09-02-2004, 04:40 PM
Quote:Although you wouldn't have time for them all. Note: the human area will be the most crowded during the stress test. Human races are always picked over others in MMOs. The least popular races are gnomes and trolls.
Yeah, I think this is going to be the biggest issue for the stress test, where they're talking about adding 100,000 people (!). I'd avoid playing a Human like the plague. The whole human area will probably be well overcamped. Dwarf/gnome might be OK, but it wouldn't surprise me if a big population starts there, too. In general, I would recommend playing a Horde race, because they tend to be less popular, particularly among newbies. Also, the different areas of the game are on different servers, so the expected lag during the stress test would probably affect you less, if you play in a less popular starting area.