zomg wtf instances

[F9thRet]

Ugh, thanks for the heads up .

am I to assume then that say Gul'Dan which is my main server in NA, is part of the 40%, or will we see more lists as time goes by this week?

Stephen

[Fef]

My server (Conseil de Ombres Eu-Fr-RP/PVP) was quite badly affected by the annoying "No more instances blah blah ...". I used to have to litterally jump into an instance immediatly when back from work to insure that I would be able to do ONE heroic a night. By the time it would be finished, it was not possible to enter any other instance anymore.

We had extended maintenance about 2 weeks ago. Rather annoying, that basically meant two days without playing.

The good news is that since then I didn't get the infamous message once. I can start an instance at 7PM during the week or on a sunday afternoon without any issue. Very, very big improvement. Very big imprpovement on my badges farming too, actually.

Be patient, they seem to be really fixing it.

[Pallarfo]

I agree with Fef.
I'm on Thunderhorn EU. (cyclone battlegroup)
The no more instance bla bla error was quite frequent.
After the extended maintenance from 2 weeks ago i can enter every instance i want, without jumping to an invisible wall.

[Volch0k]

I just started playing again 2 days ago, but Grim-Batol EU is a nightmare when it comes to instances. First night, i tried several hours without getting in, (Was watching a movie on my second screen meanwhile). I even tried 04.30 in the middle of the night, but couldn't get it...and last night it was just as hopeless.

Hopefully our extended (14 hours!!) maintenance which they are doing now, will help.

[Ughmahedhurtz]

Ugh, thanks for the heads up .

am I to assume then that say Gul'Dan which is my main server in NA, is part of the 40%, or will we see more lists as time goes by this week?

Stephen

Gul'dan isn't on either of those lists, so don't expect it this week. They are making progress, though, so just be patient. As others have noted, there actually is evidence that they're working on it this time!

Cheers,
Ugh

[Siaea]

Will the new "cross server looking for group" system make this issue better or worse? Hmmm...

Bonechewer is on the 'finished' list, and it appears to have fixed it.

And the x-server LFG I don't like that a bit (well, actually I could care less since I can do a few heroics solo) because it just opens up all the asshats that can now ninja without repercussions. I'm not sure why Bliz thought that would be a good idea, unless they're doing something about the ninjaing problem. But, like I said, I don't pug, so meh.

[Catamer]

I've been so lucky <knock on wood> that I've never seen this. I can't imagine what's going on there. Open a ticket each time you can't get in. maybe they will do something eventually.

[Ughmahedhurtz]

Will the new "cross server looking for group" system make this issue better or worse? Hmmm...

My opinion: no effect. Since they're doing these on a "floating" set instead of tying a BG's instances to one set of blades, whatever extra comes in will just spill over into those underutilized blades that the low-pop BGs have been using for a while now.

Now, the real question is, even with the blade reconfigs, will the influx of people with Cataclysm cause even those to get overloaded?

[Ughmahedhurtz]

As I understand it, the old setup (still live for the realms not yet upgraded):

• Datacenter X
  
  • BG X1
    
    • Normal blades 1-10
    • Instance blades 1-10
  • BG X2
    
    • Normal blades 11-20
    • Instance blades 11-20
  • etc.

As it exists, BG X2 cannot use BG X1's blades as they're hard-coded to segregate themselves. Which is why you see some servers have issues and some not. Go look at the posts on who has these issues and they're almost always in the same BGs.

Once the "reconfiguration" is complete, it'll look like this:

• Datacenter X
  
  • BG X1
    
    • Normal blades 1-10
    • Instance blades 1-20
  • BG X2
    
    • Normal blades 11-20
    • Instance blades 1-20
  • etc.

So what you'll have is a datacenter-wide pool/cloud/wtfever instead of arbitrary segregation. Might be region-wide pools but I kinda doubt that.

[Ughmahedhurtz]

I won't claim "inside" knowledge or anything but that's the gist I'm getting from various posts from the blue guys.