My opinion on timelines.

[Nyemu 1]

Hello. I want to speak my mind on how I feel about the seperate timelines, and how it complicates a TBC lauch. I see a lot of players saying the best option is to wait for all servers to get on the same timeline, and merge all of the population into one TBC server. I got an issue with this, and I believe I speak for the minority as most players commenting is playing on the Elysium server.

When the Elysium server was announced, a lot of players from Anathema changed server for a fresh start. I believe the majority did this to prolong the Vanilla experience until they ran out of content. That's fine and all, but when TBC is announced they get upset they are on the wrong server, which is ahead of their timeline. I know a lot of players were brand new, but a lot of players started over from Anathema, a good few thousand of them. I don't think its fair to ask Anathema players to wait for another 1.5(?) years for Elysium to catch up with Anathema. If that is the case, then players will quit.

Assuming the server is ready to launch, there is really only one possible option in my mind. TBC should launch when Anathema is done with thier timeline. To keep it somewhat fair for Elysium players, an optional transfer should be made. The argument that they don't have Naxx gear to compete is not really an argument in my opinion. How many had Naxx gear when Blizz launched TBC? Not a whole lot.

Bottom line is, Elysium players started playing there knowing they were behind on the timeline. It is not fair of them to ask Anathema to wait for more than a year, when we got nothing to do.

I hope the staff comes with some more information on what they are thinking. Nothing has to be set in stone, but some communication is needed. A lot of players would start leveling a character on Anathema if you don't plan on transfering from Elysium, and launch TBC ahead of Elysium's timeline, as an example. A lot of servers choose to provide a temporary lvl 58 boost as well. I don't mind this if it means we get TBC faster, even if it's not completely Blizzlike. I would like to hear what people think about this.