Cataclysm launches in Europe, servers currently down [Updated]

by Alex Ziebart Dec 6th 2010 at 6:57PM

In what may be the least surprising event of the year, Europe's World of Warcraft servers have gone down almost immediately after the expansion's launch in that region. Even Europe's Battle.net web resources appear to be down for maintenance (or are merely offline due to overwhelming load).

How long will this downtime last? We're not sure, but we will do our very best to keep you updated on European server status. European players, if you have any tips or updates on your server's status, don't be afraid to contact us via our tip line. We love to hear from you!

Update: It appears the culprit is the login/authentication server. Once you beat the login boss, the game realms themselves seem to be running just fine.

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Reader Comments (Page 4 of 4)

QQinsider Dec 6th 2010 7:59PM

Took me 30 minutes to get in, but I still got Realm First Herbalism. Go me!

Storm Peaks -> 490, then Uldum with +5 gloves and +5 enchant and fly up and down the river picking whiptail.

Btw, it's easy to kill those L83 crocs in Uldum with a L80 feral druid alt in T8/9 gear (I think the difficulty of Cata mobs has been way overstated, at least outside of instances. I was able to kill L85 mobs in Twilight Highlands too, just took a while...)

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