Rampage battlegroup experiencing outages this afternoon
by Alex Ziebart 
Jul 18th 2009 at 3:07PM
We're starting to get reports aplenty of the (North American) Rampage battlegroup having server outages at the moment, but the exact nature is... fuzzy, to say the least! The login server doesn't seem to be the usual culprit, since the problem is exclusive to Rampage thus far. Looking at the Tech Support forum, it doesn't look like Blizzard has given any updates on the situation beyond asking players to run a traceroute if they have the knowhow. If you're the sort that knows how to do something like that, please direct yourself to the official forums.Hopefully this outage doesn't last too long, because we're going to be quickly approaching Saturday primetime. That's definitely not a good time for server outages! If anything major comes of this, we'll be sure to let you guys know. If you all want to help us on that front, just keep us updated in the comments below if you're one of the unfortunate Rampage players. If you're not sure what battlegroup you're a part of and seem to be having server problems, the server list is behind the cut below.
Update: The customer service forum has a far more useful thread. An investigation into the issues is ongoing. Thanks, siech0.
Rampage's servers are: Alexstrasza, Alleria, Balnazzar, Blackhand, Cho'gall, Destromath, Dethecus, Garona, Gorgonnash, Gul'dan, Hellscream, Illidan, Kael'thas, Kirin Tor, Ravencrest, Spinebreaker, Stormreaver, Whisperwind
Filed under: Realm News, Realm Status
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
Kody Jul 18th 2009 3:13PM
Illidan is still down apparently, I'm stuck at the "Retrieving Character List" screen.
Julie Jul 18th 2009 3:14PM
Guild mates and the raid group I was in had problems long before I did, but alas, my DK is stuck in OS and I can't long into any of my toons on Whisperwind (gets stuck on the loading screen). Hopefully Blizzard fixes the problem with Rampage's servers soon.
Chunky Monkey Jul 18th 2009 3:15PM
yea hellscream is down but wont go past the loading screen
IronMog Jul 18th 2009 3:18PM
I was on Kirin Tor [H] before logging and switching to check mail on toons over on Stonemaul [A]. Tried to come back to keep leveling my pally and got stuck on the loading screen with a full bar. Major bummer. I've tried the usual fixes and nothing so far.
sccorp.sc Jul 18th 2009 3:19PM
This happened to the server Turaylon last night, killing our Ulduar raid in the process. Epic fail ftl.
fairygothqueen Jul 22nd 2009 11:55PM
same here. having problems logging in
Ubercharged Jul 18th 2009 3:26PM
Destro is down, I was doing AV and it was 13A v 35H as usual and nobody could respawn, we still managed to lose before the server kicked us though
kidandroid Jul 18th 2009 3:26PM
Me and a couple guildies were in Gundrak when this chaos started. One of warlocks was apparently "roller skating around the instance while in Drain Soul animation." There goes my heroic daily D :
antvenega23 Jul 18th 2009 3:53PM
Haha that was me. I got some crazy Screen shots of it.
Kaltra Jul 18th 2009 3:39PM
Was working through quests at the Tournament on Whisperwind when my opponent suddenly ran the other way and vanished. Tried to challenge the next one down and realized nothing I was doing was getting a response. Now I can get as far as the loading screen, but nothing happens after the bar fills.
fhatfreddy Jul 18th 2009 3:42PM
Same here. I get to the loading screen and nothing after the fills. :(
Garrok Jul 18th 2009 3:45PM
Yes, Alexstrasza is down and apparently cannot retrieve my characters. It has been like this since I tried to log on about an hour or so ago.
ocskunk714 Jul 18th 2009 3:47PM
I'm in Cho'Gall and it's a weird outage. Our toon's are loading so we can pick one but when the world loads it gets stuck on that screen.
siech0 Jul 18th 2009 3:48PM
Blue post:
http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=18570230956&sid=1&pageNo=1
almoderate Jul 18th 2009 4:34PM
I saw "battlegroup" "outages" and the letter "R" and I have to admit... I was surprised it wasn't Retaliation.
Speaking as someone on the Retaliation battlegroup, I honestly hope that this doesn't mean you'll be having the same issues we are.
Dreadskull Jul 18th 2009 4:36PM
Yeah... this happened last week I think too -.- I'm always stuck at loading characters or w/e when trying to log onto Kirin Tor, yet my characters on other servers like Skullcrusher and Sisters of Elune load up just fine.
fhatfreddy Jul 18th 2009 4:43PM
Whisperwind is up.
Select Jul 18th 2009 5:38PM
I'm in on Gul'dan.
Phaea Jul 18th 2009 6:05PM
Spinebreaker was up briefly. Just went down again. Disconnected me and now shows as offline.
Otome Jul 18th 2009 6:28PM
Spinebreaker is working as intended then.
I still remember my days on good(?) old Spinebroken.