dahlblom

Well that is probably because you 1) been reading or following people who simply expresses their views or 2) haven't spent time checking the official statements on the forums. No worries. For instance the FAQ thread; Q: How many realms are you opening, and can we have the fresh server first? A: There are currently minimum 3 planned servers: Nostalrius PvP, Nostalrius PvE, and a new fresh realm. The Nostalrius PvP & PvE realms will be launched on December 17th. The fresh realm release date will be announced December 25th.

Anything besides addons in terms of mods is most likely prohibited.

That's not a solution, that's a restriction. The problem with this is validating user(s) using an account and its difficulties. Prohibiting players from being online for a certain amount of time would not make sense to the people who actually went full retard for R14.

"hype is over", overly-dramatic to say the least... This was already given, a January release by this point shouldn't come as any news for the people looking forward to the new Elysium PvP server.

Not only easier, it might even be much more fun. Regardless of choice and looking at the demand of these servers, raids will always be up. This is Nostalrius after all.

This also counts for the cowards who can't let go of their past and start on a new realm with a high competitive spirit.

Precisely. Coming back to the old characters and starting from there is no more fun.

I don't know why people act like chickens without heads all of a sudden. The fresh PvP server will come out and nothing has changed accordingly to their release statements. There wouldn't even had been a server if they didn't believe in it.

Actually a solid point. Except for the data that comes with it, the release day should be just enough for a stable release.

The release of the old nostalrius servers were BOUND to happen (the whole point of the merger). You already knew about this. The "fresh PvP" server was to be announced afterwards, yet you act like they did something wrong. Hilarious

Wow, 31k accounts already. Hype is real.

Opening 2 PvP servers at once would be useless. Having one stable PvP server release with high population would cater to the old and new Nostalrius imagine. It would be much more effective to open a _second server_ once the main hype has settled.

Had the old issues yesterday while using the boats as well - have you mentioned this?

How so? A third stress test doesn't change anything in terms of the speculation that it would be up by the 3- or 4th week next month. If anything the official release will probably by as smooth as it can be, which is mandatory for all the hype and media coverage. If this project completely shuts down during the release, Blizzard will have the upper hand.

You know..the whole point of playing the game is that you have to put some effort into it. Welcome back to the good ol' days.

So you don't need R14 but you talk about not getting "welfare" because it is difficult to spend time reaching these levels. Ironic. You really use your time efficiently.

I'm just amazed that your life depends on either not getting R14 or having a girlfriend. Sad reality

You know, that is why there only could be "1 HWL every week" - this is not some casual retail achievement. Also, you can manage to get it with the benefit of a girlfriend or wife.

I've had zero issues with player experience on macOS

Problem was that you failed to see the main purpose of a stress test. Oh well, ignorance is bliss

This only counts for the fraction of people who apparently can't "work" and still enjoy the perks of being R14. Better luck next time.

A large active population comes with a price, this is nothing new and you should be aware of it (if you played when Nost was active). The competitiveness is what drives each player wanting to play even more, the demand clearly demonstrates this.

Instantly solved it on Mac OS

Anyone managed to do this on a mac?

How does this seem to "have failed"? 1/2 stress tests with more than 10k characters, a MS delay was inevitable but it is still up which is impressive