We are expecting a great deal of activity today with the launch of patch 3.1.0, and in order to ensure optimal game performance, the account management page will be offline for the time being. We anticipate that this issue will be resolved in short order. Additionally, we appreciate your continued patience and understanding during this interim period.

Hello all,

We recognize that there are intermittent issues with select realms resulting in players getting stuck at "retrieving character list," receiving "world server down" messages, or getting stuck loading into instances. While our database administrators are actively monitoring and working to resolve these issues, we would like to consolidate reports on the General forum to slow the rate at which new threads are being created.

Threads reporting single realms going...

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Thanks for the flameless feedback, all.

Spring is a time of new beginnings, and to celebrate, the latest batch of player-submitted stories shares some first experiences in World of Warcraft. Check out the two new entries.

We're always looking for great stories, and yours could be the next we post. May brings us Mothers' Day and in honor of mothers everywhere, we’re looking for your motherhood-related stories, such as playing with your mother or being a gaming mother. For further information on our story submission program, please v...

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Secrets of Ulduar, the new World of Warcraft content update, is now live! The gates of the mysterious titan stronghold of Ulduar have swung open, granting players access to an all-new level-80 raid dungeon with normal (10-person) and heroic (25-person) versions and optional hard-mode encounters for those seeking an additional challenge. Secrets of Ulduar also includes the new Argent Tournament in Icecrown Citadel, the dual-talent-specialization feature, multiple user-interface upgrades, and some significant...

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We have temporarily removed Emblems of Valor and Emblems of Conquest from all levels of difficulty from the chest, Freya's Gift, that you receive upon completion of the Freya encounter. We will restore these in a future patch when the issue has been resolved.

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And so Bornakk continued on his fateful journey, sliding perilously down the dripping, gaping maw of fate as if it were a waterslide.

We are performing urgent maintenance on our authentication database. Players may experience difficulties logging into the game during this time. We do not have a current ETA for when this will be resolved, but will provide further updates. Thank you for your patience.

The issue has been resolved. :)

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"The world belongs to those who can look at the glass and say: "What's up with this glass? Excuse me? Excuse me? This is my glass? I don't think so. My glass was full! And it was a bigger glass!""
TP

Now that Arena Season 5 has come to an end, we expect Arena Season 6 to begin as early as Wednesday, April 22 or possibly a week after. Please visit the following thread for information on changes that will happen in this season along with a breakdown on items that will be available:
http://forums.wow-europe.com/thread.html?topicId=8496400102&sid=1

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Community Team - English

The Epic Mug of Vaneras - The Alebringer: http://i194.photobucket.com/albums/z57/Vaneras_bucket/EpicMug.jpg

Phase 4 of the 2009 World of Warcraft Arena tournament has begun. Tournament participants have battled fiercely for weeks in hopes of making it to the invitational ladder. Competitors now have one week to prove their worth as this final phase of the online qualification will last until April 21 at 21:00 CEST.

For a list of the invited teams and to track their progress, please visit the World of Warcraft Armory.
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Patch 3.1.0 is one of the largest patches ever released for World of Warcraft and with it comes a host of new features. You may find some of the following links very handy to read over in preparation for the patch.

Secrets of Ulduar – Preview
http://www.wow-europe.com/en/info/underdev/implemented/3p1.xml

3.1 Patch Notes
Link coming soon!

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Might want to add 'Known Bugs/Issues' up there.

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Q u o t e:
Patch 3.1.0 Features & Known Issues
http://forums.wow-europe.com/thread.html?topicId=8704552407#

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"Once we jumped off the boat and into the jungle, we cranked up the volume and marched to our own drummer..."

Community Team - English

Here's the current issues with Ulduar we're currently investigating.

Siege Engines that use Steam Rush while on a ramp sometimes fall through the world.
We currently have no fix for this, the workaround is simply to not cast Steam Rush on the ramps. The ability works fine in the Flame Leviathan fight and other flat ground.

The two trash pulls in front of XT-002 Deconstructor are linked.
We're working on a hotfix for this now.

Shattering an Iron Construct in the Ignis the Furnace Master encounter does not properly reduce the number of stacks of Strength of the Creator on Ignis.
We're also working on a hotfix for this now.

Issues with general instance server stability are also being examined.

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Daelo
Lead Encounter Designer

Flame Leviathan can indeed randomly target Demolishers now, this was added during PTR and is intended.

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Daelo
Lead Encounter Designer