Quote Originally Posted by LianaThorne View Post
They know their game population and how many people usually log on for the release of patches. Yes, 15k people trying to use it at the same time is the cause but that doesn't excuse not taking more measures to stress test the servers properly to account for the high population the game has.
How do you suggest they accomplish such a massive stress test with their available staff and equipment?

Even WoW would fail at identifying problems during their stress tests on their PTR with thousands of users participating.