Again, what's your solution, hotshot. If you can figure out how to make a smooth launch for an MMO, truck your ass to silicon valley and fix it, because you'd be a billionaire.
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Why not? They've gotten DDoS attacks a couple times in the last few months.
Dave
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The Blizzard servers are spread out among a lot of different data servers and have a lot of redundancy in place. They have been getting DDoS attacks for quite some time now and they have handled them with no issues at all...until the new patches went in. It's way too convenient of an excuse on a terrible launch to point the finger elsewhere.[DOUBLEPOST=1415937927,1415937874][/DOUBLEPOST]Additionally, all realms go down at the same time because of the DDoS? I don't buy it.
You obviously never tried to login when they were under DDoS attack. Last time it happened I was unable to play any of my Blizzard games.
Ran a couple of my Alliance toons through to the barracks quest this morning. Was still the only guild member on.
The weird thing is watching the queue number get smaller as my estimated wait time grows larger.
You were on when I took my monk through, but in another guild.
Dave
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You are on my friends list. Why didn't I see you on? What time were you on? Could it be when I was locked out?[DOUBLEPOST=1415941074,1415941045][/DOUBLEPOST]
Ran a couple of my Alliance toons through to the barracks quest this morning. Was still the only guild member on.
You should have messaged me. I'd have come over.You were on when I took my monk through, but in another guild.
It was about 7-8am this morning. The dust of the initial rush had settled.
Though I had a few hiccups getting on earlier, after the world server came back up it was smooth the rest of the night. I hit 91, did a large portion of Shadowmoon Valley quests, some archeology, professions, and garrison building. Overall, felt very productive.
I'm almost there too. Halfway through 94.
Got on for a half-hour this morning. Just in time to get my garrison started before the maintenance window hit
Unfortunately, I haven't had as much time to sink into the game as *some* people
Unfortunately, I haven't had as much time to sink into the game as *some* people
Dave
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Now you make me want to play Horde.[DOUBLEPOST=1415971643,1415971626][/DOUBLEPOST]Or play at all for that matter.
I will say though, the DDoS attacks over the summer made the game way more unplayable, probably helped that there were way less people playing, so the complaining was less as well. But like I said, I was on a low pop server, only had one server crash that resulted in me being in a queue and I got right back on after a minute. My husband's queue was 45 min tops.
But like I said, I was on a low pop server, only had one server crash that resulted in me being in a queue and I got right back on after a minute. My husband's queue was 45 min tops.Yeah, amazing, I mean DDoS attacks never usually stop, they just go on FOREVER, AND FOREVER AND FOREVER.
Dave
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They certainly don't rise and fall that fast. Especially if they are script kiddie networks that do it. They may not have the peaks that an initial attack might have, but they are continuous and relentless, like waves. The median DDoS attack on large companies lasts several days to a week. This data is from security companies.
Could this have been a combination of population and DDoS? Certainly. But to throw everything off and take none of the blame is disingenuous. We've seen this sort of thing too many times on launch days from Blizzard. They'll take your money, but not responsibility.