r/classicwow • u/zhellqq • 16d ago

Forever Beta Feedback Phasing like this is really immersion breaking

I understand why they do it, but it feels like there has to be a more elegant way of handling it, or perhaps a better "overlap" period where someone only moves off your layer when they are no longer visible.

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u/xXGreco 16d ago

It’s very anti Classic. Anti community. And immersion breaking. I hate it.

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u/Diffusion4Change 16d ago

The problem is no one wants to be on a low pop or medium pop server and then servers die

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u/Bohya 16d ago

Then just allow people to swap between servers at will, like in OSRS.

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u/Diffusion4Change 16d ago

I dont think thats how the server architecture works or they would do that

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u/nagynorbie 16d ago

But that's exactly how layering can currently work and they still won't allow players to freely choose layers. Plenty of games have solved this issue, just have a dropdown near the minimap where you can select a layer with a 1 day cooldown ( or whatever time works ).

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u/NumerousBumblebee420 16d ago

They charge for realm transfers and that is the real reason. They would have to rewrite the sales policy and no one has pushed for that. It takes seconds for a transfer to process. It really is not a big issue.

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u/Fresque 14d ago

The tech ain't there yet

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u/TenshiBR 16d ago

The tech doesn't exist!

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u/ThedamnedOtaku 16d ago

Agreed that is their reason but I’m not sure that’s a valid excuse for a company this size anymore

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u/Mind-Game 15d ago

Or just somewhere in between. Real realms like we had in 2005 but with the underlying technology build around easy server transfers or server mergers when they need to manage population.