Frostmourne vs Barthilas

Sent2Strike · 11th December 2010, 6:30 PM

Hey guys want to roll my 60 Undead Warlock character to one of the Oceanic PvP servers.

What's the best servers in you opinion?

Sent2Strike · 11th December 2010, 8:31 PM

Do any OCAU members play on either of these realms?
(A) (H)
Alliance or Horde
Realm
Barth or Frost

what is the culture like?
Skill level?
Lag?

supernom · 11th December 2010, 8:33 PM

I heard Barth for horde and FM for ally is the way to go.
Although unless you wanna wait in 1500-2000 queues every night you might wait for a little while.

Sent2Strike · 11th December 2010, 8:35 PM

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Originally Posted by supernom

I heard Barth for horde and FM for ally is the way to go.
Although unless you wanna wait in 1500-2000 queues every night you might wait for a little while.

Do you still have to wait in the ques if you have a higher level character?

Would it be worth going on a lower population Oceanic PVP Realm?

supernom · 11th December 2010, 8:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sent2Strike

Do you still have to wait in the ques if you have a higher level character?

Would it be worth going on a lower population Oceanic server?

Lol yes you still have to wait.
What server you on atm?

AFAIK barth and FM are locked anyway. Most likely easiest to just level on the server you are on then transfer when things calm down.

Sent2Strike · 11th December 2010, 8:42 PM

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Originally Posted by supernom

Lol yes you still have to wait.
What server you on atm?

AFAIK barth and FM are locked anyway. Most likely easiest to just level on the server you are on then transfer when things calm down.

Currently on Bloodscalp!
No way would I wait in que's like that every night. You would hardly get to play!

spoon69 · 12th December 2010, 1:23 AM

Horde easily outnumber Alliance on FM. And yeah, average queue time atm on FM is approx 2hrs+ depending on the time of day. There are queues of about 500-700 from at least 3:30pm weekdays from what I have seen/experienced.

Philll · 12th December 2010, 1:44 AM

I started a new character on Frostmourne 2 nights ago. The queue last night was 1500 people, but I was in after 10 minutes of waiting.

Is that wait time bad in comparison or are you waiting a lot longer?

Leaf_Killer · 12th December 2010, 7:02 AM

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Originally Posted by Philll

I started a new character on Frostmourne 2 nights ago. The queue last night was 1500 people, but I was in after 10 minutes of waiting.

Is that wait time bad in comparison or are you waiting a lot longer?

That seems about normal since cata has hit.

The queue disapears a few months into an expansion. Last queue before cata that I personally saw was like a year ago.

Just logged in early, don't logout. Profit.

quickshot84 · 12th December 2010, 10:35 AM

a 1500 queue on barth can take anywhere from 30min to an hour.

but it doesnt matter since both FM and barth are locked to new accounts anyway so you wont be able to xfer on

Sent2Strike · 13th December 2010, 9:13 AM

I ended up doing a transfer on to Deathmaul, it's fairly low population server but it seems ok. Might transfrer onto one of the bigger servers later but at the moment pretty happy.

Jeez a lot has change in WOW since I last played in 2006, it's cool how you can get on the dungeon wait lists!

Can you do the same for Raids?

smack01 · 15th December 2010, 10:40 AM

Hit up Dreadmaul Oceanic PvP server. No waiting times and Horde ruled.

Cape_Horn · 17th December 2010, 11:43 AM

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Originally Posted by Sent2Strike

Can you do the same for Raids?

There is a new lfg tool for raids, but it is server only, not battlegroup. it isn't as nice and I find on my realm it doesn't get used.

nordica-k2 · 22nd December 2010, 8:49 AM

I've done end-game raiding on both realms and choosing (H) or (A) depends on what you wish to do on the server.
If you're looking to play with the best of the best then rolling horde or alliance depends on which faction the guild plays, but if you're just after high-end raiding then you should go:

Barthilas - (A)
Frostmourne - (H)

Frostmourne has a better high-end raiding player base on Horde, even though they have Tsunami, most of the better guilds are on Horde.

Barthilas was a different story a few months ago, it's main player base was with Horde - Back in the day with Noctis Erus, Blue Label, Cross etc
Since then, Elementium has come to Barthilas from Blackrock, so I'd recommend Alliance.

Skill level? Wouldn't know since I havnt played on either realm since WOTLK

Lag? Minimal, you won't find end-game top tier guilds on servers that lag - I'm on Blackrock at the moment which would be most prone to "LAG" with such a high player base, yet Adept have done remarkably well so far.

Mill-2k · 22nd December 2010, 9:21 AM

I moved my main from Barthilas to Proudmoore two years ago and I'm looking to move it back after I get to 85. Will I be able to do a paid transfer at this time? I still have a bunch of alts (mostly level one bank alts) on Barthilas that have been there for 2 years.

11th December 2010, 6:30 PM	#1
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11th December 2010, 8:31 PM	#2
Sent2Strike Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Posts: 95	Do any OCAU members play on either of these realms? (A) (H) Alliance or Horde Realm Barth or Frost what is the culture like? Skill level? Lag? __________________ Core i7 920 (D0) @ 4.0Ghz, Asus Rampage III Extreme, Asus GTX 580 Matrix Platinum, 6GB G.Skill Trident DDR3 1600Mhz, Zalman CNPS10x-EX, Crucial M4 512GB, Silverstone Fortress FT02, Corsair AX850 PSU

12th December 2010, 1:23 AM	#7
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12th December 2010, 10:35 AM	#10
quickshot84 Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Victoria, BC, Canada Posts: 867	a 1500 queue on barth can take anywhere from 30min to an hour. but it doesnt matter since both FM and barth are locked to new accounts anyway so you wont be able to xfer on __________________ "D.sin" i7-930 \| GB X58a-UD3R \| Zotac GTX 260+ AMP2!\| 3x2G Kingston T1 HyperX \| Antec 1200 \| Razer Lycosa \| Razer Mamba

13th December 2010, 9:13 AM	#11
Sent2Strike Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Posts: 95	I ended up doing a transfer on to Deathmaul, it's fairly low population server but it seems ok. Might transfrer onto one of the bigger servers later but at the moment pretty happy. Jeez a lot has change in WOW since I last played in 2006, it's cool how you can get on the dungeon wait lists! Can you do the same for Raids? __________________ Core i7 920 (D0) @ 4.0Ghz, Asus Rampage III Extreme, Asus GTX 580 Matrix Platinum, 6GB G.Skill Trident DDR3 1600Mhz, Zalman CNPS10x-EX, Crucial M4 512GB, Silverstone Fortress FT02, Corsair AX850 PSU

11th December 2010, 8:33 PM	#3
supernom Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Lyndhurst, Melb Posts: 1,447	I heard Barth for horde and FM for ally is the way to go. Although unless you wanna wait in 1500-2000 queues every night you might wait for a little while.

12th December 2010, 1:44 AM	#8
Philll (Taking a Break) Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: NSW Posts: 10,962	I started a new character on Frostmourne 2 nights ago. The queue last night was 1500 people, but I was in after 10 minutes of waiting. Is that wait time bad in comparison or are you waiting a lot longer?

15th December 2010, 10:40 AM	#12
smack01 Member Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Brisbane Posts: 3,536	Hit up Dreadmaul Oceanic PvP server. No waiting times and Horde ruled. __________________ \|SUCCESSFULLY TRADED $1000's WITH 100+ MEMBERS \| ANTEC/CHIEFTEC CASE OWNERS/MODDERS MEMBER #01 & FOUNDER \| MY FLICKR \| FOLLOW ME ON TWITTER @smack01

22nd December 2010, 8:49 AM	#14
nordica-k2 Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: 127.0.0.1 Posts: 378	I've done end-game raiding on both realms and choosing (H) or (A) depends on what you wish to do on the server. If you're looking to play with the best of the best then rolling horde or alliance depends on which faction the guild plays, but if you're just after high-end raiding then you should go: Barthilas - (A) Frostmourne - (H) Frostmourne has a better high-end raiding player base on Horde, even though they have Tsunami, most of the better guilds are on Horde. Barthilas was a different story a few months ago, it's main player base was with Horde - Back in the day with Noctis Erus, Blue Label, Cross etc Since then, Elementium has come to Barthilas from Blackrock, so I'd recommend Alliance. Skill level? Wouldn't know since I havnt played on either realm since WOTLK Lag? Minimal, you won't find end-game top tier guilds on servers that lag - I'm on Blackrock at the moment which would be most prone to "LAG" with such a high player base, yet Adept have done remarkably well so far. __________________ Never Summer Evo 154\|\|Burton Malavita 2012\|\|DC Judge Boa 2012 ThinkPad E530-8GB-i7-GT635M-240GB SSD

22nd December 2010, 9:21 AM	#15
Mill-2k Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Posts: 340	I moved my main from Barthilas to Proudmoore two years ago and I'm looking to move it back after I get to 85. Will I be able to do a paid transfer at this time? I still have a bunch of alts (mostly level one bank alts) on Barthilas that have been there for 2 years.