The DDOS attacks on them are a completely separate circumstance than if an individual had a separate problem. This is clearly a Blizzard problem that Blizzard can completely verify.
Not doing the rollback encourages more DDOS attacks (they have more notoriety as a result)
The DDOS attacks do not just affect HC Classic players…they affect me in my retail world as well, and more DDOS attacks that affect me are bad.
So, roll them back, Blizz. If you don’t, the best case scenario is that you’ve effectively killed all interest in your own HC Classic servers. The more likely scenario is that you’ve encouraged the attackers (and copycats) to do it again.
If you open up the door to rollbacks being possible (assuming that it is technically feasible), What’s the objective criteria for starting a rollback that won’t open up more problems/angry forum threads?
What happens to the people who managed to continue in between the start of the attack and now? do they lose all their progress since last Friday?
Something that would affect all players playing during that time, like a DDOS. “We saw that changes happened on 3/22 and 3/23 that impacted player progression. We are rolling back to server state as of 3/21.” Realistically, even that’s probably extreme, they probably have at least hourly backups and could just return to within a few minutes before.
Incorrect. A rollback would effectively take away all that the attackers just paid REAL MONEY or used REAL RESOURCES to do, and that’s not infinite. It effectively makes their DDOS no better than doing it against live servers, which they obviously care way less about (as they do not constantly DDOS live servers).
Actually it would.
If Blizzard breaks their stance on no rollbacks just for DDOS attacks, it basically takes any reason for malicious people to DDOS. They’re only doing it because Blizzard is like Tough luck kid
A malicious and confirmed DDOS is a pretty cut and dry line to draw on the matter.
Obviously you just do it for characters that died in a specific window of time.
I’d never even heard of OnlyFangs until AFTER this happened. I don’t want copycats or the original bad actors encouraged to do it again and mess up my weekend playtime on my alts in retail like they did this weekend.
Most people who play on US servers likely live in the US, and would be subject to US law and care about being jailed for violating CFAA or similar. Would you risk jail time to not lose progress in a videogame?
Me. And I don’t even play the game mode that was the target. The DDOS took down retail servers as well.
Clearly you can’t read OR think. I said “who PLAY on US servers.” If you’re not playing on a US server, how would you be part of a US server guild that would self-DDOS?
You are aware that people sell DDoS as a service right? the player could be in the U.S the attack won’t come from them if they change it so DDoS = reroll I don’t doubt there will be someone who thinks its a worthy investment to avoid death
Tough luck kid