Posted by Spooner | 3 Comments
Realm Compensation for Excessive Downtime (Oct. 30th)
Just a little more change in our pockets courtesy of Blizzard. At least you know they still have a heart.
Since the release of the latest patch, Echoes of Doom, we have gone through a series of optimizations in order to increase overall game performance. We’ve seen steady, stable populations and a flurry of activity and excitement during the Hallow’s End event and the latest rumblings of zombie attacks. It’s been an exciting time for us as we draw closer to the release of our second expansion, Wrath of the Lich King.
We’ve reached a point where we feel we can now accurately evaluate the events since the patch release. Though overall downtime has been minimal, players have experienced latency, inaccessible instances, and general frustrations. We are therefore announcing that we will be issuing compensation to accounts in all realms in the US, Oceanic, Latin American, European, and Russian regions. Accounts that are currently active and in good standing will be credited with an additional three days of game time.
We would like to thank you for your patience during this time and look forward to seeing you in game! (src)

3 days?! We haven’t been able to do anything on the Illidan realm for a month and a half. Constant 500-2000ms until 2 days ago. Wow Blizzard, thanks.
id rather them give me 1000g or any gold…it would be ok if you play by buying game cards… but 3 days play time on my monthly subscription? yeah whats that like $2… well that makes everything better doesnt it…
Raid instances were unusable on Llane for a full week. I suppose 3 days is better than nothing, but still…