Blizzard announced recently that WoW Classic fans will want to plan
ahead for which realms they'll be playing on, as some of them will be
facing dramatically large login queues upon launch, with expectations of
queues in excess of 10,000 players for at least two different realms.
WoW Classic is a departure from the usual Blizzard philosophy of game
development as the company will resurrect a period of time during the
long tenure of World of Warcraft's MMORPG dominance and preserve
virtually everything about it - including some of the less-loved
elements and WoW Classic bugs that were present originally.To get more
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Naturally,
that makes WoW Classic an offering that isn't really for everyone, but
hype for the game has nevertheless persisted in the face of claims that
the game might be too niche to thrive. Concerns over whether or not
Blizzard would be cannibalizing its own current WoW playerbase haven't
dissipated, but recent news regarding the sheer amount of people queuing
up to give WoW Classic a try are heartening for those who worry a
Classic iteration spells eventual doom for the long-standing MMO.
According
to Blizzard, however, WoW Classic appears to be in no danger of
anything short of a smashing launch success - as long as players are
careful about which realm they choose for their characters. Blizzard
issued a warning recently on Battle.net that instructed players to
change server from a specific one that has been popular during the
character name reservation period. According to community manager
Kaivax, the Hero server faces some serious potential issues should the
number of players currently committed to it attempt to log-in during the
launch period:
Blizzard opened up the Stalagg realm in an effort
to stymie the problem before it occurred, but players have been
reluctant to switch realms, as Herod has been an early favorite in the
community that has even had fan-made content written about its
greatness. Many players are simply fans of the name, and the NA-based
realm faces a launch crisis if its popularity persists. Over on the EU
side of things, there's another problem - Shazzrah is facing a similar
clog of players, with the proposed solution being to move over to the
Gehennas realm.
Although 10,000 player login queues sound truly
abysmal, at the very least they're also evidence that Blizzard has a
surprising amount of interest generated for a game that is essentially a
re-release of preserved content that's over a decade old. The old
fan-run WoW Classic servers were immensely popular, though, and a
Blizzard-official iteration has the potential to be one of the biggest
gaming surprises of 2019 - as long as nostalgia isn't preventing people
from remembering the worst parts of classic WoW and there's a major
drop-off after the initial excitement fades away. There's only one way
to find out, though, and that's when WoW Classic launches in just over a
week on August 27, 2019.
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