Chinese Server of World of Warcraft Retail Update and Launch Issues

TapTechNews August 1st news, the pre-release content update of the official Chinese server of World of Warcraft: Retail was originally scheduled to go live at 12:00 noon today (August 1st). The official suddenly announced an early launch at 6:48 this morning, and the update is now online, bringing a large number of changes, including the Warband System, Soaring, class and system updates, and other content.

However, as tested by TapTechNews colleagues, the official Chinese server of World of Warcraft: Retail encountered difficulties in logging in as soon as it went live, and the official announcement said that it is being dealt with urgently. The announcement also shows that when logging in for the first time, character data needs to be transferred to the Warband System, which may take 20 minutes or even longer.

In addition, in the comment area of the official World of Warcraft Weibo, many players also said the server crashed as soon as it went live.

It is worth noting that the Chinese server of World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King officially returned on July 11th, and at that time, there were difficulties in accessing and purchasing from the Battle.net store.

The Battle for Azeroth expansion of the official Chinese server of World of Warcraft will be globally synchronized and launched on August 27th.

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