Lum's point of view is interesting and one I had not even considered. Since I am a veteran of many MMOG launches, issues like these in WoW do not concern me in the least. I signed up with the expectation that there would be problems. There always are problems.
But the new MMOG gamer... Will problems like this chase them away for ever? I'm not so sure. Yeah, some may be scared off. But many will not. Most any vet of any MMOG launch experienced the same issues in their first MMOG and are still back for more. Often times they even look back on that first game with hearts-a-flutter.
How this situation is handled, and how fast it is fixed will set a tone for what to expect in the future from Blizzard.
Problems in the past are easily forgotten, witness by the numerous posts of how much worse this launch is compared to other games that were disasters (in my opinion).
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Lum's point of view is interesting and one I had not even considered. Since I am a veteran of many MMOG launches, issues like these in WoW do not concern me in the least. I signed up with the expectation that there would be problems. There always are problems.
But the new MMOG gamer... Will problems like this chase them away for ever? I'm not so sure. Yeah, some may be scared off. But many will not. Most any vet of any MMOG launch experienced the same issues in their first MMOG and are still back for more. Often times they even look back on that first game with hearts-a-flutter.
How this situation is handled, and how fast it is fixed will set a tone for what to expect in the future from Blizzard.
Problems in the past are easily forgotten, witness by the numerous posts of how much worse this launch is compared to other games that were disasters (in my opinion).