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Game Forum / Role Playing Games / Warcraft / September 20083.0.2 live today?
Not home from work yet but curious. Seems the weekly down time is a bit longer than most Tuesdays. I don't really expect it for a while but would nice sooner... > Not home from work yet but curious. Seems the weekly down time is a > bit longer than most Tuesdays. I don't really expect it for a while > but would nice sooner... Nope, didn't happen. I was able to log on at noon (finally) just to check, and no patch installed, no EULA, no TOU. Xymmie On Sep 23, 3:31 pm, chuckseym...@tds.net wrote: > Not home from work yet but curious. Seems the weekly down time is a > bit longer than most Tuesdays. I don't really expect it for a while > but would nice sooner... Really it should be expected. They're increasing the load on the servers with this patch and expansion. They need time to ensure all the server hardware is capable of handling the new load. The long downtimes happened before TBC too. > Not home from work yet but curious. Seems the weekly down time is a > bit longer than most Tuesdays. I don't really expect it for a while > but would nice sooner... Just speaking as an old retired businessman who knows a little about marketing and who has been around the block a few times: I'm guessing the patch will go live the Tuesday before or (more likely) the Tuesday following Blizzcon on October 10 and 11. This is just about one month before the release of Wrath. (I like that "Release of Wrath!") This puts the patch right when Blizzard is getting the most media attention before the upcoming release. That means the patch goes live October 14. This would be the smartest marketing move. That still gives enough time to work out any last-second glitches, generates a lot of interest (hype) for Wrath, which should peak about the time Wrath hits the shelves. Anyway, that is what I would do if I was in charge of Blizzard's marketing department. Who knows, maybe some smart young kid has it wired differently, but one thing you can say about Blizzard -- they know something about marketing.  SignatureWaddling Eagle World Famous Flight Instructor ... >I'm guessing the patch will go live the Tuesday before or (more likely) >the Tuesday following Blizzcon on October 10 and 11. This is just about >one month before the release of Wrath. (I like that "Release of >Wrath!") This puts the patch right when Blizzard is getting the most >media attention before the upcoming release. That means the patch goes >live October 14. I've heard that the Headless Horseman's flying mount could be a drop this year, which would also point to a patch before Oct 18 (start of Hallow's End season), assuming it isn't already in the current code. --- Merlyn LeRoy > I'm guessing the patch will go live the Tuesday before or (more likely) > the Tuesday following Blizzcon on October 10 and 11. This is just about > one month before the release of Wrath. (I like that "Release of > Wrath!") This puts the patch right when Blizzard is getting the most > media attention before the upcoming release. That means the patch goes > live October 14. I'm guessing the week before. Though i fail to see why they should try to get media attention about a patch, something that non players care 0% about. > Anyway, that is what I would do if I was in charge of Blizzard's > marketing department. Who knows, maybe some smart young kid has it > wired differently, but one thing you can say about Blizzard -- they > know something about marketing. Or possibly game making. >> I'm guessing the patch will go live the Tuesday before or (more likely) >> the Tuesday following Blizzcon on October 10 and 11. This is just about [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > > Or possibly game making. They do. The best marketing in the world won't help you if you don't have a product. And the best product in the world is worthless if you don't have someone to sell it. SignatureWaddling Eagle World Famous Flight Instructor > the best product in the world is worthless if you > don't have someone to sell it. Just takes longer :) > I'm guessing the week before. Though i fail to see why they should try > to get media attention about a patch, something that non players care 0% > about. They want players who are bored with WotLK to start playing again, and a new profession and an expanded talent tree combined with an upcoming expansion might do that. I have a real-life friend who gave up on the game because his raid was having difficulty making the transition from Karazhan to 25-man content, partially due to two 10-man factions forming in the guild. Now that you can raid either 10-man or 25-man depending on the size of your raid community, that problem should go. Am I right in thinking that you can jump straight into the first 25- man raid with "dungeon set" blues, or do you need epics from the 10- man version first? Hoofu, 70 tauren shaman, Argent Dawn (EU) |
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