Maintenance extended further for many realms [updated]
by Eliah Hecht 
May 12th 2009 at 3:15PM
In completely unsurprising news, extended maintenance for the realms that were undergoing it has been additionally extended today. These realms were suppose to be brought up at noon PDT today. The latest news is that there is no current ETA for them to come back, but that we should get another update by 1 PM PDT (at which time I fully anticipate they will tell us to expect another update by 2 PM PDT). The good news is they're doing hardware upgrades, so when the realms come back up, they should be better than before.
The affected realms are: Aegwynn, Akama, Aman'Thul, Arathor, Azjol-Nerub, Barthilas, Blackrock, Bloodscalp, Bonechewer, Boulderfist, Bronzebeard, Caelestrasz, Chromaggus, Crushridge, Daggerspine, Darkspear, Dath'Remar, Draenor, Dragonblight, Dragonmaw, Draka, Drak'thul, Dreadmaul, Dunemaul, Eitrigg, Eldre'Thalas, Feathermoon, Firetree, Frostmane, Frostmourne, Frostwolf, Garithos, Gundrak, Gurubashi, Hakkar, Jubei'Thos, Khaz Modan, Khaz'goroth, Kil'jaeden, Kilrogg, Korgath, Kul Tiras, Malorne, Mug'thol, Muradin, Nagrand, Nathrezim, Ner'zhul, Perenolde, Proudmoore, Rexxar, Runetotem, Saurfang, Scarlet Crusade, Sen'jin, Shadow Council, Shadowsong, Silver Hand, Silvermoon, Skywall, Smolderthorn, Spirestone, Stonemaul, Stormscale, Suramar, Terenas, Thaurissan, Thorium Brotherhood, Tichondrius, Uldum, Vek'nilash, and Windrunner. All other realms should be available for play now.
We will keep you posted as soon as we hear more on when the realms in question will be brought up.
Update: As predicted, they have updated to let us know that they still don't know when these realms will be back up, and they will have another update for us at 2 PDT.
Update 2: Blizzard has announced that they expect these realms to be available for play by 2:30 PDT.
Filed under: Realm News, News items
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
Ignatius May 12th 2009 3:19PM
Oh god, what a surprise!
Nerdagain May 12th 2009 3:21PM
Coming out with great games but having no concept of how long something is going to take seems to be Blizzards forte.
outlier May 12th 2009 3:26PM
/roll for a free day of game time...
Broxamson May 12th 2009 3:29PM
its like i would rather have them say 'hey shits gonna be down all day' then lie and say 'its gonna be up....wait...no...hold ill let you know.'
Todd May 12th 2009 3:21PM
Will this improve Wintergrasp? Probably not. Will this piss me off further. You betcha!
Nerdagain May 12th 2009 3:23PM
What is this "new hardware" suppose to be improving? Maybe I missed it and it has been said before.
Broxamson May 12th 2009 3:25PM
judging from the names of the realms they all seem to be Older, and possibly, (cause i know two of my realms on that list are) extremely populated realms.
but its just a guess
Wolftech May 12th 2009 3:33PM
The upgrades were for the LA Datacenter, and if I recall correctly, this is all of the original launch servers. While Proudmoore has been mostly stable for the most part, the random lag, and interesting glitches (like the blinking lava waves in OS) will hopefully be fixed with the new hardware. I don't mind waiting if it means a more stable environment.
Broxamson May 12th 2009 3:39PM
yeah ive been getting a glitch in running/flying animations since wrath dropped on Spirestone. my char/mount has no animation as i move forward. if Lagergrasp is better (with out the bs quest change) ill be stoked as well
flawless May 12th 2009 3:27PM
Extended maintenance is extended.
Nate May 12th 2009 3:31PM
My god! Doomhammer isn't involved!
max May 12th 2009 3:40PM
if this goes on the rest of the day i want another free day credited to my account, this is ridiculous. if they even had the slightest idea it would take longer, then they should of just said, "these realms will probably be down all day" and been honest about it.
Rash May 12th 2009 3:46PM
Kind of scary considering this is supposed to be the top MMO.
killerkarl May 12th 2009 4:00PM
Blizzard could learn a thing or two from Scotty when it comes to giving time estimates for repairs/maintenance.
Eliah Hecht May 12th 2009 4:01PM
Ha, I was just thinking that. Especially because I watched the "Relics" episode of TNG over the weekend.
darren May 12th 2009 4:01PM
I take it you haven't been around long. WoW is the top MMO (if you count the number of accounts), and after, what, 7 years of this, there is nothing to be scared at.
darren May 12th 2009 4:02PM
meant as a reply to Rash
Herbz May 12th 2009 4:33PM
I been in the game since start and it's sort of odd that I'm used to this. Anyone else feeling like this aswell? Of course I don 't really play till 3:30p.m. ish CST anyways. Patience...young grasshopper patience...
Philotaur May 12th 2009 4:10PM
Anyone know if these supposed hardware upgrades will fix the "Additional Instances cannot be launched" bullcrappy that seems to be all the rage on Uldum these days?
Mongolor May 12th 2009 4:32PM
As I am on Terenas, a launch server, I am very very glad that they are finally addressing the hardware issues. Most of our top guilds abandoned us two years ago due to server instability. Heck, I might even be able to ride a mount in Dalaran tonight.