Opening Day WoW Stuff

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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.

Blackhand seems to be one of the busiest servers!

Retreat! Retreat!

"LeapingGnome" wrote:

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.

Okay, this is scaring me a little bit, seeing as how right now they are likely at about 1/3 of the load they will have tonight and on the holidays (due to people getting home from work and playing for the first time, not having the game yet on the first day out, etc.).

I guess this probably puts the ""it was caused by intentional stressing of the servers; everything will be fine on opening day"" line that Blizzard threw out to rest.

"SlyFrog" wrote:
"LeapingGnome" wrote:

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.

Okay, this is scaring me a little bit, seeing as how right now they are likely at about 1/3 of the load they will have tonight and on the holidays (due to people getting home from work and playing for the first time, not having the game yet on the first day out, etc.).

I guess this probably puts the ""it was caused by intentional stressing of the servers; everything will be fine on opening day"" line that Blizzard threw out to rest.

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.

Should we rethink Blackhand or do y''all want to tough it out? I haven''t yet created my new characters, so I''m game for whatever...

"TheGameguru" wrote:
"SlyFrog" wrote:
"LeapingGnome" wrote:

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.

Okay, this is scaring me a little bit, seeing as how right now they are likely at about 1/3 of the load they will have tonight and on the holidays (due to people getting home from work and playing for the first time, not having the game yet on the first day out, etc.).

I guess this probably puts the ""it was caused by intentional stressing of the servers; everything will be fine on opening day"" line that Blizzard threw out to rest.

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.

No...simply put..theres a huge amount of people allready playing... its a holiday week for most school kids...many ""adults"" took time off to play..

Servers have been up since last night.. As more people come online in the evening when they get back from work more will drop off to do as time shifts...

If your thinking that the server pops will increase by 50% after some magical hour its not going to happen... Opening day never works like that.

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.

I so wish I could join you guys :cry:. Please, someone, kill a boar for me...

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.

The problems were not just on Blackhand, there was a 20 page thread on the official forums with reports from pretty much all of the servers.

Blizzard has now posted there that the lag issues have been resolved. Don''t know if it''s true but there aren''t a thousand posts popping up screaming about lag any more.

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

Once the powergamers get out of the newbie areas and more of the population gets into the instance dungeons everything should get back to a reasonable level of lag.

For me though..I gotta hand it to Blizzard I had zero problems creating an account and getting my characters made and I played a bit today for about 2-3 hours at work.

BTW.. my CE pet was creatable on 2 characters I made.. not sure about more than 2 but so far it looks like you get one per character you make.

My mini diablo is cool...every now and then he''ll burst into some flame spell and make screaming noises..

LOL

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

Ok, the GWJ Alliance is live! Join the the GWJ channel (/join GWJ) and I''ll check in once in a while if new folks get on and need to be added. I''ll be switching over to Horde now so we can get that guild up and running.

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

""Realm is Full""? What is this stuff? Your place in line is number 81? I have to wait in line to play?

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.

"LeapingGnome" wrote:

""Realm is Full""? What is this stuff? Your place in line is number 81? I have to wait in line to play?

The put the queue system in? I have not opened my copy but that makes me want to return it.

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.

In Beta, I was 230 in line at one point. It took me five minutes to get in.

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.

Hey I just got my account setup and that was smooth.

Now patching away.... wee zero day patch...

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.

Sounds like queues will be gone in a week. Blizzard is trying to spread people out I guess.

Now patching away.... wee zero day patch...

I heard somewhere else that if you have the most recent patched version of the beta client, you don''t have to patch or anything to play. You just log in.

That is true. I had the Open Beta Client and I didnt have to patcha at all.

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!

Its the first day. I think its a little premature to be talking about quiting, returning the game, or changing servers over lag or queues. Have a little patience.

Just finished playing on Blackhand. Got my mage almost to level 9. Lag became unplayable at about 12:30 EST, but I''m not bitter. Had a lot of fun and looking forward to playing over the holidays.

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