Rolling restarts, some maintenance
by Adam Holisky 
Apr 6th 2009 at 10:25PM
The opening in game announcement tells us that there will be rolling restarts tomorrow beginning at 5:00 a.m. PDT / 8:00 a.m. EDT. Each realm will be down for about 15 minutes, and all the restarts should be done by 7:00 a.m. PDT / 10:00 a.m. EDT.This is important in that shows patch 3.1 will not be going live tomorrow. No server downtime means no patch, so everyone can relax and enjoy the game as is for another week.
There is a possibility a few more realms will be down for an extended amount of time – and if that turns into anything major we'll let you know here.
Filed under: Realm Status, News items
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
AltairAntares Apr 6th 2009 10:42PM
The Easter Bunny feels much better now...
OIK2 Apr 6th 2009 10:43PM
:-(
Jenny Apr 6th 2009 10:47PM
Phew, I'm actually relieved. I'm not going to be able to raid for a week or so, and I didn't want to miss my guild's first go at Ulduar.
Atlas Apr 6th 2009 10:49PM
Another week without me logging on then it seems >>
Magma Apr 6th 2009 11:56PM
If you -really- think you are out of things to do before this comes out, I suggest you rethink your priorities.
Pete Apr 7th 2009 1:48AM
@Magma: Yep, you're right, clearly spending time outside of WoW is a sign of seriously screwed up priorities.
Hansbo Apr 7th 2009 6:20AM
That was a very funny combination of posts.
Teaspoon Apr 6th 2009 10:59PM
Yay! Separate restarts at sensible times for Oceanic realms!
I'll come back and reply to this around 10pm when the rolling restarts on the rest of Bloodlust leak across and crash Aman'thul. Again. Just like every other week that they've tried to have separate downtimes.
WTB Oceanic-only battlegroup. WTB Oceanic servers on hardware in a datacentre in Australia, for that matter.
Noscy Apr 7th 2009 12:06AM
Second that Teaspoon, however I'm one of those Aussies that inhabit a US server (for some silly reason) on the same Battle Group.
We should start a petition on the forums (although I don't doubt that it has not been done before)
Goobenix Apr 6th 2009 11:46PM
EPIC SAD.
Darak Apr 7th 2009 12:29AM
I think we all know what this means:
Selected realms are getting patch 3.1! Everybody transfer!
Kakistocracy Apr 7th 2009 12:49AM
Ha ha, could be!
Or maybe they keep realms down longer when many people from that realm complain on the forums...
Voltage Spike Apr 7th 2009 12:52AM
Yup, no need to reactivate my account quite yet.
Task Apr 7th 2009 1:03AM
Just a heads up, they are doing a restart on Dawnbringer right now because of lag and server issues. It may happen on other servers too.
Caustik Apr 7th 2009 1:15AM
What?
Some were still hoping for the 3.1 patch?
Prozac sales are gonna go up it seems.
Ne0nguy Apr 7th 2009 9:32AM
Looks like I have another week to prepare my addons for the patch.