| People on my realms forums are shitting a brick over this, and it hasn't even happened yet.
I don't see any real downside to splitting highly populated servers, because here is my TBC predictions in the first month:
1) Anything non instanced is going to be unplayable and highly competed for due to the ocean of level 60s looking for something to do competing for the same content.
2) Queues will increase by 1.5 to 2 times what they seem to be in primetime now (an average of 300-400) from all the returners/rerollers/mangina paladins and draenai shamans starting up.
A server split could help alleviate that. The only downside is splitting up some communities, which to be honest, its like if you moved as a little kid. You make new friends at your new school and in your new neighborhood, its not the worst thing in the world.
I do think its a good idea if they restrict transfers to not allow transfers off for the significantly lower population (read: horde), of course in that case if the imbalance is crazy high you just end up creating 1 balanced faction realm, and another lopsided population realm, only to a worse extent.
Maybe the introduction of Paladins and Blood Elves will boost the hordes numbers some. If that doesn't, I don't know what will. | 