Time to merge servers? Follow

That's not what I'm saying. I'm saying WoW is the Cindy Crawford of MMO's. It's going to drop dead one day and people will be shocked, "But it looked so young and vibrant". They aren't artificially extending its life, they're simply staying away from red meat and chemically treated foodstuff. What I mean is Blizzard has done their homework, a lot of it. They didn't jump blindly into the MMO market like a lot of the MMOs these days do. They know there's a lot of money but they also know it's not an easy path to maintain. They researched years before WoW was in beta and long before development. They studied other successful MMOs and built theirs on top, learning from others mistakes and watching for signs and symptoms of a dying game and doing preemptive strikes against it.

The game is dying and it is showing signs that other MMOs have shown. That doesn't mean it needs life support, it just needs action before it gets critical. Not admitting it only makes it worse.

They did a major 'server merge', the new dungeon finder system.

The data from that site has always been rough.

It's good for relative comparisons, but not perfect.

So, for example, If you wanted to look for an East Coast Server with More active Horde than Alliance and Non-PVP… Good use of the site.

As a personal example, I was always on smaller servers and found that my biggest problem with WoW was the lack of guild diversity. I wanted a Weekday raid, with semi casual – quasi-serious raiders, but also people on the East Coast (time Zone) who played horde, but raided from about 8pm to 12, but just a few days a week… I used the site to look for a higher population realm on EST Time, with lots of horde – and then, just because I hate Gankers – Non PVP.

Heh, I jumped to Arthas from Shadowmoon a while back to play with irl friends, but what they didn't tell me was the ridiculous number of horde that were there. I love PVP, but not when it just leads to repeated gang rape at every turn. I took a break shortly before cata, and when I came back it was more or less impossible to lvl through quests anyways. Getting 1shot for more than your max health is fun!

Alas, that's not supposed to come of as a rant. Considering coming back again, but I'm curious: Where are you guys getting the information on A:H ratios and such?