{"id":3798,"date":"2026-09-18T15:52:26","date_gmt":"2026-09-18T13:52:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.goranked.gg\/en\/news\/wow-forever-beta-queues-us-servers\/"},"modified":"2026-09-18T16:44:41","modified_gmt":"2026-09-18T14:44:41","slug":"wow-forever-beta-queues-us-servers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/goranked.gg\/en\/news\/wow-forever-beta-queues-us-servers\/","title":{"rendered":"WoW Forever beta hit by queues, US servers frustrate players"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Blizzard opened the paid <a href=\"https:\/\/goranked.gg\/en\/news\/wow-forever-beta-queues-us-servers\/\" rel=\"follow\">World of Warcraft Forever<\/a> beta on Sept. 18 for players who purchased the Epic Edition, a $60 \/ \u00a352 package that guarantees access. At launch tens of thousands of players encountered long login queues, and many who reached the front were disconnected and returned to the back of the line.<\/p>\n\n\n\n        <blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/user\/status\/2100690829689962949\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a>\n            <noscript>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/user\/status\/2100690829689962949\" target=\"_blank\"rel=\"noopener nofollow\">\n                    View this tweet on Twitter\n                <\/a>\n            <\/noscript>\n        <\/blockquote>\n        <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n    \n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Players who created characters reported severe in-game lag and repeated disconnects while exploring the game world. Server performance improved for some later in the day but remained uneven for parts of the player base.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Community Manager Randy &#8220;Kaivax&#8221; Jordan posted on the official forums that the team was aware of the login problems and working to resolve them. &#8220;We&#8217;re seeing a lot of people waiting to get into the beta,&#8221; he wrote. The post noted engineers were addressing final issues and aiming to open access more broadly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Several players outside North America reported high ping and slow response times. A European player who paid \u20ac60 for Epic Edition posted that no EU server was available and contrasted the paid test with a free public test. Multiple purchasers reported they were seeking refunds for the package.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Some players used workarounds to reduce lag. Several reported lower ping when using a VPN set to a US location. Others found that turning off the game&#8217;s &#8220;Optimize Network for Speed&#8221; option reduced latency. Both approaches add steps for players who paid for beta access.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Blizzard has run tests focused on US servers in the past. The company described the beta as a chance to find and fix issues before the full launch, scheduled for Nov. 4, 2026. The test continues with some users able to play and others still experiencing connectivity issues.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The World of Warcraft Forever Epic Edition beta on Sept. 18 opened with long login queues, frequent disconnects and high latency for players outside North America.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":3800,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_yoast_wpseo_canonical":"","_yoast_wpseo_opengraph-title":"","_yoast_wpseo_opengraph-description":"","_yoast_wpseo_twitter-title":"","_yoast_wpseo_twitter-description":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3798","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest"],"newsroom_tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>WoW Forever beta hit by queues as US servers frustrate players<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"WoW Forever Epic Edition beta launch on Sept. 18 saw long login queues, frequent disconnects and high latency - 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