So I''ve been lagging pretty bad the past half hour on Blackhand. Can run around ok, but looting takes forever, sometimes it takes multiple minutes to cast a spell. Twice I''ve gone into an area and there are no NPCs and I just have to wait for them to appear.

I logged out and now can''t get back in, twice it gives me ""character name already exists""? And now it''s just hanging when I click enter world. Was going great for a couple hours before that.

Retreat! Retreat!

doubtful...opening day is opening day...day night doenst matter...they''re having a huge crush of people right now simply because its day 1 and they''ve done a complete wipe. So everyone is starting over.

Okay, I admit that we are arguing what if''s right now, but if this is caused by excessive draw on the database (as was purportedly the case from the words of Blizzard during the beta), do you really think that the crush only 15 hours after the game was released in the middle of a work and school day drawing on the database is anywhere near where it will be after people have had a chance to come home from work and school, go get the game, and play it (let alone play during the holidays)?

I think it will clearly make a difference; I''d put it this way, opening day is not some type of magical event that causes this in its own right; the number of new users all packed in the same area is going to look like an bell curve spread over the next two-three weeks, maybe even longer taking into account Christmas and the game being given to kids as a gift from mom and dad.

Damn, it was running smooth as buttah this morning but I had to go run some errands with the wife. All this talk about the lag being back is disconcerting.

That sounds like the same loot lag that everyone was experiencing near the end of the beta. Was hoping they''d have fixed it.

Well, I guess some of you that are home currently could just create some quick test characters on some other servers and see if its a problem with just Blackhand or if it seems to be a more global issue.

I had no lag problems at all on Bloodhoof (EST zone).

I think it''s going to get slammed this evening when those who didn''t take time off of work come home and play.

They must of fixed it. Only get an occasional hiccup. Man, the newbie areas are crowded, though.

This queue thing is crap. If they keep it up, I''ll just start idling if I am going to be gone less than an hour.

I am really glad GG reminded me that you get the pet on multiple characters, since I have been kicking myself for getting the Diablo instead of the panda for my first character. I''ll just get the panda with the next one.

I have waited to long to not try it, so I opened my game. If it is this way in a month, I am changing servers or dropping it like it''s hot.

After I got in earlier it was pretty good, not much lag at all. The only thing I have noticed since then is the ""dead monster walking"" where you''ll see a creature running in place, but when you mouse over them it says they are dead.

Blackhand is definitely one of the most populous servers. I had a good time today, but I logged out and tried to log back in and I got in a 350 man queue.

Yep no patches for me at all, I just logged in and play. The west coast servers load are really low right now so I''m playing on the West side as my main char. I made level 7 in two hours. not bad!