What else it is? We can talk about that it is intended behavior and not an assault, but the server lines did not handle the amounts... that is DDoS like from textbook. Also... one does not simply increase server capacities. Even if they bought an extra computing server(s) for launch, the optical line to their data center is limited.
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Lol, you can tell when someone loses an argument, they instantly sink to insulting. You have no idea why I linked it because you have no idea how it works. Please, if you don't know something, at least try to learn before you start harassing people.
hating on blizzard for an mmo launch with hundreds of thousands if not millions of people all logging in at once is like hating the ocean level for rising with the tide. Nothing can be done about it.
You're a towel.
This isn't a DDoS. Notice how only the big realms are suffering? Go to any low population realm, you can level fine without lag. I know this because I've done it today to test. If it was a DDoS, not only would the big realms be suffering but every realm would be AT LEAST lagging. Hell, realms might even be down entirely. The login servers are also up but lagging. DDoSing a login server doesn't take much but for some reason, even with all the traffic of the players, it's alive. You really think it's getting DDoS'd? No.
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I didn't insult you, I told you to shut up. I know how ipviking works, I know what data it's showing and I know where the data is coming from. In terms of Blizzard getting DDoS'd, it has 0 relevancy.
why do I still have queues for KILROGG of all servers? Why do I have to sit at "RETRIEVING CHARACTER LIST" on Stormrage for ~10 minutes before it spits back "ERROR!!!". Why, the ONE TIME I managed to get through the "RETRIEVING CHARACTER LIST" did I sit at a 90% loading screen for 10 minutes only to be kicked back to the character select "RETRIEVING CHARACTER LIST" screen of death?
Surely, a DDOS is the root of all these problems. Right guys?
RIGHT?!?!?!?!?
Full of crap... keep thinking that buddy. You carry on sitting there thinking you're a networking mastermind when in actual fact, you probably don't understand half the stuff you think you do. I have no reason to justify myself to you. I'm not hating on Blizzard as a whole, I'm hating on the network engineers who once again, could not provide stable servers for a massive expansion launch. Not only have they failed to provide stable servers but the server stability is decreasing. That's bad in case you're wondering.
They never once said a DDOS was the root or main cause of ANYTHING. It has been linked in this thread.
Getting mad just for the sake of being mad is cute, but its extremely bad for you.
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You are completely full of it. Sorry, but you claiming they are not being ddos because "you just know man!" is bogus. You are basically flat out lying in order to try to cause trouble. Grats for that though.
You're a towel.
I cannot log into my main which I dearly wants to level and explore Draenor with. Well.. I can log in but only for 1 second or 2! Then I get disconnected and it says I'm online in the guild roster when I am not. It is really sad and I am not the only one with this bug either... Had it for a couple of hours now. It truly sucks not even being able to log into your character...
I was expecting someone to say it but here it comes
Dear Blizzard:
YOU ARE NOT PREPARED!
Truly yours, Illidan
could be possible they are DDoSd... but also possible that they did not expect the giant packet width with all the merged servers and it caused well just a denial of service.
basically the same thing... send enough packets legit or non-legit and you get a crash if not prepared... maybe they were prepared and it was a legit DDoS... or it could just be an accidental DoS er DDoS with everyone flooding together
http://map.ipviking.com/ If anyone is interested in watching. I've seen some massive jumps over towards Cali region..