Our survey on the popularity of WoW Classic was clear. The German community is outraged by the decision not to offer German servers.
Right after the announcement from Blizzard not to offer German servers for World of Warcraft Classic, we started a survey to capture the opinions of our readers. The result is disturbingly clear.
66% of our readers will not play WoW Classic because there are no German realms – exactly two thirds. A third does not mind the mixed-language realms and will still play.
Whether the number of just under 2/3 is necessarily representative of the entire German WoW player base remains to be seen. In any case, the result aligns with the general sentiment currently prevailing in the forums and comment sections.
What the opposing voices say
You have also actively shared your opinions in the comments and explained what bothers you about this decision. Here are some voices from our community.
Bodicore clearly states:
No, for me this topic is settled. I waited so long and now this…
My day is completely ruined.
Or our dear Koronus:
No. I will take a one-month subscription for name reservation, but not play. I always appreciated Blizzard for providing dedicated language servers. With this development, I might as well play on a German BC server.
Sascha Schulte would have preferred a middle ground:
I can’t really understand this decision.
There have also been German servers so far, and I think they have been running quite well.
Maybe Blizzard should have first offered language-specific servers; if in the end, there is too little activity, they can still say “we have offered it and it was only moderately accepted”.
Merger is still possible.
What the pro voices say
Despite the clear result, the pro voices have also spoken up and given many comments.
Saigun for example says:
Doesn’t make a difference for me. I would have gone to an English [server] anyway. The BG wait times on the official servers chased me away from the German-speaking servers back in mid-2017, and it probably wouldn’t have been any better on German Classic servers.
The Gari thinks:
Yes, why not?!
I have hidden the chat 90% of the time anyway, only the guild chat is active. And in the guild, you can freely choose who you join. There will surely be enough German guilds that people who only want German chat can join.
So for me, it makes no difference whether it’s mixed or German realms.
Or as Rakath 1 says:
I will still play it; I have no reason not to play because of that. For me, it’s more about some people I used to game with coming back and being able to play with them. Sure, I understand people who want to game with randoms that it would be better if there were language-separated servers, but in chat, one can simply indicate that they are only looking for their respective language.
Is there still hope? The extremely strong protest could – at least theoretically – still ensure that Blizzard reconsiders its decision. After all, they have so far been very keen on precisely implementing the wishes of Classic fans. So there is still a glimmer of hope. And you couldn’t get better PR than if you still fulfill this wish for the players.
Did you think the result would be so clear?
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