Blizzard says to log out and then back in to ensure an upgrade
by Adam Holisky 
Nov 12th 2008 at 9:20PM
I have to admit, this is an odd news bulletin. But Nethaera posted this on the general forums tonight without any promoting from the users."To ensure a smooth transition to Wrath of the Lich King, we recommend that players who have newly upgraded their accounts, log into the game and log out completely for a short period of time in order for their account to fully update."
So what does that mean? Does it mean I have to be logged out for the game to update? I would think that would be a "duh" kind of thing. But what I'm taking from it is the following steps:
- Upgrade Account to Wrath
- Log in
- /dance
- Log out
- ???
- Log in and go to Northend
My guess is that some internal variables in the game need to be reset upon logging in, and those variables might affect other login processes, so you have to "restart" more or less.
Either way, it's good information that should go out to the masses.
Filed under: Patches, Bugs, News items, Wrath of the Lich King
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Aaron Nov 12th 2008 9:25PM
It seemed to me that what they meant was that people who had upgraded their accounts PRIOR TO MIDNIGHT had to log off and on. I dont think the rest of us have to. But the blue's wording doesn't make it clear at all!
Zerubbable Nov 12th 2008 9:34PM
Or it's what we in the tech industry call "turning it off and back on again" : )
zflamewing Nov 13th 2008 10:10AM
Bounce it FTW
Jp Nov 12th 2008 9:33PM
Shouldn't it be..
1 Upgrade Account to Wrath
2 Log in
3 /dance
4 Log out
5 ???
6 PROFIT!!!!
The Avatar of Blue Nov 12th 2008 10:06PM
You are correct!
Nick Nov 12th 2008 10:08PM
3 /underpants-stealin' dance
phox Nov 12th 2008 10:17PM
You win 500 internet points!
MrKite Nov 13th 2008 12:43AM
Dang. You beat me to it.
Taidan Nov 12th 2008 9:44PM
This is another one of those windows things, turn on, use for a bit, total restart. Its just life with computers
dlar3 Nov 12th 2008 9:53PM
glad i use a mac
phox Nov 12th 2008 10:18PM
Hurray for a computer made up entirely of proprietary software!
SBKT Nov 13th 2008 2:34AM
Doesn't make any difference. It's server sided. Sorta like the Armory. Some crap can't be fully accessed unless you're not using your own account.
Bootsanator Nov 12th 2008 10:25PM
Northend? glad i copy/pasted that to my raid group
Jamesisgreat Nov 12th 2008 10:36PM
We just had a realm restart on the EU servers. Before the restart I was 5 fish away from my 500 fish achievement. After the restart it dropped back to 410 that I had a few hours ago :(
Jim T Nov 13th 2008 3:23AM
It took you hours to go from 410 fish to almost 500?
Jamesisgreat Nov 13th 2008 10:10AM
Lol - no! It took about half an hour, but I only fished towards the end of the 2 hours I'd been online.
Aramaethien Nov 14th 2008 2:43PM
My pet Frosty didn't come in the mail until I logged out the first time.