Don't blame Blizzard. and dont be surprisedFollow

Don't blame blizzard for these problems. They are letting us play this game for free before the release, and the fact they are having so much trouble is proof that this game is worth it (means that theres crap-loads of people wanting to play). I doubt theres been a game with anywhere near the fan base WOW currently has that didn't have trouble when put into a situation like this.

Also, don't be surprised when opening day (nov. 23rd) goes the same way. I know blizzard will try their hardest to provide us the speediest way to register our keys and patch the game possible, i doubt they'll be able to give us a seemless service within the first week (think about it, they can't exactly build a bunch of new servers just to handle the initial load because of the opening day rush, that kind of server equipment is REALLY expensive). Unless maybe someone could convince them to wipe all the battle.net servers to temporary take over the registration load and then reload them afterwards, heh.

Think ahead for the onslaught of gamers that want to play the game, right? I do recall Blizzard even stating that keys would be limited anyways. If you didn't get your key, pity, because I didn't get mine. Play something else in the meantime and stop complaining, it's going to take awhile before this mess is cleaned up. It's not like Blizzard said you will be assured that you will get in the first day. Show me that they did and maybe I'll understand...

Hmmm, comparing what happens during a free open beta, which is basically final stress test part 2, and retail, where Blizzard finally gets their cash while servers are set and ready a day before release. Hmmm....

Anyways, I'll agree that first day is going to be insane but with retail you are pretty much set to play. Nowhere has Blizzard say that you WILL get into open beta, they said keys will be limited. Show me they said otherwise and then we'll talk. Until then, any complaint about fileplanet and Blizzard will be regarded as a whine for not recieving their key. *sigh* I don't even have my key and I understand the very simple concept of wait and play something else...

It is not about thinking ahead. It is about not being able to anticipate every single scenario. It is also about sheer numbers. There are going to be thousands of people signing up for the game and trying to play it on that opening day. People who will need to call tech support because they do not know how to follow instructions, that have invalid keys, that have bad media, that have incompatible systems or hardware. They will have to handle all of that. There will be people who call or e-mail tech support because they do not know how to chat in game or get their first quest or cast a spell...because again, they will not follow directions. The sign-up and account management servers will be taxed hard.

These are not the simple login servers. These are secure, encrypted servers that process credit cards and keep confidential information. That takes up a lot more processor cycles and bandwidth. There is a finite number that can be processed at one time. 95% of the time it will not be an issue, but any time there is a new release or expansion, they will get hit hard for a short period of time.

The one thing anyone knows who played EQ...if you want to play an MMORPG, like it or not you will have to be patient. You can gripe and whine all you want but their servers and their bandwidth can only handle so much. Their developers can only code so fast. Their tech support can only handle so many requests. And on a new release, the 'idiot' level will be huge. Consider that a large percentage of the people will not have played an MMORPG before and the rest will expect it to be just like the one they previously played (and will ***** if it is not, even though they ******* about their previous one as if it sucked worse than anything).

So, the problems that we will be facing on release day have very little to do with thinking ahead. The game runs pretty damn good right now and it is a beta. Anyone remember the first two weeks of EQ...this beta has fewer bugs than EQ did rolling into it's first expansion.

To sum up, there are three problems on release day:

1) Sheer numbers and a finite bandwidth

2) increased idiot factor

3) Stupid whiners who are too wrapped up in a game to find something else to do when number 1 and 2 above occur and feel compelled to ***** about it.

Edited, Mon Nov 8 18:45:29 2004 by lhuffman

So now we have a thread for those "mature" people... yay. -_-

I really like this game and will buy it when it comes out, but it seems like every new patch I'm excited then once it's in I'm somewhat disapointed. Mostly because they added stuff that wasn't announced which makes your life more difficult and tedious. First durability and now long rez effect time and durability loss. The game was great the way it was why make it more tedious each patch? I can live with the class problems, but not this extra crap to make everything take longer which is an obvious time sink.

I'm pretty dissapointed, I realize they didn't ever state everyone would be accepted into the Beta, but I spent 5 hours tonight spamming through repeated errors for nothing apparently. I was looking forward to trying WoW in this beta to see if I enjoyed the game, and possibly trying it, but it looks like there might not be a chance for that currently.

Edit: I would have to disagree with the original statement that just because the beta keys are down right now that the game is worth it. Just because I spent 5 hours trying to get a key among tons of other people doesn't really make the game any better, and in fact, probably takes away from it. What it does mean is that there is a lot of demand, but demand !=quality in my opinion.

Edited, Mon Nov 8 21:02:30 2004 by Germonick

I will check in from time to time hoping to get a key but I am done hovering over the keyboard for the day. This was a really big dissapointment.

Also after seeing this I have decided that if I do buy wow I will wait 2 weeks after release because as soon as it goes live in stores it will be this exact same situation all over again. I'm sorry but no game is worth the trouble I have went through today. And I know there are allot who have had just as hard a time as myself.