Realm maintenance for January 5th [Updated]
by Alex Ziebart 
Jan 4th 2010 at 5:00PM
Though we haven't seen official word on the topic yet, it's expected that the next wing of Icecrown Citadel, the Plagueworks, will open tomorrow once realms come back online. This wing will include the bosses Rotface, Festergut, and Professor Putricide. Personally, I wouldn't be surprised if we also saw a minor bug fix patch tomorrow, but only time will tell.
If we hear anymore regarding either of those things throughout the day, we'll be sure to keep you updated.
Edit: I know how to use a calendar. Really. I do.
Filed under: Realm News, Analysis / Opinion, Realm Status
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
Dan Jan 4th 2010 5:15PM
5 Jan?
Prinnygod Jan 4th 2010 5:15PM
If the maintenance is tomorrow, shouldn't the title of this article say January 5th?
Alex Ziebart Jan 4th 2010 7:24PM
/facepalm
travis Jan 4th 2010 5:16PM
cool beans.
Ringo Flinthammer Jan 4th 2010 5:26PM
It'd be nice if they pulled the Ashen Verdict guys fighting the Scourge out of phase. I've done every Icecrown quest and have completed the whole tournament, the new 5-mans, and everything, and I still just see the Scourge fighting invisible guys. I know that there's a lot of phases to juggle in Icecrown, but I also know that some things transcend all of them -- do that to those NPCs, please.
Pemberton Jan 4th 2010 6:05PM
Well, we had a nice two maintainance-free Tuesdays running.
vanye111 Jan 5th 2010 12:45PM
Sadly, it shows. Thrall is having lots of latency and server crashes. Has been since before the holiday school break, and it's desperately needed to be brought down, but sadly wasn't.
I hope today's maintenance makes a difference.
Noid Jan 4th 2010 6:11PM
OMG Patch 3.4!
Dragoth Jan 4th 2010 6:35PM
MMO-Champion is reporting that the next wing won't go live till next week...interesting! Who is going to be right?!
Wowinsider Jan 4th 2010 6:48PM
MMO-Champion posted that on the 2nd, which is Saturday and technically last week, so they're saying the same thing. The second wing opens tomorrow.
Dragoth Jan 4th 2010 7:27PM
Ah yes. Good catch. I didn't notice that. I forgot that MMO-Champion doesn't update as much as WoW.com.
Spencer Cross Jan 4th 2010 6:38PM
>Personally, I wouldn't be surprised if we also saw a minor bug fix patch tomorrow, but only time will tell.
God, I hope so. There are a couple of bugs, most notably the bugged Test at Sea quest in HF, that have been driving me nuts ever since the drop of 3.3.
jsmith215 Jan 4th 2010 8:58PM
I hope they the Water Elemental perma-pet glitch.
Every time I land, I either have to resummon it, or kill the 10 mobs it's aggroed.
Ricohardt Jan 4th 2010 8:59PM
I wonder if it'll remove all the Filled Festive mugs from new years from my bags.
Reps Jan 4th 2010 7:09PM
Hopefully we will see an increase in Battered Hilt droprates. 20k for a hilt on the AH is simply absurd for a 251 epic. (Although I guess some people have money to spare..)
rawrawrawr Jan 5th 2010 12:22AM
I think it's fine. It's a damn good weapon to be able to get from a heroic (or even without doing one, if you have the money) and thus, it should be rare.
Mike Jan 4th 2010 7:46PM
Personally, I hope they tweak the LFD groups who can kick at will.
Reps Jan 4th 2010 8:40PM
I hope they fix the "That player can not be kicked yet" bug. You know, the one where you get a healer who decides to stand there not healing until the tank is dead in Gundrak for the first three trash pulls. And the first two boss wipes. So that finally we have to have the ret paladin in the group heal.
Beli Jan 5th 2010 9:45AM
@Reps
Yeah, that one is really annoying. You cant' kick during the 15 minute dungeon finder debuff... but most likely you'll know if someone really isn't pulling their weight in the first 5 minutes, if not less. I've had tanks that, just looking at them, I knew weren't defense capped and were going to wipe us. Heck, i've had tanks with less health than the DPS warrior or ret palidan standing next to them. And there's the healers that come in wearing PvP gear. Or the Hunter last night that was doing 450 DPS in VH (seriously... things were going so slow that, while healing on my shaman, i did better DPS than he did) - by using auto shot for 75% of his damage.
Narshe Jan 5th 2010 12:21AM
I cant see notices like server downtime on the log in screen. I can see it flash for a second but its gone right away, is this a glitch or can i fix it myself? Been wondering if there would be downtime and didnt know until i came here.