I'm back. Guess what brought me back? Think it was a smooth running server? hehe
That's right it's down again. If you go to the realm status page you'll see a 404. However, If you go there again you'll still get a 404. Even so with some persistence you'll eventually get to see the realm status page. Note that 80% of the servers are down. If you look even closer you'll see that the remaining 20% of the servers are queued meaning you can't actually log on to them. Now normally a queued server simply has too many people playing on it, but some of those are medium poplulation servers (not high).
The net result is: World of Warcraft is DOWN.
Yes the unscheduled maintenance was supposed to be complete 10 hours ago for most servers and 6 hours ago for the rest. However right now if you're reading this, you can't play. The credit card servers are still fully functional if you wish to send blizzard money.
To answer a couple posts that came up while I was gone:
I don't think we should compare the quality of one MMORPG to another. No, instead what you should do is look at them independently and determine if you are happy with your service. Don't put up with crappy service just because someone else has it worse than you. Remember, you are paying for this.
Nerfs: Sorry, I'll cut blizzard slack on this. They are gameplayers just like us and they seem pretty well qualified to make adjustments to gameplay issues. The fact is with 1.5 million people, not everyone is going to be happy. Sorry it didn't work out for you. But if it makes you feel any better you can rub it in when it happens to me.
I'll stand by my idea of real tech support. This isn't a one time cost game. It's a monthly expense. They are providing a service and that should include tech support when things don't work. "Go post your question in the forums to all the other people who have no access to the inner workings of the game" is NOT tech support. Sure some guy getting 10/hr to read from a script would be annoying but you back him up with a pyramid of increasingly competent techs so that when you have a REAL problem you can get it fixed (or reach someone empowered to give you a refund).
Ah yes...
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I'm sure I enjoy World of Warcraft, but I just don't remember that I do right now. At this moment I have completely forgotten the respect that Blizzard earned over the past decade. Right now I think they are a chunk of smelly sh1t and I feel completely ripped off.
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...ok, you had alot going here with your rant until you reverted to a 5th grader.
It's a RANT. Trust me it could be worse.
Although my mood has calmed a bit since my original post, my respect for blizzard has not yet returned. The artists and world designers have done a wonderful job but the company as a whole is getting a "D" for execution.
Some additional rants for ya:
There is a bug that drops people in the middle of the ocean to die when they try to take a boat to a different continent. If your hearthstone is used up already, too bad - looks like you'll be paying for resurection repairs. Don't bother posting in the forums in a positive, constructive way or asking the GMs for assistance. No one at blizzard gives a crap.
The Rogue Vanish skill is still broken. Not that vanish is important to a rogue or anything.
Your hearthstone now gets used up if you leave your party while in an instance.
With the last patch a bug was reintroduced that they had previously fixed. Your mouse pointer will sometimes freeze shortly after starting a game. Workarounds: Reboot your computer between WoW sessions - playing two consecutively causes this (be it minutes hours or days). Another workaround - alt-tab over to your desktop and start then close another 3D app. It will properly shut down it's 3D window and give you your pointer back. GLQuake works surpisingly well for this since it loads quickly.
Rant complete. Until next time...