Lots of connectivity issues tonight [Updated]
by Adam Holisky 
Feb 10th 2008 at 11:21PM
The world server is apparently going up and down, and many servers are experiencing connectivity issues. Blizzard lists the realms that are not working well at the start up screen. But as I'm finding out over on Anvilmar, the problem has spread there too.According Isradun, multiple realms are being restarted now. There are additional posts on the WoW Realm Status forums that indicate they've already been at this for a while. However, as I've tested, no fix appears to be working perfectly yet.
We'll keep this post updated for you with the latest.
Update, 12:05 a.m. EST: Apparently the realm issues are subsiding, although no Blizzard update yet. Some reports are still trickling in of issues in the Nightfall and Reckoning battlegroups.
Update, 12:18 a.m. EST: Blizzard saw what I said and decided to start crashing realms again. Multiple Tech Support Forum posts report things are not well, again.
Update, 1:08 a.m. EST: Everything appears to be working now. Blizzard has removed the opening announcement, and the spam on the forums has quited down. Enjoy the night!
Filed under: Realm News, Realm Status, News items
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
vernia Feb 10th 2008 11:39PM
I'd like to see some admin or IT guy fired over this.
My server (Silvermoon) had been experiencing severe trouble over the last 3 months.
This affected my guild's raid progression and was extremely frustrated.
This is a great and awesome game.
It's a shame an IT issue is holding it back.
So I'd like to see somebody lose its job over this.
Someone is incompetent ? Fire him and replace him.
Simple as that.
vernia Feb 10th 2008 11:40PM
Oops read frustrating not frustrated, sorry
Nick S Feb 11th 2008 12:46AM
there were so many lowbies rolled on the server i went to after Smolderthorn crashed, we actually tried to raise enough gold to make a guild called "The Refugees." sadly, it's hard to put much gold together when your highest-level member is 4.
Nick S Feb 11th 2008 12:48AM
also, @1, reactive firing is probably not the best management choice in this case. i really doubt that all of these problems are the fault of a single person.
what blizzard IT does need to do is take a long hard look at just how stable their infrastructure is. keeping data flowing reliably to multiple millions of people at once is clearly proving to be a serious challenge.
Derick Feb 11th 2008 1:15AM
It does seem like it would be their biggest hurdle.
jbodar Feb 11th 2008 7:13PM
Is it Blizz's network or AT&T's that's causing the problem? Last time Blizz blamed it on AT&T. Does anyone have a complete tracert from their PC to the logon server? Every one that I've ever seen drops after hop 19(?) which is on AT&T's network. It is frustrating, I agree, especially since I'm in an instance every time it happens.
starshadow Feb 11th 2008 2:05AM
no big deal at all.
Thingy Feb 11th 2008 5:34AM
Proudmoore just got hit.
Good_Idea Feb 11th 2008 11:05AM
One really good thing came from this!!!! In the brief time my server was up (30+ minutes), we had no x-realm battlegrounds, it was old school with battles with people from only my server!
So it was very fun. I knew lots of the names of players on my side and some on the opposing side. It was a really nice change. It should be an option or maybe a day of the week where we can play against (and with) only people on our server. Remember when you knew everyone in AV?