TBC launch: flawless victory?

I'm level 4 on my dranei shaman (as I don't have any 60 to go see the outlands on the euro servers) and having fun.

The zone art is awesome and one step higher than classic WoW, while I have some complaints about some minor details and character art (like hairstyles, blood elfs in particular). I also didn't like the running animations, but after playing more I like draenei's animations overall (and voices too!).

The launch here was absolutely smooth, or at least it was from my personal perspective (and I also play on one of those servers branded "full"). The expansion was activated without even requiring downtime, just a relaunch of the client. The server is working without an hint of lag and the starting zones have players without being overcrowded (but it's night here).

I'm speaking way too early, but for now it's a flawless victory. We'll see in the next days.

Tomorrow I'll try to take out some statistics with Census to try to figure out what's the new population cap.

EDIT: When even on FoH you read it was a flawless launch, then maybe it's true. But we still have to see how the population increases in the next days.

P.S.
Notice how the "secret" of WoW's art is all in the colors. Every screenshot and zone seems to have an unique palette. And really close to a painting effect.

Re: TBC launch: flawless victory?

Most of the stuff I've seen about TBC makes me want to pick WoW back up and give it a try again. But the problem is all I have to do is think about the end game, or the server problems we (my friends and I) had to deal with for sometimes weeks on end. and I don't have much trouble beating down the urge.

Hope you have a good time, be sure to post some good pics too. ^^

EDIT: I meant to post this on the more recent topic, oh well.

Re: TBC launch: flawless victory?

Y-you're . . . happy?

Who are you and what have you done with Hrose! ;)

Lucky . . . some of us have to wait until the workday is over tomorrow to play. Play tourist for those of us coming in late!

Re: TBC launch: flawless victory?

I agree with you Abalieno. I've had nothing but success and fun while playing my new blood elf. I am a 100% fan of the Warcraft art. All the zones have a unique feel that makes me really want to explore the areas. The colors are so vibrant and exciting. Definitely a round of applause for Blizzard in my book (at least on Ner'Zhul).

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