WoW Journal - Day 5

One day missed and I'm falling behind. During weekdays I can only play about 4 hours in the evening. I log on, and there are 405 Horde players online, the highest 3 being all level 34. And the level with the most players is level 20, while I'm still 18. Sadly that isn't going to change tonight.

But some good news first: As expected the big bronze knifes are selling well. I buy some bronze in the AH, and make some more of them. I also gain enough skill to make bronze shoulderpads. I make one for me, and one for the AH, which sells 5 minutes later. Another money maker, it seems.

Unfortunately lag is making all this rather difficult, every AH and mailbox transaction takes minutes, and sometimes all NPC disappear. I know what is coming all too well, from Icecrown. And yes, the server crashes, and doesn't come back up for one hour. Not really surprising, after Blizzard's announcement that the European version of WoW sold 280,000 copies on the first day (more than the US version, which had 240,000), and another 100,000 over the weekend.

Afterwards the lag is better, but I get frequent disconnects, and the login is difficult. I manage to hand in the quest items from Ragfire Chasm in Thunder Bluff and Undercity. Then make it to the Barrens for a quest or two. But then I get disconnected again and can't get back in. Day 5 over, and I'm not really happy.
- posted by Tobold @ 9:55 PM Permanent Link