Comments on: WoW vs WAR: the EU angle

By: spinks

spinks — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 06:23:40 +0000

Arb: Ooops, I’ll edit to note that. Was just going off on one after having checked it last night.

By: arbitrary

arbitrary — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 06:20:53 +0000

We will apparently be able to read the WAR forums once they’re ‘out of beta’ (updated BoG post for that), but Mythic still really really piss me off with their attitude.

By: spinks

spinks — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 05:34:08 +0000

GArmadillo: Oh, I agree. I think it’s just amusing and comes down to some scheduling on web updates. But truth is, I don’t think I have ever felt that we got treated worse in the EU. They’ve fallen over themselves to keep the service offering similar, and we appreciate it.

By: Green Armadillo

Green Armadillo — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 05:08:09 +0000

I’m not sure if the WoW EU site gets info first because Blizzard chose to give it to them first, or because the time difference means that the EU forum people arrive at work earlier (in absolute time, not necessarily local). It seems like the EU site always gets information a few hours earlier that goes up on the US site later that day, and you’d think that they’d spread the first info love around a bit if it was deliberate.

By: spinks

spinks — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 22:06:13 +0000

Regis: The launch was hilariously bad, but I can’t say that I hate them. The guys have always seemed nice enough. I do facepalm sometimes though.

Also, I do feel that some of the issues are because they really are treated like poor relations. Mythic does everything for its US customers first. It is partly the weird nature of the setup where the developer runs the US side only, but you do end up feeling as though it’s Mythic that have let you down.

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In case you missed it everywhere else… « Stylish Corpse — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 21:59:01 +0000

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By: Regis

Regis — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 20:31:57 +0000

As I recall it was pretty much the same with WoW in the beginning. US got all the updates, dev posts and juicy info. They have shaped up really good tho, and seems to to synchronize updates pretty well.
Hopefully the same will happen with WAR (although from what I heard about DAoC and seen so far that doesn’t seem likely).

You don’t dislike GOA? Can you really say that with a straight face after having experienced the launch?