The Ahn'Qiraj Tailgate 72
AFK Gamer reports live from in front of the Ahn'Qiraj gate on the Medivh server in World of Warcraft. Folks on that server became the first in the game to complete the grueling quest to supply the Alliance and Horde with supplies. The supplies (food, bandages, and ore) are slated to be used in the upcoming war with the insect-monsters of the Silithus Zone. Now that the quest is complete, it will be almost five days as the supplies make their way to the front lines. At that point, the Gate of Ahn'Qiraj will open and two new dungeons will become available to the community. Players from all servers have been flocking to Medivh to witness the event, which has prompted a response from Blizzard. From Foton's report: "We had a difficult decision when players started gravitating towards Medivh. In the end, we had to make a choice between: 1) Letting everyone show up in Ahn'Qiraj until the realm crashed, thus allowing no one to experience the event whatsoever; or 2) Remove the low level players from the area, thus allowing the players who worked for the event -- the true residents and community of the realm -- to enjoy it." As a result of yesterday's events, they've disallowed new characters on the Medivh server.
Re:Well, guess I'm done donating (Score:3, Informative)
Feel free to witness the event
It would have been nice for Blizzard to have forseen this, but it will only be a problem on the first few servers to unlock the event. Once someone records a video clip and sends it around, everybody will lose interest and there won't be the need to remove low-level players from that one zone.
Also, I should point out that the event is global, and will probably cause interesting things to happen in other zones as well.
Re:What about option 3? (Score:4, Informative)
DB: Oracle [blizzard.com].