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6.12.2013

"Virtual Realms" Combine Auction Houses in 5.4


This is (virtual) insanity. In 5.4 Blizzard may be "fusing" servers together. These "virtual realms" will combine all aspects of the realms together including the Auction House.

Say bye bye to low population server economies. I can't tell yet if this is a good thing or a bad thing. What would it be like if every economy ran like a high population realm's economy?

Has it finally come to this that World of Warcraft has so many low-population servers that is finally has to start merging....I mean "fusing" them together just so players can feel like their playing an actual MMORPG? You know, a Massively Multi-player Online Role Playing game?

(Also, it seems like Blizzard announcing this right after offering 50% off Paid Character Services is kinda a sketchy move.)

You can read the quote from Blizzard below (emphasis ours) and check out the full post: 5.4 PTR Coming Soon! 

New Feature: Virtual Realms 
  • Virtual Realms are sets of realms that are fused together, and will behave exactly as if they were one cohesive realm. Players on the same Virtual Realm will be able to join guilds, access a single Auction House, join arena teams and raids, as well run dungeons or group up to complete quests.
  • Players belonging to the same Virtual Realm will have a (#) symbol next to their name.

What are your thoughts on this and its affect on gold-making?

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4 comments :

  1. Yeah, it seems like a very sketchy move. I'm thinking about the people who left my medium pop server for the big city (Stormrage) this past week who would have at least waited for 5.4 to see if the merges, errr, fuses, would have helped forming raids and recruiting.

    But other than that, I'm really happy about the fusings! I played SWTOR at launch for about 9 months, which was through its merge phase. I was skeptical at first but I loved it once it was implemented. I look forward to having more people on and around. Maybe Nalak groups will form on days other than Tuesday, for instance. Not sure how it will affect the AH (no one does, right?) but... we'll have to roll with it!

    @Wellwow

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    1. I can't help feeling a certain "You kids get off my lawn!!" feeling about other people "invading" my realm if it is merged...I mean "fused".

      We often fear change. As for the AH I think small servers will now have economies like large servers. If that is a good or bad thing will likely be a matter of personal gold-making taste.

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  2. Bigger servers mean more competence yes, but.... more buyers too. And more farmers, so cheaper things. I've been in a big server and I still did quite a nice amount of gold without much effort, I just had to find the products and right times to put them. Now, I play in a different server that is "phased" with others in certain zones, that means it would be fused. I see it more like an oportunity :)

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    1. Those already on high-pop servers won't see a change, mainly because they aren't likely to be fused, but also if someone us used to selling on a high-pop realm they will be used to selling on a "fused" realm.

      Those used to low-med pop economies will have the most to learn.

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