World of Warcraft Trial Period Extended

Posted by Zonk on Saturday November 27, 2004 @08:45AM from the more-free-time-means-more-murlocks dept.

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."

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Re:3 Servers are STILL down from 2nd day of "launc by RogueyWon · 2004-11-27 09:30 · Score: 1, Troll

The original post may have been whinging in tone, but I can see the point and if I were in the same situation, I'd be annoyed. One of the real thrills in any MMORPG is to be at the "top" of your server.

This isn't just a prestige/ego thing, although that's no small part of it. In the first few months of a MMORPG, those who are at the "top" get to engage in the greatest share of genuine discovery, in terms of quests, abilities, areas to explore and so on. Once you fall behind the pack, the rest of the game is comprehensively "spoiled" for you and due to the very nature of the game, it's almost impossible to avoid this.