24 hour downtime on most servers tomorrow

rainbow kirby

Forum thread here
Thankfully my characters aren't really affected (both Kilrogg and Jaedenar are up so that's my main and preferred alt), but still though, this is going to mean pain on the servers that *are* up.
*gets ready for massive queues tomorrow night*

Korgall is down for 36 hours, and these

Agamaggan
Aggramar
Ahn'Qiraj
Al'Akir
Arathor
Argent Dawn
Aszune
Azjol-Nerub
Bladefist
Bloodfeather
Bloodhoof
Bloodscalp
Bronzebeard
Burning Blade
Burning Legion
Chromaggus
Crushridge
Daggerspine
Darksorrow
Deathwing
Defias Brotherhood
Dentarg
Doomhammer
Draenor
Dragonblight
Dragonmaw
Drak'thul
Dunemaul
Emerald Dream
Emeriss
Executus
Frostwhisper
Hakkar
Haomarush
Khadgar
Kul Tiras
Lightning's Blade
Mazrigos
Moonglade
Neptulon
Ragnaros
Scarshield Legion
Steamwheedle Cartel
Sunstrider
Sylvanas
Talnivarr
The Maelstrom
The Venture Co.
Trollbane
Twilight's Hammer
Twisting Nether
Vashj
Warsong
Xavius
Zenedar

are all down for 24 hours.

Ouch.

Jim

Terenas ftw.

Gummy Panda

no not emerald dream!!!

Just after i got new equipment from the dead mines

*starts shakes*

Ciaran500

Woot, Aerie Peak will be still up. Does this mean this servers won't be able to take part in Cross-Realm Battlegrounds . Or is it already ready since its only a new server.?

Dcully

I started a new char on Kilrogg the other day ,went to play just now and theres NO realms available

Kilrogg backup if anyone has char there

rainbow kirby

Kilrogg ****ing JAMMED for anyone who has their main there!
*sulks*

Endurance Man

Haha, keep the blades away from WOW players , haha.

anonymous_joe

Go work! For once...

Hope Aerie's Peak is up for more grinding fun...

Binomate

Unlucky for anyone who was going for rank 14. I'm on Genjuros, so no downtime for me.

mayordenis

anyone know why on the site http://www.wow-europe.com/en/
they have a maintenance note which has the tm mark beside soon . . .

Binomate

Typo or something.

kiffer

mayordenis wrote:

anyone know why on the site http://www.wow-europe.com/en/
they have a maintenance note which has the tm mark beside soon . . .

Because it's a lie and they know it.

masteroftherealm

Freakin rediculuous I beter recieve a day in lieu of this! All my chars are on downed servers, was going for rank 10aswell.

nesf

masteroftherealm wrote:

Freakin rediculuous I beter recieve a day in lieu of this! All my chars are on downed servers, was going for rank 10aswell.

There's one day credited to people on the 24 hour servers and 2 days to those on the 36 hour downtime servers. Most people seem to have an issue with the notice period tbh. Only 24 hours.

*shrugs*

If it makes any difference to the lag I'll be happy, even if it's only a small improvement.

masteroftherealm

Same just wish I had a bit more notice! I had good few raids planned for today

nesf

masteroftherealm wrote:

I had good few raids planned for today

Were you planning on sleeping at all?

masteroftherealm

nesf wrote:

Were you planning on sleeping at all?

Sleep is for wussies!

nesf

masteroftherealm wrote:

Sleep is for wussies!

Very true.

masteroftherealm

nesf wrote:

Very true.

More to the point Sleep != Tier 3 goodness!

nesf

masteroftherealm wrote:

More to the point Sleep != Tier 3 goodness!

Don't talk to me about it, am still grinding a character upto 60

masteroftherealm

nesf wrote:

Don't talk to me about it, am still grinding a character upto 60

Worst part of the game! Get yourself hooked with a decent raiding guild/community at bout 58 or so, theyll blast u thru the last few bits and get u decent gear (nothing more fun than frying strat with full teir 2 group!)
Marudon was the best tho, was just for NR gear so we went as a raid, so much fun!

nesf

masteroftherealm wrote:

Worst part of the game! Get yourself hooked with a decent raiding guild/community at bout 58 or so, theyll blast u thru the last few bits and get u decent gear (nothing more fun than frying strat with full teir 2 group!)
Marudon was the best tho, was just for NR gear so we went as a raid, so much fun!

Was offered a place in a raiding guild a few times, through old guildies who moved up etc. Have been running BRD 5 man with them recently for gear since 54. The only problem I have atm is all the competition in the plaguelands. Damn Argent Dawn relation to tier 3 gear!

masteroftherealm

nesf wrote:

Was offered a place in a raiding guild a few times, through old guildies who moved up etc. Have been running BRD 5 man with them recently for gear since 54. The only problem I have atm is all the competition in the plaguelands. Damn Argent Dawn relation to tier 3 gear!

Hehe yeah thatll be a bitch. Id definitly take the place if u like the raid guild, itll make a big difference

nesf

masteroftherealm wrote:

Hehe yeah thatll be a bitch. Id definitly take the place if u like the raid guild, itll make a big difference

I'm giving it serious thought. Might just stay in my present guild for 1 more level (to 58) and then move. I get invited to BRD runs etc anyways, so I get my instance fill atm. Got invited to ZG a few days ago, had to point out I was only 56. The rest of the party didn't notice I wasn't 60

masteroftherealm

nesf wrote:

I'm giving it serious thought. Might just stay in my present guild for 1 more level (to 58) and then move. I get invited to BRD runs etc anyways, so I get my instance fill atm. Got invited to ZG a few days ago, had to point out I was only 56. The rest of the party didn't notice I wasn't 60

Yeah see u can be in ZG and stuff and start building up your rep and coins from 58 makes it a lot easier and decent XP too

nesf

Some of the realms are back up early btw. For those who need their fix or who are bored.

tman

nesf wrote:

I'm giving it serious thought. Might just stay in my present guild for 1 more level (to 58) and then move. I get invited to BRD runs etc anyways, so I get my instance fill atm. Got invited to ZG a few days ago, had to point out I was only 56. The rest of the party didn't notice I wasn't 60

i came here to poke fun at wow addicts for having to go cold turkey for 24 hours, but now i feel like we're not even speaking the same language o_Ó

Mr. CooL ICE

Jimeatsmenu wrote:

Terenas ftw.

Hell yeah

masteroftherealm

tman wrote:

i came here to poke fun at wow addicts for having to go cold turkey for 24 hours, but now i feel like we're not even speaking the same language o_Ó

LFG Craid TO StratScarlet RTaken NoHuntorz G/Nrolling.
;p

nesf

tman wrote:

i came here to poke fun at wow addicts for having to go cold turkey for 24 hours, but now i feel like we're not even speaking the same language o_Ó

We have evolved beyond the point where your puny English is of use to us.

Endurance Man

tman wrote:

i came here to poke fun at wow addicts for having to go cold turkey for 24 hours, but now i feel like we're not even speaking the same language o_Ó

It scares me and pisses me off at the same time, its a great incentive to NEVER touch this game...

Ivan

FFS!

2/3 bosses done for Warlords command and then I can never step foot in LBRS again.

A message: Server shutdown in 15:00 has me a little concerned, but we're right at the boss anyway, so I'm thinking, no worries.

The a few seconds later my client just freezes and I'm thinking "Woah, bad lag" Then back to login screen. Log in and it says I have to download a patch. Ok I figure, some little hotfix, no probs. Downloads the file and then runs blizzard updater. Now I'm really starting to panic, but I get a message saying this update is for version 1.10 but I'm running 1.11...

Of course this means each time I try to log in, it just downloads the same patch and tries to apply it.

WTF blizzard. ARGH, this has annoyed me now more than anything else blizzard have ever done. And at one stage I was told they had canceled Starcraft Ghost indefinitely!

grrr...

[edit]
Error message

This update does not need to be applied. It requires version 1.10.2.5302 of "WoW.exe", but you already have version 1.11.0.5428.

[/edit]

nesf

Endurance Man wrote:

It scares me and pisses me off at the same time, its a great incentive to NEVER touch this game...

Eh... Every MMORPG I've played has been the same. After a while people just start using acronyms and shorthand when talking to each other. Just like in real life where jargon is used by almost every profession and hobby....

Endurance Man

nesf wrote:

Eh... Every MMORPG I've played has been the same. After a while people just start using acronyms and shorthand when talking to each other. Just like in real life where jargon is used by almost every profession and hobby....

Iv seen to many good people become zombies becuase of this bloody game and other games like it, its not healthy imo, the crazy slang is just an extra incentive to not play it as i said. I guess it depends on the individual, but would you say this game is overly addictive?

nesf

Endurance Man wrote:

Iv seen to many good people become zombies becuase of this bloody game and other games like it, its not healthy imo, the crazy slang is just an extra incentive to not play it as i said. I guess it depends on the individual, but would you say this game is overly addictive?

Overly addictive? Tbh, I don't find it any more or less addictive than any other MMORPG I've played, the biggest difference is that this game is very mainstream so there are an awful lot of people playing it that have never played an MMORPG before so it makes the game look a lot worse than it is. MMORPGs (well most) are addictive by their nature, in that any game where you are constantly grinding away for xp, item, reputation etc will tend to be addictive. It's very easy to fall into cycles.

But personally I find it amusing. I've been far more addicted to other games, Sim City where I'd be constantly running over possible solutions to traffic/layout problems all day long. I lost weeks upon weeks of college and school work to games like Civilisation, Warcraft I, II & III, Rise of Nations etc. The only thing that keeps me interested longer in MMORPGs is the social element. It's not a solo experience and I really enjoy that. I spend most of my time on MMORPGs chatting away to people, logging into one sometimes feels similar to logging into MSN (a much more expensive version of course!).

It's perfectly possible to play this game and not get addicted and it's also possible for a heavy user to look as if they were addicted but in fact were not in the real sense of the word. The thing is dependant on what time the game gets. If you are replacing time you'd normally spend sitting blank faced in front of the television with playing a MMORPG then I really cannot see a problem. If you are persistently replacing time you should be spending with friends/family/loved-ones with the game then yes you may have a problem and need to take a break and look at things honestly.

All that said, give me 3/4 hours of WoW over 3/4 hours of sitting in front of a TV watching crap soap operas and "reality" TV. I don't think the latter is any more healthy than the former tbh.

rainbow kirby

nesf wrote:

All that said, give me 3/4 hours of WoW over 3/4 hours of sitting in front of a TV watching crap soap operas and "reality" TV. I don't think the latter is any more healthy than the former tbh.

QFT

Gummy Panda

nesf wrote:

All that said, give me 3/4 hours of WoW over 3/4 hours of sitting in front of a TV watching crap soap operas and "reality" TV. I don't think the latter is any more healthy than the former tbh.

I agree mate!!

Basicially it works out as

RL>WoW>TV

anonymous_joe

That's my way of doing it.

Mr. CooL ICE

nesf wrote:

All that said, give me 3/4 hours of WoW over 3/4 hours of sitting in front of a TV watching crap soap operas and "reality" TV. I don't think the latter is any more healthy than the former tbh.

Never a truer word spoken.

I've even been criticised for playing this game for hours on end by housemates who do nothing but slouch in front of the TV or computer watching downloaded episodes of Married With Children and One Tree Hill

nesf

LordChessington wrote:

I've even been criticised for playing this game for hours on end by housemates who do nothing but slouch in front of the TV or computer watching downloaded episodes of Married With Children and One Tree Hill

I've been critised for being online by flatmates in the past. Apparently I should be social and go out and watch soaps with them....

Jim

nesf wrote:

I've been critised for being online by flatmates in the past. Apparently I should be social and go out and watch soaps with them....

Reminds me of the times my mother used to tell me I was being very rude by reading a book at dinner, while the rest of them were watching Coronation Street.

nesf

Jimeatsmenu wrote:

Reminds me of the times my mother used to tell me I was being very rude by reading a book at dinner, while the rest of them were watching Coronation Street.

Yeah, I've never understood how watching soaps with a person is a "social event". To each their own and all that, but it's odd how these people seem to take it as a given truth.

seamus

nesf wrote:

Yeah, I've never understood how watching soaps with a person is a "social event". To each their own and all that, but it's odd how these people seem to take it as a given truth.

You've clearly never watched soaps with your average Hello! reader. There's little watching going on, and more talking.

DapperGent

Ivan wrote:

FFS!

2/3 bosses done for Warlords command and then I can never step foot in LBRS again.

A message: Server shutdown in 15:00 has me a little concerned, but we're right at the boss anyway, so I'm thinking, no worries.

Given that I've finished WLC I found the whole thing pretty funny. Just at the last guy, people been going "Thank God finally gonna finish this lousy quest etc." - Server goes ker-splatt 10 seconds after the 15 minute warning. First thought "Teehee Sou is going to be so pissed off."

nesf

seamus wrote:

You've clearly never watched soaps with your average Hello! reader. There's little watching going on, and more talking.

Very true, but then I don't hang around with Hello! watchers generally.