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14-09-2004, 23:36 #1
data: beta, release, serverswitching.....
Antwoorden op vaak gestelde vragen :
Servers will be split into the regions of US West, US East, Europe, and Asia (Korea), with the possibility of Chinese servers down the line. Each region will support 4 times the present capacity of the stress test, which I think was 12 servers in itself. They plan to have the hardware on hand to scale up or down the servers needed at will.
They aim for each server to cater to 3000 players at any one time.
All European countries will be able to play at launch.
There was 10 times the European interest in WoW that they were expecting, and they are taking the market very seriously. Apparently in 2008 the number of MMO gamers in Europe will equal the US market – and I think they want a piece of the action!
Initially servers will be forced. This means that people in the US will have to choose between East and West. Europeans wont be able to play on the US servers and vice versa. The Asian servers will obviously also be cut off from others.
The servers are being forced as the Producer stressed the need for a low latency, but I was told that there will be an option shortly after launch for people to change to any server (against Blizzards recommendation), as they know there are people desperate to play on specific servers regardless.
Blizzard are keen for the customer support level to parallel that of the USA; by forcing servers initially they believe they can improve this support, for example as GM’s will be on in your prime time for your country.
The eventual choice of which server you play on will be down to changing your payment method – not importing a box from another country. Essentially I got the impression it would mean somehow switching payment method to Euros / dollars depending what server you wish to switch to.
Dates
The Blizzard tour is doing a country a day!
The release date for the US is not confirmed, however the Producer mentioned the Euro launch would be out likely before Christmas, and that the US release would be a couple of months before that…
The European beta is coming soon, likely within two weeks. In fact, the Producer said, they are counting down in days not weeks!
There will not be a worldwide release. US and Asia will be released first, with Euro a couple of months after (this winter for Euro, it was hinted).
source : worldofwar.netno votes
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15-09-2004, 00:04 #2Member
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Als ik da goed lees: Europe krijgt het spel later? O_o
OMFG, wa een verdomde marketting :/
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15-09-2004, 00:12 #3
Jammer dat de Euros het weeral is later krijgen.
Dit is bijna hetzelfde als AC2, toen dat uitkwam kon je alleen maar op de US servers spelen als je een US adres en US visa had ofzo.
En als de US launch in November is zie de Euro launch niemeer voor dit jaar
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15-09-2004, 00:33 #4
SCHANDALIG
waarom moetten wij altijd de underdog zijn
Wij krijgen alles later.
Zie maar naar FFXI die zitten al bijna aan hun 3 expantion
grrr ik begin meer een meer Anti- USA te wordenAlone we are good but together we are perfect.
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The loot is strong in this boy. I sence he will bring ballance to the Forceno votes
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gewoon de collectors edition preorderen en dan hedde het gelijk met hun
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dus met een belgische visa gade et ni kunnen spelen ??
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normaal dat euro alles later krijgt da is zo bij elke mmorpg omdat de mmorpg markt in korea and usa groter is en daarop eerst willen concentreren.
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wasser zo erg aan later krijgen?
europeanen spele toch ni op zelfde server als amerikanen (hoogstwaarschijnlijk) dus er is niet echt een nadeel voor ons als het op levellen aankomt
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15-09-2004, 13:53 #10
da is nu toch al een mand of 3 geweten dat we geen worldwide release krijgen so who cares...zolang da we het krijgen ist goe he...
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15-09-2004, 13:57 #11
mja, bekijk et zo, als het hier later uitkomt heeft blizz mss ondertussen de tijd om nog wat bugs weg te werken en dingen bij te steken.
Zodoende krijgen wij een betere versie uiteindelijk, wel een beetje later, maar goed. Always look on the bright side
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All European countries will be able to play at launch.
There was 10 times the European interest in WoW that they were expecting, and they are taking the market very seriously. Apparently in 2008 the number of MMO gamers in Europe will equal the US market – and I think they want a piece of the action!
wilt dit ni net zeggen dat het wel tesamen word gereleased :/.no votes
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Imo wel O_o
En @ Bolteh, ik wil geen 3 maanden langer wachten dan die stomme Amerikanen (en ja ze zijn over het algemeen stommer dan de gemiddelde europeaan, om nog maar te zwijgen over dikker, maar das een ander verhaal).///Corsair R500 Black Case - Corsair TX750M PSU - Gigabyte Z68XP-UD4 - Intel i5 2500k – Corsair Vengeance 2 x 4 GB DDR3 - Gigabyte GeForce 560 Ti - 120 GB OCZ Vertex 2 SSD – 3 TB HDDno votes
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16-09-2004, 00:35 #14
mja, ik had dat wel kunnen denken dat wij, europeanen, weer een paar maand achter zullen komen
nu ja, "voor kerstdag" lijkt mij wel veel te optimistisch, kerstdag = 25-12-2004, US release paar maand eerder, stel nu 2 maand -> 25-10-2004, hmm, US release voor eind volgende maand?? nee, dat kan niet
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