I know that slambie and grumpicus and I have a character on some Pacific server but I forget the name, I also have one on Cenarius(Pacific), as well as whichever East(I think) Coast server has an apostrophe in it(as do some others).

Actually, I''ve got chars all over the place. I wonder if there''s an easy way to grab that info from the client somehow.

Sorry I couldn''t be more specific, but I was fishing until 1:20am and the Ducki Prince gave me a wakeup call at 7:30.

I''m playing my alt on Cenarion Circle (Pacific) right now, human warrior named Eton. Come play if you wanna, guys.

I just logged into the server fine, it''s 10:46AM CST now. I don''t think I''m going to worry about having a second server. Blizzard will get things sorted out soon enough and if Blackhand is down I just take it as a sign to play something else or do something productive

Besides, the guilds are on Blackhand!

I have a character on Teleran (Mountain) and the population seems to always be LOW.

This is one thing that bites about the server system of these MMORPGs. I realize that it has been a fact of life since the dawn of the genre but, it''s sure nice to be able to log into Guild Wars, play any character I want, talk to anyone in the Guild who''s logged in, etc...

The ability to move your character would add SO much to the viability of the server system in my opinion. Instead you get scenarios like:

Keep in mind I''m only reluctantly playing a MMORPG to begin with though. It just seems to be a pretty big flaw in design.

I agree. I remember EQ (not that I played THAT game) having a service where for a certain amount of online money, you could take your character over to another server.

Or wait. Come to think of it, that was Final Fantasy. Or maybe both. I don''t know.

I like this route. So people aren''t doing it willy-nilly, but to where they CAN do it, if they want.

Bah I dont want to have to pay for it - make it easy for me... I just want to log in and play with little to no effort . Speaking of that - have the servers been up all day? I figure they have since very little posting excpet for me from work .

So does that mean we can have a set Propagandalf on fire party ? Just kidding Propa - luck of the draw so to speak... I imagine that as the new server farms come online it should mitigate the issue.

Weird double post.

Ok, I am really, really, really angry about Blackhand. I just got home from Thanksgiving with the inlaws and I''m in a 300+ queue with over an hour wait. If this is going to be the typical Blackhand experience then I''m moving on.

I really think we need a new official server in the Central timezone.

Do we have a confirmed secondary GWJ server?

EDIT - If I can''t get onto Blackhand I''m going to make a Horde character on Shadowsong.

What I do is login to the game early, much before I intend to play. By the time I''m ready it''s through the queue and waiting at the character list.

Hey, I didn''t pick Blackhand!

This really does suck, though. I just got back from going out and the wife has a buffy DVD to watch so I sit down to play and guess what. 450 player queue. Argh!

I just started a horde character on shadowsong. An hour wait to get into blackhand is insane.

Well, I tried Blackhand on opening day and had a huge queue. No way am I waiting 30 mins to play when there''s a ton of other servers. Currently playing on ... uhh ... some other eastern server with friends and having a blast. The only lag I can recall lasted for less than 30 seconds and it''s far and few between, and we are having a great time playing!

I''ve played a total of 20 hours and gotten my druid up to lvl 15. I understand the newb levels stink, but it might be easier just to pick a new server and grind it out in a night or 2 rather than having to deal with waiting for the server to pan itself out, which could take quite some time.

I''m getting deja vu from this thread. Let me present my feeble attempt at a Certis-style summary.

Invested many hours on Blackhand: log in early, it''s not that bad, have patience, no f''n way are we starting over some place else.

Invested many hours elsewhere: Blackhand sucks, let''s pick a new server, no f''n way I''m waiting in that queue.

No surprises here.

Warlock, I Blackhand is here to stay. Many people (including me ) have put a lot of time into their characters there and don''t want to move on. I also agree with Certis that I don''t think they will keep the caps/queues around forever. Yeah the wait sucks, like someone else mentioned if I''m trying to get on at night, I just login half an hour before I actually want to play, then when I come back I''m good to go.

Has anyone seen an official number from Blizzard on what the cap is?

My concern with Blackhand is we are using it for our official night, but we start at 9:00pm, which is primetime. The queue will probably be around 30 minutes, so some people might be delayed getting in.