This article is an information page for the Velen US realm (server) The contents herein are entirely player made and in no way represent official World of Warcraft history or occurrences which are accurate for all realms. The information and events listed are of an independent nature and applied for roleplaying, fictional, speculative, or opinions from a limited playerbase only.

Named for the prophet who has led the Draenei since their flight from Argus, Velen is a PvE server in the Retaliation Battlegroup. Velen was added during the release of Burning Crusade, and has quickly grown to a Medium population server, which it has remained through the release of Wrath of the Lich King.

Contents 1 The Population 2 Player vs Player 3 Raiding 4 Battlegrounds 5 Useful Links 6 Server Kill Records - Major BC Content 7 Guild Listing

The PopulationEdit

Opened during the launch of Burning Crusade, Velen has a population consisting largely of post-BC players. However, free transfers to Velen were offered between 2/26/08 and 3/04/08 from the Area 52, Arygos, Ghostlands, Hellscream and Zul'jin realms, bringing an influx of experienced pre-BC players to the realm, and bringing Velen to medium population status.

Mornings are often quiet on Velen, providing an ideal time for solo questing, rep grinding and farming without interruption. The peak time on the server tends to be from 5:00 PM - 9:00 PM Server Time during the week, and starts earlier on the weekends. However, queues are nonexistent, even on peak times, and lag is not an issue.

Player vs PlayerEdit

Being a PvE server, Blizzard is trying to Rid it of World PvP, by adding Level 85 Guards to each Major city and Low level towns like (Brill, Goldshire, Orgrimmar, etc.) so there isn't a very active World PvP environment. Despite this Goldshire seems to be a Major PvP spot, Being the most Raided Area on Velen for World PvP and a place where Duels take place by the Hundreds per day, it is an ideal place for PvPers who are bored of Arenas, Rated Battlegrounds and Other PvP events. Horde and Alliance Alike.

Some PvP guilds on the server include:

For Alliance: Girls Gone Wild and Hired Gunz.

For Horde: Change it Up, Element, Berserk and Veritas.

For the list of the top PvPers on the server,

For Alliance: Unlimited, Demeter, Swagettelol, Loozah, Ilovehaters, Lango, Zalgradis, Uku, and Legacie

For Horde: Divinebeef, Hamburglerer, Rakdom, Ploosh, Crink, Icantpvp, Potatosack, Iheartjews

Overall Velen PvP is alive and well, World PvP is dying out due to the changes to PvE servers and Opposing Faction guards being able to hit harder than most players. But I doubt it will die out Completely.

RaidingEdit

Despite the phrase 'Velen is for Chillaxin' being frequently quoted on the realm forums, there are active raiding guilds on Velen.

Cataclysm has seen a number of former 25 man guilds switch to the 10 man raiding format. A list of active raiding guilds and current levels of progress can be found here:

http://www.wowprogress.com/pve/us/velen

For the list of top PVErs on the realm, here they are. ~Alliance- Unlimited, Vike, Intrix and the guild Toxic. ~Horde, Cobane(Shade of arrows) and the guild <Three day ban>

For the list of the worst PVErs on the realm, here they are. ~Alliance~ Thecore. ~Horde~ Xamnyc,and the guild <ROCK> and anything connected to it. Ringmasster, and the guild <syndication>

BattlegroundsEdit

There are several guilds active in rated battlegrounds. Check the Velen Realm Forum [1] or ask around on trade (whilst wearing some anti-troll gear).

Useful LinksEdit

• Official Velen Forum
  
• Raid Progression on Wowprogress
  
• Warcraft Realms Server Census
  
• Faces of Velen
  
• Velen Facebook Group Credit to Takisis
  

Server Kill Records - Major BC ContentEdit

Thanks to Sylkn for the easy format.

Boss	Alliance		Horde
	Date	Guild	Date	Guild
Black Temple
High Warlord Naj'entus	02/07/2008	Honors Wrath	01/24/2008	Veritas
Supremus	02/07/2008	Honors Wrath	01/24/2008	Veritas
Shade of Akama	02/10/2008	Honors Wrath	01/28/2008	Veritas
Teron Gorefiend	03/17/2008	Honors Wrath	04/07/2008	Veritas
Gurtogg Bloodboil	03/31/2007	Honors Wrath	04/03/2007	Veritas
Reliquary of Souls	04/03/2008	Honors Wrath	04/17/2008	Veritas
Mother Shahraz	04/07/2008	Honors Wrath	04/21/2008	Veritas
Illidari Council	04/17/2008	Honors Wrath	04/24/2008	Veritas
Illidan Stormrage	04/21/2008	Honors Wrath	05/05/2008	Veritas
Mount Hyjal
Rage Winterchill	01/24/2008	Honors Wrath	01/15/2008	Veritas
Anetheron	01/27/2008	Honors Wrath	01/15/2008	Veritas
Kaz'rogal	02/04/2008	Honors Wrath	01/16/2008	Veritas
Azgalor	02/11/2008	Honors Wrath	02/07/2008	Veritas
Archimonde	03/10/2008	Honors Wrath	03/20/2008	Veritas

Note: You can see all of the records here

Guild ListingEdit

Xylaria maintains a good guild listing thread on the realm forum:

http://us.battle.net/wow/en/forum/topic/1074087687