World of Warcraft: 3 important tips announced by NetEase. How long will it take to truly reopen?

NetEase and Blizzard officially announced the return of the national server, which attracted the attention of the entire network. For real Blizzard players of the national server, the official announcement is indeed something to be happy about, but compared to the official announcement, what is more important is the national server. When will the server actually go online and when will players be able to actually play the game?

After the official announcement, NetEase released a "Letter to Chinese Blizzard Game Players" on the official website of World of Warcraft. This letter has three points worthy of attention.

1. The national server agreement has been signed, but we still need a long time to make technical preparations for opening the server. For example, we need to rebuild a new server room, restore various data, etc. Both NetEase and Blizzard will do their best to shorten your wait. Each game will be launched in sequence, and the first returning game will be reunited with everyone in the summer.

As we all know, official announcement and server launch are two different concepts. There will definitely be an official announcement before the server is launched. When the server will be launched after the official announcement, it all depends on the progress.

The first time NetEase acted as an agent for the Chinese server was in 2009. It was officially announced on April 16, and the free test was not launched until July 30, and the test was officially launched on September 19. Clothes. In other words, the interval from the official announcement to the launch of the server is more than 3 months.

At that time, the official announcement and the launch of the server were affected by two factors. The first was that The9’s agency deadline was June 8, and the second was the setback in World of Warcraft’s approval, coupled with a large number of “harmony patches.” "After that, it was officially launched.

NetEase emphasized in the announcement that the games will be launched sequentially, and the first returning game will reunite with everyone in the summer. Obviously, Blizzard games are not released at the same time and need to be released in order.

Currently Blizzard’s most popular games are World of Warcraft, Hearthstone and Overwatch. Among them, World of Warcraft and Hearthstone are the most popular in China, and NetEase and Blizzard should give priority to these two games. Anyway, the answer Fat Brother got from the source is that it will be opened in mid-to-late June, and the first batch will include World of Warcraft.

2. When the server is turned on, we will ensure that your account data is completely retained. Please do not listen to rumors and participate in unprotected transactions of accounts or account data.

Last year, during the first network-wide press release, there was a saying that "national server player data was lost". The reason was that the Blizzard box affected NetEase's database. Later, Fat Brother also obtained the player data from sources. Arguments for full recovery.

Now NetEase specifically mentioned in the announcement that player account data is completely retained, so players need to worry about account issues, and Fat Brother recommends that everyone not conduct account transactions at this time.

3. Through new cooperation methods, we will restore better services to players in the national server. More anti-cheating measures will be added to the game. In the new agreement, we will have more space to optimize the game environment for the national server, and more updated technical means and legal means are ready.

Compared with the first two, the third one will obviously have the most far-reaching impact on the future gaming environment of the national server. Players who went to the Asian server during the closure of the Chinese server all know how arrogant the studio is in the servers directly operated by Blizzard. Blizzard’s account banning mechanism simply cannot handle the massive number of studios.

Although players have been complaining about studio problems before the closure of the national server, NetEase’s ability and experience in cracking down on studios far exceeds that of Blizzard, so we have reason to believe that in the future The national server environment will be better.

The core content of NetEase’s open letter is basically this. After that, Fat Brother will sort out the account recovery process for everyone. Thank you for your long-term support.

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