My concern about the server issues

[IdowhatIwant]

The reason is they literally cannot.
There is a massive semiconductor shortage among other huge supply-chain and labor issues. They really just cannot get more servers.

I have no idea about the technology, so I don't know if there is even a possibility for them to go through amazon's server... thingy, that a lot of games use, but I do know they don't have a secret "make it work" button they're not using.

This is something that needed addresses before covid.

[Kes13a]

This is something that needed addresses before covid.

why though? WoW was going strong, I am sure they had plans to address the Oceanic server for a while, but it has to fit in the budget. you dont buy a bunch of hardware for servers and have it just hanging out for a while.

WoWs implosion could not be predicted. I know a LOT of people on these forums seem to think that back in 202 they should have been able to see the meltdown and migration of WoW players to here, but for most of us normal people, that wasnt a given. business decisions are not made on "well, I think this is the year WoW has problems so lets budget heavily on that". business people prefer facts... not 6 month out pipe dreams and unicorns

shortages happen, supply chain issues happen, and countries close their borders for unnessecary travel happens.setting up servers ticks all those boxes unless you are in the US and buy a lot of hardware constantly, even then, you are now feeling it

[IdowhatIwant]

Because it was an issue then, and since it was not addressed then it has become a larger issue now. That is what happens when you ignore problems, they get worst. And this is not the first WoW exodus, just the largest.