World of Warcraft: Forever players are reliving 2004 with hour-long queue times to get into the highly-anticipated beta

Blizzard launched the WoW: Forever beta, but players complain of multi-hour queues and disconnections after logging in. Servers use a single world without realm selection, increasing load. The beta runs until October 21, with release on November 4.

• Queue times reach an hour; after a disconnect, players are sent to the back of the queue
• WoW: Forever for the first time does not use separate realms—only rulesets normal, PvP, and Roleplay
• Beta runs until October 21, release planned for November 4
• Blizzard acknowledged the issues and promises to open access soon