PVP diversity arrives to a queue-weary World of Warcraft with Patch 1.12. Cross-server battlegrounds, baby!! The ambiguous announcement, by Blizzard’s Eyonix:

We will be extending tomorrow’s (Tuesday, August 22) normally scheduled realm maintenance by approximately two hours. The additional time will allow for the application of a patch. The maintenance time will run from 3:00 AM PDT to 11:00 AM PDT. In addition, the following realms will be coming down tonight at 11:00 PM PDT in order to begin the retrofitting upgrade process, which will provide substantial improvements to individual realm performance. These realms are scheduled to be brought back up tomorrow morning, once the normal maintenance concludes.

Here’s me: “A patch? Do they mean THE patch? Arggg, why can’t they just speak plainly??” So I checked for myself just now. Yes, it’s The Patch, 1.12. Find a mirror, some things never change, or improve.

List of extended maintenance realms after the jump.

Aggramar
Argent Dawn
Arthas
Azgalor
Bleeding Hollow
Bloodhoof
Burning Blade
Burning Legion
Durotan
Earthen Ring
Elune
Eonar
Eredar
Gilneas
Gorefiend
Kargath
Laughing Skull
Lightning’s Blade
Llane
Lothar
Magtheridon
Malygos
Mannoroth
Medivh
Shadow Moon
Shattered Hand
Skullcrusher
Stormrage
Thunderhorn
Thunderlord
Warsong
Zul’jin