r/classicwow • u/DistinctCellar • 3h ago

Forever Beta Feedback How Forever layering feels

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u/Kippingthroughlife 1h ago

Why doesn't blizzard just do worldwide shards, or at least content like let's say you have 2,000 people on one shard when that one fills up they get put on another shard

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u/USSGoat 1h ago

World wide shards is layers

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u/Kippingthroughlife 1h ago

I mean yes but it's one consistent layer where players wouldnt phase in and out at random

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u/USSGoat 1h ago

Yeah, I think layers are a more acceptable solution.

Either that or elegant shards where flight paths and other low population areas change your shard.

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u/hoticehunter 1h ago

"Worldwide shards" are referred to as layers. It's how it works on Era/Hardcore currently.

Layers introduce their own issues, mostly related to limiting gathering supply, and not helping with truly congested areas as much as sharding.

There's pros and cons to each solution. It's not a clear cut answer. Unless Blizzard does realms but allows for seamless realm transfers (not paywalling us).

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u/Kippingthroughlife 47m ago

Ah I've been out on retail since sod so I'm out of the loop haha

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u/Adventurous-Rate-817 1h ago

The reason is so that they don't need to spin up 200 kalimdors for 200 separate instances of orgrimmar with no one else in any other zones eating server load.

I hate this as much as the next guy but they gotta bite the bullet and link some of these shards together for continuity.

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u/FluffyN00dles 1h ago

They spent the money on this when they had discrete servers and they can spend the money now.

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u/Adventurous-Rate-817 1h ago

Psh I'd be ecstatic but I think we're past that point tbh. We might be able to convince them to link some zones together for shard purposes, but thatll throw their averages off and make zones totally crowded in certain areas. 

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u/FluffyN00dles 1h ago

My only hope is enough people bounce off the game that there are only 10 layers max in 6 months and they can implement continent wide layers again.

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u/Substantial_End7145 28m ago

Why not spin up 10 kalimdor layers, each with 20 [starting zone + major city] shards?

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u/lukinator1 1h ago

or just realms

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u/STDsInAJuiceBoX 34m ago

Channels are the best server system for MMOs it is the middle ground between separate servers and shards.