The Video Game Revue

WoW Patch 1.8.1 Broken?

Since the latest WoW patch, I've had a bitch of a time trying to get into the game. I'm having obvious connection problems with my character not fully loading and all of the other players and NPCs appearing as frozen "Unknown Identity" characters. My GF is understandably frustrated as she plays WoW 20 hours per week and hasn't been able to get online lately.

Initially I just thought that I had a bad router setup, since my router recently died and I had to replace it. No amount of fiddling with the thing has helped though, and I've noticed that there is quite a bit of activity on the WoW Tech Support forums (two threads in particular caught my eye) complaining that since the last patch lots of network connectivity problems have cropped up. This problem appears to be affecting hundreds, or possibly thousands of players. Bad patches do happen from time to time.

It's also a funny coincidence that what sounds like one of the more serious snags to hit WoW yet (if reports are to be believed) has arrived just as BlizzCon is starting up. I have to wonder if somehow the 1.8.1 patch wasn't rushed out of the door to make time for the big party, since I imagine that Blizzard's programmers and engineers probably get to have a bit of time off to enjoy the festivities.

posted by Parappa @ 9:48 AM