australian consumer laws can not and will not do anything in this specific situation - you have full access to the service that they provide, you have options to use your existing resources on the service
layers will be turned back on once they see the pure poop show that they’ve caused but lets not pretend that there will be any action past this.
They will try, because that is their job. Which is enough.
$15 subscription
Multi-billion dollar company
3,063+ 4hr queue right now
#LayerArugal
If players have subbed with an expectation of reasonable access to game servers and this access is no longer being made available, regulatory bodies absolutely will do something. Its more likely to be a complain heard by the consumer ombudsman though.
your refusal to accept reality isnt grounds for legal action
The nature of the service being provided has materially changed, so materially in fact that for many players they are unable to access the server. This is grounds for legal action.
wrong, a reversible service change was made which will be changed back or otherwise resolved with other means
you really have to stop with the irrational thinking and over evaluation of what your rights are in this situation, give it a few days and it’ll be fixed
thats not how any legal system works. even in north korea people understand that if a non essential service that was originally provided a certain way slightly deviates from the way it originally went about, that is not grounds for legal action, they just go to a different provider of that service.
if blizzard took your money, made the game unplayable, and didnt offer a refund, that would be false advertising and theft. the game is perfectly playable, you just have to wait. something which anyone who understands how vanilla wow works would have expected.
The fact that we even have to debate this is, is grounds that the service being provided is not what consumers are paying for. The ACCC will defend Australian consumers in this instance. At the very least, while this is being resolved, Australians should not have to pay for the service.
that argument wont hold up in any court
Again, debating what will hold up in court, so we can play a 16 year old video game. This company has gone down the gutter.
yes we’re all aware that the company has gone down the toilet but that doesn’t justify your opinion on this being even remotely considered by the ACCC as a problem - it was a system change that can be rolled back and mitigated, and I have absolutely no doubt that something will be done in the coming days.
the service you are paying for is operational and available, your subscription fee is not locked to one singular server, if it were, then you’d have a case. that’s the loophole that would be used in every single possible scenario that this can play out in.
most arguments dont go to court, because when the complaint relates to a $15/month subscription, the threat is enough for the company to just pay a full refund 
was there a warning day 1 when it was the only realm available?
Yep, and if you’re lucky the ACCC does nothing. If you are unlucky they contact Blizzard and they pull their services out of Australia. Blizzard is not an Australian based company. The ACCC can do nothing to them if they pull their services from Australia. Because they are not based there they have little profit tied to Australia. Australia is worth about 15k subs to Blizzard/Activision. If you do the math on that you will see that legal fees and potential pay outs are not worth 15k subs. It is a no brainer what Blizzard/Activision would choose to do.
A: You agreed to the EULA, which explains this might happen. So you were warned in advance.
B: The service was crippled by the users, the users were warned if they did things a certain way this might happen, they didn’t listen. That’s on the users, not Blizzard, who issued AMPLE warnings.
C: The EULA is still legal, even if you think it’s “b.s. to comply with local laws”.
When did they release Yojamba?
As the title says, the queue is currently >3,000 players. I just want to break down this statement for you @Kaivax.
Carefully; adverb: in a way that deliberately avoids harm or errors; cautiously.
“they must be carefully handled and stored”
Observe; verb: notice or perceive (something) and register it as being significant.
“she observed that all the chairs were already occupied”
Tracked; verb, past tense: follow the trail or movements of (someone or something), typically in order to find them or note their course.
“secondary radars that track the aircraft in flight”
So basically what you’re telling me is that you’re full of sh*t? Am I understanding that correctly? Because the outcome we’re witnessing certainly doesn’t align to the definition of the words you’ve used to describe it.
Might I suggest you in future amend your statement to read more like the following:
At least then the community will understand exactly what you mean and not be surprised by these sorts of outcomes 
Why did they think it was a good idea to remove layers when AQ was released? Absolute joke of a company.
AND when no other OCE server had the gates opened… Hey boys wanna raid AQ? Just transfer over!
lol /10characters