Apparently the devs finally fixed the bug that prevented people from creating name-reservation characters in the PvE (“Normal”) ruleset. Just in time for launch, which is kinda refreshing (fixing something before launch rather than patching it after).
It’s live! Sort of!
I’m in!
I even got the name I wanted.
I was quite surprised I got in within 15 minutes of launch (after several attempts).
The launch was pretty smooth overall.
I was stunned to see so many people in the starting area (I’m a gnome so it was the Ironforge area) but it was pretty smooth (just a 1 minute wait in the queue) and it was fun to do those starting quests I remember.
I like that everything looks so much like it used to, but also improved at the same time. I think that describes every part of the game so far.