Quote Originally Posted by Reap00 View Post
It does keep growing. This is the normal ebb and flow you see every expansion. You will see these numbers drastically skyrocket after the expansion announcement. Enjoy all the hype that is coming! I know you are excited for it!

Not trying to be combative, honestly curious. Do we really expect fanfest/expansion announcement to bump population? Your best guess on expansion release date? Mine is Mayish but could easily see July. Why would anyone come back for an expansion announced close to a year away? If they announce expansion release for Xmas then dam, I expect servers to be jumping. Also remember we only have one patch left. And to the others splitting a patch in half doesn't make it two patches. So with worst case scenario July players are looking at 3 patches in 18 months. I don't see people who have played this game being excited about that.