tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6110501988676544027.post2482418894253975152..comments2024-03-18T04:21:49.165-04:00Comments on Phat Lewts' Gold Blog: Connected Realms Update 9/25/2013Phat Lewtshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13283348281162957528noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6110501988676544027.post-80402717393310600482013-09-26T16:35:13.040-04:002013-09-26T16:35:13.040-04:00We will talk about connected realms this week on t...We will talk about connected realms this week on the your wow money podcast. But just to let you know, we have been talking about this for awhile now.Kerosenekidhttp://www.yourwowmoney.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6110501988676544027.post-59318228458456233482013-09-26T16:04:11.773-04:002013-09-26T16:04:11.773-04:00Overall, the US region is 52% alliance per realmpo...Overall, the US region is 52% alliance per realmpop. However, that breaks down as pve - 62%, pvp 39%, rp 57%, and rp-pvp 43%. If it were possible to connect all realms and balance things evenly, those would be the resultant percentages for each game type.<br /><br />The two realms they picked are close to the pvp median faction balance. It gets interesting when you consider realms with a ratio far from the region average.<br /><br />Consider a realm like Alterac Mountains. It is pvp and 63% alliance, which is far from the pvp norm. In order to move the ratio closer to the pvp region average, it would have to be merged with a realm like Cho'gall (7% alliance), resulting in a realm that is 35% alliance.<br /><br />Is it better for Alterac Mountains to stay Alliance dominant, have the populations on both sides roughly double (and merge with a realm like itself, say Mannoroth) or to become a Horde connected realm and have basically no change to the alliance population, while the Horde population almost quadruples? It's not an easy choice, and it depends on if the goal is to enlarge all populations fairly evenly (merge similar realms) or rebalance faction ratios (merge imbalanced realms with their opposites).<br /><br />When they said they'd pay attention to faction sizes, they didn't say how, and both approaches are consistent and useful for different goals.Dan Rnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6110501988676544027.post-33856895148413378842013-09-25T19:28:36.468-04:002013-09-25T19:28:36.468-04:00My server has the same problem as Brent's. The...My server has the same problem as Brent's. The free transfers a few months ago pretty much killed alliance. Can't really complain as it got rid of most of my competition. Over the past 3 weeks, I've seen one celestial group, but at most times there will be a horde group doing it. Not to mention the groups of 20 horde with that stupid blood coin thing. I pretty much don't go to the isle unless I'm in an OQ group. There's only 1 25m guild on alliance, but its full of elitist dbags, which is why I havent joined despite my preference of 25m. My hope is that when my realm gets merged we can get some new people in my guild. The most we've had in flex was 14 and that was the majority of the core raiders.Greystachenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6110501988676544027.post-44987088060019763042013-09-25T17:47:12.975-04:002013-09-25T17:47:12.975-04:00The problem that I have with what Blizz is doing i...The problem that I have with what Blizz is doing is for the side that is the smaller pop side their pop needs to get boosted before the small pop side just disappears. You can look at realmpop for my server and think everything is fine. It says 25k to 20k for Horde to Alliance. The reality is the alliance players have all stopped playing. The guild I am in was typically 10-15th in raiding activity on the server and as a casual guild spending 2-3 hours a week we were fine with that. Before patch 5,4 came out we were guild #2 in kills after finally clearing 10man normal content. Realmpop says there are 3,000 or so lvl 90 players. In stormwind on any given day and your lucky if the number ever hits more than 10. All other cities except the shrine are dead. The first week of Timeless Isle activity I take a tour of the Island.....there were 200-300 horde on the island. There were less than 15 alliance. The alliance side is dead, very dead. We still dont show as a low pop server but alliance people continue to stop playing. I have no desire to move and will likely just cancel my subscription at the rate this is going. <br /><br />Brenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05684907179614745833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6110501988676544027.post-10230780387879050632013-09-25T15:35:09.207-04:002013-09-25T15:35:09.207-04:00Hey, thanks for the comment, I edited the post to ...Hey, thanks for the comment, I edited the post to reflect that they're PvP realms. <br /><br />For me the balance wouldn't matter as far as the AH goes except the Alliance AH is far less populous, and I think they'd prefer to at least have an even split of the 110k total than the 20k less than that they have. I know if my server got combined with an Alliance heavy realm (I play Horde), and my AH didn't really grow that much, I'd be miffed. Phat Lewtshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13283348281162957528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6110501988676544027.post-23520108052523163532013-09-25T14:48:32.952-04:002013-09-25T14:48:32.952-04:00I think the first question is "What kind of s...I think the first question is "What kind of servers are these?" If they're PvP servers, as I suspect, Blizzard probably didn't have a lot of choice regarding fixing the faction imbalance.<br />What I find interesting is that those two servers appear to be nearly identical in size, balance and (Horde) market values. To me, it says this will have some impact, but not nearly the impact combining a low and medium population would.<br /><br />On a slightly different note, you mention wanting to play on a balanced server. I understand how that impacts raiding, PvP and so on, but I'm not sure how that would effect the auction house? Just that the mats are more likely to be evenly represented on both sides? Or is there something I'm missing?Ranttenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6110501988676544027.post-30277400847252149482013-09-25T14:35:33.657-04:002013-09-25T14:35:33.657-04:00It's all yours, I just pulled the data from so...It's all yours, I just pulled the data from some sources, added it together, and did a <i>little</i> division. Nothing you couldn't do yourself! Phat Lewtshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13283348281162957528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6110501988676544027.post-30115680232865850052013-09-25T14:33:00.882-04:002013-09-25T14:33:00.882-04:00Excellent post. May I include your information in ...Excellent post. May I include your information in mine? I plan to delve deep into market predictions for server merges using game theory and information economics. It may take me a while to get that published.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14614400677572131227noreply@blogger.com