# Blizzard, you suck. (Lame) **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [January 3, 2005, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blizzard-you-suck-lame/282837 "2005-01-03T15:05:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![DeadlyAccurate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ac91a4/32.png) [@DeadlyAccurate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeadlyAccurate)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2005, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blizzard-you-suck-lame/282837/21 "2005-01-04T13:34:29Z")
> [@sturmhauke](#): > > Blizzard had been absolutely swamped with demand. [They sold 250,000 copies on launch day.](http://www.blizzard.com/press/042427.shtml) That’s a quarter of a million in 24 hours. They jumped from 20 to 50 servers in about a week. I’ve heard MMORPG veterans say that despite the enormous numbers, it’s been a pretty smooth launch compared to Dark Age of Camelot or EverQuest. Now, about 6 weeks in, I’ve experienced no major problems, and not even very many lesser ones. Far from sucking, Blizzard fucking rules. Actually they jumped from almost 50 to almost 90 servers within the first week. ---
**Author:** ![Dangerosa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Dangerosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dangerosa)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2005, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blizzard-you-suck-lame/282837/22 "2005-01-04T14:57:12Z")
You don’t want to overinvest in your infrastructure either, and then end up with a “dog” of a product and several million dollars worth of hardware sitting unused. ---
**Author:** ![sturmhauke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47c2d/32.png) [@sturmhauke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sturmhauke)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2005, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blizzard-you-suck-lame/282837/23 "2005-01-04T17:53:16Z")
> [@DeadlyAccurate](#): > > Actually they jumped from almost 50 to almost 90 servers within the first week. I, uh, I knew that. I was testing your knowledge. Yeah. Actually I think I got confused and was thinking of the Pacific servers, back when they listed them by time zone. ---
**Author:** ![smiling\_bandit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@smiling\_bandit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smiling_bandit)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2005, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blizzard-you-suck-lame/282837/24 "2005-01-04T19:09:10Z")
I have always been against nerfing in principle, because it usually starts off as an overly-specific tweak, and often gets done for poorly-conceived reasons, simply because people whine too much. Sometimes its a good idea. But not often, IMHO. Sometimes boosting is definitely required, though; some classes like the original Ranger in EQ just didn’t get the kind of play they shoud have because they just didn’t have the punch to match most others. And I understand the Monk is now kind of screwed. Now, in Diablo 2, I would have to say that the Paladin was undergunned compared to most of the opposition. Their abilities favored party-based games (and then were pretty decent), but for us single-player peeps (like when I got the game and for a year afterward) they just sucked after Act 2 unless you got lucky on the gear. Or piled everythin in Thorns. but sadly, many of the abilities that looked good at the start wound up being pretty awful later on. I had to start my character over and totally redesign him, which did not please me. ---
**Author:** ![smiling\_bandit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@smiling\_bandit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smiling_bandit)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2005, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blizzard-you-suck-lame/282837/25 "2005-01-04T19:14:21Z")
BTW: the Paladin is a lot more fun to play now. In fact, I’m in act 5 on normal, have only spent about 7 skill points, and am simply thinking about where I want to go from here in terms of skills. I’m not all sure what to get, though I’m considering beefing up the great new lightening aura. Those formerly nigh-useless (yes, I know there were some specialty tricks with them, but it just didn’t work out for me) elemental damage auras are pretty solid now. ---
**Author:** ![WilhelmGefallen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/9f8e36/32.png) [@WilhelmGefallen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WilhelmGefallen)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2005, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blizzard-you-suck-lame/282837/26 "2005-01-06T02:27:43Z")
> [@velveeta](#): > > I bought my husband World of Warcraft for Christmas and he’s really into it. He wants me to play so we can group together, and while I’d really, really like to, I can’t. Blizzard has temporarily ceased production of WoW because too many people bought it and the servers are getting swamped. I can’t find it anywhere online or in my area, and they won’t allow me to purchase a new CD-key and account from them so I can play on the software I already own. So I pit Blizzard for not planning accordingly for the popularity of their game – those Commodore 64’s you picked up on the cheap aren’t cutting it. > I pit myself for being a fucktard and not picking up two copies when I had the chance. Hi Velveeta, if you’re still after a copy, I chucked my brothers (unused copy) up on EBay for you, he didnt deserve it (well actually, he is too busy with Ultima Online and Half-Life 2 at the moment so wants to try my account first) . if you email me I can give you the details. ---
**Author:** ![velveeta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/13edae/32.png) [@velveeta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/velveeta)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2005, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blizzard-you-suck-lame/282837/27 "2005-01-06T02:58:28Z")
> [@WilhelmGefallen](#): > > Hi Velveeta, if you’re still after a copy, I chucked my brothers (unused copy) up on EBay for you, he didnt deserve it (well actually, he is too busy with Ultima Online and Half-Life 2 at the moment so wants to try my account first) . > if you email me I can give you the details. Oh thanks anyway, but I did manage to find a copy and already have a level 12 character. Of course, tonight I can’t log on to the server. ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2005, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blizzard-you-suck-lame/282837/28 "2005-01-06T03:12:15Z")
> [@smiling bandit](#): > > BTW: the Paladin is a lot more fun to play now. In fact, I’m in act 5 on normal, have only spent about 7 skill points, and am simply thinking about where I want to go from here in terms of skills. I’m not all sure what to get, though I’m considering beefing up the great new lightening aura. Those formerly nigh-useless (yes, I know there were some specialty tricks with them, but it just didn’t work out for me) elemental damage auras are pretty solid now. The SDMB D2 presence used to get guys to level 40 pretty fast by using a combination of shockadins with bows and convadins with maces (convadins were used exclusively later on because the aura helped the rushing sorc more than holy shock ever did). Holy Shock can get up there in terms of damage, and if you can just find something that hits really fast you’re gold against anything but stuff with high lightning resistance. (Level 40 because that’s the level at which we could power 7 characters through norm, nightmare and enough of Hell to get 7 sets of forges in each difficulty level. Og damn do I miss those days. I have a Ltgsorc going right now who’s chewing shit up in a1 norm on players 8, but it just isn’t the same without having 3 well-played characters beating the tar out of … everything.) ---
**Author:** ![WilhelmGefallen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/9f8e36/32.png) [@WilhelmGefallen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WilhelmGefallen)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2005, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blizzard-you-suck-lame/282837/29 "2005-01-06T05:19:24Z")
> [@velveeta](#): > > Oh thanks anyway, but I did manage to find a copy and already have a level 12 character. Of course, tonight I can’t log on to the server. Hey thats not a problem, Im going to be installing mine tonight hopefully the servers will be up. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blizzard-you-suck-lame/282837.md?page=1)