WoW Forever players were among those affected by a DDoS attack on Battle.net between the 11th and 12th November, with reports of sudden disconnections and login problems. Players found themselves kicked out of the game, with some unable to reconnect for several minutes.
A warning shared on Reddit showed a Battle.net notification confirming the attack. Blizzard stated that the disruption was causing high latency and disconnections for some players, adding that its teams were working to mitigate the issue.
The problems were also reported on the official World of Warcraft forums. In one thread, players described being disconnected without warning and getting stuck on the “Logging in to game server” screen when attempting to return. Others reported the same issue across different regions, with some experiencing repeated disconnects even after successfully logging back in.
Blizzard Customer Support later confirmed that the DDoS attack was affecting all of its games, not just WoW Forever. The team stated that it was working to mitigate the disruption and that conditions should improve as its response progressed.
Was a Massive PvP Event Behind the Disruption?
The timing of the attack also caught the attention of players taking part in a large-scale Tarren Mill versus Southshore battle on the RP-PvP ruleset.
One Reddit commenter suggested the event was responsible for the server problems, describing a 1,000-versus-1,000 battle taking place across multiple layers. Participants also explained that the event was organised through the RP-PvP community Discord, with players struggling to gather on the same layer. Some even joked that the participants had managed to overwhelm the servers themselves while trying to coordinate the event. There isn’t any evidence though linking the PvP gathering directly to the DDoS attack confirmed by Blizzard.
WoW Forever is still in its first few weeks and had an incredibly smooth launch, so some server disruption is an unwelcome interruption for players settling into the game. The connection issues have since been resolved, and we can all hope that there are no more interruptions for a while!
