World of Warcraft - Page 4

kyektulu · 08-10-2005, 08:07 PM

I got a booklet about world of warcraft in this months Fortean times, It looks sooooo kewel I have to join!

stencyl · 08-10-2005, 09:51 PM

I have thought about checking out WoW, but from what I hear the servers are down a ton and logging on after they come up is a real pain.

Rahl Windsong · 09-05-2005, 06:34 PM

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Originally Posted by stencyl

I have thought about checking out WoW, but from what I hear the servers are down a ton and logging on after they come up is a real pain.

For the most part I am extremely impressed with the level of service Blizzard offers considering they have just entered into this game genre and the fact that they now have in excess of 2 million subscribers. The first 6 months servers were ok but they had some problems. Over that time they increased the number of servers and streamlined their operations so that there is little if any server downtime. Once a week they do maintenance, 4hrs each tuesday morning beginning at 6AM game time (PST).

The only real complaint I have is they do not deliver new content quickly enough and once you reach level 60 you find yourself running the same instanced dungeons over and over to get the items that drop there. However, this is Blizzard Entertainment we are talking about here, they test, test again, and then test it again and again until it is ready for live servers. They never release anything until they feel its as good as it can be. You can't fault them for wanting to release top quality game patches and in turn top quality new game content, but I do wish they would speed up the process somewhat.

But for the most part if you want to try this game, look at the server list carefully and choose a server that has low or medium population at prime time and your server should be nearly flawless, or as good as it can be on the internet.

Rahl

Leto · 09-05-2005, 11:05 PM

Rahl, it's actually now 4 millions users : 1,5 millions in USA, 2 millions in China alone, and the rest in Europe mainly.

Rahl Windsong · 09-06-2005, 12:56 AM

Hummn well I hardly followed the game since around the end of May and I only just today returned to playing again. So I never realized they had reached those numbers, impressive!

Rahl

Omega · 01-14-2006, 04:36 PM

Long time since I've played, can't remember any of my characters names, I'll probably start playing again when the new "Burning Crusade" expansion pack is released.

Rahl Windsong · 02-08-2006, 10:30 PM

After having played this game for most likely too long a time I have come to realize that its just too static and nothing ever changes. How many times do we have to kill Onyxia until she really stays dead??...answer = infinity or when Blizzard pulls the plug.

I am sick of this kind of game and really all it is, is a very pretty chatroom where you get to collect items for your chat-toon so you can show them off to your chat buddies. Not to mention you have to pay 15 bucks a month US dollars to chat there.

Rahl

Thunderchild · 02-09-2006, 11:35 AM

Look for a game called guildwars - its a lot less intencive online game and theres no monthly fees

Raeze · 02-19-2009, 01:37 PM

I love this game. It gives me something to do when i have nothing to do.
What realm do any of youll play on?

Raeze · 02-19-2009, 01:38 PM

Any new patchs? i mean comming soon? >_<

ChunkyMonkey · 02-19-2009, 09:24 PM

Patch 3.1 - Ulduar

A few In-game fixes ( more rogue nerfs

), tweaks to mana regeneration and the newest raid instance Ulduar.

playerexcitement · 06-07-2009, 05:02 PM

when I first started playing warcraft I was on DIAL UP! Serious lag time. But it was a great game to play.

Glitch · 08-12-2009, 04:48 AM

The new patch came out, has any been having trouble getting into instances?