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Amoeba

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0. Armory is Horrible 06/27/2007 10:42:41 AM PDT

Getting through the armory pages is harder, and takes longer, than most raid instances. It's terrible. Everything you do requires loading and waiting. I know WoW is all about waiting, but now even the website?

Is there a way to see all this info without all the loading...like using a standard webpage without all the Ajax or whatever is being used?

Ithar

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Dalvengyr

1. Re: Armory is Horrible 06/27/2007 10:44:09 AM PDT

How about get a faster internet connection.

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Lothar

2. Re: Armory is Horrible 06/27/2007 10:44:35 AM PDT

wowhead, throt, ala, and this wowdigger place.

armory for toons only

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Runetotem

4. Re: Armory is Horrible 06/27/2007 10:50:34 AM PDT

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Nothing to do with internet connection, or computer power. I have a fairly beefy machine (3.4GHz, 2GB ram), although it's getting a bit dated by now, and my internet is working just fine, but every time you click anything on the armory you get the LOADING delay. Forget looking up upgrades, that page alone takes so damn long to load, I might as well go to thott, and create an armor search query, it would at least be faster.

It's just a terribly slow web page.

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Scarlet Crusade

6. Re: Armory is Horrible 06/27/2007 10:59:19 AM PDT

I have a cable modem and it takes a bit to load up. It's not instance, but then again, we're talking about 5-10 seconds.

I access it here at work with our server speed, much faster than cable, and it is the exact same loading time.

I think people expect instant loading time....especially how Google can load so fast.

Then again, they are loading just text...oh wait....Armory is too with a little pics.

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Dragonmaw

7. Re: Armory is Horrible 06/27/2007 11:02:01 AM PDT

It's a beast.
I have an E6700 Core 2 Duo, 2 GB RAM and there's lag.

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Moonrunner

8. Re: Armory is Horrible 06/27/2007 11:04:52 AM PDT

Q u o t e:
Getting through the armory pages is harder, and takes longer, than most raid instances. It's terrible. Everything you do requires loading and waiting. I know WoW is all about waiting, but now even the website?

Is there a way to see all this info without all the loading...like using a standard webpage without all the Ajax or whatever is being used?

If it's too slow for your liking, don't use it. Blizzard didn't even have to implement it in the first place.

Northward

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Emerald Dream

9. Re: Armory is Horrible 06/27/2007 11:05:49 AM PDT

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If it's too slow for your liking, don't use it. Blizzard didn't even have to implement it in the first place.

That's such a stupid and invalid argument... There is no reason why they shouldn't optimize the pages to lower the loading times and make it more accessible.

Can the imaginary training of fifteen years be put to use?

Dagardo

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Lothar

10. Re: Armory is Horrible 06/27/2007 11:08:27 AM PDT

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That's such a stupid and invalid argument... There is no reason why they shouldn't optimize the pages to lower the loading times and make it more accessible.

you have to take in account armory is constantly refreshing every time someone logs out.

Indeed, I did forget that. But really it all just boils down to a certain minority of players who try to feel good about themselves by bashing any group of players that aren't them. -Quinnae

Northward

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Emerald Dream

11. Re: Armory is Horrible 06/27/2007 11:12:43 AM PDT

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you have to take in account armory is constantly refreshing every time someone logs out.

I know what a strain Armory would be if it was all serverside, it does not mean they should just stop trying to optimize it to perform better.

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Bronzebeard

12. Re: Armory is Horrible 06/27/2007 11:14:58 AM PDT

Personally I love the armory... then again I realize its a work in progress.

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Butter

Earthen Ring

13. Re: Armory is Horrible 06/27/2007 11:16:19 AM PDT

lmao, I'm at work running with 4 T1's for my internet connection and the armory is still slow as hell, yeah @#%@ sucks.

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Stormscale

15. Re: Armory is Horrible 06/27/2007 11:19:13 AM PDT

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you have to take in account armory is constantly refreshing every time someone logs out.

Server side load is one thing, but it would be nice if a version were made available in pure HTML/Javascript, without all the annoying Flash.

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Nethaera

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16. Re: Armory is Horrible 06/27/2007 11:21:51 AM PDT

Q u o t e:
Getting through the armory pages is harder, and takes longer, than most raid instances. It's terrible. Everything you do requires loading and waiting. I know WoW is all about waiting, but now even the website?

Is there a way to see all this info without all the loading...like using a standard webpage without all the Ajax or whatever is being used?

First, I hope you don't mind me saying that your choice of word to describe the Armory as "horrible" is a bit of an exaggeration don't you think? Your issue is the speed of the load not the actual use and functionality of the Armory so your title is overstated and misleading to what you feel the real issue is that is plaguing you.

The reason I point this out is because the Armory is still a work in progress and considered still in beta. By knowing what issues are prevalent in its use, it helps the web team track them down and hopefully get them resolved. It's important to be very clear about what issues people are having and what possible things could be causing them. We are most definitely continuing to collect feedback on the performance of the Armory as well as the features that people would like to see in the future so please feel free to do so.

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Klixx

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Whisperwind

17. Re: Armory is Horrible 06/27/2007 11:23:20 AM PDT

yay for an entire site run in a java environment...

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Butter

Earthen Ring

18. Re: Armory is Horrible 06/27/2007 11:24:29 AM PDT

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Arygos

19. Re: Armory is Horrible 06/27/2007 11:25:00 AM PDT

Q u o t e:
Getting through the armory pages is harder, and takes longer, than most raid instances. It's terrible. Everything you do requires loading and waiting. I know WoW is all about waiting, but now even the website?

Is there a way to see all this info without all the loading...like using a standard webpage without all the Ajax or whatever is being used?

Use firefox and watch those problems dissappear.

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