Servers are up. Product/service is working as advertised and intended. Guild bank and anything related to that have nothing to do with the product/service nor how it was advertised.
I’ll bet they have. It just wasn’t as wide spread as this.
Let’s stop right there. That is not true. While “game data” is generally Blizzard’s property, the customer has rights, both according to the ToU, and local laws that may supersede ToU. Blizzard does not have the right to do whatever it wants with its customers and data. Blizzard has the right to do whatever it can contractually and legally do with its customers.
Say what you want, but you are out in the weeds here.
At some point a while back (in DF? earlier?), some (not many) materials and corresponding recipes were condensed/simplified. I remember this being only for Classic enchanting but there might have been others. I doubt that this is related but who knows.
One sign of “the problem” was guild vault slots that behaved strangely, that couldn’t be filled, or that the contents couldn’t be removed from
But also a bunch of things just plain disappeared
In some cases, entire tabs were wiped out
I personally had materials up through Legion that were affected
I also had a small number of items that were affected (I randomly got back a Hanzo Sword just now)
Some people lost enormous numbers of items as in thousands
The fact that a CS/GM rep has a tool that shows one day of “logs” has no bearing on whether more data exists in the service.
I will guarantee you that there is nothing that has a one day log retention at Blizzard or at any other company running this type of service. There are services that don’t keep logs, for privacy/security reasons usually, but if you do log something, 3 days is the absolute minimum I’ve personally experienced, and that’s only for things that are more like metrics than data that will need to be researched for bugs, restoration, law enforcement, etc.
When GDPR came around a few years back, most companies had to reduce retention for logs containing PII, as the general tendency is to retain logs semi-indefinitely. They just don’t cost much to keep.
So far the folks who are reporting on it do not seem to be getting much if anything.
My guild got back exactly 3 stacks of DF crafting materials, out of over a hundred items and stacks of items missing.
Hopefully this will be an ongoing process. If not, then a lot of folks are going to be very sad when they get virtually nothing back, and are told they are basically SOL with no other recourse.
Correct, but you pay a monthly fee because you have the expectation to access the part you interact with. If they stop providing that, you stop paying. It’s really not that hard to understand. The guild bank was marketed to me with certain capabilities and expectations that appealed to me. Not working as intended doesn’t mean I’m calling the cops. It means I’m not happy with the sub I pay for, as the expectation is not being met.
I’m really not sure why folks aren’t able to tell the difference between who owns pixels, and the expectation that the company sets that gets you to fork over your cash.
So the armchair lawyer didn’t actually read the EULA to understand what Blizz owns and how the laws work.
Kind of like how you never worked on Stacks, but claim Blizzard lied to me several times on how data storage works.
And here is your “local laws” portion.
B. CHOICE OF LAW; VENUE FOR NON-ARBITRABLE DISPUTES. Unless this Agreement includes express language to the contrary, all Disputes shall be governed by and construed under the laws of the United States of America and the laws of the State of Delaware, without regard to choice of law principles. The application of the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods is expressly excluded. If you reside in the United States, for any claims not subject to binding individual arbitration, and which cannot be brought in small claims court in the county in which you reside as set forth above, you and Blizzard agree to submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state and federal courts in Orange County, California, and you and Blizzard consent to venue in and personal jurisdiction before such courts (but without prejudicing either party’s rights to remove a case to federal court if permissible). This paragraph will be interpreted as broadly as applicable law permits. If you are a (1) Canadian resident who has (2) purchased a license to a Game in Canada, other laws may apply if you choose not to agree to arbitrate as set forth above. Such laws shall affect this Agreement only to the extent required by such jurisdiction. If such laws apply, the terms and conditions of this Agreement shall be given their maximum effect. Users who access the Platform from outside of the United States and Canada, are responsible for compliance with all applicable local laws. Claims excluded from arbitration are subject to the choice of law and forum selection clauses set forth in this Agreement.
You can’t guarantee anything, because you don’t work for Blizzard nor do you work on Stacks.