I won’t even be trying to log in at launch. 
Will probably give it a go 12 hours afterward – perhaps longer.
They called it the Well of Eternity for a reason.
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depending on server and what happens with the new releases tomorrow my guess is 2-4 hours max with most under 30 minutes.
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Minimal. It should be staggered because so many people will be at work until later in the day. I also expect Blizzard will add more capacity very quickly if needed, they’ll have a whole bunch of servers sitting idle since this will temporarily tank the normal game.
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I suspect the “eastern” servers will be a sh!itshow with an early evening release time, which will flood them to “Pacific” servers ‘just to play for a bit’, and then the “Pacific” players will not be able to get in without a lengthy queue once their work day is done.
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My realistic expectations are queues will exist.
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based on quotes from those in the know I think , You may be right, I may be crazy, but it just may be a lunatic you’re looking for !
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Spamming login starting at 1 hour until announced launch times.
Then I will just never log out.
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You can sit on your character screen before launch and then hit enter when the server comes up. That should help somewhat.
Isn’t it realm login first then character screen?
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Yes, you have to log in to your realm first. So we could log in to the realm hours before launch
Perhaps, but I have a gut feeling the realms will be taken offline briefly before the official launch… it will be a Tuesday, afterall.
Perhaps, this is what they said about it (and also, it will be a Monday PDT time US, not Tuesday)
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i don’t intend to even attempt to play for a week or so at least.
Me and my friend are rolling Skeram and I honestly expect at least a couple of hours until the starting areas become somewhat playable.
Can’t even imagine what it’ll be like for Wave 1 realms (Herod, Faerlina, Thalnos).
Well name reserve queue’s were 12 min per 10,000 people in queue, so… around that.
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I have nothing else going on so I’m cool sitting in queue
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I will be watching the realm updates and believe once the realms get filled initially @10am PST, if they fill they will add more realms and if by live, I will make a 4th toon on a decent medium realm if possible.
- Official launch is on Monday for the United States time zones.
- They have announced no Tuesday maintenance planned for Classic the 1st week.
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Launch is 3PM pacific, but I won’t be able to play till 11:30PM when i get home since I work a swing shift. Hopefully the queue times will be low/non existent on Bigglesworth by the time I play.