I have played, well I did play World of Warcraft (WoW) when it first was released. Not much anymore even though I’m thinking I may get back into it again.
However when I hear stories such as this, I recall why I quit playing WoW in the first place. For those who don\’t know me, I’m an avid beta tester and MMORPG gamer. I’ve played nearly every game ever released, ever. Well except those I did not want to play. If enough people ask me I may sit down and count all the games I’ve played.
Right, now why did I quit playing Wow? Well the game was fun, easy if not as painful as others when it came to moving around the planet, the graphics were great, and there are enough elements to make this very entertaining. Guilds and teams were well designed but the PvP could have been improved but it works for not creating two parts to the same world.
No it wasn’t even the cost. I loved the game card idea, since it saved one from having to risk a credit card on the internet (certainly not a wise idea).
So what was it?
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It was the constant patching.
Yes Blizzard in their ignorance decided that bit-torrent would be the way to go. This way they prevent entire nations populations from having to download patches from them. Let everyone leech from each other. Sounds good except.
It’s slower than molasses! It takes forever to patch! If you have a firewall (and who doesn’t these days) you have to open half the internet to the download. Totally *censored*ing stupid!
The lead developer during E3 a few years back explained that it would be state of the art. Well it’s only saved money for Blizzard, it certainly hasn’t bid them many friends or supporters. However like most gamers I know..you don’t complain you just jump through the hoops. Its a shame that such a good game is marred by one really bad design flaw, even though it means a large $$$ savings for the company.
[Editors note: it could be worse, you could be downloading from premium pay websites WITHOUT a pay account]
[Writers note: it is...read more]
Blizzards latest patch is trying to improve this, but, yep you guessed it, *censored*ing it up even worse.
It appears that now the downloader is running contantly, and stealing bandwidth doing what bit torrents do…move torrents. ISP’s especially have not been ignoring this increase in traffic, and you shouldn’t either.
Yes there is NOW a forum on DSLREPORTS.COM dealing with WoW. What does this tell you.
Blizzard get a clue and replace this hapless method with something that doesn’t steal from your customers.
Arenasoft have the RIGHT idea…streaming updates…YES!! That is the way to go.
Until WoW patches get exploited….we’ll be here chuckling at all the stupidity
called ‘state of the art’.
Oh, and here’s the report from DSLREPORTS.com
There’s been ample grumbling this week about the 1.10 patch for World of Warcraft, because the Bit-Torrent based WOW game downloader now apparently runs all the time, slowly leeching your bandwidth, even when the updater isn’t running (a problem clearly for capped users). Blizzard responded to complaints by allowing users to disable the function, though some have had trouble getting it to work.
Blizzard responded to complaints by allowing users to disable the function, though some have had trouble getting it to work. Blizzard has also updated their FAQ on the matter.
In Other words…We aren’t doing a thing to make it better. Suck it up paying (L)user!!
Now submit your credit card to me…yes you cannot resist even though you’ll have to spend 40 hours updating a month!!
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