Server Restart

[Deleted]

When will the servers restart? Is it at 00:00 or before. Please answer the question.

And did they remove the requirement that you need to explore the dungeon before Queueing for it?

[Festisio]

They won't restart. No need. No restart before WoTLK, no restart before TBC

[Hordecraft]

The servers go down I believe, don't they? At least that's what happened with WotLK.

[uzumati]

Still have to "find" the dungeon before it is unlocked in LFG.

[Wries]

The servers go down I believe, don't they? At least that's what happened with WotLK.

Must've been something local with your realm or a certain range of realms. The EU realm I played on didn't have any restart close to Wotlk launch. (And by close I mean a couple of hours or so, don't remember if they had one 24+ hours before launch)

[Sylvaneart]

US- Malygos has restarted with each expansion just a restart 5min downtime.

[Deleted]

When will the servers restart? Is it at 00:00 or before. Please answer the question.

Since Cataclysm isn't out yet, nobody can answer your question with any certainty except the people in charge of deploying it within Blizzard, and I seriously doubt they'll be posting here. All we can do is guess based on past experiences.

[junioroverlord]

There was not a restart for Wrath, I remember standing on the zepplin tower waiting for midnight so I could be one of the first in Northrend. I love shady game stores that sell things before release.

[Hordecraft]

There was not a restart for Wrath, I remember standing on the zepplin tower waiting for midnight so I could be one of the first in Northrend. I love shady game stores that sell things before release.

Gamestop has done that a few times before here, but not like "super early".

[Had]

No restart needed. Blizz will push the "Enable Cataclysm for CT-Accounts" and you will be able to play all Cata Features.