Previous thread: 22/07 - Realms and Migration

Recommended realms
Normal/PvE: Saurfang
PvP: Xavius
RP: The Sha'tar
RP PvP: The Venture Co.

Free Character Migration (FCM)
The below FCM is available from July 29-August 4. All migrations are faction restricted to improve ratios on involved realms, thus your faction is currently the less populated one on the destination realm.

Alliance only:

From: Burning Legion, Grim Batol, Ravencrest and Sylvanas
To: Burning Steppes, Mazrigos and Vek'nilash

Horde only:

From: Al'Akir, Kazzak, Magtheridon and Stormscale
To: Burning Blade, Neptulon and Trollbane


Please note: FCM is opened based on realm population tracking and analysis, not by request. If you're looking for a specific migration (from realm A to realm B), you are in most cases better off using Paid Character Transfer, or you could end up waiting for a very long time.


Paid Character Transfers (PCT)
All English realms follow the regular PCT rules, found here:
http://www.wow-europe.com/en/info/faq/paidcharactertransfer.html

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Q u o t e:
Yeh, just out of interest, what time of day do Blizzard take their realm population status-update thingys?

Surely to take these measurements at peak time will give a more accurate representation than, say while people are at work.

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We take it at 6 in the morning, and only Horde side and then multiply by 2. And we get the Horde numbers by logging in and counting outside the major cities and seeing how many talk in The Barrens chat. And we usually do it during maintenance so there are no players around to interfere with the numbers.

No, wait... ;)

(We don't check them at any particular time. We record them all the time.)

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Q u o t e:
You could've answered the question about tarren mill...

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Someone will have a look at that in the morning. I can't say for sure at this point whether it's the messaging which is incorrect or some migrations are missing.

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Q u o t e:
meh i so want to ask you that question!

but i wont so i'll just got on topic

As your in a nice mood it seems answering questions any chance you can tell us if theres any plans for a new realm this week?

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As always, it's in the FAQ: Frequently Asked Questions (Jun 23rd 2009) ;)

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Q u o t e:
You could've answered the question about tarren mill...

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Someone will have a look at that in the morning. I can't say for sure at this point whether it's the messaging which is incorrect or some migrations are missing.

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As Thundgot mentioned, and has been confirmed, there is an error with the messaging. This will be updated as soon as possible to avoid further conflicting information. Our apologies for the confusion caused.

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Q u o t e:
So you take an average realm population over every 24 hour period for each realm?

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No.

Why do some people assume we use a single value, and always one that they personally feel doesn't make sense? That we don't arrive as the same conclusion as some of you doesn't mean we are doing something equivalent of throwing dart blindfolded. It only means that we make conclusions that are different than yours. And frankly - I hope I don't gravely insult anyone by saying this - I think we have more punctual and historical data to base our conclusion on than you do.

That said, we do appreciate the feedback, especially that which provide (and already have provided) some arguments rather than "give what I want, now, because I say so". ;-)