Rolling restarts at 5am PDT today
by Daniel Whitcomb 
Jun 22nd 2008 at 6:45AM
Just a heads up to all our American night owls and Oceanic players: There will be rolling restarts for all Realms starting at 5am PDT, about an hour and fifteen minutes from now. Each realm will be down for about 15 minutes, and the entire process will take about an hour. It's likely that this downtime is for working out a few kinks with the Midsummer Fire Festival. Kisirani confirmed earlier that there is a problem with the Striking Back quest for those under level 65, so it's likely that these rolling restarts will institute the hotfix to that problem. In addition, there's been some rumors that Lord Ahune's Normal and Heroic loot tables are not properly separated, so it's possible that this will fix those issues as well.
Speaking of Ahune, be sure to keep your eyes glued to WoW Insider today. We're writing a complete loot guide and a strategy walkthrough for the new holiday boss as well speak. You can also check out the Midsummer quest walkthroughs we already have set up -- they're perfect reading material for the downtime. Happy reading, and we'll see you on the other side of the restarts.
Filed under: Items, Realm Status, News items, Quests, Bosses
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Bourgeoisie Jun 22nd 2008 8:45AM
I know I heard the new enchant, frostdeath, dropped off Athune in normal Slave pens. Not sure if they meant to do that or not. : /
Ben Wilson Jun 24th 2008 6:40AM
Sucked to be on the Oceanic server. Was in middle of instance that had taken hours to collect a team for, and 10pm is prime playing time. Just short of completing the quest that was the whole point, the server goes down while I'm dead. All for Midsummer fixes? It ain't midsummer down here!