George In The Meta
Are WoW Forever cities empty?
By George In The Meta · · updated
Short answer: some of them, badly. From the capitals I've been in, the Undercity was really popping, Orgrimmar was below mid, and Ironforge was dead, a ghost town. Stormwind was wildly dead until I got to the trade area and then into the auction house. I've just left Ironforge, and there were more people sitting at the Thelsamar flight point in Loch Modan than I saw in all of Ironforge.
Which WoW Forever city feels the emptiest?
Ironforge, by a mile. It feels deserted. It doesn't feel like a human has ever been in that place. Ironforge is so massive as well that it feels even more deserted, with the Great Forge and nobody at it.
Which WoW Forever city is the busiest?
The Undercity. That's the one that was really popping, with loads of people in there. Orgrimmar was below mid for me, and everywhere else has been a bit meh. So my ranking from the three I'd been in on 9 November is the Undercity at the peak, Orgrimmar below mid, and Ironforge dead.
Is Stormwind empty in WoW Forever?
Mostly, yes. Stormwind was dead. Wildly dead until I got to the trade area and then into the auction house, which was the only place that wasn't dead. But yeah, it feels empty. I don't know what they're doing to the major cities, but they're spreading it out too much.
Are there more players outside the cities?
At the flight points, yes. Just after leaving Ironforge I was at the Thelsamar flight point, and there were more people sitting around the gryphon master there than I'd seen in the whole of Ironforge. That's how dead the main cities feel.
Is Blizzard fixing empty cities in WoW Forever?
It says it's working on it. Blizzard's developers have said they're working on the server tech to make cities feel less empty. On launch week, developer Aggrend also said population numbers would be tweaked on 5 November.
Whatever has changed, Ironforge still felt deserted to me on 9 November, and so did Stormwind outside the auction house on 10 November. Big groups at capital cities were one of the layering changes I listed as promised before launch.
