#0 - Oct. 13, 2010, 5:05 a.m.
Why? I'm fighting to free up the 20GB+ of hard drive space to apply patch 4.0, waiting for files to move so I can safely uninstall World of Warcraft like the forum poster said to.
According to the blues in Tech Support, I have to COMPLETELY uninstall World of Warcraft, then REINSTALL everything, JUST to apply this patch.
So anyone with hard drives that are more full, or not as large, won't get to experience any game play, any time soon, is that what you're telling us?
Will those of us with those issues be compensated by that? Probably not. Why? There is nothing saying that the 4.67GB patch requires a COMPLETELY NEW INSTALL of the game. There is nothing until lost people call or check the forums to find they have to completely uninstall a game that will take many hours to reinstall, patch, install, patch, install and patch again, JUST for a new patch. So... I can't play for .. going on 20 hours because I now have to, now that I know, uninstall the entire game, then reinstall the entire game.
It would be nice, if my computer - which could run Naxx 25 with 50FPS with all effects at Max or near to it when Wrath first came out, but now can barely get 8FPS in Icecrown Citadel 10 with all graphic effects turned DOWN or off (other than projected textures so .. y'know.. I can MOVE when there's a circle of DEATH under my feet, like Defile?) - were one of the nice, shiny, brand new computers many folks can afford to buy. There is a chunk of us who still play, who can't afford a brand new computer, or any other computer parts to build a new one. But you know what? I can't afford that, so I get to waste... I'm going to say another 4-5 hours on dealing with this? FOR A PATCH?
I know I'm not alone in this. I know others are frustrated. I fully understand you're trying to make the game look more awesome, I understand that you're trying to put in lots of new things, but you know what? You're closing out a lot of players, the more you upgrade. Can you give those of us with not-so-brand-new-really-expensive-computers a chance to play and see things nicely for a change...? One year should not be the life of a decently high-end computer during a game's upgrade. Seriously.
I, like many others, do not have a TB hard drive, or a quad-4GH-core processor with a graphics card that shows me images I could reach into my screen and touch.
Could you please tone stuff down a bit? Remember that we also pay our $15 a month, but soon won't bother because our computers can't handle 20GB+ patches that don't say they're that huge, and graphics that leave a mid 2009-build computer in the dust?
Love your game. Love what you do.
Not loving that you don't communicate up front, and don't take into consideration older computers that were top-of-the-line a year or two ago.
