Staying logged in.

[Blur123]

I play on a very high population server. I am wondering If I can avoid any que by simply staying logged in through midnight. Will the server restart anyway? Any ideas?

[Neyze]

My server is also a high population server. Might even be marked as Full.. Any Idea how long the que will be?

[Okon]

Bashiok stated that a game client restart would be required to access new content at 12:01am PST.

[Blur123]

Thanks for the fast response.

[Ceolas]

i am pretty sure they are shutting the servers off a few hours before midnight, then turning them on again at midnight when everybody can play at the same time, so i honestly don't think that would work.

[Deleted]

I'm staying in, don't think the servers will restart..if I can't see the new quests etc after 12:01 then I'll relog

[elchali]

i am pretty sure they are shutting the servers off a few hours before midnight, then turning them on again at midnight when everybody can play at the same time, so i honestly don't think that would work.

Here in Europe we're less than 2 hours away from launch, and the servers haven't gone down yet - nor have I seen anything that would indicate this.

[Azutael]

http://blue.mmo-champion.com/topic/1...unch-reminders
That has everything you need to know, front page blue tracker....

Q. If I've already installed World of Warcraft: Cataclysm and upgraded my account, will I need to do anything special at midnight in order to access the new expansion content
A. Once Cataclysm is marked live on all realms, simply exit out to the login screen (the one featuring Deathwing's toothy grin) and log back in. This will provide you full access to the new content -- including the goblin and worgen races and level 80-85 zones.

If you're concerned that you won't know when to re-log, we've got you covered. After Cataclysm is marked live, if you're still logged in and are playing from an upgraded client, you'll be prompted with official in-game messaging that will instruct you to log out and then log back in.

[Abstieg]

They aren't shutting them off in any form. But there's this quote:

"Q. If I've already installed World of Warcraft: Cataclysm and upgraded my account, will I need to do anything special at midnight in order to access the new expansion content
A. Once Cataclysm is marked live on all realms, simply exit out to the login screen (the one featuring Deathwing's toothy grin) and log back in. This will provide you full access to the new content -- including the goblin and worgen races and level 80-85 zones.

If you're concerned that you won't know when to re-log, we've got you covered. After Cataclysm is marked live, if you're still logged in and are playing from an upgraded client, you'll be prompted with official in-game messaging that will instruct you to log out and then log back in."

So you'll need to relog to get the stuff, therefore negating staying in to avoid queues.

[Texar]

i am pretty sure they are shutting the servers off a few hours before midnight, then turning them on again at midnight when everybody can play at the same time, so i honestly don't think that would work.

This is mis-information, there will be no restart (unless something major happens i.e Server crash). Bashiok confirmed in a blue post that you will simply need to relog and in some peoples cases they will wont even need to relog, everything will just appear like in the seasonal events.

[Blur123]

Thanks again for the responses.

[Deleted]

The servers wont go down you will be prompted to relog at 12.01am to experiance Cataclysm.

[SevenGirl]

I play on a very high population server. I am wondering If I can avoid any que by simply staying logged in through midnight. Will the server restart anyway? Any ideas?

yes you can be logged in; happened in wotlk. Get a G15 keyboard and you wil lnever have to log out

[Blur123]

Get a G15 keyboard and you wil lnever have to log out

Way ahead of you Grats on your 100th post.

[Deleted]

why do you never have to log out with a g15 keyboard?

[Orcheon]

Won't you be placed in a queue after you log out?

[Vargur]

yes you can be logged in; happened in wotlk. Get a G15 keyboard and you wil lnever have to log out

I have one, yet I don't understand your point.

[Warpath650]

I have one, yet I don't understand your point.

Same question here...

[boinga]

jump macro so you never go afk and auto logout?

[bunnyhat]

You cant set that keyboard to automatically do a key-press every XX seconds. So log in and then set the keyboard to press the spacebar every 4 minutes and you'll never be logged off.