Question about WoW and the servers......

[DaTT]

I just started this game and have found out that every Tuesday they shut the servers down for maintenance until 11PST.

My question is, are they ever down until then?...or do they sometimes come back online earlier.

 

[stevf]

if I remember correctly today's maintenance is a little longer than normal. now to your question - sometimes I think they come up early and sometimes they take longer. the first few weeks after a patch release have a better chance of being down longer.

 

[DaTT]

Well, most of them came up way earlier than expected. My server was lucky enough to be one.

 

[Schadenfroh]

Back when I used to play, the rule of thumb was to add 4 hours to what Blizzard said it was going to take and pray that you would get past "authenticating"

 

[pontifex]

not to get off topic but i played wow for about 7 months from release. the game was amazing. everything was new and you couldn't wait to get to the new areas. once i got to endgame though, it was like a chore to play and wasn't fun anymore.

 

[JohnAn2112]

Originally posted by: Schadenfroh
Back when I used to play, the rule of thumb was to add 4 hours to what Blizzard said it was going to take and pray that you would get past "authenticating"

Then after "authenticating", it was another 4 hours to get past "handshaking".

 

[Sid59]

Originally posted by: pontifex
not to get off topic but i played wow for about 7 months from release. the game was amazing. everything was new and you couldn't wait to get to the new areas. once i got to endgame though, it was like a chore to play and wasn't fun anymore.

indeed. i just didn't need another 'job' outside of my paying job. i took 3 months off and just pvp here and there for gear on my alt.

when i see the some of the gear i miss out on my warlock, i almost cry. nonetheless, i was speaking with my friend about XPAC recreating that "NEW" feeling when you start the game and exploring. I wanna play XPAC but i wanna casually quest and test the 5 man dungeon.

so i dunno, i'm undecided.

 

[pontifex]

Originally posted by: Sid59

Originally posted by: pontifex
not to get off topic but i played wow for about 7 months from release. the game was amazing. everything was new and you couldn't wait to get to the new areas. once i got to endgame though, it was like a chore to play and wasn't fun anymore.

indeed. i just didn't need another 'job' outside of my paying job. i took 3 months off and just pvp here and there for gear on my alt.

when i see the some of the gear i miss out on my warlock, i almost cry. nonetheless, i was speaking with my friend about XPAC recreating that "NEW" feeling when you start the game and exploring. I wanna play XPAC but i wanna casually quest and test the 5 man dungeon.

so i dunno, i'm undecided.

i haven't been keeping up with the expansion but from what i read previously, it didn't sound like it added much for the casual type player.

 

[Anubis]

Originally posted by: pontifex

Originally posted by: Sid59

Originally posted by: pontifex
not to get off topic but i played wow for about 7 months from release. the game was amazing. everything was new and you couldn't wait to get to the new areas. once i got to endgame though, it was like a chore to play and wasn't fun anymore.

indeed. i just didn't need another 'job' outside of my paying job. i took 3 months off and just pvp here and there for gear on my alt.

when i see the some of the gear i miss out on my warlock, i almost cry. nonetheless, i was speaking with my friend about XPAC recreating that "NEW" feeling when you start the game and exploring. I wanna play XPAC but i wanna casually quest and test the 5 man dungeon.

so i dunno, i'm undecided.

i haven't been keeping up with the expansion but from what i read previously, it didn't sound like it added much for the casual type player.

the servers go down every teus, normally come up round 2 EST but they are often early/late

as for teh xpac they are adding in a bunhc of new 5/10/15 man instances so it is catering to the casual much more