Server down?

[seawied]

My theory is this:

the DDOSing also coincides with the time school children get off school in the US (from what I've seen.) I think it's a kid that got banned for being a moron who then runs home every day from school to try to DDoS the server.

Also, you don't need a credit card to run a DDoS. That's why it's popular among script kiddies.

[Kasmir]

//Any bright sparks who know a way to counter this? Even if/when this goes away it could start up just as easily.

I am going to ask some wizards that I know...

Myself and one other EU player have literally been blocked from playing at all as the server is down more than up when we try to log in

Oh and +1 Ariente's comment, my thoughts exactly

//

[freekender]

Seems the server is down again... Strange, just when it is a free day here in Spain

[Nyeleni]

Yeah, what is it this time. The pure Maria?

[freekender]

Yeah, what is it this time. The pure Maria?

The Inmaculada, I think. But not sure, These all Saints festivities we have here... Honestly, I get lost

Anyway, it seems really strange to me that the first time I know the server going down because our good old "friend" out of the common schedule exactly machtes with a festivity in Spain. Call me paranoid if you want but, maybe this "friend" of us is Spanish?

[Nyeleni]

Must be catalan like me, you know the bogeyman of the rest of Spain, minus Euskal Herria.

And "inmaculada" is the "not tainted one aka pure" .

[freekender]

Must be catalan like me, you know the bogeyman of the rest of Spain, minus Euskal Herria.

Oh yes, but that's because we have the catalan Boogey Man's philactery here in Euskadi, so we can destroy him at any time if we want (muahahaha!).

Oh damn, these crashes are affecting me more than I expected.

[Calodan]

DOWN GOES FRAZIER!!!

So catch you all again tonight when the DDOS stops!

[Snarfy]

Down it goes... as of 5 minutes ago(... and, of course, right after I had pondered the wisdom of taking the quest from the noble to get her bracelet, which will probably now be borked Typical).

[Hoihe]

Down it goes... as of 5 minutes ago(... and, of course, right after I had pondered the wisdom of taking the quest from the noble to get her bracelet, which will probably now be borked Typical).

It's been fixed. The kiddo only spawns when you approach the spot, not when taking the quest. It prompts you with "You hear a child's voice".

[V'rass]

I heard a conspiracy theory which posits that perhaps the person doing this is a fan of nwn1 and wishes to make it impossible to play nwn2 online so everyone will be forced to go back to playing nwn1. There are many nwn1 fans who despise nwn2 and everyone who plays it and would love to see everyone forced back to nwn1 against their will. Course this being a conspiracy theory its legitimacy is questionable lol.

[Snarfy]

It's been fixed. The kiddo only spawns when you approach the spot, not when taking the quest. It prompts you with "You hear a child's voice".

I don't know. I have 2 alts that the quest has been broken on for 3 or 4 months, both times it happened was when I got disconnected after taking it... or maybe I got DC'd after getting the bracelet I'll find out in several hours I guess!

May a thousand fleas infest the crotch of our DDOs'ing lame-oid.

[chad878262]

I have a character where the quest is broken as well snarfy... the quest thinks he already has the bracelet, but he doesn't. Had a DM spawn Jeremy once, but couldn't talk to him, presumably because the game thinks he have the bracelet...

[ValerieJean]

Why not have the DM spawn the quest item on you? Might circumvent it.

[PJtheFey]

I just tried to sign in twice, connected to the server, but discovered all my characters were missing from the vault when prompted to select character. Is this a typical side effect of the attacks?