Blizzard Revives Hardcore Characters Affected by DDoS Attacks

Fearra-proudmoore · March 25, 2025, 3:53am

Only if you have a mustache you can twirl in your fingers while laughing manically.

Leynia-emerald-dream · March 25, 2025, 3:57am

I’m sure more than just streamers died due to the DDOS, and those characters will be restored as well.
While the streamers I’m sure made it a much more public event, are people really surprised that when half a guild of popular streamers lose their characters due to a massive DDOS attack that Blizzard might be inclined to change their policy?

Policy is not set in stone forever. It is formed from history.

Altesh-area-52 · March 25, 2025, 3:58am

It helps when you’re able to read.

Motorbref-bleeding-hollow · March 25, 2025, 4:04am

Yeah because that’s rotator practical.

Bonusbronze-sargeras · March 25, 2025, 4:05am

Seems like the right thing to do.

Motorbref-bleeding-hollow · March 25, 2025, 4:07am

The ol’ oppressors vs oppressed. And that attack hit the entire server. So there were peons just like us that got hit too.

Motorbref-bleeding-hollow · March 25, 2025, 4:08am

Found the ddos’er

Ratherin-crusader-strike · March 25, 2025, 4:09am

Literally nobody is going to do this. Crying wolf when there’s no merit or utility to even do such a thing lmao

Boredumb-alexstrasza · March 25, 2025, 4:16am

Seems fair

Altesh-area-52 · March 25, 2025, 4:19am

I think these people think DDOS attack just means pressing the play button as many times as you can in 10 seconds.

Korrath-farstriders · March 25, 2025, 4:24am

But, but…
points at teethy teeth

As per the rollback. well good for them but i hope we dont see HC players getting an inch and asking for a yard.

“Well you rolled back because of this so you need to restore everything again!”

Zeilai-moon-guard · March 25, 2025, 4:24am

Surprised they actually did it but good on them. If that also includes overworld, dungeons, etc. non-streamers as well during those times I think it’s a merited roll-back to revive Hardcore characters.

Robotwink-sargeras · March 25, 2025, 4:25am

God I hope not… for the Good of WoW Players everywhere, OnlyFangs needs to STAY DEAD… we do not want them back.

Every single time OnlyFangs raids, me, and a ton of other players across the realms ON RETAIL SERVERS all suffer endless DDoS too that was targetting OnlyFangs.

Just check over the weekend when OnlyFangs was targetted the forums were full of people FROM RETAIL SERVERS who all suffered just because OnlyFangs raided. Countless others suffer, because OnlyFangs wants to stream and Blizzard can’t stop it… so we all suffer because of OnlyFangs.

I for one hope they do not reform and STAY DEAD… if they reform, and start streaming their raids again, WE WILL ALL SUFFER. Nope, if you really care about this game members of OnlyFangs, either never raid again, or raid OFF-CAMERA UNANNOUNCED. Your vanity to stream makes ALL OF US suffer.

Zhiyuwanju-moon-guard · March 25, 2025, 4:31am

Are we victim blaming?

Shartah-wyrmrest-accord · March 25, 2025, 4:33am

I would never tell anyone not to play but it is kind of frustrating that a few dozen people I don’t care about are ruining a game for thousands of people.

I mean yeah of course it’s the DDOSER’s fault and they’re victims but they’re clearly a target, and their raids are causing negative experiences. I feel for them but I also don’t care. I’m empathetic and apathetic at the same time.

Robotwink-sargeras · March 25, 2025, 4:34am

NOPE… we’re telling it LIKE IT IS… if you want to pretend that is not reality, you go right ahead living in fantasy land.

WHEN THEY RAID AND THEY STREAM… WE ALL SUFFER.

If they want to raid, fine, do it like everyone else, keep it to themselves… they can always show a video of it AFTER they raid…

If the MUST STREAM LIVE AND ANNOUNCED and every time they do that, we all suffer… they aren’t victims, they are basically saying “here, we are, DDOS US AND EVERYONE ELSE”… they know it happens, they keep doing it, we are the victims, not them.

Keep your head under a rock, they announce, they stream, we all get DDoS’d. That’s REALITY. I’m not aware of too many things, but I know what I know if you know what I mean.

Hoser-boulderfist · March 25, 2025, 4:34am

I don’t think there was a fix to this situation. Blizz is at least trying something, I guess?

Hardcore WoW is not going to be popular ever again.

Bigfel-dalaran · March 25, 2025, 4:36am

lol fed crimes. Those only exist if people actually care about them, which in todays world, nobody does.

Zhiyuwanju-moon-guard · March 25, 2025, 4:36am

I’m not denying anything but you are openly saying terrorists should get what they want.

Syncella-moon-guard · March 25, 2025, 4:36am

It will be 0 as all the tickets come in from the 20’s in westfall. when I tried HC, clearing westfall was an accomplishment by itself really.

They will be told to just reroll most likely. its “just” 20 levels, right. In that 20 levels they maybe took 3 hours to fix up crafting so that is gone too.

that is where I lost the HC urge to play. I didn’t mind the game levels. I minded the crafting time lost lol.