Downtime Compensation for Select Realms
by Elizabeth Harper 
Jul 14th 2006 at 4:30PM
If you've been on the forums at all lately, you understand that a number of realms - including two brand new realms - have been offline recently due to hardware failure. While the servers are now online and functioning, uptime has been spotty since Wednesday afternoon. As compensation for the downtime, however, Blizzard is crediting all players with accounts on these servers with an extra day's play-time. So if you have characters on any of the following realms, expect a credit on your account: Aerie Peak, Altar of Storms, Anvilmar, Blackwing Lair, Deathwing, Demon Soul, Doomhammer, Gnomeregan, Icecrown, Jaedenar, Kel'Thuzad, Lethon, Onyxia, Sentinels, Uldaman, and Venture Co.Filed under: Realm News, Realm Status
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
chad Jul 14th 2006 6:15PM
wtf exactly is an extra... day if you pay a monthly fee. Are they going to credit me 1/30 my fee or something? I'm already paying to play all month, if I cancel WoW, will I have that last month I've paid a subscription + 1 day?
Ryan Jul 14th 2006 6:25PM
The way that a day's worth of credit works is that the expiration date of your account is moved a day forward in time. Yes, this means you are charged a day later when the date arrives. I've received a few credits during my time as a WoW subscriber and have seen the date pushed forward for each credit. Since some people pay different amounts for each month(i.e. Amazon deals, etc.), it is not broken down as a fixed amount of money per day.
obo Jul 14th 2006 9:38PM
Here's what your account status looks like when you've quit and you have comp days:
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My paid time runs out Aug. 20, six months after opening the account, but my comp days let me play through Aug. 24.