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The realm is named after the [[Black Dragonflight]], the dragon brood of ''[[Cataclysm]]'' star [[Deathwing]] and his daughter [[Onyxia]]. Despite high achieving guilds on both sides, the Horde outnumbers the Alliance on Black Dragonflight in roughly a 3:2 ratio. This may change with the anticipated popularity of the [[Worgen (playable)|Worgen]] race on Alliance in ''Cataclysm'', which may add more balance to the population. As it is, the realm's population is still more evenly distributed than most other PvP realms in the battlegroup, such as notoriously lopsided [[Server:Mal'Ganis US|Mal'Ganis]]. |
The realm is named after the [[Black Dragonflight]], the dragon brood of ''[[Cataclysm]]'' star [[Deathwing]] and his daughter [[Onyxia]]. Despite high achieving guilds on both sides, the Horde outnumbers the Alliance on Black Dragonflight in roughly a 3:2 ratio. This may change with the anticipated popularity of the [[Worgen (playable)|Worgen]] race on Alliance in ''Cataclysm'', which may add more balance to the population. As it is, the realm's population is still more evenly distributed than most other PvP realms in the battlegroup, such as notoriously lopsided [[Server:Mal'Ganis US|Mal'Ganis]]. |
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| − | Black Dragonflight features a strongly dedicated community in which many players of the realm will show up to Blizzcon, despite |
+ | Black Dragonflight features a strongly dedicated community in which many players of the realm will show up to Blizzcon, despite BDF being a predominantly east coast server and Blizzcon taking place in Los Angeles. Often, Black Dragonflight players will meet one another in person at this event. |
==History== |
==History== |
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===''The Burning Crusade''=== |
===''The Burning Crusade''=== |
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| − | <Forgotten Heroes> transferred their guild from [[Server:Burning Blade US|Burning Blade]] at TBC launch. On their previous realm they had scored numerous realm firsts, including |
+ | <Forgotten Heroes> transferred their guild from [[Server:Burning Blade US|Burning Blade]] at TBC launch. On their previous realm they had scored numerous realm firsts, including the first kill of [[Onyxia]]. Now simply <FH>, after the transfer they hit ''The Burning Crusade'' running and were regularly ranked in the top 10 of North American guilds throughout the expansion. |
===''Wrath of the Lich King''=== |
===''Wrath of the Lich King''=== |
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| − | + | <FH> brought back Black Dragonflight's "Vanilla" tradition of world-first kills by scoring '''World Firsts''' in [[Icecrown Citadel]], specifically being the first guild worldwide to down 25-man [[Lord Marrowgar]] and [[Lady Deathwhisper]] on December 8, 2009. They followed up by scoring the '''World First''' kill of the [[Blood Prince Council]] on January 19, 2010. Previous to this, they were the 4th guild in North America to complete [[Call of the Grand Crusade (25 player)]]. |
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Deathwing the Destroyer, leader of the Black Dragonflight
Onyxia, broodmother of the Black Dragonflight
Black Dragonflight is a US PvP server launched April 11, 2006. Despite usually being listed as a "medium population" server, it has the largest population of North American realms with both an actual server location and realm time based in Eastern Standard Time. The realm is very highly rated in various rankings despite being a medium population server and despite being founded nearly two years after launch. Thus, Black Dragonflight is thought to have a high quality and highly skilled playerbase relative to most other realms in both PvE and PvP.
As of late August 2010, the realm is ranked #16 out of 241 North American realms in raid progression[1]. At this time, it is the #1 rated realm with a raiding population of less than 9,500 characters. It is also the #1 rated realm founded in 2006 or later. In addition, the quality of PvP play has vastly improved over the past few years, and it is now common to see Black Dragonflight teams competing near the top of the Stormstrike battlegroup Arena rankings.
The realm is named after the Black Dragonflight, the dragon brood of Cataclysm star Deathwing and his daughter Onyxia. Despite high achieving guilds on both sides, the Horde outnumbers the Alliance on Black Dragonflight in roughly a 3:2 ratio. This may change with the anticipated popularity of the Worgen race on Alliance in Cataclysm, which may add more balance to the population. As it is, the realm's population is still more evenly distributed than most other PvP realms in the battlegroup, such as notoriously lopsided Mal'Ganis.
Black Dragonflight features a strongly dedicated community in which many players of the realm will show up to Blizzcon, despite BDF being a predominantly east coast server and Blizzcon taking place in Los Angeles. Often, Black Dragonflight players will meet one another in person at this event.
History
Vanilla
Black Dragonflight has been online since April 2006. Rare for new realms before the advent of paid server transfers, it came online as closed to brand new players and open only to transfers from other realms. Many jumped at the chance to establish a new home, as it was at the time impossible to do so any other way. As a result of so many experienced players joining so quickly, the gates of Ahn'Qiraj were opened nearly immediately and with much less fanfare than on other new realms.
The Black Dragonflight, in all its glory
The guild <Overrated> was the first guild to clear all of Naxxramas. It also scored the World First kill of C'Thun in AQ40, but unfortunately this success was aided by an exploit where they hacked the gates to his chamber. The guild was permanently banned in October 2006.
The Burning Crusade
<Forgotten Heroes> transferred their guild from Burning Blade at TBC launch. On their previous realm they had scored numerous realm firsts, including the first kill of Onyxia. Now simply <FH>, after the transfer they hit The Burning Crusade running and were regularly ranked in the top 10 of North American guilds throughout the expansion.
Wrath of the Lich King
<FH> brought back Black Dragonflight's "Vanilla" tradition of world-first kills by scoring World Firsts in Icecrown Citadel, specifically being the first guild worldwide to down 25-man Lord Marrowgar and Lady Deathwhisper on December 8, 2009. They followed up by scoring the World First kill of the Blood Prince Council on January 19, 2010. Previous to this, they were the 4th guild in North America to complete 
[Call of the Grand Crusade (25 player)].
World PvP
Wintergrasp
The Horde has a higher population than the Alliance on Black Dragonflight. Despite the difference not being as large as some other PvP servers, the difference is there. Due to the nature of Wintergrasp favoring the more heavily populated side, the Horde generally wins about 80% of Wintergrasp battles on the realm[2].
Links
•Official Black Dragonflight forum