Massive connection issues in raids tonight [UPDATED]
by Adam Holisky 
Apr 1st 2008 at 10:32PM
Based on my experiences, and a slew of other folks posting over at the Blizzard Customer Service Forums, it appears many Tier 6 instances are having issues with stability tonight. Half the raid or more is constantly disconnecting at seemingly random points.Several
Stay tuned to HKO Insider for the latest. Hopefully they'll hotfix this one right up.
Updated 11:00 p.m. EDT: Belfaire posted "We're gathering the appropriate info now. I have no ETA on a resolution, only that it'll be [fixed] ASAP." (April Fool's text removed for readability.)
Updated 12:44 a.m. EDT: Belfaire also let us know that Q.A. is working on the problem, though no fix has been announced yet. Seems they are at work on it.
Updated 1:00 a.m. EDT: Potential solution from Belfaire: "Please have your entire raid delete or rename your Interface folder and let me know here if you encounter the issue again. [One] group said that they ran without mods, but if what I think's happening is actually happening, even if one person has [an addon], it can affect the raid."
Filed under: Bugs, News items, Raiding
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Frank Smith Apr 1st 2008 10:47PM
silvermoon has been ok all night.
Lucius Apr 1st 2008 10:54PM
Welcome to the entire last week for us on Jubei'thos.
Anenome Apr 1st 2008 11:09PM
I can't get online with any of my charries. I D/C within seconds of entering the world. It really sucks.
Gilias Apr 1st 2008 11:26PM
It's not just a disconnection issue and it doesn't just affect tier 6 either. Our guild mass crashed three times during an SSC run tonight (once on trash before Hydross, once on Hydross, and once on Lurker). The client doesn't just DC like normal, you have to actually ctrl-alt-del and kill the wow.exe process. It's more of a program crash. Another guild was having the mass crashing during a Mag attempt at 9%. >.<
I sincerely hope this problem gets fixed soon. Often those who relog can't release from their bodies either. It grinds the raids to a halt.
Adam Holisky Apr 1st 2008 11:30PM
That's a good bit of information, especially about it affecting instances other than MH/BT/SW. If I were you, I'd post it on this thread: http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=5687440405&sid=1 I know at least Belfaire is watching it.
Sophey Apr 2nd 2008 12:03AM
This happened to us on both Anetheron and Naj'entus. Extremely annoying. And yes, like others said it wasn't just disconnect, more like total game lock.
Largan Apr 2nd 2008 12:14AM
We had a couple of crashes on Steamwheedle Cartel against Naj'entus. They seemed to only happen during the boss fight and only when it looked like we'd get our first kill.
Chuck Apr 2nd 2008 1:08AM
Yes, this kept happening to our MT and our shadowpriests all night long, and Omen sucks because no two people have the same version, and it makes people crash. I actually had to MT alot of it, though i'm only a tank for trash in Hyjal. Winterchill, Anetheron, and Naj'entus we had lots of DC's all night.
Sean Riley Apr 2nd 2008 1:52AM
Don't get me wrong, I love addons too (well, roleplaying ones) but you have to wonder why Blizzard keep encouraging their creation then blaming them for everything that ever goes wrong.
Taeous Apr 2nd 2008 1:16PM
Do we know if this is resolved yet?
Athonis Apr 2nd 2008 1:21PM
torched my whole raid 3/4 of the way through Azgalor on Kil'jaeden last night. sucked.