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Probably because nothing has been lost and it doesn't really matter.
The mail delivery system broke so the items are in your mail but invisible. That's been causing the server lag and why they keep rebooting servers. Changing a core system from 15 years ago in a point release is very ambitious and challenging, same with the AH in general.
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So, basically, this is a "I know Blizz has addressed this but let me bitch about it anyway" thread.
People without much experience in programming and development don't really know how bugs work, or why they occur. The common refrain is usually "was this even tested," and the answer to that is that yes, it was tested exhaustively, but 'testing' isn't equivalent to real-world usage and never can be. Having a team of QA staff fire off auctions at the system can't accurately model what happens when millions of users using an infinite number of transaction contexts rapid-fire auctions at the system all at once. At some point the process a bug was uncovered with the system that mails results, a bug that couldn't be modeled for or tested because it's a result of the system's integration with the preexisting environment.
Same as the bugs in 8.3, really. You can certainly criticize the developers for faulty programming, but faulty programming will *always* be a factor in the systems in use because no one is inerrant when it comes to coding, and sometimes new code can trigger bugs in existing code no one had any clue to even check for in the first place.
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It is almost like they already clarified they are working on the issue and nothin is lost.
But yeah reading is harder than making a useless thread i guess.
Originally Posted by Blizzard Entertainment
This sums it up pretty well. And above all this, those programmers are humans. They make mistakes like all of us.
Programming isn't easy and anyone who thinks it is has never tried or has never worked on big projects. With a code base as huge as that of WoW, having a few bugs on the launch of a patch is pretty good. Back then they would have to shutdown the servers for several hours to fix game breaking bugs.
Is an AH bug game breaking? No.
Is it inconvenient for the players? Yes.
Will it be fixed? Yes.
Will players loose their gold? No.
Those programmers are good and they deserve more than threads like this.
Seriously, people just bitch about anything. And to save face OP has to start implying some kinda minor conspiracy. anyone suspicious? should be an easy fix. bla bla bla.
Go outside more. You'll be happier and this sorta trivial stuff won't even show up on your radar.
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What's there to talk about? They said it's being worked on nearly right away and told everyone that nothing is lost and will arrive in a few days time when it's fixed.