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<suka_@cox.net> wrote:
> Faned wrote:
> > <suka_@cox.net> wrote:
> > > It is so much fun with the 16hr downtimes to fix server code that
> is
> > > beyond repair, with lag so bad and getting worse that Slashdot
> covered
> > > it (and Penny Arcade revoked its GOTY award to WoW), with server
> login
> > > queues that are typically 30mins long, but can be over an hour that
> you
> > > get more fun out of trying to troll a newsgroup with how much fun
> the
> > > broken game is.
> >
> > "typically"? Go read the boards, that statement only applies to a
> half
> > dozen (out of 80+) servers that became drastically overpopulated.
> Most
> > people playing the game have never seen a queue. Ironically, it's
> the
> > people that most wanted to race their way up to the highest level
> (and
> > the sheep that followed them) that ended up suffering the queues. I
> must
> > admit I derive an evil pleasure from that bit of karmic irony. =)
>
> Ummm, server login queues are going on for the 20 most popular (ie,
> populated) servers. They are penalizing the people who pre-ordered and
> were then shoe-horned onto the few opened servers (something similar
> happened in EQ2, but there hasn't been login queues implemented to
> alleviate any problems).
There were 40+ servers at release, and another 40 within a couple days.
Anyone who was "shoe-horned" fits exactly into my description above. I
don't have any inside info, can only base what I say here on what I've seen
on the boards, and there are exactly six (half dozen, one less than seven,
one more than five) servers that are listed under the names of the people
complaining about constant queues. Additionally, with 15 minutes worth of
research I could tell you the *multiple* "uber" guilds that took up
residence on each of those servers, but anyone could do such research, and
quite honestly I don't care enough to even use it as a supporting point. =)
> Oh, and check out something other than the cesspool that is the
> Blizzard forums. Slashdot has another article on how Blizzard isn't
> shipping any more boxes until they figure out how to fix their mess.
> There is a link in there to people complaining about all the problems
> they've had.
The Blizzard forums, cesspool that they are (no disagreement here), are the
most representative of the user base, and the best place to see how many
complaints are being made, and by whom. I would bet large amounts of cash
that 80%+ of the WoW players have never looked at Slashdot. =P
RIVE_E
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