Yogg+0 Paragon Video, More Wintergrasp Changes, Coliseum & Isle of Conquest Questions

[WoRBot]

Paragon's video of their world 2nd kill of Yogg-Saron with no keepers, more changes to Wintergrasp in 3.2, and Zarhym collecting questions from the community.Read More

[lora]

dont like where wg is going :/

[Eulo]

I was getting flashbacks to "inv. inv. who has the raid? inv. starting the raid. wtf are there two raids?!" Guess that won't be the case.

[The green fox]

Well no matter if you like the wg we got now or want something else then I think that making it slighly instance is the only thing they can do. On alot of servers wg is unplayable and making it a game about pvp and viechle combat and less about who got the least lag or can spam most aoe is better then nothing.

I agree its not perfect but I just dont see what else they can do, and before somebody says buy new servers then my guess would be that by the time the new servers were ready we would have a new expansion.

[ryguy]

I agree, the whole "buy more servers" is such a idiotic comment.

I'm a game developer for Sony SOE (no I don't work on Everquest) and before we even THINK about new server equipment, we take a look at the game first. We check out our dead reckoning and make sure there isn't anything else we can "fake" or make communication more efficient. (Send only what you need, when you need)

Once we execute the above, we bill our hours, even if we just took a peek.

If that's not enough, we have our IT look at the hardware (again, bill hours) and see exactly what is needed instead of blindly buying more servers.

All these players think Blizzard and other game companies have this infinite supply of money. The truth is, these companies have bills. They pay for maintenance, development, the lights that light up the vending machine, the Playstation games in the break room, and the "free" soda.

Another thing, just because you pay 14.95 a month does not put you on the board of directors :P

[adrenalize]

Originally Posted by ryguy

I agree, the whole "buy more servers" is such a idiotic comment.

I'm a game developer for Sony SOE (no I don't work on Everquest) and before we even THINK about new server equipment, we take a look at the game first. We check out our dead reckoning and make sure there isn't anything else we can "fake" or make communication more efficient. (Send only what you need, when you need)

Once we execute the above, we bill our hours, even if we just took a peek.

If that's not enough, we have our IT look at the hardware (again, bill hours) and see exactly what is needed instead of blindly buying more servers.

All these players think Blizzard and other game companies have this infinite supply of money. The truth is, these companies have bills. They pay for maintenance, development, the lights that light up the vending machine, the Playstation games in the break room, and the "free" soda.

Another thing, just because you pay 14.95 a month does not put you on the board of directors :P

But Blizzard make ?98 Million a month from suscriber fee's, surely they can throw money at the servers until the magically fix themselves.* I hear that dollar bills stuffed directly in the processer socket make excellent gains in performance**

* This may be Sarcasm
** This Is Sarcasm

[Valaelea]

Originally Posted by adrenalize

But Blizzard make ?98 Million a month from suscriber fee's, surely they can throw money at the servers until the magically fix themselves.* I hear that dollar bills stuffed directly in the processer socket make excellent gains in performance**

* This may be Sarcasm
** This Is Sarcasm

A hardware solution for a software problem isn't a real solution.

Its a complication.

[koenigsegg]

Paragon a new guild? Don't think I heard from them before when it comes to world first...or top-10. Not that I searched their name or something like that.

EDIT: Ah, they formed right before WotLK...a merge.