The news of NetEase Blizzard's official announcement of the return of the national server has attracted the attention of the whole network, for real Blizzard national server players, the official announcement is indeed a happy thing, but compared with the official announcement, what is more important is when the national server will be really launched, and when players will be able to really play the game.
After the official announcement, NetEase released a "Letter to Blizzard Gamers on the National Service" on the official website of World of Warcraft, and there are 3 points worth paying attention to in this letter.
1. The national server agreement has been signed, but we still need a short time to make technical preparations for the opening of the server, such as we need to rebuild a new server room and restore all kinds of data. Whether it's NetEase or Blizzard, we'll do our best to shorten your wait. The games will be played one after the other, and the first returning game will be reunited in the summer.
As we all know, official announcement and opening are two concepts. There will be an official announcement before the start of the server, and when the service will be launched after the official announcement depends entirely on the progress.
The first time NetEase acted as an agent of the national server was in 2009, when it was officially announced on April 16, and the free test was not opened until July 30, and the test was officially launched on September 19. In other words, the interval from the official announcement to the start of the server is more than 3 months.
At that time, the official announcement was affected by two factors, the first was that the agent deadline for Nine Cities was June 8, and the second was the setback of World of Warcraft's approval, and it was only officially launched after a large number of "harmony patches".
NetEase emphasized in the announcement that the games will be opened sequentially, and the first returning game will be reunited with everyone in the summer. Obviously, Blizzard games don't open at the same time, they need to be opened in order.
The most popular games in Blizzard at the moment 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 prioritize these two games. Anyway, the reply that Fat Brother got from the source was that it would open in mid-to-late June, and the first batch would be World of Warcraft.
2. When the server is turned on, we will ensure that your account data is kept intact. Don't listen to rumors and engage in unprotected accounts or account data transactions.
During the first network-wide communication last year, there was a statement that "the data of players in the national server is lost", because the Blizzard box affected NetEase's database, and then Fat Brother also got a statement from a source that the player's data has been fully recovered.
Now NetEase specifically mentioned in the announcement that the player's account data is completely retained, so players need to worry about the account, and Fat Brother recommends that everyone do not trade accounts at this time.
3. Through the new way of cooperation, we will restore better services for the national server players. More anti-cheating measures will be added to the game. In the new agreement, we will have more room to optimize the game environment for the national server, and more updated technical and legal means are waiting for us.
Compared with the previous two, the third one obviously has the most far-reaching impact on the future game environment of the national server. Players who traveled to Asia during the shutdown of the server know how arrogant the studio is in Blizzard's directly operated servers. Blizzard's ban mechanism simply can't solve the massive number of studios.
Although players have been complaining about the studio's problems before the national server is closed, NetEase's ability and experience in fighting studios is far superior to Blizzard's, so we have reason to believe that the national server environment will be better in the future.
That's basically the core content of NetEase's open letter, and then Fat Brother will sort out the account recovery process for everyone, thank you for your long-term support.
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