Any big game launch is onset with server issues and lag as many players attempt to log on as soon as possible. Warlords of Draenor was no exception to this, but the problems seem to have lasted a little bit longer than the normal period of initial server issues. It’s apparently not unusual to wait hours to get onto the server, then find yourself DC’d and sent to the back of the queue again.

Blizzard are trying their best to deal with the causes of the issues though and have announced that they’re planning to use the phasing technology first used in the Wrath of the Lich King expansion to essentially phase the entire continent of Draenor – thus allowing them to spread server load across more than one ‘copy’ of Draenor.

European servers were the first to get the fix implemented and the North American, Oceanic and Americas realms were to follow shortly. A few tests were run on selected North American servers and this convinced Blizzard that it was a worthwhile tactic to battle the lag.

I hope it works. It’d make Lone very happy.