maintenance wont change anything

[MrButters]

No sir, they're not. All they're doing is adding frustration of players... Whether there are AFK players or 0 AFK players, there is a HARD CAP on how many concurrent connection are allowed per server. That is an infrastructure / hardware issue. As has been prior stated, when SE fixes their hardware capabilities and loosens the cap on concurrent connections, there may still be AFKers, but they won't be noticed because everyone will be able to play.

Actually they are... When SE stated they are limiting the number people logged in at a given time.. The AFKers are taking up them slots doing nothing... Which in turn gets people spamming the login server... You know the funny thing is the JP server their culture is respecting others they log off at the end of the day... Opening a slot...

So yes the AFKer are adding to the issue and most of them know it...

[Hulan]

LOAD BALANCING

It has been on my mind for a few days now, but I wonder at what point the bing phrase "load balancing" became so mainstream? I mean, I have used the term once or twice, when appropriate, but it seems very unlikely that the number of people using the term actually know what it means; or more specifically, what it entails. Load balancing requires a dedicated process on the server or - more likely on large processes - an entire server to handle job scheduling, memory optimization, inter and intra server data traffic, and any number of small tasks that I have forgotten. All of that requires dedicated maintenance, development time, and - most importantly - actually represents a nominal hit in performance. The more balancing you have, the more processing time is devoted to managing all of the various tasks and messages have to be routed to more and more complex subsystems. That isn't to say that load balancing isn't a good thing; but it's a tool not some magic wand you wave over the bloody servers to make them go faster.

As an aside, after a quick Google search (and someone with a more intimate knowledge of the subject matter can and should refute me), it looks to me - according to this fairly scetchy survey site - as if WoW concurrency numbers are slightly less optimistic than some have been proselytizing.

[Mcboogle]

Regardless of it's it's respectful of others, people are doing it, and I don't blame them at all. It's only an issue because there aren't enough slots for everyone who wants to play.
SE didn't/doesn't really want to spend the money to upgrade the servers.

From their point of view, this is the kind of problem that should have fixed itself a long time ago.
People who stick around through this are more likely to sub.
Those who don't, already paid.

[theomen]

all it's doing is giving more space which will mean more people can afk :/

we need that log out timer

The fix is let ppl lv 25 or lower transfer to a new server until all servers are at the number they want and then stop the server transfer. there fix...

[KienanVates]

Which in turn gets people spamming the login server...

You know the funny thing...?

That would happen anyways if there were ZERO afk players right now. You know why people are spamming the login servers, because there is a cap on allowed concurrent connections. It doesn't matter if the players are sitting in inn's or running lvl 50 dungeons... If EVERY SINGLE PERSON logged in was playing, the EXACT SAME ISSUE would still be there, because SE's servers can't handle the necessary numbers reliably. So your login server spamming argument is a red herring. It's a falsetto, because it's true, but it would be true even if they didn't have a single AFKer on any of the currently 50 servers. So no, AFKers are not "adding" to any problem. Only to the frustration of players.

[darthaden7]

Why do most of you just assume that after the maintenance everything will be just fine and dandy? I hope it is but I for one am not going to believe it's fixed till I see it for myself. With that said I'm glad they are at least trying to fix the issues and are starting to update us on the status a little more then they did during early access.

[Aydn]

If people are willing to AFK, they are willing to get a mouse-clicker...then what?

[Dreey]

Just got in and trying to catch up, the maintenance stats 5pm pst / 8pm est. and finishes when again?

[KienanVates]

3am PST if I recall.

[XxSlyfox]

AFKing was a common thing in 1.0 . A lot of LS's would /sit or whatnot in Uldah and stay logged