From Fraggm Sun Mar 07 19:24:08 2010 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-15" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain From: "Fraggm" Date: Sun, 07 Mar 2010 18:24:08 +0100 Subject: Short Maintainance Coming Up We will be performing a short maintainance later tonight on both realms. Ke= ep an eye on in-game announcements for the exact time, maintainance should = only take a few minutes for each realm.

Purpose of this is to apply a patch that should prevent the so called 'dead= -bug' from occ uring - people being dead but still able to cast spells and u= se abilities , mostly encountered in arenas and battlegrounds. No other chan= ges are sc heduled, so overall effect should be minimal.

Update< br /> Patching complete, happy playing! From Fraggm Fri Mar 05 18:58:03 2010 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-15" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain From: "Fraggm" Date: Fri, 05 Mar 2010 17:58:03 +0100 Subject: Role-playing realm patched A minor patch has just been applied to our role-playing realm as final test= before putting it live on the Excalibur realm. This patch addresses two i s= sues:

- Battleground berserker / heal buffs.
- Tri ggered spell related instability problems.

So far everything checks out, so expect the fixes to go live next - keep an= eye out for the ingame anouncement!

For more information, see the forums.

Update
Main realm is now patched as well, so far so good. As a nice side-effect, i= t seems more object-based spells ar e working now, including cleansed sunflo= wers in Felwood. From Fraggm Tue Mar 02 12:07:20 2010 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-15" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain From: "Fraggm" Date: Tue, 02 Mar 2010 11:07:20 +0100 Subject: Battleground Buffs Fix Upcoming Good news for all you PvP fans: we have been able to find the problem with = battleground object buffs (healing, berserker) and got a patch ready to fi x= it.

We are still working on a stability patch to fix som e of the recent crashes= , so expect an update later this week to solve bot h issues once it is prepa= red and tested.=20 From Fraggm Sat Feb 27 10:16:51 2010 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-15" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain From: "Fraggm" Date: Sat, 27 Feb 2010 09:16:51 +0100 Subject: Role-playing realm auto-restart fixed We just finished writing a patch that allows us to install additional realm= s as a service. Practical upshot of that is that the RolePlaying realm wil l= now also automatically restart in case of a crash, uses less resources and= should respond faster. Patching should only take a minute.

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And it's back up, happy playing! From Fraggm Sat Feb 27 08:03:29 2010 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-15" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain From: "Fraggm" Date: Sat, 27 Feb 2010 07:03:29 +0100 Subject: Where do Excalibur WoW players come from? Always wondered where most Excalibur WoW players come from? Well, wonder no= longer: if the website statistics are in any way accurate, this chart sho u= ld give you a good idea where our users originate:



As you can s ee, a lot of visitors come from the USA, followed closely by Ro= mania, Bul garia and Iran. Serbia, Sweden and Canada are good for a lot of u= sers als o, as is the UK and the Netherlands.

I'm sure this is not re ally all that unexpected ;) From Fraggm Thu Feb 25 05:34:44 2010 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-15" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain From: "Fraggm" Date: Thu, 25 Feb 2010 04:34:44 +0100 Subject: Site Updates As you might have noticed did we tweak the layout of the site a bit: vote b= uttons can now be found on the right, instead of cluttering up news report s= , and the news itself is compacted somewhat for easier reading.
< br /> Additionally a caching mechanism is now in place on the frontpage to speed = up loading-times. Especially during periods of heavy load (ie, down time) sh= ould this help getting you the latest updates without having to w ait for th= em for ages! From Fraggm Mon Feb 22 19:09:47 2010 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-15" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain From: "Fraggm" Date: Mon, 22 Feb 2010 18:09:47 +0100 Subject: Role-Playing Realm added Though some of you might have already noticed, there is now an extra realm = for playing, specifically designed for role-playing. It is named and marke d= as such, so do not confuse it with the mean realm (conveniently called Exc= aliburWoW).

While normal playing is possible, we advic e against it - there is a 30 user= s playerlimit in effect and certain extr a commands are available to accomod= ate RP'ing. Our own professional domin atrix Elvenstar will furthermore patr= ol the realm, anyone not sticking to its rules can therefore expect swift r= etribution.

Still, no worries eh? From Fraggm Mon Feb 22 19:05:20 2010 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-15" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain From: "Fraggm" Date: Mon, 22 Feb 2010 18:05:20 +0100 Subject: Short Maintainance Tonight In order to fix a basic problem in spell handling introduced during the lat= est patch, we will be performing a small update to the server later tonigh t= . This essentially fixes the underlying problem, resulting in Shadow Wea vin= g, Improved Scorch, Frostbite and similar skills working once again.
This means roughly 5 minutes of downtime, to be anounced well in advance in= -game. Our apologies for the inconvenience, though indubitab ly the fixes ar= e more than welcome.

Update
M aintainance complete, be sure to report any issues you might still find on= the forums / bugtracker. From Fraggm Sun Feb 21 11:29:48 2010 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-15" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain From: "Fraggm" Date: Sun, 21 Feb 2010 10:29:48 +0100 Subject: Skill Fixes With the last restart we were able to put live two fixes you might like:
- Warrior talent Secon d Wind now= works.
- Hunter ability Kill Command wo= rks again.

Enjoy! From Fraggm Sat Feb 20 07:47:40 2010 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-15" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain From: "Fraggm" Date: Sat, 20 Feb 2010 06:47:40 +0100 Subject: Battleground Problems One of the reasons we asked you all to test your favourite parts of the gam= e was so we could fix bugs before they were put on the live server.

Apparently all PvP players though "Meh, thats too much effort for m e" resul= ting in absolutely nobody reporting that the battlegrounds are bu gged. We w= ill try to fix them, but for the moment you will have to find s omething els= e to entertain you.

Update
And t hey're fixed again, enjoy :)

Update
Seems like some battleground objects are still acting up. It's a known issu= e and we' re hoping to resolve it soon, but no ETA just yet available. From Fraggm Sat Feb 20 06:32:40 2010 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-15" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain From: "Fraggm" Date: Sat, 20 Feb 2010 05:32:40 +0100 Subject: Maintainance & Patching Today As previously anounced, we will be performing maintainance and patching thi= s afternoon. This should take about half an hour, starting at 13.00h CET. M= ore information as it becomes available.

Update
Maintainance started, currently making database backups.

Update
Patching complete, server should be back up momentaril y. From Fraggm Fri Feb 19 18:02:28 2010 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-15" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain From: "Fraggm" Date: Fri, 19 Feb 2010 17:02:28 +0100 Subject: Hyjal Waves Fixes It would appear the waves in Hyjal Summit are not always how they should be= - appearing too fast, or with simply the wrong creatures. This becomes es p= ecially apparent before the third boss, Kaz'rogal, since those waves hit a = lot harder and cause many raids to whipe.

This has now mostly been fixed: waves are of the correct consistency and sh= ould not c ome too fast. Expect this update to be put live saturday morning,= togethe r with the previously anounced core update. From Fraggm Wed Feb 17 10:26:28 2010 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-15" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain From: "Fraggm" Date: Wed, 17 Feb 2010 09:26:28 +0100 Subject: Core Update Upcoming As some of you might know, we are currently running a fairly old core (whic= h is to say, several months old, which is a long time in server developmen t= ). For obvious reasons we are hesitant to update - things generally work we= ll, and we get high uptimes. It is however about time we looked at wha t has= changed and been fixed - and the list is long.

For t his reason, the testserver is currently running a completely up-to-dat= e c ore with ditto database. So far we have been unable to find any major ne= w problems (and quite a lot of good fixes), but the world of warcraft is hu= ge and we simply cannot test everything. To this end you, the players, are = invited to login on the testserver and check out your class's main skills , = your favourite instances, or the battleground of your choice - and let us k= now if you find any new bugs. This public testing period will extend for th= e rest of the week, after which we intend to put the update live & perform = some routine maintainance as well. Of course, we will see to it t hat a char= acter of your choice on the live server will get a suitable rew ard if you d= o find new bugs or problems.

You can login on the testserver by selecting the 'Change Realm' button on y= our character selection screen and selecting the 'TBC Test Server' found un= der the 'Dev elopment' tab.

More information can be found on the forums. From Fraggm Tue Jan 26 21:33:41 2010 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-15" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain From: "Fraggm" Date: Tue, 26 Jan 2010 20:33:41 +0100 Subject: Short Maintainance Coming Up As you might have noticed, current server uptime sets a new record with mor= e than a week without crashing. However, in that time a few fixes have bee n= made, and they are long due for deployment. We will therefore perform a sh= ort maintainance tonight to address the following issues:

- Wave timers in Mount Hyjal have been slightly increased to official val ue= s.
- The sisters in Sunwell Plateau are no longer scripted so th ey won't crash= the server, and will be spawned for the next week.
- Teron Gorefiend in the Black Temple no longer spams emotes.

Update
And we're back. From Fraggm Sat Jan 23 12:58:43 2010 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-15" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain From: "Fraggm" Date: Sat, 23 Jan 2010 11:58:43 +0100 Subject: Read your ingame mail.. outgame! Want to check up on your in-game mail, but can't be bothered to login and r= un past all your characters? Then good news for you: it is now possible to = subscribe to an RSS feed for your in-game mail at your account section!

Of course, this does require you to login, so be sure your reader s upports = authenticated feeds.=20 From Fraggm Tue Jan 19 20:41:37 2010 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-15" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain From: "Fraggm" Date: Tue, 19 Jan 2010 19:41:37 +0100 Subject: Magisters Terrace Wretcheds Fixed The Wretched Bruisers, Husks and Skulkers in Magister's Terrace, Isle of Qu= el'Danas, have been adjusted to no longer cast several stacking enrage buf f= s on themselfs anymore.

As a result, they won't do insane damage and Magister's Terrace should be d= oable again, enjoy! From Fraggm Tue Jan 19 14:20:22 2010 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-15" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain From: "Fraggm" Date: Tue, 19 Jan 2010 13:20:22 +0100 Subject: Password Recovery On Site Lost your password? Don't feel like waiting for the GM's to reset it for yo= u? Then good news for you: it is now possible to reset your password using = the website. Simply go to the login page (here) and hit the lost password link.

Of cour se, this only works if you still have access to the e-mail address y= ou us ed to signup with, so be sure to enter a valid e-mail address when sig= nin g up! From Fraggm Sun Jan 17 09:02:33 2010 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-15" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain From: "Fraggm" Date: Sun, 17 Jan 2010 08:02:33 +0100 Subject: Isle of QuelDanas Dailies Fixed Good news for all you reputation & gold hungerers: these quests are now com= pletable:

- Disrupt the Greengill Coast - R ediscovering your roots

Happy farming!
From Fraggm Mon Jan 11 20:32:35 2010 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-15" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain From: "Fraggm" Date: Mon, 11 Jan 2010 19:32:35 +0100 Subject: Maintainance & Patching coming up We will be performing some routine maintainance and patching today to addre= ss several broken quests & creatures.

Additionally, there will be an update for Sunwell Plateau:

- Fire wall only lower s after both Felmyst and Brutallus are killed.
- Eredar Twins will be fully scripted.
- Alterac Valley Marks of Honor are now sold by Amer Hambanner who roams ar= ound the Terrace of Light.

Overall impact on gameplay should be minimal, except for the issues mention= ed. Ex pect downtime to last about fifteen to twenty minutes, to be announce= d in -game.

As usual, more information can be found on the forums as it becomes avai= lable.

Update
Maintai nance run complete, server is back online. Please report any and all= issu es you might find on the forums. From Oceanborn Fri Jan 08 23:34:08 2010 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-15" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain From: "Oceanborn" Date: Fri, 08 Jan 2010 22:34:08 +0100 Subject: Database cleanup next Sunday 01/10/2010 In order to fix the increasing number of bugged npc/objects respawn timers,= among other things, we're going to perform a Database cleanup next sunday ,= starting around 3:00 p.m. servertime. The whole procedure should last a bou= t an hour or two.

This will NOT affect the tables on wh ich characters data is stored but, to = be safe, everything will be backed up before the cleanup. In case something= goes wrong (and this is a very u nlikely thing to happen), we will just res= tore the DB to its status previ ous to the maintenance.

**UPDATE** The maintenance has been c ancelled until further notice.