To everyone that has been coming in from Google searches or following links from one of the list sites or elsewhere, welcome! CotH is a private WoW server that focuses primarily on roleplay within the Warcraft setting, which is probably what drew you here to begin with. Keep in mind that everyone is expected to RP, and while you have the ability to toggle an FFA-PvP flag, that's only to assist in providing a more 'immersive' experience. Visiting the Rules of the server will set you off on the right direction, and then browsing the rest of the Wiki will help you learn a lot as well.
Keep in mind that this isn't an 'insta-80' server, per se. We do level characters to 80, but only after a certain point. Be sure to read the FAQs for more information on that, and other things!
Finally, to see the rates on the server, check here.
For information on how to connect (BE SURE TO READ THIS), please check the Connecting to the Server post.
There once were three GMs from CoTH! They worked on profiles and did a lot! Loxy, Esth and Mono, Were deserving a promo! And, and that didn't rhyme! Dang it! I give up!
You get the idea...Congratulations you n00bs guys! You did a lot of work and deserve this!
Just to note, I'm finally able to have a bit more control over the direction of the CotH subdomains and where exactly they point to (ie, the DNS zones). Therefore, I was able to get logon.conquestofthehorde.com working! Feel free to use it in place of coth.game-host.org if you wish. Either will still work, but this may change in the future.
As you can probably guess from the title, the server seems stable enough to make the move to 3.3.2 official! Therefore, feel free to patch up if you haven't already.
The server will be coming down within about an hour to make the transition from 3.2.2 to 3.3.2. As stated in the previous news post, please be sure you are not simply patching up if you only have one WoW installation. To be safe, create an extra WoW folder and patch only one of them, and then feel free to log in once the server's back up. If you already have a 3.3.2 installation, well, you're ahead of the game!
We'll probably be testing it for a day or two. If it's super-buggy or crashy, I will likely change back. Therefore, as I stated before, take any steps required to be able to change back as well if necessary.
Starting at some point tomorrow, I'll be updating the server to only accept 3.3.2 clients on a temporary basis. -If- stability isn't a problem for about a day or two, then it will be permanent. This means that if you already have an extra 3.3.2 WoW installation (say, for retail), you can test logging into the server on it. If you don't, and if you have the HDD space, I would suggest to try making a copy of your WoW folder and patching up one of them (to be safe, I'd suggest to make a copy of your one WoW folder and patch that one up, not the copy (as the patch may automatically try to patch up your main WoW folder anyway, even if you run the patcher in the copied folder)).
I wanted to test a new database to bring along with 3.3.2, but I think that will take a bit too long to try and time with this. So, everything will be the same once testing begins!
Once again it's back to the old server for now - coth.game-host.org As much as I hate to do it, I think I'm going to import all the databases (as I was planning to do yesterday) from the new server once it's back, and use the old one for a few days while I test the new one's ability to actually run for more than a day without freezing. I'm sure everyone loves the lack of latency and whatnot on the new server, but it's stability is sh*t. At least the old one doesn't freeze up like that.
As I'm sure folks have noticed by now, be sure to check the Server Status pages to see whether either server computer is actually up (you won't even be able to access the page if it's not on). Then, check to see when the last update was, to confirm whether the server program itself is actually running. Remember that the times are in PST (GMT -8).
The new server is back up! Feel free to change your realmlists back to coth.game-server.cc. I'll keep the old one running until I get home from work, just to be safe.
As most folks are already aware, the new server is currently down. I'm hoping it'll come back online at some point today, as folks have progressed a bit over there and would rather just switch everything back. Presuming it does while I'm at work today, I should be able to connect and start the server program up.
Just a warning to hold off on any 'progression' things on the old server for now!
