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It's Been a Long, Long Night for Blizzard Techs as BfA Launch Stumbles Out the Gate - World of Warcr

SBFordSBFord Former Associate EditorMember LegendaryPosts: 33,129
edited August 2018 in News & Features Discussion

imageIt's Been a Long, Long Night for Blizzard Techs as BfA Launch Stumbles Out the Gate - World of Warcraft News

The first-ever simultaneous worldwide release of a World of Warcraft expansion has not gone easy, to say the least. Blizzard flipped the switch on all servers at 3:00 pm Pacific yesterday and that's where the trouble began. Multiple Reddit threads and Twitter posts and official forum posts have been complaining of disconnects, log-in issues and horrendous lag in the game if they managed to actually play. While hellish for some, the

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  • Tykam123Tykam123 Member UncommonPosts: 95
    I’ll admit, I was very frustrated during it. However, the expansion has already exceeded my expectations and I’m totally satisfied. This is gonna be a good one!
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  • XingbairongXingbairong Member RarePosts: 927
    I doubt Blizzard allocated more resources on servers with streamers, but I'm playing on what can be considered low/barely mid pop server and it was horrible. The first 3 hours I had massive delay and when it finally got fixed I was kinda frustrated, so I played for a while longer and went to bed(cause EU got a night release as well... how lovely).

    Honestly it was underwhelming release in my eyes. Also the leveling process seems really imbalanced... It's stupid that some people can level in 6-7 hours(ignoring Gingi with his less than 4 hours), but others need 10-12 at least and all is contributed to playing in a group and how lucky you are with your gear sockets for xp gems. Not gonna even mention War Mode... Why is Blizzard forcing leveling players to have War Mode on for the 10% xp... So that those that are 120 have people to kill to get bounty on their head and get things rolling, but honestly this feels like a bad decision. On the beta there was this one chinese guy who kept ganking people for DAYS... imagine what it will be like on the live servers :P
  • cheyanecheyane Member LegendaryPosts: 9,100
    Don't play when it launches simple rule unless you're one of those who absolutely must be first at something.
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  • perrin82perrin82 Member UncommonPosts: 285
    How's the expansion? I am not talking about how fast the leveling is, but the actual content. Having a good time?
  • CoolitCoolit Member UncommonPosts: 661
    Even though I'm not playing I was talking to my friends this morning and they were saying it's been pretty smooth so far, a little lag but not much on the EU servers.
  • mcrippinsmcrippins Member RarePosts: 1,626
    I guess I'm the only one who didn't have any problems?
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  • KyleranKyleran Member LegendaryPosts: 43,498
    If I was a Blizzard Dev I'd end up being fired because I wouldn't be able to resist putting in an algorithm that monitored for people attempting to set world first leveling records and throttling their experience gain to the point of near zero just to watch their frustration as progress ground to a halt right around level 119.7 or so.

    ;)
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  • KyleranKyleran Member LegendaryPosts: 43,498
    As for the tech who snapped

    "Why not both? You realize we have teams of people working on multiple things right? And that their specialties allow them to address different types of issues? It's not 1 person with a wrench in a server room. ^KAL".

    While they probably no longer have a job (curse you social media) I admire their snarkiness, a good comeback for sure.

    I wouldn't last very long as a customer service rep either.

    ;)
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  • KalebGraysonKalebGrayson Member RarePosts: 430
    I gave up after 4.5 hours of getting in a que, working down the que, getting kicked, patching up, and then finding out my server was locked. I know, I know, typical launch day stuff, but still disappointing.
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  • TheDarkrayneTheDarkrayne Member EpicPosts: 5,297
    I thought it launched on the 18th for some reason so I haven't even tried to play it yet. lol.
    I don't suffer from insanity, I enjoy every minute of it.
  • lahnmirlahnmir Member LegendaryPosts: 5,041
    Logged in, played, loving it. No queue, no lag, no bugs. Best expansion launch ever for me, same for my entire guild. Not kidding.

    /Cheers,
    Lahnmir
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    It is incredibly difficult to design some meaningfull leg content that would fit a space ship game - simply because it is not a leg game.

    It is just huge resource waste....'

    Gdemami absolutely not being an armchair developer

  • JeffSpicoliJeffSpicoli Member EpicPosts: 2,849
    I logged on about 1 hour after launch and didn't have a single issue, it was weird

    • Aloha Mr Hand ! 

  • OzmodanOzmodan Member EpicPosts: 9,726
    Funny thing, I have not bought the expansion and I was completely lag free in legion areas.  Lessons I have learned always wait a week on any expansion, clears up the initial areas immensely.  Noticed some in the guild already at level 115.  Foolish people who rush through content.
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  • MadFrenchieMadFrenchie Member LegendaryPosts: 8,505
    I didn't have any issues yesterday on Bonechewer or Aegwynn other than a failed hearth.  It didn't trigger the cooldown, and the subsequent retry hearthed successfully.

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  • SBFordSBFord Former Associate EditorMember LegendaryPosts: 33,129
    No issues at all today on my server. Interesting that the things that are being reported aren't affecting all servers. I wonder if they're mostly high-pop servers?
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  • AlbatroesAlbatroes Member LegendaryPosts: 7,671
    edited August 2018
    SBFord said:
    No issues at all today on my server. Interesting that the things that are being reported aren't affecting all servers. I wonder if they're mostly high-pop servers?
    Yeah it was only about 4-5 high pop from the looks of the forums. Most people didn't have issues other than probably latency on other servers (again according to the forums at least). I'm sure the meme Blizzard employees are using since yesterday is "one launch to rule them all..." It was definitely a lot smoother than previous ones imo, then again today is supposed to be the "official global launch date" or whatever the 14th of August means anymore.
  • Viper482Viper482 Member LegendaryPosts: 4,064
    edited August 2018
    I logged in at 3pm PST on dot and played flawlessly until about 8pm when I made myself log off lol. 5 hrs without breaking is a marathon for me now lol. I was pleasantly surprised to not have even a hiccup, much less a real issue. I was even more surprised when I logged off and saw people on the forums complaining. I guess I was just lucky. I play on Wyrmrest Accord.
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  • Gobstopper3DGobstopper3D Member RarePosts: 966
    I was on when it went live at 6pm for me and it was plenty smooth. Played only about 45 min on each alliance and horde toon before logging off, but didn't encounter any issues. I'm on Dalaran.

    I'm not an IT Specialist, Game Developer, or Clairvoyant in real life, but like others on here, I play one on the internet.

  • Soki123Soki123 Member RarePosts: 2,558
    Not a single issue on Gnomeregan, X pac has been a ton of fun already.
  • ScottJeslisScottJeslis Member UncommonPosts: 355
    I had no issues and logged in 2 minutes before cutover than later at 10 pm EST on Anvilmar. Having fun.
  • GutlardGutlard Member RarePosts: 1,019
    I dodged the issues also on Eitrigg, and have been actually reading all the quests for once in my life! Idk how long that will last though.

    Grats on #1 asshole WF 120! Woohooo!

    Gut Out!
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  • MadFrenchieMadFrenchie Member LegendaryPosts: 8,505
    Elidien said:
    I logged in on two servers and played most of the evening without any issues. I would say I was on for 3-4 hours. My servers are both CST US and not populated at all. For me it was the smoothest launch in all my years playing WOW.

    I think Blizzard should just get rid of world firsts at this point as it is pointless and only leads to people getting angry and frustrated.
    I think it would be a far more impressive to see who's 120 last.  Sure, it might take until the death of the game to sort it out, but that way we wouldn't have to hear about it every release. ;)
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  • Tykam123Tykam123 Member UncommonPosts: 95
    I am having a great time so far. The story for Horde at least seems very cool. The Troll architecture and setting really is very awesome. The quests I have done so far in 1.5 levels has been very cool as well. Just taking my time and exploring. No rush to the cap. This xpac is conveying a Mists of Pandaria feel. In other words, it feels like you are exploring a lost land and not dealing with "old gods" and such. Very cool feel to it!
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  • GutlardGutlard Member RarePosts: 1,019
    I've been reading about Titans here and there though....so we'll see!

    Gut Out!

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  • DarkHighDarkHigh Member UncommonPosts: 157
    OMG THIS IS WORSE THAN BLESS!!!!
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