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Well, it's after maintenance time again.

I spent the first few hours unable to even read the forums, much less play the goddamn game.

Then I finally get in and play for a while. Actually, wasn't even having the enemy looping bug I've been fighting for since 1.9

BTW, that thing can be KILLER on us hunters. Nice to have to run around and find where you are or aren't in range so you can hopefully kill the bastard before he finishes off your pet.

Now I get stuck at "Connecting" or "Authenticating" on good ole Earthen Ring.

I'm going to be quite bitchy about the fact that I was out in the countryside instead of safely in a rest area and the impact that this might have on my XP state.

Blizzard better give us SOMETHING for this nonsense before....well, before I whine more about it.

I considered taking my vitriol to the official WOW boards. But the login server for the forums is down. For me, anyway. Other people seem to be posting their bitchiness just fine.

Go figure.

Heh, funny too that just a few hours ago I logged into the game just fine.  I even switched between characters a few times to juggle transactions.  Now I can't get past the authentication stage either.

NOES

I learned with Shadowbane The Realm that it's not worth getting angry at a game. Just unsub and never look back. Doesn't matter how good or bad a game is if the service sucks. /swg

On my server about half of the guild could connect and the other half couldn't.  I couldn't at all; I never got to the Shadowsong character select but could log on fine to other servers. Luckily the MC candy run was canceled (we need an AQ quest piece). 

Fuck, almost subbed to EVE in frustration.  I almost kinda want to.  I mean... I could have a space ship... WITH LOTS OF MISSILES!!

Same here, I can log into any server but Crushridge. Wonder if it's related to the upgrade they did...


-- Z.

And you'd be able to login and play and not have queues to wait in (EVER!) and, well, just a better all-around quality of service. I'm with schild.

Weird, no troubles on Argent Dawn.  Except for having to log on right as I come home and then make sure that I stay logged on while doing chores, else get kicked off and have to wait 45 mins to relog. 

...

You can't uninstall evil...

OMG, NOW I SEE THE LIGHT.  Thank you, Dr. Phil.

Really, if it ever gets to the point where I don't enjoy playing the game, I'll be gone.  Until then, it's still the best MMORPG for me and I like playing it. EVE has its attractive points, but the issues I have with are with the core game.  I choose on gameplay as long as I consider the level of service and stability tollerable.  In AC2 one of the main reasons I quit was that the level of service and the rampant bugs were just too fucking much.  Combined with lackluster gameplay it wasn't a difficult decision to quit.  Of course, depending on what happens in the next couple of weeks, my experience in WoW could change for the worse and then the technical issues could become enough of an issue to warrant playing a different game. 

As to the current issue, according to Blizzard it was an ISP thing.  Fixed and I could log in this morning. 

Edit: FYI, the above takes into consideration that I will never sub to two MMOs at the same time.

Glad to be of service. Tonight, Oprah and I are talking about video game addiction recovery. ;)

Anyhow, I'm of the same mindset as you. I consider fun, gameplay, service level, etc. And I also only subscribe to one at a time. I just happened to notice that a lot of people bitch about the queue system and connectivity issues with regard to WoW. It's certainly a consideration, but must not be that big of a deal to players because... well... 5.5 million. That speaks for itself.

There is a certain background level of bitching that you will find in any group of 5.5 million people.

Don't tell my wife, she'll run home and TIVO it.


The queue becomes part of routine, like sterilizing the needle before injection.  If I know it's primetime, and I want to play at a certain time... I start the login procedure 30 minutes before I want to play. 

The thing about mmogs is, the average player is 18-25 and puts about as much commitment into a mmog as they do into a girlfriend.  Thus when they "break up" with a mmog, you get the same vitriolic hatred about the mmog as you do when a young 20 something breaks up with his girlfriend (see schild for reference, change everytime he says WoW to "my ex-girlfriend").  Usually this involves fits of depressed drinking, tears, and lots and lots of "well that bitch was a stupid bitch anyways and she was nothing but a bitchy ass bitch bitch", etc.

Hence the "WoW requires 175329057235902860923468209735239067 hours of raiding to get epic gearz, so I quit" or "a GM with epic gearz can two shot me, so I quit", or "WoW has 15 hour queues on slow days, so I quit" or "PvP is nothing but a grind, and it sucks anyways, and is imbalanced, and isn't meaningful, but if it is meaningful then it shouldn't be", or any of the other myriad of overblown complaints you see about WoW in a group of ex-WoW players.  Is it the best thing since sliced bread?  Not bloody likely.  Is it the worst thing since my high school girlfriend dumped me for my drug dealer?  No.  Is it just another game?  We have a winner.

The fanbois are not right that the game is perfect, but the ex-boyfriends are not right that she's nothing but a stupid bitch anyways.  The sad truth is somewhere in between.  It's just a game, it's fun for some, it's not for others, if you're part of the later, don't play it.  If you're part of the former, it's no more buggy than the average game, and it's a lot less buggy than some of the crap that is handed to us masked as a "game".  Its customer support is not above average, but it's not below average either.  It's not the most perfect balanced game to ever exist, but it's not the least balanced game to ever exist.  It's pretty much par for the course for what the game industry produces, and if you're going to pick a champion cause to bring down and stick it to the man for giving us shitty games, you probably could find a much much better candidate than WoW..

That wasn't a perfect post, but it wasn't a bitchy one either. ;)

But seriously, you hit the nail on the head.

Sarcasm.  I...wasn't actually trying to dismiss the queue problem.  But thanks for the pretty colors.

Sometimes us wacko liberulz do indeed know what we are talking about..

I like my new realm's population better than my old one. Yeah we get 1.5-2 hour ques in primetime, but when I log on there's more than enough people playing for my needs/tastes. I'd rather spend that time logging in off a disconnect than log in freely and be greeted by a shitty small realm. Of course I'd prefer if I could have the population without the ques, but that's not one of the choices presented to me. Same reason why im subbed to WoW. ;)

Cough. Splutter.

I feel your pain.  Sometimes it takes me 15-20 seconds to log in to my current MMOG of choice.

I've had one queue on Llane (it said < 1 minute and it took all of < 1 minute).  I was kinda shocked when it happened.  My typical logon experience is about 15-20 seconds, 1-5 minutes on the high end when we have the "authenticating" or "retrieving character list" issues, but I've never seen a mmog without some issues, so 1-5 minutes seems acceptable (though not optimal).

Interestingly enough, there was a message last night that they have stoped character creation on Llane for anyone who isn't already on the server until further notice, to solve performance issues.  Also last night it took less than 5 seconds to log on, I've never seen it go that fast. *shrug*..

Ah, you must play on the same server the Blizz admins play on.

My server was in a list about 20-30 servers long at least.  I'm actually suprised at the lack of gnashing of teeth around here (I didn't see anything on the WoW boards either).  I'm curious as to how long it will last.  It seems rather frightening to me, there are people I'd like to get into the game that I haven't quite convinced yet.. now there is no point in me trying to convince them (in fact, I now must tell my friends "DO NOT START WOW WHATEVER YOU DO", so that they won't have a lvl 35 druid on some other server when they reopen mine for new accounts)..