What more is being done about server queues?

#1 - Jan. 3, 2007, 7:09 p.m.

Q u o t e:
I really would like to know.

When in two weeks we will be faced with 6000+ people lines for days, what are we honestly supposed to do? If last night there were already 1000 people queues to get on our server, what will happen when Burning Crusade is released?

Seriously, what are we supposed to do. We will have the game installed but for days it will be impossible to get on the servers unless you queue for hours or manage to stay on all day using a drinking bird to press space bar on your keyboard for the whole day (which will not work anyway due to server crashes).

Unless the max population per server has been purposefully tuned down so that less people can get on now and then have those numbers magically increased on release day then we are going to face serious problems on a massive scale.

People unable to log on their realm will migrate for the night to other realms and create level 1s to play around, increasing the lag and issues for other servers, it will snowball and be a total nightmare.

Are you seriously hoping to be able to get on your server during the first week unless you log at 4am?

A serious issue that lacks just attention.

Tseric

#7 - Jan. 3, 2007, 7:58 p.m.

Realm population and queues have been an issue we have been spending a great deal of time with in the past. We have been providing regular updates for our Network Operations team and have repeatedly reduced, removed or regulated realm population in that time.

In the past week, we have seen something of a surge and we are already in the works to provide Free Character Transfers for a number of realms to deal with spiking of queues. Obviously, we will deal with the most severe realms first, so if you do not see your particular realm on the first list, it does not indicate that you will receive no assistance for this in the future.

Keep watch on the General stickies for announcements relating to Free Transfers within the next couple of days.

Tseric

#26 - Jan. 3, 2007, 8:31 p.m.

Q u o t e:

There's a low-population, not queued at peak times RP-PvE realm? Where? :)

Steamwheedle Cartel. It isn't low-pop (increasing towards full), but it hasn't seen real queues, yet. ;)

Tseric

#102 - Jan. 4, 2007, 2:28 a.m.

/bumping in hopes of assuaging spam about queues on individual realms.

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