World of Warcraft Trial Period Extended

EvilAvatar has details on the recent World of Warcraft server issues. This despite the addition of over 88 servers in the last week. Total game population is already in the 200,000 subscriber neighborhood and rising. As a result of the lag, the free month included in the box is being extended for an indetermined amount of time. From the article: "We sincerely apologize for any inconvenience and are dedicated to providing World of Warcraft players with the best play experience possible. Therefore we'll be adding a small trial-period extension for players who created accounts before or during the downtime. In the days ahead, we'll provide additional details on how the trial-period extension will be determined."

Been playing since day one...

[sgant]

Got this the day it came out, and I must have been one of the lucky ones because I've yet to sit in a que.

I have experienced the loot lag though, but I'm cutting Blizzard some slack as they would have had a totally smooth launch if they didn't have so many fans of the game coming out in droves to play it. 200,000 plus accounts made within the first two days? That tends to slow things down.

By contrast, EQ2 had a flawless launch by all accounts I've read, but when you have what, 5 people buy the game it tends to run smoothly. Ok, that's not fair, they had many more people than that. At least over 20 or so.

But WoW is running smooth now on my server. No lag now, never a que still...for me at least. So far it's been a great game. And no, it's not a "MMORPG for newbies" either. No more than any other MMORPG out there.

Re:Been playing since day one...

[Anonymous Coward]

I have been wavering on WOW. I haven't followed its development and was never a massive Warcraft fan (though I do like it). I couldn't figure out how you could make an MMORPG out of a freaking hunt/gather/build strategy game.

I almost bought it the other day, but $15/mo seemed a little expensive to me, too.

However, after this article, I have decided I'm going to go out and buy it today. This action by Blizzard has made the decision for me. I've played so many MMORPGs that were boring level treadmills *and* the people sucked *and* the performance sucked *and* they weren't ready to go live, when they went live.

That BLizzard woudl do what most MMORPG publishers won't, and flat out say "we'll extend the free play until we set things right" is a strong showing. I appreciate a company that communicates with its players and *CUSTOMERS* rather than leaving them in the dark.

No link to the Blizzard forum post.

[Trikenstein]

Has anyone gotten an email from Blizzard stating this?
I haven't...

Also, Blizzard forum accts have been hacked before iirc.

I'll believe it when the announcment is sitting in my inbox...