downtime

Patch 3.2: A Retrospective On Its Application

Friday, August 7th, 2009 - 28 Comments

Whenever Blizzard decides to lay a patch on us I hold my breath.  Sure, I want the bounty of content, but sometimes that isn’t all we receive.  Oftentimes we’ll be stuck at login screens, the World Server will be down, our add-ons will cease to ... More

Self-Help Guide: Defeating Downtime!

Monday, June 15th, 2009 - 20 Comments

Despite how stressful it can get sometimes, I’m a multi-tasker at heart. When I’m doing one thing, I generally have to be doing two or three others. Got to keep that brain entertained! Though WoW is far from being the worst offender where downtime is concerned ... More

Official Patch 3.1.1 Notes Revealed

Tuesday, April 21st, 2009 - 16 Comments

Today’s extended maintenance has been going on for a while now, and was even extended an extra two hours in order to deploy a quick bug fixing patch to the servers. Hopefully once realms are actually up it will go much smoother than last week’s ... More

Patch 3.0.2 Issues Galore

Wednesday, October 15th, 2008 - 74 Comments

Wow.  What a mess the Echoes of Doom patch has been.  I do not know about the rest of you, but I have had a hell of a time with the latest content patch.  Blizzard Entertainment warned us that the maintenance would be extended, but ... More

Picking Your Alt

Thursday, October 9th, 2008 - 54 Comments

In light of all the downtime, alts have been a pretty hot topic lately. Just about everyone I play with is working on one, and now a few people I know are even thinking about switching mains. I know I’ve been working my alts pretty ... More

How Are You Spending the Downtime?

Wednesday, October 1st, 2008 - 43 Comments

It seems like the entire world (of Warcraft) has gone into a bit of a holding pattern lately. Many people (myself included) have stopped raiding, we just heard about the arena points reset, so there is not a whole left for anyone to do other ... More