"Authenticating" is it really though?

[B0nkz]

Login server issues again? What is the deal...how are people even getting on? Is there a new realmlist ?

[Goonintilnoon]

I was on all day pretty much, but after logging this evening to play with addons I haven't been able to log back on.

[Awhitecismage]

Did you start the game from the launcher? Just starting WoW.exe doesn't work for me and leads exactly to being stuck in "Authenticating" for a while until it fails. When starting from launcher the login is instant. The priority login in the launcher might also help.

[Sigyn]

same probleme here : played yesterday just fine, and today 2 hours ok. Then accidental log out, and impossible to log in again. "connected" / "authenticating", and then "disconnected from the server"... 10-20 times in a row

... And the octo launcher give an errorr message