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WoW... it already sucks *explodes*
17 years ago
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I tried it once... and I didn't care for it for a few reasons (Main one being I'm not an MMO person). This is not the point of this entry...
One of my friends wanted to game with me in it, so I got a 'recruit a friend' message. Despite my aversions to the game, I joined in.
... I haven't even touched the game... and I want to kill it... moreso than when my friend let me borrow his account. Here's why:
1: When I receive an authentication key for a program via e-mail, I figured the key would be used on the install. Maya PLE 7 and 8 did this. I was wrong... there is no key needed to install, only to authenticate an account...
2: The way they have joining set up, Blizzard makes it look like you have to create an account before you can download the client. In reality, you can download the client at any time. I didn't know this given the process of account creation.
3: Since I created the account and was lead to the download page, I figured it wouldn't take to long to download... but the omen came in the 1.4mb client file...
I asked the friend who recruited me to tell me how big the game was...
... It was almost 4gb...
Thats right... you download a 1.4 mb file... to download a DVD...
I expected a long download (Since a demo for 'The Witcher', which is 2gb, took around 4 hours). By simple math, this would have been downloaded overnight... but...
4: The downloader is a BitTorrent client. This means my bandwith for download is cut in half. Furthermore, I've UPLOADED more than I've downloaded due to peer sharing.
5: The client it's downloading isn't even the most recent version...
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Why the hell didn't they offer the Torrent instead? I mean... least with a torrent, I can pause and resume it when I please. With this propriatery client... I don't know what will happen if I cancel it. Does it pick up if I resume it, or do I have to start all over again?
I've been downloading this client for roughly 30 hours now... and It's only 35% finished. And... since my account is active, this means I have less play time. Sure, lets give them 10 days, and not tell them it takes 3 days to download and patch the thing.
Out of frustration, I actually ran up to a nearby Gamestop, and bought a trial DVD. Least then, I can bypass the 4gb download... save patching... which shouldn't take nearly as long.
I just now canceled what I was downloading (So there goes 30 hours down the tubes)... and it looks like it will take significantly less time (465mb as opposed to around 4gb). Outside of that... I don't know how long it will take.
I'm really tempted to complain to Blizzard about this, since not only did they make it look like you had to activate your key to download the client, but I lost a chunk of limited account time due to said download (which I ended up canceling since the DVD bypassed it). It's like getting a day pass to a theme part, but waiting in line for half the parks operating hours to get in... you feel extremely jipped.
If I do complain, I'm going to ask for either:
1: Compensation for time lost. Though my account was activated, I hadn't even INSTALLED the game til that time. I got around that by buying a trial DVD, and now I'm waiting for that to patch... so I'm still on the clock with them for all intents and purposes. They promised 10 days of play... but due to downloads and patches, you only get 7, give or take? That's not right.
2: Get rid of my account and refunfd my friends recrutment status. She wasted it on a person who very well may not have logged in at all.
If I knew then what I now know... I would have gone about this differently, but due to crappy layouts, ordering, and the users common assumption that authentication keys are put in on install...
One of my friends wanted to game with me in it, so I got a 'recruit a friend' message. Despite my aversions to the game, I joined in.
... I haven't even touched the game... and I want to kill it... moreso than when my friend let me borrow his account. Here's why:
1: When I receive an authentication key for a program via e-mail, I figured the key would be used on the install. Maya PLE 7 and 8 did this. I was wrong... there is no key needed to install, only to authenticate an account...
2: The way they have joining set up, Blizzard makes it look like you have to create an account before you can download the client. In reality, you can download the client at any time. I didn't know this given the process of account creation.
3: Since I created the account and was lead to the download page, I figured it wouldn't take to long to download... but the omen came in the 1.4mb client file...
I asked the friend who recruited me to tell me how big the game was...
... It was almost 4gb...
Thats right... you download a 1.4 mb file... to download a DVD...
I expected a long download (Since a demo for 'The Witcher', which is 2gb, took around 4 hours). By simple math, this would have been downloaded overnight... but...
4: The downloader is a BitTorrent client. This means my bandwith for download is cut in half. Furthermore, I've UPLOADED more than I've downloaded due to peer sharing.
5: The client it's downloading isn't even the most recent version...
---
Why the hell didn't they offer the Torrent instead? I mean... least with a torrent, I can pause and resume it when I please. With this propriatery client... I don't know what will happen if I cancel it. Does it pick up if I resume it, or do I have to start all over again?
I've been downloading this client for roughly 30 hours now... and It's only 35% finished. And... since my account is active, this means I have less play time. Sure, lets give them 10 days, and not tell them it takes 3 days to download and patch the thing.
Out of frustration, I actually ran up to a nearby Gamestop, and bought a trial DVD. Least then, I can bypass the 4gb download... save patching... which shouldn't take nearly as long.
I just now canceled what I was downloading (So there goes 30 hours down the tubes)... and it looks like it will take significantly less time (465mb as opposed to around 4gb). Outside of that... I don't know how long it will take.
I'm really tempted to complain to Blizzard about this, since not only did they make it look like you had to activate your key to download the client, but I lost a chunk of limited account time due to said download (which I ended up canceling since the DVD bypassed it). It's like getting a day pass to a theme part, but waiting in line for half the parks operating hours to get in... you feel extremely jipped.
If I do complain, I'm going to ask for either:
1: Compensation for time lost. Though my account was activated, I hadn't even INSTALLED the game til that time. I got around that by buying a trial DVD, and now I'm waiting for that to patch... so I'm still on the clock with them for all intents and purposes. They promised 10 days of play... but due to downloads and patches, you only get 7, give or take? That's not right.
2: Get rid of my account and refunfd my friends recrutment status. She wasted it on a person who very well may not have logged in at all.
If I knew then what I now know... I would have gone about this differently, but due to crappy layouts, ordering, and the users common assumption that authentication keys are put in on install...
-Z