there was times when RDF didnt exist however they had LFG system and everyone was using it.here however we dont have that and we have to use Global chat and read all the spam you dont give a ****.
anyway i hope after summer break lordearon pop will go up again.
So.. RDF will never be enabled?
I started doing a char here, but after this new I guess i will just stop, its just boring gathering a group for small instances.
I remember those days well on retail before RDF and I canmot even begin to tell you how so much better it was for the community. You actually spent time finding great people, who you became friends with, close to, shared fun times with, laughed, cried, screamed at, argued, cursed and laughed again.
That was ruined when RDF came out in retail... everyone clicked a button, you got into a queue dungeon... community died.... I was destroyed by that memory... so were many others...
I've just this week joined Warmane, and in my first two hours, I queested on azuremytst with someone else to do soem shared quests... you see other players kiling mobs you want, click party, help out, smile at each other, say hi, make friends or move on....
God I missed those days and they are bloody back.... wow...
And all you can say is that it's boring gathering a group for small instances.. no mate.. you're finding your own in game family of really good friends to enjoy so many game experiences with...
Warmane.. if you ever switch on the RDF facility... I'll come and find where your server is located and I'll put a bloody axe to it...!! ;-) (kidding, but you get the drift...)
I stopped playing a few months ago because of lack of time. I wanted to get back on it but I saw that the population dropped drastically. Do you know if it's planned to delete this realm? I like to play WoW on a x1 rate and don't want to change this habit.
EDIT : I agree that RDF spoiled social interractions in the game.
Lordaeron is a hardcore realm, which means that bosses have more hp / dmg / quicker enrage timer. PvP wise, alliance is stronger
/facepalm...
where do you people come up with this stuff from? its not hardcore lol problem is its patched for 3.3.5a and not 3.3.3 (which is what they have released thus far) there were changes made that made classes stronger and talents stronger. thus in turn the bosses are buffed as well to scale with the talent changes. the only thing "hardcore" about it is no donations (if you consider that being a measurement for hardcore) and 1x rates. once RS is out it will be the same exact realm as icecrown just lower xp rates.
Lordaeron was a completely fresh server, running a new core with hardcore
lordearon has been around for a lot longer. old lord was here 5+ years ago. it was not remade until later after it became warmane due to the molt-down. read the hardcore explanation above.
I stopped playing a few months ago because of lack of time. I wanted to get back on it but I saw that the population dropped drastically.
30k at peak down to 4k at peak now. ill use the blizzard line here of "you think you do but you dont" people scream for a 1x server and when they get them it becomes less populated when there is a competing server of higher rates. its very simple, most people dont have the time or energy to put into a game like the gaming community seemed to have 7 years ago. if there is an easier path with the same loot and difficulty it will always be taken.
I agree that RDF spoiled social interractions in the game.
rdf did not do that. if that was anywhere near true then why did the number of subscribers in retail continue to climb after its inception? LFR in cata killed the social aspect. no one hardly speaks in a 5man anyways.
When I meant about spoiled social interractions, I meant that people just clicked and spoke less to each other. I don't think that the population and the communication on a game is linked. At least, it's what I felt when I played to WoW.
Oh also, I guess you are right, people went to the other realm because it gets faster to get high level
where do you people come up with this stuff from? its not hardcore lol problem is its patched for 3.3.5a and not 3.3.3 (which is what they have released thus far) there were changes made that made classes stronger and talents stronger. thus in turn the bosses are buffed as well to scale with the talent changes. the only thing "hardcore" about it is no donations (if you consider that being a measurement for hardcore) and 1x rates. once RS is out it will be the same exact realm as icecrown just lower xp rates.
do you even play on this server? if you have even stepped foot in ICC on lord you would know that it is most certainly buffed far beyond 'class balancing'
where do you people come up with this stuff from? its not hardcore lol problem is its patched for 3.3.5a and not 3.3.3 (which is what they have released thus far) there were changes made that made classes stronger and talents stronger. thus in turn the bosses are buffed as well to scale with the talent changes. the only thing "hardcore" about it is no donations (if you consider that being a measurement for hardcore) and 1x rates. once RS is out it will be the same exact realm as icecrown just lower xp rates.