xarxes wrote:
BLIZZARD SUCKS ALL OF THEIR PRODUCTS AND THEIR ENGINEERS SUCK NEVER IN MY LIFE HAVE I PAD FOR SOMETHING THAT HAD SO MANY "BUGS" AND PROBLEMS ROFL THEY ARE ALL IDIOTS WHO JUST WANT TO MAKE MONEY AND RELEASE CRAP THAT DOESNT WORK WELL EVER.
Sure you've paid for something(I hope) that has this many "bugs" and "problems". It's called Microsoft Windows(Name your version). No, folks, I'm not a Crapple fan or a Linux geek, but you have to admit, Windows has issues.
Their engineers don't suck. They DID write awesome games like Warcraft 2 and Warcraft 3, not to mention Starcraft and the Diablo series. WoW is inherently different than those games because it is a persistent world RPG. You don't just finish a round at Tower Defense, and have the server flush that from it's memory. The world is persistent, as in it sticks around, and is always sitting there in the server's memory. Which, like any other computer, can become clogged up with who knows what, and cause trouble.
I know it's not Tuesday. I came to the Forums index, and since this is stickied, I saw it, and started reading.
I am a "retired"(disabled) former IT professional. Perhaps not to the extent of the gentleman(lady?) above who helps manage a data center that caters to Fortune 500 corporations, perhaps, but I've been in the "trenches" of IT disasters.
Sure, software almost ALWAYS starts off buggy. It's inherent in how unstable a computer system can become. However, after patching and repatching and repatching the last repatching, you have to start wondering, what the hell is going on?
Personally, my problems haven't really existed in the patches, or general "downtime". It's the flaws of the game, and the connection being held to the game server(s).
I play on Mannaroth, one of the most popular and heavily populated (if not THE most) realm in WoW. Strangely, they decided to upgrade/replace hardware for many realms, but decided NOT to upgrade the money-making realm, Mannaroth.
Secondly, while this is exacerbated after "maintenance"(More like let's just ***** it up some more!) day, Mannaroth is well known for 'lag'. I'm not running a slow connection or system, on my end, and my latency should NOT be over 2 seconds, at any time. PERIOD. When you play a class that relies on good timing (51 Rogue at this point in time), a second or more delay can keep you from sapping that mob just before the Warrior charges the other critters, can cause you to not get out of a patrol's way while stealthed, etc.
Simply put, Blizzard, take my advice: Stick to the Software, and let PROFESSIONALS handle the hardware and networking. You guys couldn't find your **** with both hands, a mirror, a map, and a couple buddies to help. You obviously can't handle your realm hardware and networking correctly, so why stick with what doesn't work?
It's obvious that the 2100ms+ Latency marks on a fast connection is not a sign of good networking. It's also a problem when I get disconnected from the server, randomly, while fighting an Instance Boss, only to FINALLY get back on and find out, "GUESS WHAT? I'M DEAD!"
Oh.... and the happy-fun BS of your server crashing while trying to mail something to someone else, COD, only to return and the item is GONE. "We're sorry, but we cannot replace items lost because we botched it again and farked the server to hell. Have a nice day."
Oh... lol, and don't get me started on problems individual classes are having. OMG..... I vanish, and the mob just hits me anyways, and doesn't de-aggro! "Working as Intended, and no, we aren't going to give Rogues Mail Armor or Two-Handed weapons."
WE DIDN'T ASK for Mail or 2H weapons! And it obviously isn't working "as intended" if it ISN'T WORKING AT ALL!
And to correct some folks.....
If Blizzard has over Seventy-Five Million Subscribers(75,000,000) who all pay from $15-$30 US per month for a service,(an average of $22.50 per month) then they are receiving $1,687,500,000 per MONTH, for a total income(NOT counting sales of the game itself, and associated products) of $20,250,000,000 per year. JUST from subscription costs to World of Warcraft alone.
That may be a bit inflated, but probably not too terribly much. I personally estimate their yearly
earnings to be about 1/3 of that, after operating costs. That, my friends, is a heap of money. You would think they could hire some IT professionals, pay them nicely to make sure the realms operate correctly. I'm not going to say that their code sucks(even though it's obvious) because I'm not a programmer. I'm quite sure the Dev's are busy, but the management is greatly to blame here.
They need to stop worrying about adding new things to keep the high-and-mighty prima-dona 60's happy, and make what is already there work. Work as advertised, not "working as intended". In the REAL WORLD, if you do what they have been doing, you get prompt lawsuits in regards to false advertising.
Honestly, did we REALLLY need to add Naxx to the ever-growing list of 60+ Instances when most 60's won't last in any 60+ instance more than 15-minutes? What about class quests that are broken, such as the Rogue Ravenholdt quest, which gives nothing more than Ravenholdt Rep. Umm..... wtf do I do with Ravenholdt rep, and why would I care what Ravenholdt thinks of me? They keep wanting to add all these things to keep the 60's happy, so they keep playing, and won't even finish what they started in the first place. Makes me think a lot of a child with severe ADHD and anxiety.
....sigh.