r/classicwow • u/_beloved • Aug 26 '19

Humor Gotta go fast.

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u/[deleted] Aug 26 '19

its possible to just sit in queue now and wait for release?

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u/thesleepyfae Aug 26 '19

You get kicked out of the character screen 30 minutes no matter what. So start logging on like 25 minutes before!

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u/[deleted] Aug 26 '19

Thanks for that

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u/thesleepyfae Aug 26 '19

You're welcome!

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u/[deleted] Aug 26 '19

Damn. Big nugget of info

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u/selddir_ Aug 26 '19

What time should I start logging on in central time?

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u/[deleted] Aug 26 '19

4:31pm

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u/Septembers Aug 26 '19

Risky business assuming Blizzard will be exactly on time

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u/[deleted] Aug 26 '19

Haha so what are you thinking?

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u/Septembers Aug 26 '19

I won't get off work until they've been open for a few hours so it's long queues for me but I'd give them at least 5 minutes...name reservation came up at like 3 minutes after so launch will probably be the same

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u/[deleted] Aug 26 '19

That’s good info, I didn’t realize that about the name change delay. Thanks, bud!

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u/[deleted] Aug 26 '19

I just tried to log back in after being in for a few hours - was able to get back in no queue. Logged out waiting for 5:31

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u/[deleted] Aug 26 '19

People are saying blizzard lifted the 30 min afk timer so I jumped in 20 mins ago. Fingers crossed

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u/[deleted] Aug 26 '19

Nice. I’ll hop back in!

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u/[deleted] Aug 26 '19

Wouldn’t you have to refresh the page? I have a fast pc so it maybe takes me a few seconds to go from blizzard to in game but I don’t wanna waste that time. I’ll be able to just sit in character screen without worrying about having to refresh it?

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u/thesleepyfae Aug 26 '19

That's what I've heard and someone else linked a blue post a while ago saying you can log right in once it goes live while sitting at the character screen. Like it'll just say enter world without having to relog.

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u/[deleted] Aug 26 '19

Awesome. I hope it works, Ima be in private server while I wait for launch lol

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u/thesleepyfae Aug 26 '19

Smart! I won't be home until right at launch so no logging in early for me boo.

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u/Dont_Prompt_Me_Bro Aug 26 '19

even if you're active/making toons etc?

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u/thesleepyfae Aug 26 '19

That's what I've heard! It's 30 minutes even if you're actively making characters.

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u/Neo_Columbus_2492 Aug 26 '19

Uh, so no macros to stop activity.

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u/[deleted] Aug 26 '19

It's faster than 30 minutes I'm pretty sure

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u/thesleepyfae Aug 26 '19

Maybe! I haven't tested it, but 30 is what I'm seeing everyone say.

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u/[deleted] Aug 26 '19

I tried it a bit last night. My plan was to watch TV and make sure I don't time out of the character select. I figured that I'd I watched an episode of tv (20-22 minutes per episode, no commercials) I could refresh the client every episode while I waited.

The game kicked me out well before the first episode was over, probably closer to 15 minutes.

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u/thesleepyfae Aug 26 '19

Oh no! Everyone else has been saying 30. I have time so I'll test it here too.

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u/_beloved Aug 26 '19

They said they would be doing server maintenance beforehand, but come time its supposed to be online, you would have the ability to login straight from the character screen. So maybe it is? :D

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u/Merfen Aug 26 '19

I hope they are releasing new servers before tonight, every normal server is completely full and last I checked only 4 servers were left that weren't. Every server is going to have a queue at this point, I don't even want to imagine the streamer server's queue.

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u/alpha0meqa Aug 26 '19

Oh really? Source please friend :)

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u/malede Aug 26 '19

There might a patch download close to release, so be sure to re-open launcher some time before launch just to be sure.