By now, everyone has probably heard that the servers of WoW Classic were completely overloaded. However, for some players, despite the rush towards Classic, the experience was better – and it seemed to depend on which race they played.
That’s why some races had it easier: At launch, the servers of WoW Classic were so full that there was hardly any way to enter the game without queues. This was partly because Blizzard did not want to open new servers prematurely.
Despite the overcrowded realms, there were still different reports from players about their experiences in the first hours. From these, it can be inferred that the starting areas of certain races were simply fuller than others.
This is how the release went for the individual races
Here it was the worst: The highest density of players apparently occurred immediately after launch in the starting areas of the Humans, Orcs, and Trolls. This is evident from several reports from players in the game, as well as from some forum posts, for example in a thread about the release night.
Among the Humans, not only the Humans themselves gathered, but also numerous Dwarves and Gnomes who live just a short distance away, as well as Night Elves from distant Kalimdor.
For the Orcs and Trolls, a major problem was that both races are very popular for many race-class combinations and also share a starting area. Accordingly, many players started with an Orc or a Troll.
Here it was crowded, but “acceptable”: Among the Dwarves and Gnomes, but also among the Tauren, there was a lot going on, but according to players, it was somewhat manageable here. However, it was still a bit more difficult for the Tauren.
The players had some problems coping with the “Moonfire” of the Druids, which tags an enemy at a long distance for them instantly and without cast time or projectile flight, meaning only they are eligible to kill it. The only other Druid race are the Night Elves.
Among the Dwarves and Gnomes, many players, on the other hand, report that while it took longer here, particularly many of the queues in the game formed on their own. Thus, players were standing in line properly for their quests.
Here it went probably the best: The fewest problems were probably encountered by the Night Elves and the Undead. Interestingly, these are exactly the two starting areas that lie on the continent of the respective “other” faction.
In both the Night Elves and the Undead, there are the fewest reports of it being too crowded. Some players even specifically set out to quest there undisturbed.
How crowded was it after all?
In general, the rush for WoW Classic was clearly greater than apparently planned by Blizzard. Although they wanted to be more cautious with new servers, four new German servers are already online.
The hype for WoW Classic appears to have been underestimated. By now, the mass of players is somewhat better distributed across the servers, but there are still queues – unless you circumvent them:
