This past week has not been a particularly good one in regards to AAA game launches, by any means. With Ubisoft’s remarkably disastrous Assassin’s Creed launch and numerous issues surrounding the release of, the subject of this article, Blizzard’s World of Warcraft: Warlords of Draenor, it’s undoubtedly been a bumpy ride for many within the gaming community this week.
In response to the many problems, which include ludicrously long queue times (which are a side effect of Blizzard temporarily reducing the maximum number of people allowed in each realm) and various connection issues, that World of Warcraft‘s Warlords of Draenor expansion are experiencing at launch, it appears that the moderators on World of Warcraft‘s popular subreddit, r/WoW, have ceased moderating content and posts submitted on the subreddit.
Read more details regarding this situation after the break.
World of Warcraft Subreddit, r/WoW, Ceases Moderation
As a preface to the following information, and a more in-depth explanation from Blizzard about the issues Warlords of Draenor has been subject to recently, the company stated:
“Europe was our first region to launch, and we encountered a few issues due to the sheer number of players attempting to enter Draenor from a single location. We worked to add multiple new ways to access Draenor, and this helped ease some of the initial rush into the new expansion as players were able to access it from their capital cities, as well as from the shrines in Pandaria.
“While that solution helped a ton for our North American launch, we ran into a few other issues, including a distributed denial of service attack, that resulted in increased latency.”
Other issues currently plaguing the recently released World of Warcraft expansion include server time-outs and general server issues.
As previously mentioned, moderators on World of Warcraft’s r/WoW have ceased moderating what is submitted to the subreddit, due largely in part to the above issues that are affecting many PC gamers enjoyment of the game.
You can read the full post describing the mods’ reasoning behind their decision below:
“After 48 hours and still not being able to play, we feel your pain. My mods have spent the whole time removing shitposts and the same screenshots over and again and they are getting burned out. We expect this sort of thing for a day or so whenever Blizzard has issues, but this is going on for too long and we have other shit to do besides babysit the new section all day. We don’t get paid for this, remember. We’re 100% volunteers.
From this moment forward, post whatever you want within our normal rules. I am calling the other mods off and giving them a break. Post your experiences, if it clogs up the sub and turns everything into a mess, so be it.
Since I won’t be able to play tonight (7500 in queue, only moved a few hundred in a couple of hours) and won’t be able to before work tomorrow (maintenance again), I’ll check back in 24 hours. If I unable to play after work tomorrow, this sub will go private until I am able to log in.
Thank you and have a nice day.”
“Edit: A few commentors seem concerned about the possibility of this sub going private. A couple of points:
I seriously doubt that another 24 hours from now I still will not be able to log in, so don’t get upset yet.
It’s not to punish the community. Let’s be honest, there has never been any WoW news that wasn’t reported somewhere else first. But I am a consumer advocate first and a mod second. If I feel like the product is faulty, then I cannot in good conscience help to sell it.
I’ve been called a “Blizzard shill” more times than you will ever know. If this doesn’t prove I’m not, nothing will.”
What are your thoughts on r/WoW’s mods’ decision to quit moderating content posted on the World of Warcraft subreddit for the time being? Have you experience some or all of the reported issues with Warlords of Draenor? In your opinion, has Blizzard released a truly faulty product? Why or why not?
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