the MMORPG (thanks
GamesRadar+). Word is over the next two to three months lower-population
realms will be relocated:
World of Warcraft is best when you have a
community of other players around you, and while numerous ways to participate in
cross-realm play have been added to the game over the years, there are still
many aspects of the experience that are realm-based. From your history with your
guild to your interactions with the economy around you, a realm with a healthy
population provides more opportunities, and it’s been several years since we
last connected some realms.
We’ve now completed a comprehensive study of realm populations for every
realm in the world. Over the next 2-3 months, we’re going to connect the
low-population realms to other existing realms. This process will take place
during scheduled maintenance, connecting a few realms each week, until we’ve
connected every low-population realm in every region to a substantially larger
population of players.
As this project unfolds, we will post notices in advance of each week’s
connections in the appropriate regions and languages. During each maintenance
period, everything will be automatically combined for the affected realms. When
maintenance is complete, players on affected realms will log into Battle for
Azeroth and find that they’re now part of a larger connected-realm community. At
the same time, we’ll merge the appropriate realm discussion forums.
Please keep an eye out for notifications here as we proceed through this
project. Again, we’ll let you know here in advance when realms in this region
are about to be connected.
Thank you very much!