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[gigapixels Veteran]

We are in the final stages of resolving the issues. We will provide another update in about 1 hour. Thank you for your patience.

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[GreenMartian]

Honestly, I'd rather have one downtime, even if it gets extended, than have the servers go offline randomly for the next couple of days.

And what are the chances of that happening on a major patch day? :p

[gigapixels Veteran]

Some servers are up. Of course Burning Legion isn't :laugh:

EDIT: I'm not sure how many of you play mages, but here's a proposed Frost build: 19/0/52. I can't wait to try it out!

[I am Redbeard]

#WoW We are currently in the process of bringing all realms live. Thank you for your patience and enjoy Fall of the Lich King.

~8 Minutes ago.

[gigapixels Veteran]

Can anybody log in fully? Burning Legion is up, but when I select a character I go to the loading screen, the progress bar fills up, and nothing.

EDIT: It appears this is widespread :/

Edited December 8, 2009 by gigapixels

[dead.cell]

lol, bitched at the billing department for having a lovely little "bug" that likes to reactivate my account. Got a week free. -2 days from automatic reactivation, that's +5 days profit. :p

Extended maintenance and issues of course. That's simply to be expected (sadly).

[I am Redbeard]

I've been in since 4.

Did my first Random Dungeon (H-AN) got the two Frost Emblems.

Picked up a quest in Dalaran to head to the Forge of Souls, just downed the first boss in FoS.

Also, the previous Daily Heroic Quest Giver now give out weekly Raid Quests?

The one I got was XT-002 Must Die! Worth 5 Triumph and 5 Frost emblems.

[Prosidius]

Just not a patch day without issues. :p

[dead.cell]

Just not a patch day without issues. :p

I'll be in the shock the day we do have an error free big-patch day lol. :rofl:

Update: Blizzard is giving everyone a Corehound pup vanity pet for those who have a Blizzard Authenticator.

Now, this sort of has me questioning their methods, as it appears they're trying to offer security and a pet at the cost of an authenticator. I'm not sure how much of an effect this has on password strength, but why is it that security appears to be a "concern" when the passwords for WoW / Battle.net accounts aren't even case sensitive?

Is this a bit backwards, or does case sensitivity not really matter that much? :huh:

Edited December 8, 2009 by dead.cell

[Minifig]

The authenticator codes are only good for a minute after you type them in.

I have one, I got my Corehound pup, and I love him to bits.

[SimplySchizo]

if you have an iphone and play wow, no reason not to get the authenticator for your phone. its totally free and added security is great.

the pup is an awesome pet. does tricks and all :D

too bad my 7day promo is almost done and will be puttin accnt on the market.

[dead.cell]

Let's see, after maintenance, extended maintenance, and resolved connection issues... we have the new LFG system which is semi-broken, leaving people with "dungeon is full", "additional instances cannot be launched", and "instance not found"... only to toss you out on your ass with a 15 minute debuff that prevents you from being able to try again.

So... what am I doing at the moment? Playing CoD4... :p

[Minifig]

I got myself upto 25 Triumph badges tonight. Not a bad start .. :)

[+Anarkii Subscriber²]

Lord whatshisface dead :)

2nd boss kept killing us all on adds :(

Edited December 9, 2009 by Anarkii

[the evn show]

By the time I got home from work today (7:15 pm local time) my guild had cleared all 4 bosses once on 25 man and was working through it again on alts. This expansion is worthless: since it started there hasn't been a dungeon that lasted more than 1 raid week unless you decide to cripple yourself with nonsense like "do this with only 4 groups" or "tie your hands behind your back and try it again".

This new policy of shipping everything with easymode on from day 1 is just plain not fun.

[Prosidius]

I transfered my paladin to Lightning's Blade and gave him a faction change. Good riddence to leave the alliance. I may actually be able to raid too now. Seeing people in ICC without me in there killed me inside.

On another note I added an authenticator to my account to get the pet then immediately removed it. I've never gotten hacked so I dont need one.

[Shadrack]

Patch day seemed to go pretty well for my realm, Deathwing, and the battlegroup server. I was lagged out about 80ms more than I normally am.

A few times the new dungeon finder feature would try to load a dungeon and it would get stuck then time out. But usually clicking on the "return to dungeon" button would work. I like the new dungeon finder feature and I like how the player pool is larger from different realms. This should make it a lot easier to find a group for dungeons, especially while leveling up.

[Eric Veteran]

I'll be in the shock the day we do have an error free big-patch day lol. :rofl:

Update: Blizzard is giving everyone a Corehound pup vanity pet for those who have a Blizzard Authenticator.

Now, this sort of has me questioning their methods, as it appears they're trying to offer security and a pet at the cost of an authenticator. I'm not sure how much of an effect this has on password strength, but why is it that security appears to be a "concern" when the passwords for WoW / Battle.net accounts aren't even case sensitive?

Is this a bit backwards, or does case sensitivity not really matter that much? :huh:

You get the Core Hound Pup for any authenticator, not just the key fob. There are free mobile apps for a bunch of different devices at mobile.blizzard.com

[Shaun N.]

Too late is seems

[Art3x]

I personally got an authenticator when I made the change to Battle.net just to be safe. Takes about 5 extra seconds to log in, and I never have to worry about it.

I've had my account since release day and never been hacked, but a little extra never hurt anyone.

[Slane]

This new policy of shipping everything with easymode on from day 1 is just plain not fun.

Yup. Hell the guild I currently reside in (not really raiding with 'em) already did the first two bosses, and if it wasn't for the lag probally would have all 4 done. They'll finish it tonight. And this is a guild with next to no hardmodes in Ulduar cleared and still haven't killed Yogg on 25 man. But yet they are 2/12 in Icecrown already and 2/5 heroic ToC. :(

[Art3x]

It's the first and easiest wing of REGULAR ICC. I think everyone needs to just relax and see how it pans out before screaming about it being too easy.

[Slane]

It's the first and easiest wing of REGULAR ICC. I think everyone needs to just relax and see how it pans out before screaming about it being too easy.

Regardless, no instance should be that easy and that's the only thing we've seen the entire LK cycle.

[Prosidius]

Need we remind you of Black Temple and Hyjal? I know its not the same comparision (especially since ICC is the top raid tier and BT wasnt) but up to Archimonde Hyjal was a snooze fest and Black Temple only started to get hard at Bloodboil.

[Stokkolm]

It's the first and easiest wing of REGULAR ICC. I think everyone needs to just relax and see how it pans out before screaming about it being too easy.

I agree, it's just the regular version, I'm sure the Heroic difficulty will be much harder. You guys are complaining because they are making the game achievable for casual players who make up the majority of the player base. Just wait until you can do it on Heroic and stop complaining about regular.