#0 - May 11, 2007, 12:01 p.m.
I can only speak from my own play experience on the realms that I have characters on:
Earthern Ring
Really populated at the endgame Outlands zones, but on recently dinging 70 and flying back to Honor Hold to get the Shattered Halls quests I was shocked to see no one there - I mean the whole zone seemed to be deserted.
I've not got any alts on this server apart from this main (well I have a 14 who I never play) so I can't speak for the earlier zones - whenever I pass through them they seem deserted.
I know that ER is an old server, so I guess most characters would be concentrated at the end-game.. but I'd hate to start a new character on this server, I have to admit.
Steamwheedle Cartel
I'm levelling my main alt here, a 55 human priest and again much the same story though not as bad as ER
The starting areas have a few people in, but not much... levelling my priest the 45+ areas are nearly deserted with hardly any instance runs - everyone seems to be solo grinding to get to Outlands.
Most of the time the characters you see levelling up are draenei and belves - about half I'd say.
I have no idea what Outlands is like on this realm, but certainly less and less people seem to be levelling nowadays.
The Sha-tar
A new server, still seems pretty empty when I play it.
Darkmoon Faire
Have some belves all around 20 - seems pretty fine even at low levels and feels a nice server to me and still alive in the pre-Outland zones.
What about everyone else?
Do you think that a lot of the realms need to merge?
Would Blizzard re-doing the old 1-58 content bring new life back into Azeroth?
Or is it that we need - gasp - new realms?
I'm just curious...