Stokkolm Posted May 19, 2009 Share Posted May 19, 2009 I've been trying for a few hours now to play WoW, but it keeps telling me that every single realm is down. Is anybody else experiencing these problems?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sethos Posted May 19, 2009 Share Posted May 19, 2009 Isn't it weekly maintenance in the US right now? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
obiwong Posted May 19, 2009 Share Posted May 19, 2009 yup tuesdays are maintenance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stokkolm Posted May 19, 2009 Author Share Posted May 19, 2009 http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/realmstatus/ shows all of them are down. Is it a maintenance thing? It's been about 3 hours now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoffrey B. Veteran Posted May 19, 2009 Veteran Share Posted May 19, 2009 i am assuming that you are a new player however, All realms are down on Tuesdays there should actually be a box to the left of the login box on the login screen telling you the approx. Time that it will be done for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
obiwong Posted May 19, 2009 Share Posted May 19, 2009 i am assuming that you are a new player however, All realms are down on Tuesdays there should actually be a box to the left of the login box on the login screen telling you the approx. Time that it will be done for. and if you're an old player you know to take that time and add ~3 hours :laugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sethos Posted May 19, 2009 Share Posted May 19, 2009 you know to take that time and add ~3 hours :laugh: and +6-8 hours on patch days, plus an unstable server for the next 3 days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stokkolm Posted May 19, 2009 Author Share Posted May 19, 2009 Ahh, ok they are supposed to come back up at 11am PDT. This is my first Tuesday playing, sorry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Zog Posted May 19, 2009 Share Posted May 19, 2009 http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/realmstatus/ shows all of them are down. Is it a maintenance thing? It's been about 3 hours now. They usually go down at 7AM EST and are back up by 2PM EST.. Times change tho as tuesdays maintenance usually goes longer. :) This ios every Tuesday they do this unless there is a problem with something.. Ya get use to it after a month or so. :p Tuesday's are good days to check for updated add-ons and other stuff.. :) and +6-8 hours on patch days, plus an unstable server for the next 3 days. Hehe.. 3 days after patch days aren't too bad.. its the day's after an expansion is released. :( With launch of 3.0.2, queue of over 3000 peeps... And bad lag.. With BC, unstable for like 2 months! hehe.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vice Posted May 19, 2009 Share Posted May 19, 2009 You would think that after 4 years of running the game that they would have devised a way to keep the servers up for more then 7 days at a time. I mean if you have 100 Realms it is conceivable that some are going to need more maintenance then others so why take all of them off-line at the same time it must take a lot of effort to do whatever they are doing every week on the same day to every server. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acnpt Posted May 19, 2009 Share Posted May 19, 2009 ITS THE END OF THE WORLD of warcraft. :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stokkolm Posted May 19, 2009 Author Share Posted May 19, 2009 You would think that after 4 years of running the game that they would have devised a way to keep the servers up for more then 7 days at a time. I mean if you have 100 Realms it is conceivable that some are going to need more maintenance then others so why take all of them off-line at the same time it must take a lot of effort to do whatever they are doing every week on the same day to every server. I agree, I would never have expected them to bring all the servers down for maintenance at once, that's crazy. Oh well, I guess I'll have to find something else to do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaun N. Posted May 19, 2009 Share Posted May 19, 2009 ITS THE END OF THE WORLD of warcraft. :p WIN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Zog Posted May 19, 2009 Share Posted May 19, 2009 I agree, I would never have expected them to bring all the servers down for maintenance at once, that's crazy. Oh well, I guess I'll have to find something else to do. When they go down for maintenance, its all scripted to make maintenance easier for a server farm of that size and that many users.. A lot of Online RPG's have general maintenance days, just not as often as WoW.. Besides.. They gotta get paid for doing something over there.. :p The client itself is very buggy.. The least they can do is fix server side to make things as smooth as possible.. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Veteran Posted May 19, 2009 Veteran Share Posted May 19, 2009 It's difficult to reliably back up a database while it's being accessed by millions of users at one time. They also do updates to the server code more often than the client and that requires a shutdown, too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stokkolm Posted May 19, 2009 Author Share Posted May 19, 2009 It's difficult to reliably back up a database while it's being accessed by millions of users at one time. They also do updates to the server code more often than the client and that requires a shutdown, too. I understand your point, but surely they could take half the servers down for so many hours and then the other half once those ones come back up. That way you could still play and it wouldn't introduce inconsistencies between servers, since the servers that haven't yet been upgraded would go offline as soon as the upgraded ones came up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+audacioustrash Subscriber² Posted May 19, 2009 Subscriber² Share Posted May 19, 2009 From their forums: We will be performing extended maintenance to complete some hardware configuration on the realms listed below. This extended maintenance will begin at 3:00AM PDT on Tuesday, May 19th and we expect them to be playable by approximately 1:00PM PDT. All other realms will be undergoing our regularly scheduled maintenance which will begin at 3:00AM PDT and end at approximately 11:00AM PDT. Thank you for your patience! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VIVIsectVI Posted May 19, 2009 Share Posted May 19, 2009 I understand your point, but surely they could take half the servers down for so many hours and then the other half once those ones come back up. That way you could still play and it wouldn't introduce inconsistencies between servers, since the servers that haven't yet been upgraded would go offline as soon as the upgraded ones came up. Translation: "I'm already addicted, and this is time I could be spending killing boars" Tuesday has been the down-time day since...forever. Millions of people deal with it, I'm sure you'll find a way to deal with it too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neoauld Posted May 19, 2009 Share Posted May 19, 2009 Ahh, ok they are supposed to come back up at 11am PDT. This is my first Tuesday playing, sorry. the addiction has set in Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoffrey B. Veteran Posted May 19, 2009 Veteran Share Posted May 19, 2009 I understand your point, but surely they could take half the servers down for so many hours and then the other half once those ones come back up. That way you could still play and it wouldn't introduce inconsistencies between servers, since the servers that haven't yet been upgraded would go offline as soon as the upgraded ones came up. Actually that would not really work that well being that your character information is not on every server it is only on the server that you play on for that specific character. Its not like runescape where your character is on every server. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stokkolm Posted May 19, 2009 Author Share Posted May 19, 2009 Actually that would not really work that well being that your character information is not on every server it is only on the server that you play on for that specific character. Its not like runescape where your character is on every server. Yes, but you could just play different characters. At least you're still playing...man you guys are right, I am addicted, lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
obiwong Posted May 19, 2009 Share Posted May 19, 2009 don't worry servers will be up soon Soon: Copyright 2004-2009 Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. All rights reserved. "Soon" does not imply any particular date, time, decade, century, or millennia in the past, present, and certainly not the future. "Soon" shall make no contract or warranty between Blizzard Entertainment and the end user. "Soon" will arrive some day, Blizzard does guarantee that "soon" will be here before the end of time. Maybe. Do not make plans based on "soon" as Blizzard will not be liable for any misuse, use, or even casual glancing at "soon."[1] http://www.wowwiki.com/Soon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spookie Posted May 19, 2009 Share Posted May 19, 2009 Patch gets deployed today so it might be down for longer. Wintergrasp dailies get pushed to weeklies YAY! :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Zog Posted May 19, 2009 Share Posted May 19, 2009 Gonna be down a little longer than 2PM EST.. Seems we've been patched from 3.1.1.9835 up to 3.1.2.9901.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Treemonkeys Posted May 19, 2009 Share Posted May 19, 2009 I understand your point, but surely they could take half the servers down for so many hours and then the other half once those ones come back up. That way you could still play and it wouldn't introduce inconsistencies between servers, since the servers that haven't yet been upgraded would go offline as soon as the upgraded ones came up. What would be the point? Just to help people who are so addicted that they want to make another character on another server just to kill time? I only play on one server, so when it is down WoW is down as far as I'm concerned, I'm sure most of there players see it the same way and it's probably more efficient for their technicians to do everything at once. Plus they probably want to get it done while most people are at school or work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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