Some realms suffer extended downtime [Updated]
Bornakk hopped on to the forums to confirm the fears of many players who don't happen to have their World of Warcraft clients handy to tell them the same thing: some realms are going to be down for a while and Blizzard doesn't know when they're coming back up. According to Bornakk, they are experiencing "additional issues" with some realms as well as issues with the launcher being unable to update game clients. They currently have no estimate for the return of the realms, which do not appear on the game client's realm list, but will provide more details at around 2:30 3:30pm PDT. A complete list of affected realms after the jump.
[UPDATE: Nethaera reports that Blizzard "encountered a serious error" with the listed realms and are working towards a resolution. Unfortunately, there is still no estimate for when the realms will come back up and more details should be available at 5:30pm PDT. The situation has a small silver lining, however, as Blizzard is considering "appropriate compensation" for the additional downtime experienced by players on those realms. Stay tuned to WoW.com for further updates.]
[UPDATE 2: Nethaera updates her post to explain that the network improvements intended for all realms resulted in a connection error which has taken some time to identify and fix. While she notes that the connection error itself has for the most part been resolved (which is why some of the affected realms now show up on the realm list), the affected realms have yet to undergo the regular weekly maintenance and patching procedure. This means a much, much longer downtime than anticipated. Nethaera hopes to give further updates by 7:30pm PDT. Time to reroll, I guess.]
[UPDATE 3: Looks like they're doing a little more work tonight on all realms to address a few issues. More information in our post here.]
Aegwynn
Akama
Aman'Thul
Arathor
Azjol-Nerub
Barthilas
Blackrock
Bloodscalp
Bonechewer
Boulderfist
Bronzebeard
Caelestrasz
Chromaggus
Crushridge
Daggerspine
Darkspear
Dath'Remar
Draenor
Dragonblight
Dragonmaw
Draka
Drak'thul
Dreadmaul
Dunemaul
Eitrigg
Eldre'Thalas
Feathermoon
Firetree
Frostmane
Frostmourne
Frostwolf
Garithos
Gundrak
Gurubashi
Hakkar
Jubei'Thos
Khaz Modan
Khaz'goroth
Kil'jaeden
Kilrogg
Korgath
Kul Tiras
Malorne
Mug'thol
Muradin
Nagrand
Nathrezim
Ner'zhul
Perenolde
Proudmoore
Rexxar
Runetotem
Saurfang
Scarlet Crusade
Sen'jin
Shadow Council
Shadowsong
Silver Hand
Silvermoon
Skywall
Smolderthorn
Spirestone
Stonemaul
Stormscale
Suramar
Terenas
Thorium Brotherhood
Tichondrius
Uldum
Vek'nilash
Windrunner
We'll provide updates on the "issues" as they come.
