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by Michael Sacco 
Jun 29th 2010 at 6:08PM
We'll keep you posted, though. Now would probably be a good time to brush up on the dungeon's final boss with WoW.com's Guide to Halion!
Update 6:29 p.m. EDT: The opening of Ruby Sanctum might be a bug, but nonetheless, it's up and running. We have staff who are running it both on normal and heroic mode on the live servers. Blizzard is being coy about it, so who knows ... either way, the boss is up and can be engaged right now.
Update 6:39 p.m. EDT: Nethaera confirms that this isn't a bug: Ruby Sanctum is open, despite several battlegroups being down for another day.
Filed under: Raiding
Reader Comments (Page 3 of 6)
Kody Jun 29th 2010 6:29PM
I was able to just engage trash on Kilrogg and zoned out (nearly dead!).
PKthe13thvah Jun 29th 2010 6:31PM
Yeah, I just did a /who Ruby Sanctum on my server. I'm certain it wasn't intentional.
Hawkeye Jun 29th 2010 6:30PM
As a raider on a realm that is down for 24 hours this is a little annoying. Not a huge deal, but you're telling me they couldn't have waited a week on the maintenance to time this better? It just sucks that a highly anticipated raid is released on a day when many players have to watch from the sideline. Blizzard could have done a better job here.
Edge Jun 29th 2010 7:14PM
Well they couldn't wait a week or so to upload a patch that would most likely cause some problems (RealID) when there was a Holiday going on, so this isn't too far off.
Hawkeye Jun 29th 2010 7:23PM
They could have waited a week to do the maintenance. Nobody likes to be on the outside looking in at the fun other people are having, world/server first or no. It would be like making one of your kids to wait til Dec 26 to get their Christmas presents while the other ones get them Christmas day. On a day that I usually set aside some time for wow (tuesday night) it just sucks knowing that there's a shiny new toy that I can't play with.
sweetmittens Jun 29th 2010 7:31PM
Yeah, I thought the whole point of not opening Ruby Sanctum last week was so that everybody would be able to access it at the same time. With my realm down for 24 hours, this is a little disappointing - but having something new to do tomorrow makes up for it.
scherbaddie Jun 29th 2010 7:48PM
What an awesome idea, I can't wait till I have kids
Eudeyrn Jun 29th 2010 6:31PM
Apparently it was intentional, and is staying open.
"As noted in the official patch 3.3.5 notes, ( http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/patchnotes/ ) the release of the Ruby Sanctum was briefly delayed to better align its availability across all regions.
We’re happy to announce that the wait is over, and the Ruby Sanctum is now open. To learn more about this exciting new raid dungeon, please visit the Ruby Sanctum preview page. http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/info/underdev/3p3/rubysanctum.xml"
http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=25626575023&sid=1
(cutaia) Jun 29th 2010 6:34PM
O.o
Chris Anthony Jun 29th 2010 6:35PM
Huh, baffling. Funny that they'd delay it "to better align its availability" on a day when multiple realms have extended maintenance. Blizzard, please at SOME point introduce your right hand to your left hand.
(cutaia) Jun 29th 2010 6:36PM
"Blizzard, please at SOME point introduce your right hand to your left hand."
Sounds dirty.
Chris Anthony Jun 29th 2010 6:37PM
It's an orgy!
...of misinformation, but still.
Celldweller Jun 29th 2010 6:36PM
So they delay RS being opened because it would be unfair to EU guilds, yet they let 4 Battlegroups wait instead...wow Blizzard...just wow.
Loreana Jun 29th 2010 6:42PM
Not just half the US servers... All the EU servers are mid patch downtime now.
Ata Jun 29th 2010 6:37PM
Illidan is going to -explode- when they figure this out. Nothing like keeping back one of the strongest progression servers in the US.
Clydtsdk-Rivendare Jun 29th 2010 6:58PM
They're not prepared for RS anyway.
*wink*
Ata Jun 29th 2010 7:01PM
Oh man, I seriously laughed way too loud.
Bristae Jun 29th 2010 6:39PM
A Guild on my server already killed on 25-man.
Andrew Jun 29th 2010 6:41PM
Maintenance was merely a setback!
Isognomy Jun 29th 2010 6:40PM
I personally think they accidentally opened it and decided to just roll with it since it would require more downtime to close it and roll things back. Just my 2 cents...