Maintenance continues to be extended, no time frame given
by Eliah Hecht 
Apr 14th 2009 at 6:00PM
Today's epic maintenance to apply patch 3.1, which has stretched from 1 AM for some realms and 3 AM for others, has been additionally extended. Originally, the realms were supposed to go live at 11 AM PDT; that time has come and gone, and been pushed back a few times.
The latest update, posted to the Breaking News box a few minutes ago, is that they do not currently have an ETA on when the realms will be up, and they'll give us some more information at about 2 PM PDT, which is in 45 minutes or so.
Update 5:15 p.m. EDT: The realms continue to be down, with the in-game message now telling us that there will be an announcement at 6:00 p.m. EDT letting us all know more information.
Update 6:15 p.m. EDT: Maintenance is continuing on all realms. There is no time frame given as to when the realms will be back up, however there will be an additional announcement at 7:00 p.m. EDT. Stay tuned to WoW Insider for more information. Additionally, the official forums and account management appear to be intermittently down now as well.
Patch 3.1 is live and it takes us into Ulduar, delivers us dual specs, and brings significant changes to all the classes! We've got you covered from top to bottom with our Guide to Patch 3.1 and the official patch notes!Filed under: Patches, News items
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 13)
jsz Apr 14th 2009 4:19PM
sigh...
F0REM4N Apr 14th 2009 4:27PM
More downtime is good for Wowinsder I'd guess ;)
Calm Apr 14th 2009 5:13PM
Maintenance has been extended to 3 PDT, 6 pm EST now. Seems like we won't get to play until at least 8 eastern, considering no official time has been provided.
Zul Apr 14th 2009 5:18PM
sigh yet again...
Austin Apr 14th 2009 6:16PM
lol well everyone, now their saying 4pm pdt for the next update.
NoOne Apr 14th 2009 6:25PM
I'm tried ......
Blizzard nice job in wreaking my night
I was temp ban for the forums for asking this questions
"When will the Realm come up ? It's 6:15 pm EST"
Snoozing Apr 14th 2009 6:27PM
Glad my last week here in the stats before going back to Iraq is going to be spent wowless
F0REM4N Apr 14th 2009 7:03PM
We thank you for your patience. We are currently in the final stages of maintenance and we expect all realms to be playable by approximately 5:00PM PDT.
Zeal Apr 14th 2009 4:20PM
The Great Crash of 3.1
Peli Apr 14th 2009 4:37PM
That comes AFTER the realms come online.
Aengus Apr 14th 2009 4:21PM
For anyone that's played the game long enough this should come as no surprise.
Life goes on, we'll be in soon enough.
Eternauta Apr 14th 2009 4:39PM
You used the word "SOON"
Dan Apr 14th 2009 5:56PM
But that won't be soon enough.
Inferious Apr 14th 2009 4:20PM
Any info for European Realms?
Bardo Apr 14th 2009 4:21PM
Just in time for me to get home from work, shower, eat and prep for playing.
Arack Apr 14th 2009 6:38PM
You shower before playing?
J Apr 14th 2009 4:20PM
Nice. looks like they'll be back up just in time for me to go to class for three hours.
Moonduh Apr 14th 2009 4:21PM
"Patch 3.1 is being released today after an extended maintenance!"
translates to..
"So you think you're going to be able to PLAY today? HAHA!"
No, but in all seriousness, let them do whatever it takes to release this patch with minimal problems whenever the realms do go live.
extremeragnarok Apr 14th 2009 5:55PM
I couldn't agree more.
Angus Apr 14th 2009 6:16PM
Awww.
But I wanna know exactly when the ice stone has melted...