Extended maintenance [Updated]
by Adam Holisky 
Mar 24th 2008 at 11:52PM
The in-game breaking news text just announced extended maintenance for tomorrow. This again, is a strong indicator that patch 2.4 is on the immediate queue. We can expect the down time to be at least until 11 a.m. PDT. This normally is substantially higher on patch days, usually lasting until around 1 p.m. or 2 p.m. PDT.WoW Insider staff will be burning the midnight oil to make sure that you have a good list of patch mirrors and addon information ready to go when you wake up tomorrow morning.
Additionally, Belfaire has said that the patch is more around 300 megs, not the 900 megs that is showing up on Gamespot. Further more, the Gamespot download is a 2.0 to 2.4 update, which very few people will need tomorrow.
Updated 12:20 a.m. PDT: Belfaire is having fun with me. First he confirms, then he edits, then he edits again...
Updated 1:12 a.m. PDT: Updated Gameespot info, thanks to those who left comments on tonight's posts. And a fix for Belfaire. =)
Filed under: Realm News, Patches, Realm Status, News items
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Starlin Mar 25th 2008 12:08AM
I think the Gamespot patch is the full patch, not the 2.3.3 to 2.4 patch to which you're probably referring.
wevans Mar 25th 2008 12:25AM
i hope its tomorrow. my sugar daddy lvl 70 hunter needs to buy my 60 priest its epic riding. will be much easier to do with 25 daily quest. :)
Nick S Mar 25th 2008 1:13AM
ditto, but mage/warrior.
i want a new 5-man to run - if i have to do heroic mech one more time i'm gonna scream.
Suzaku Mar 25th 2008 1:13AM
The one hosted on Gamespot is the full 2.0 to 2.4 patch that you'd download if you just installed BC.
The 2.3 to 2.4 patch will be substantially smaller, naturally.
pheral Mar 25th 2008 1:43AM
Wonder how much the first Primal Nether will be on the AH for...
Kos Mar 25th 2008 1:50AM
I hope it waits another week, I have finals this week...
RogueJedi86 Mar 25th 2008 2:01AM
It's probably preferable to wait. First thing after 2.4 goes live, EVERY 70 on both factions will be going to the Isle of Quel'Danas. It's gonna be laggy as hell.
Darkharmony Mar 25th 2008 2:06AM
@Kos:
I think their is a extremely slim chance it will wait.
@RogueJedi:
That's going to happen no matter when it gets released.
Votum Mar 25th 2008 2:14AM
Belfaire is the best moderator Blizzard has.
fLUx Mar 25th 2008 5:19AM
You make me sick, scum. Drysc IS SPARTA!!!!
fLUx Mar 25th 2008 5:22AM
Opps forgot to add my message! :P
Yep, cant wait for 2.4, because I ain't got any pvp gear for my warlock, and tbh, I think I may just save my arena points and honor for WotLK, as I don't see the point of working towards full S3 (or S4) arena, only for it to be "epic" useless at lvl.80! lol
Rarther just go save my arena points, and have a crap ton at 80. Gotta go check the cap acctully, know the honor is 75k though.....
fLUx Mar 25th 2008 5:23AM
Pfft sorry for the comment spam - arena cap is 5k :(
whooooosh
^^ my plan
Silverslide Mar 25th 2008 6:01AM
Confirmed; it's now on the EU Servers login screen that Servers will be down for extended maintenance this Wednesday to apply 2.4 (EU's patch day is Wednesday not Tuesday).
fLUx Mar 25th 2008 6:14AM
I can confirm, this is what it says (bare in mind I have wrote it):
Weekly maintenance, 26/03
This wednesday there will be an extended maintenance to apply patch 2.4.0. Please note that all Euro realms will be offline from 3am -> 11am, Paris time (CET)
fLUx Mar 25th 2008 6:16AM
Wow sorry full of comment spam today, eh:
http://status.wow-europe.com/en/alert
Today (for US) tomorrow for us (EU), woohoo....
Adam Holisky Mar 25th 2008 6:38AM
Flux,
Thank you very much for these tips. Comment spam is always appreciated in this case =)
I had actually just gotten up to start checking around for confirmation when you began leaving comments, so perfect timing!
Thanks again,
Adam.