World of Warcraft: Forever players are reliving 2004 with hour-long queue times to get into the highly-anticipated beta
Blizzard’s highly anticipated WoW: Forever beta launched today, but players are struggling to access the servers due to significant queue times. The modernized version of WoW Classic had initial login queues of around nine minutes, but many players report being disconnected shortly after successfully logging in, forcing them back to the end of the queue to start the process anew.
The issues are reminiscent of the original World of Warcraft’s 2004 launch, which was similarly plagued by server congestion. Multiple players and streamers have reported experiencing the same disconnect-and-requeue problem, suggesting it’s a widespread issue rather than isolated incidents.
Blizzard has acknowledged the situation and stated that it is actively working on getting all players into the beta servers as quickly as possible. The developer has not provided specific details about the cause of the disconnects or an estimated timeline for resolution, but the queue issues appear to be temporary growing pains typical of large-scale beta launches.