The RP server in WoW Classic brought joy in the first weeks. However, for many “normal” players, it now resembles a dead realm.
It has been several weeks since the German-speaking players of World of Warcraft Classic had a small wish fulfilled. They had received their own RP server with the realm Celebras, after begging for many weeks. The joy was immense and role players finally found a home where they could live out their preferred play style.
But now, several weeks later, one must say: Perhaps this was not the best solution.
What is Celebras? When WoW Classic launched without its own RP realm for the German-speaking community, there was an outcry in the forums. Numerous players complained and demanded a realm to pursue their favorite hobby – after all, other languages had received one too.
Only weeks after the launch did Blizzard agree and gifted the players Celebras, a realm with the “RP” addition. Here, players do not simply play World of Warcraft, but they embody the role of their character in the world.
How is the RP on Celebras? At least here one must say that Celebras is impressive. In most cities, there are role players, sometimes more, sometimes less. Whether in Ironforge, Stormwind, Menethil, or Darnassus, role players can be found everywhere and the entry is easy; newcomers seem to be quite welcome. The number of role players is also quite high, at least at first glance. I would estimate that surely half of all players I encounter possess an “RP flag”, meaning they have a character description.
Too few players for other content? As beautiful as this little RP paradise is for “pure” role players, it is all the worse for players who also want to experience other content like dungeons or raids.
If one has to search for over an hour on a Sunday evening at peak time for three DPS for a dungeon, something is wrong. On Everlook, we would have filled the group probably in just a few seconds.
Of course, this also has some advantages when you think of goals you want to achieve yourself and for which you are not dependent on help. Most farming areas are simply empty. You hardly meet more than one or two players, so hardly anyone contests the mobs with you. This leads to relaxed farming evenings. But without buyers in the auction house, you can hardly get rid of all the loot.
While other realms regularly reach “high” or even “full” populations, Celebras remains mostly at “low.”
No matter how you look at it, the number of players on Celebras seems unhealthy for long-term enjoyment, clearly too low. And here I am only talking about the Alliance; on the Horde side, things are said to be even more extreme.
Friends are waiting for character transfer: The dissatisfaction about the lack of players has now reached the point that many friends and acquaintances are already waiting for Blizzard to open the paid character transfer so that they can transfer away from Celebras. They believe that Celebras is worth it to have a pure “RP twink” there, but if one also wants to experience PvE and does not have a steady group, then the server is too empty.
This is a sad development when I think back to how Celebras was my little Schlaraffenland.
Are you also on Celebras? What do you think about it there?
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