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by Eliah Hecht 
Oct 14th 2008 at 8:10PM
The previous post about the servers coming back online seems to have been slightly premature. Many, if not most servers are still offline, and the current target for bringing them back is 6 PM PST/9 PM EST. Be aware that this target has been pushed back three times since being originally set for 2 PM PST/5 PM EST today, so I wouldn't count on being able to play any time tonight necessarily. And when the realms do come up, I wouldn't expect them to be super-stable; the few realms that are up right now are having all manner of crashes and other difficulties.
That said, I'm can't really be mad at Blizzard for any of this. This is possibly the largest patch in MMO history, as one astute commenter pointed out; it would have been extremely optimistic to expect it to go off without a hitch. We'll be back sooner or later (unless they decide to just leave the servers off until Wrath hits), and we'll have plenty of new toys to play with. In the mean time, why not check out our voluminous coverage of the patch, or our handy all-in-one FAQ?
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Reader Comments (Page 4 of 22)
Moo Oct 14th 2008 8:21PM
I'm gonna start drinking! woo-hoo!
I could go work out or something, but that's just crazy talk.
Redcoat Oct 14th 2008 8:23PM
I think I'll follow suit. The wife and myself did miss Heroes last night.
*fires up On-Demand*
Terrorbyt3 Oct 14th 2008 8:26PM
Now there's a plan! I'll join you!
Nick Oct 14th 2008 8:34PM
good episode last night, made it so I can't wait to see what happens next week though
Jackjeckel Oct 14th 2008 8:24PM
As much as i love Blizzard ( and trust me i love Blizzard : hit blizzcon wait two days for tix online and spend over a grand there) they are a gaming company they should have most of the bugs worked out so things like this dont happen. Like i said before i love em and i can understand why its happening but i thought there job was to provide a game / set of games that you can play and not have to worry about things like this. Its just sucks that on my day off this is what i was planning to do and now ive actually got to do work around the house lol well much love for all of my fellow players and to my realm (which isnt even on the list yet either) Baelgun
Jack
Oceanic Oct 14th 2008 8:23PM
ahh...to be on Oceanic servers =)
By the time I finish work everything will be fine!
VSUReaper Oct 14th 2008 8:23PM
BWL doesn't even exist atm.... nor does my alliance server that I quit... I'm a sad panda. :'(
faromere Oct 14th 2008 8:23PM
I can get in and play torthedian
Gnomer i get to the loading screen and it hangs there been 10 mins so far
justyne Oct 14th 2008 9:37PM
I was able to get on to Gnomer a few times earlier, but it was having lots of issues. Now I'm stuck at the login page, and I can't connect. But have hope! Gnomer was up and working (somewhat) tonight!
Brothermagy Oct 14th 2008 8:23PM
Looks Like I am going outside!
Hank Oct 14th 2008 8:23PM
Many servers that ARE up are having issues. Either you get stuck at 'Retrieving Character List', or at a loading screen once you select a character. This happens with or without addons, no matter where my character happens to be (TB, Shatt, SMC...)
deviationer Oct 14th 2008 8:24PM
wow even the realm status page gives a 404 now.
jurandr Oct 14th 2008 8:24PM
shadowsong is at least online. kinda.
Getting past the loading screen is a little tough.
Moo Oct 14th 2008 8:26PM
same with Uldaman. Get to the loading screen, the beautiful blue bar moves across quickly. I get excited....then nuthin'
Deb Oct 14th 2008 8:28PM
'nuff said
http://community.livejournal.com/wow_ladies/7193910.html?nc=13&style=mine
mike Oct 14th 2008 8:29PM
hmm apparently in addition my other problems the game ate my brewfest kodo?
I hoping the lag is preventing me from seeing in the pet tab
JiG Oct 14th 2008 8:51PM
lol i finally got on and i had 0 spells in my spell book 0 talent points and whenever i tryed to talk it gave me the message "you do not know that language"
Kaphik Oct 14th 2008 8:32PM
Millions of people are all trying to connect to the servers at the same time, and people don't expect traffic jams and lock ups?
Osi Oct 14th 2008 8:49PM
not by a properly designed server :)
Amaxe Oct 14th 2008 9:36PM
Actually, Blizzard should have been prepared for this fact. They could very easily have brought things back online in stages, and applied what failed on earlier servers to the later ones.
They could have even learned from Patch 2.0 and considered staggering the upgrade over a few days.
This is very poor planning on their part.