Stalagg was a server at the start
Stalagg was a server at the start. It was about 55/45 Horde favorite. It did have queue times however that continued to plague it. Soon after launch (September 3rd Source) free transfers were offered. Faction balance remained intact as it appeared either side dropped an equal number of WOW players. This went on for a few weeks and it became clear that the Alliance were shedding WOW players than Horde which led to Heartseeker being Alliance dominant. In the end it was about 33/66 Horde favored.
The transports just got started, although now 33/66 is not something that's impossible to conquer. Just before the launching of World Bosses and the Honor system another tide of transfers happened on November 8th (Supply ). From the time the weekend ended the floor had given out on a lot of the Alliance population. With fear of being camped worse than they were Alliance a part of it is leveling and more population. On November 11th they left free transfers faction special to Horde (Supply ). It had been far too late. We were asked to make a decision.
The sense of failure as a GM that did not make the choice at the time is immeasurable. By leaving them onto a host that was impossible to play on I failed my guildies. Every single flight master was camped, Ironforge camped, Blackrock Mountain.... Do not even get me started. We understood we had to maneuver not necessarily due to the camping but because the host market was non existent and there were no WOW players to recruit.
We made a decision to weigh our choices and eventually landed on Incendius. It looked like the promised land. It had a inhabitants, and roughly a 40/60 Alliance to Horde ratio. After the first reset of this new year I asked all my guildmates to spend their money and make the transfer to Incendius. Including personalities and alts we estimated it had been not any less than $2500 USD. That is not in different countries that have to pay more.
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