Please try again later.
well I just got on aggramar after a 19hr+ maint cycle that I though was to install new hardware to stop the above rasberry's from occuring.
I can say if so its a big Fail. If anything the worse now than ever before.

PSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS:P!

I know we're not supposed to be posting threads about this subject, but I can't help but chime in here. I fully expected that the massive maintenance downtime today to be the direct result of the installation of whatever fix has been concocted to solve this issue... but, like the OP, I'm not finding there's any relief of the situation whatsoever.

I would mostly like to find out if the extended downtime today was, in fact, due to the installation of the 'fix' for the instance-creation issue, just so that I, and others, know what steps to take from here. Blizz?

Well after about 15 mins of trying we have given up. Can only conclude the the isntance server is down.

Are we sure today's extended maintenance was to perform the hardware maintenance needed to fix the instance creation issue? I do not see a third batch of servers listed in the instance creation issue sticky (just the first two batch of servers).

I agree, I think that we have a right to at least know why the instances are the way they are. And if some instances have priority over others.

I am not mad at it. I am just kind of annoyed by not being able to fully enjoy the game by missing out on lower level instances I haven't been able to run being a newer player. I feel kind of cheated because I don't have a chance to play instances that other players have been able to run in the past.

I am trying to be polite as possible in asking, what is going on with the instances?

Well if this extended maintenance for us was not to fix our instance issues, it is absurd it took so long. If you go look at the service status forum, when the other 2 groups were taken down for extended maintanence, they were then listed as having instance issues cleared up.

Please explain why this is not the case here? This is very rediculous jumping in and out of a portal for 3 hours to run something.

And here I thought (like so many others) that the EXTENDED downtime was to fix the darn instance issues... guess not... no additional instances can be launched... I'm sorry but this is getting old and I'm trying not to cuss. What a waste of a day <sigh>

I too am a bit concerned about this.

Whereas I understand that this must be a long and difficult process to fix, some sort of light shed upon the nature of the maintenance today would be welcomed.

Lothar is particularly bad as it can take upwards to 30 minutes and beyond to zone in to some of these instances.

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well I just got on aggramar after a 19hr+ maint cycle that I though was to install new hardware to stop the above rasberry's from occuring.
I can say if so its a big Fail. If anything the worse now than ever before.

PSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS:P!

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Why was this post moved? When the sticky pertaining to this issue is clearly in customer service?

Can we at least get free character transfers to realms without the instance issue?

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Can we at least get free character transfers to realms without the instance issue?

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everywheres the same bud

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everywheres the same bud

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/cry

Not to lessen the vitriol being poured righteously forth, but if memory serves, and it usually does, the other reams that were "fixed" had to undergo multiple (IE, more than one) extended maintenance in order to down the instance boss.

Think of it as a two phase fight.

Phase one - Position your assets
Phase two - Unleash them upon the monster.

Result (hopefully) - Dead instance boss.

Phase three, I'm assuming, would be the cross-server LFG, and would be something like driving a wooden stake through it's heart, shooting the head with a silver bullet, stuffing the mouth with garlic, and then beheading the instance monster.

One can hope anyhow.

If this is not the case, may I just chime in that Blizzard's handling of this matter is somewhat akin to watching football fornicating primates.

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Not to lessen the vitriol being poured righteously forth, but if memory serves, and it usually does, the other reams that were "fixed" had to undergo multiple (IE, more than one) extended maintenance in order to down the instance boss.

Think of it as a two phase fight.

Phase one - Position your assets
Phase two - Unleash them upon the monster.

Result (hopefully) - Dead instance boss.

Phase three, I'm assuming, would be the cross-server LFG, and would be something like driving a wooden stake through it's heart, shooting the head with a silver bullet, stuffing the mouth with garlic, and then beheading the instance monster.

One can hope anyhow.

If this is not the case, may I just chime in that Blizzard's handling of this matter is somewhat akin to watching football fornicating primates.

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This is as good of an analogy as can be said. I just really hope we don't have to wait too long for this crap to be fixed. This is getting REALLY annoying.

We're having the same issue on Zul'Jin still. I logged on today and saw our server was being upgraded and my friends and I just spent the past 45 minutes trying to get into H DTK. Now it looks like they're are just trying to cover up the problem by moving the issues out of the customer service forum to "general discussion". What discussion? May as well just start deleting threads on us to keep us from speaking up about the problem. This issue has been around so long I'm sure Blizzard is losing business over this, one of which might be me. Not that they really care, $15 per month out of 13 million subscriptions wouldn't even constitute being a drop in a bucket. It's more equivalent to a drop of water in the Atlantic ocean.

I've accumulated over 8800 hours played and nearly 950 levels on my account since launch and I've seen a lot of good and bad patches, but this downright takes the cake.

Pre-fix:
We're in the process of fixing it, we've got 40% of the servers upgraded.

Post-fix:
Additional instances cannot be launched. Please try again later.

The sad thing is I actually believed them and was telling other players the problem would be resolved.

I would like to hear WHEN they are going to fix the rest of us and WHY the other servers got theirs done and we did not. What in god's name were they doing during the long maintenance today then?
If they know how to fix one group of servers, why in hell don't they know how to fix us ALL?? Are they waiting for more money? Not in the budget?

What is the problem here and why the delay?

/Bump

Kargath, one of the last servers to come back up, is still broken.

I don't understand this at all. I really don't. Sadly getting angry or upset about it falls on deaf ears. =\

I try to not be one of the typical QQing type on these boards but I've just about had it with this. I can't level do any lower level instances on my alts and then here I was thinking that this downtime was to fix the issue. I think I'll just hold off on my next billing cycle until this gets fixed.