17/08 Instance Capacity Update Part II

We understand that players have been experiencing situations where the active instance limit was reached. We realise that this is very frustrating for the affected players, and would like to say a few things regarding the issue as a follow-up to our previous update:
http://forums.wow-europe.com/thread.html?topicId=9941934722&sid=1

The limit on active instances was originally implemented as an interim solution to ensure that all active instances perform smoothly. Within the last few weeks, we have configured and optimised our infrastructure to better handle the instance load, and many players are no longer experiencing issues with instance creation. However, to incorporate these upgrades across every realm is not a minor undertaking; it requires fairly complex coordination with third party affiliates who actually host the hardware we utilise.

This reconfiguration is already complete on more than 40% of the European realms, the optimised realms are listed below, and the situation has noticeably improved on these realms. We are continuing to work towards the implementation of this reconfiguration for all realms, which we expect will resolve the instance creation issue for all players. We expect the optimisation for all realms to be fully completed within the next couple of months, and would like to assure everyone that every effort is being made to ensure that this is completed as soon as possible.

List of optimised realms:

Aerie Peak
Agamaggan
Aggramar
Ahn'Qiraj
Al'Akir
Alonsus
Anachronos
Arathor
Argent Dawn
Aszune
Auchindoun
Azjol-Nerub
Azuremyst
Balnazzar
Bladefist
Blade's Edge
Bloodfeather
Bloodhoof
Bloodscalp
Boulderfist
Bronze Dragonflight
Bronzebeard
Burning Blade
Burning Legion
Burning Steppes
Chamber of Aspects
Chromaggus
Crushridge
Daggerspine
Darkmoon Faire
Darksorrow
Darkspear
Deathwing
Defias Brotherhood
Dentarg
Doomhammer
Draenor
Dragonblight
Dragonmaw
Drak'thul
Dunemaul
Earthen Ring
Emerald Dream
Emeriss
Eonar
Executus
Frostmane
Frostwhisper
Genjuros
Ghostlands
Grim Batol
Hakkar
Haomarush
Hellfire
Hellscream
Jaedenar
Karazhan
Kazzak
Khadgar
Kilrogg
Kor’gall
Kul Tiras
Laughing Skull
Lightbringer
Lightning's Blade
Magtheridon
Mazrigos
Moonglade
Nagrand
Neptulon
Nordrassil
Outland
Quel'Thalas
Ragnaros
Ravencrest
Ravenholdt
Runetotem
Saurfang
Scarshield Legion
Shadowsong
Shattered Halls
Shattered Hand
Silvermoon
Skullcrusher
Spinebreaker
Sporeggar
Steamwheedle Cartel
Stormrage
Stormreaver
Stormscale
Sunstrider
Sylvanas
Talnivarr
Tarren Mill
Terenas
Terokkar
The Maelstrom
The Sha'Tar
The Venture Co.
Thunderhorn
Trollbane
Turalyon
Twilight's Hammer
Twisting Nether
Vashj
Vek'nilash
Wildhammer
Xavius
Zenedar

Q u o t e:
Not to nitpick, but don't you mean English realms, or is it because the changes also affect german/french/russian/spanish realms not listed here?

We listed only the English speaking realms in this thread.

We wanted to inform everyone that we have implemented the instance capacity update on more realms this week. The multipart update took place during maintenance on Wednesday 26/08 (Phase 1) and during the short downtime on Thursday 27/08 (Phase 2), and has now been successfully completed on the realms listed below. We hope to perform both phases of future updates within a single week per batch of realms, as we have done this week, provided that no complications arise.

Aerie Peak
Boulderfist
Chamber of Aspects
Eonar
Frostmane
Grim Batol
Jaedenar
Kazzak
Kilrogg
Outland
Ravenholdt
Saurfang
Tarren Mill
Vek'nilash
Wildhammer

In our continued efforts to improve the availability of instances, we have implemented the instance capacity updates on additional realms last week. The update took place during maintenance on Wednesday 02/09 (Phase 1) and concluded during a short downtime on Thursday 03/09 (Phase 2), and has now been successfully completed on the realms listed below. We plan on continuing the with this method of putting the updates in place over a two day window on further batches of realms over the coming weeks and will keep this thread updated with those developments.

Agamaggan
Aggramar
Al'Akir
Arathor
Argent Dawn
Aszune
Azjol-Nerub
Bladefist
Bloodhoof
Bloodscalp
Burning Blade
Burning Legion
Crushridge
Daggerspine
Deathwing
Doomhammer
Draenor
Dragonblight
Dragonmaw
Dunemaul
Emerald Dream
Sunstrider
Twilight's Hammer
Zenedar

This week we have completed the updates to address instance availability on the realms listed at the bottom of this post.

The updates took place on Wednesday 30/09 and concluded during a short downtime on Thursday 01/10, and upon completion of the updates to these realms we conclude the instance availability improvements to all the European realms.

We thank you for your patience over these past weeks during the extended downtimes, and we ask that all feedback regarding the results of the improvements be posted in the following thread:
http://forums.wow-europe.com/thread.html?topicId=11030904673

List of optimised realms:

Aerie Peak
Agamaggan
Aggramar
Ahn'Qiraj
Al'Akir
Alonsus
Anachronos
Arathor
Argent Dawn
Aszune
Auchindoun
Azjol-Nerub
Azuremyst
Balnazzar
Bladefist
Blade's Edge
Bloodfeather
Bloodhoof
Bloodscalp
Boulderfist
Bronze Dragonflight
Bronzebeard
Burning Blade
Burning Legion
Burning Steppes
Chamber of Aspects
Chromaggus
Crushridge
Daggerspine
Darkmoon Faire
Darksorrow
Darkspear
Deathwing
Defias Brotherhood
Dentarg
Doomhammer
Draenor
Dragonblight
Dragonmaw
Drak'thul
Dunemaul
Earthen Ring
Emerald Dream
Emeriss
Eonar
Executus
Frostmane
Frostwhisper
Genjuros
Ghostlands
Grim Batol
Hakkar
Haomarush
Hellfire
Hellscream
Jaedenar
Karazhan
Kazzak
Khadgar
Kilrogg
Kor’gall
Kul Tiras
Laughing Skull
Lightbringer
Lightning's Blade
Magtheridon
Mazrigos
Moonglade
Nagrand
Neptulon
Nordrassil
Outland
Quel'Thalas
Ragnaros
Ravencrest
Ravenholdt
Runetotem
Saurfang
Scarshield Legion
Shadowsong
Shattered Halls
Shattered Hand
Silvermoon
Skullcrusher
Spinebreaker
Sporeggar
Steamwheedle Cartel
Stormrage
Stormreaver
Stormscale
Sunstrider
Sylvanas
Talnivarr
Tarren Mill
Terenas
Terokkar
The Maelstrom
The Sha'Tar
The Venture Co.
Thunderhorn
Trollbane
Turalyon
Twilight's Hammer
Twisting Nether
Vashj
Vek'nilash
Wildhammer
Xavius
Zenedar