Few servers?
by Tsekhi | 18/02/2007 19:31:57 Why are we so few servers in this battlegroup? when i look at battlegroup 1, they've got like 15 realms and we only get 4, logic? couldnt you all blizzard people make one big battlegroup out of all the RP and RP-PvP servers? maybe then we wouldnt have to kill "omgnub" or "bigcow" and so on.... i know blizz wont read this thread even if all forums except the battlegroup ruin forum goes down but anyway |
by Thundgot | 26/04/2007 21:56:42
The realms in each Battlegroup are grouped together due to their backend system and language. Unfortunately this means Battlegroups have different size, from 4 to 20 realms. Changing this is far from simple, taking a lot of resources and making the game unavailable for quite some time (and not only for those in the Battlegroup to be addressed), and while I won't rule it out it's unlikely to happen at this point. It was done once, before the opening of the Cross-Realm Batlegrounds, to avoid even smaller Battlegroups. That said, we'll make sure to bring it up again to see whether there are (other) options we may pursue. |
| by Thundgot | 16/12/2007 12:24:58 While we don't have much of an update on this at the moment we wanted to at least assure you this is not a forgotten concern. Unfortunately a short-term option can result in blocking a better long-term option, hence we wish to look at all possibilities again before seeing how we can address the Battlegroup concerns. This is among the reasons why Molten Core was opened in Nightfall, not in Ruin. I'm afraid I can't speculate in or even list different options at this time, as such would surely lead to favourites being picked and no end to the discussions should we go for another one for reasons we can't disclose. |
by Thundgot | 17/12/2007 20:53:08
Adding realms to one of the smaller Battlegroups (e.g. Ruin and Todbringer) would limit the options should merging them with other groups (wholly or by splitting them) be a solution we find technically viable. With the Battlegroups and Arena system and seasons, moving realms like was done prior to the cross-realm Battlegrounds is a much more delicate process, hence this is something needing very thorough investigation and consideration.
Unfortunately moving one or more realms doesn't only lead to downtime for the realms involved. Also, while some are certainly happy to take that downtime ("reasonable" being a rather unspecific term), others may not be equally enthusiastic about it. |
by Thundgot | 18/12/2007 03:23:28
Much correct, but there are more realms affected too. We'll get back to that if this turns out to be the solution.
You're not really expecting me to just send you inside information about out infrastructure, I hope. :-p Some seem to think this has been the only thing on the slate for 8 months though, and that this would have no dependencies. With game updates, Arena seasons, hardware upgrades etc, there are many factors to running WoW. While the smaller Battlegroups is definitely a concern of ours, it has to be seen in conjunction with everything else that happens, and in that bigger picture "just merge with this other Battlegroup" or other options are far from as easy as they may sound. |
| by Thundgot | 11/01/2008 17:34:38 New post here: 11/01 Ruin Battlegroup  |
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