I have been asking around trying to get an answer on this, so I figured I may as well put up a post here and see if anyone else has encountered the same problem or has an answer to it.

Basically, whenever i'm in Arena's I disconnect every single time without fail, sometimes it's before the gates even open, sometimes it's as soon as I enter combat, but it happens over and over, and it's pretty frustrating for someone who loved arena on test and had been looking forward to it.

I have tried playing with no mods enabled, and I have the same problem, there's no info on it on the WoW website, and I have made a post there asking for answers, and the only people who had been encountering the same problem as me have been other warlocks, so I suppose it's possible that it's something to do with the class itself, possibly some talent or ability that's making this happen.

Anyway, any help or suggestions is appreciated :)

I have the same problem on a certain computer, Bregor.
I can zone in fine on my other PC though, both without any mods.

Completely different systems, both playing my warlock with the same spec.

The one time I tried it on the system that worked it was as soon as I had logged in so game mechanics and not hardware/installation might be at play, though I doubt it.

Succubus causes disconnect on stuns/mounting. Theres a big thread on the support forums linking pets to problems. Warlocks can basically only use an Imp.

If it is really linked to the pet you use, than why would Maels be able to have no problems on one computer and then have the problems on the other?

Unless it's just coincidence and he was out of shards when he was playing on his other computer or something..

*Edit* Found the thread, pretty funny that Blizzard is trying to blame it on firewalls and soundcards =/ the usual bs response for any problem someone has it seems, guess i'm gonna try playing w/ an imp for a while and see if that D/Cs me. Even if that doesn't d/c me I hope they fix it soon, because having to use an imp really sucks...

http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/th...54857134&sid=1

I need to test it but it appears that dismissing your pet and then summoning it again fixes the problem. Two shards minimum per game, yay!

Apparently it's a glitch that pets, healthstones and spellstones cost a shard, and in a later patch it'll be fixed so that nothing in the preparation stage cost shards... that should be really nice for 5v5s, because otherwise handing out healthstones would really suck :(

As for now if you're UA you really don't need any shards besides pets so that's a brightside :P

Suffering disconnects also, using succubus. Seems to happen consistantly when I get hit by any sort of debuff.

The kicker is, my priest friend has it too, but for him it seems to mainly be when he gets the 3rd debuff on him. Not tested this one too much though, since it sucks a bit to queue when we know I'll get kicked out after a few seconds.

My biggest problem is getting feared through the gates of the arena (and of course not being able to get back in). This bug has been in the game with respect to fear since the beginning. Atleast you don't fall through the world (as much) but seriously - this is a uncommon but game breaking problem with the arenas and is going to make some matches into a "who can stay connected the longest to win" game.

Oh yes - the gems that are to pop up in 5 minutes don't. They never appear.

Anyway - exploring the map for a little while after you have been feared outside of the gates is fun but for ranked matches this is going to be a big problem :( Also, if you disconnect (might just be log out and not disconnect) from an arena - you cannot log back in when an arena match is in progress.