#0 - June 8, 2010, 10 p.m.
Paid character services are now processing appropriately. Due to the large number of submitted requests, however, players may experience a delay before their transaction completes.
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Update
Even though extended maintenance has concluded, we continue to investigate issues affecting the availability of paid character services including Character Transfers, Character Name Changes, Re-Customizations, Faction Changes, and Race Changes. At this time, we are unable to provide an estimate as to when these issues will be resolved, but we will continue to post updates in this thread as they become available.
We sincerely apologize for any inconvenience and thank you for your patience.
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Greetings all!
To keep World of Warcraft running smoothly, it is sometimes necessary to perform maintenance and improvements. As a result, some realms and character services will remain unavailable for approximately 24 hours as extended maintenance is performed to prepare for the upcoming Cataclysm expansion. The affected realms are listed below.
While these improvements are necessary, they can cause some delays in the availability of character services, such as Character Transfers, Faction Changes, and the like. These realms and services should become available again by approximately 12:01 AM PDT on Wednesday, June 9th.
Aegwynn
Akama
Aman'Thul
Arathor
Azjol-Nerub
Barthilas
Blackrock
Bloodscalp
Bonechewer
Boulderfist
Bronzebeard
Caelestrasz
Chromaggus
Crushridge
Daggerspine
Darkspear
Dath'Remar
Draenor
Dragonblight
Dragonmaw
Draka
Drak'thul
Dreadmaul
Dunemaul
Eitrigg
Eldre'Thalas
Feathermoon
Firetree
Frostmane
Frostmourne
Frostwolf
Garithos
Gundrak
Gurubashi
Hakkar
Jubei'Thos
Khaz Modan
Khaz'goroth
Kil'jaeden
Kilrogg
Korgath
Kul Tiras
Malorne
Mug'thol
Muradin
Nagrand
Nathrezim
Ner'zhul
Perenolde
Proudmoore
Rexxar
Runetotem
Saurfang
Scarlet Crusade
Sen'jin
Shadow Council
Shadowsong
Silver Hand
Silvermoon
Skywall
Smolderthorn
Spirestone
Stonemaul
Stormscale
Suramar
Terenas
Thaurissan
Thorium Brotherhood
Tichondrius
Uldum
Vek'nilash
Windrunner
We thank you for your patience as work to improve your World of Warcraft experience! Information on service availability can be found on our Service Status forum here: http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=25170442522&sid=1