SOE Services Offline - Page 4

haywire · 2011-05-04, 01:37 PM

DCU Online are getting a free mask plus 30days and some change for the outage.
http://uk.kotaku.com/5798242/dc-univ...er-hack-attack
Free fan faire swords for us might be nice...

Crator · 2011-05-04, 01:56 PM

More Favorite item slots would be the best! Oh ya, forgot, they have no staff to do that sort of thing. Or do they, now since they brought back devs for PS-N?

Raymac · 2011-05-04, 02:59 PM

SOE isn't going to give us much of anything as "compensation". We may get an extra month on our subscription, but that would be the most I'd expect. Planetside isn't even mentioned in the news as a game thats affected. It's always only "Everquest, DCUO, and FreeRealms".

Honestly, since Smed has been such an advocate of PS:N, I hope he doesn't lose his job over this.

Krishtov · 2011-05-04, 03:08 PM

Originally Posted by Raymac

Honestly, since Smed has been such an advocate of PS:N, I hope he doesn't lose his job over this.

I doubt it. He is busy with this, he may get flack, but likely it will be the server/security people who lose their jobs. He isn't responsible for their jobs, they are. He would be at fault if he had a chance to improve security but decided not to send the command out to do so.

I would think.

I'd so love it if Smed would come in and comfort us

Nephilimuk · 2011-05-04, 03:26 PM

If it is a proven hack by anom I hope no on loses their job. Nothing they could have done really or very little. Its like everything else your always wiser with hindsight.

I hope someone from SOE does comment on here but I doubt they will for legal reasons.

BicOfMarkov · 2011-05-04, 05:10 PM

Originally Posted by Nephilimuk

If it is a proven hack by anom I hope no on loses their job. Nothing they could have done really or very little. Its like everything else your always wiser with hindsight.

I sincerely doubt this is one of the "civil disobediance" hack groups. They can embarass Sony in many easier ways with less negative impact on bystanders.

This is far, far, far more likely to be some level of organized crime.

opticalshadow · 2011-05-04, 06:21 PM

Originally Posted by Nephilimuk

If it is a proven hack by anom I hope no on loses their job. Nothing they could have done really or very little. Its like everything else your always wiser with hindsight.

I hope someone from SOE does comment on here but I doubt they will for legal reasons.

the one article only mentioned the a new chef security officer was being hired in, so either they are adding or they fired the old guy. it wasnt clear, but so far nobody as said anything about job loss other then that one thing.

Madcow · 2011-05-05, 02:41 AM

Originally Posted by Nephilimuk

If it is a proven hack by anom I hope no on loses their job. Nothing they could have done really or very little. Its like everything else your always wiser with hindsight.

C'mon. Sony has long done the bare minimum and now it looks like that's biting them. The way they're bleeding cash right now I wouldn't be overly surprised if ultimately this kills PS:N, although I hope I'm wrong. It wouldn't surprise me at all to see them shift whatever resources they have to the new Everquest since that's their prize property.

Sephirius · 2011-05-05, 11:55 PM

Originally Posted by Madcow

C'mon. Sony has long done the bare minimum and now it looks like that's biting them. The way they're bleeding cash right now I wouldn't be overly surprised if ultimately this kills PS:N, although I hope I'm wrong. It wouldn't surprise me at all to see them shift whatever resources they have to the new Everquest since that's their prize property.

This..

Sorry to say, but SOE got exactly what it deserves. Its been well known that they like to hire in very talented people.. then screw em after they delivered their golden egg and cut as many corners as possible for profit.

Remember folks Planetside was created by VERANT Interactive, then Sony came into the picture and look what happened to games since then under their watch. Planetside was going strong, then the original designers "left" and was kinda kicked around the house a little bit till someone that fit within SOE's salary threshhold really cared for it.

SWG.. don't get me started.

EQ.. the most classic was releasing expansions where folks got to parts of the content that were literally empty gray worlds because they were not even FINISHED yet after it was sealed, put on shelves and purchased.

Don't take my word for it... do some google searches.

Silverfish · 2011-05-04, 04:59 PM

Sooo...is it just active subscriptions that are going to get a free month?? I got an email notifying me that my personal data had been stolen. I think they should give us unactive subs a month, as the same damage was done to us as active subs.

Crator · 2011-05-04, 06:04 PM

Originally Posted by Silverfish

Sooo...is it just active subscriptions that are going to get a free month?? I got an email notifying me that my personal data had been stolen. I think they should give us unactive subs a month, as the same damage was done to us as active subs.

This is a good point. Man, that would be awesome if they gave everyone who had a subscribtion with them free play time. That would mean big pops on Pside

On the flip of that, if they do give all subs free time, get ready for the speed hackers again!

Baneblade · 2011-05-04, 05:07 PM

I just hope this marks the end of Sony's undeserved superiority complex.

Devinator · 2011-05-04, 05:47 PM

how do I cancel my sub if their god damn site is down?

FRENZIEDFRED · 2011-05-05, 04:30 PM

TBH starting to look like end on PC Online gaming, seems people are more interested in in Hacking, cheating and messing with true gamers online experience, bring back 20 years ago.. the graphics were crap but at least most of us just wanted to play, and play fair..

Death2All · 2011-05-05, 05:25 PM

PC gaming is totally dead due to the up rise in console gaming, shitty devs with negligence towards games and the over abundance of hackers.

There's still a few good companies out there who truly care about their games and make efforts to thwart hacking. However, there's not enough to truly make a difference or compete with console gaming.

Consoles are a lot more affordable than computers, a good one anyways. And a lot more accessible. You can go to any electronic or department store and pick up a console for a few hundred bucks. Where as with a computer you'll likely need to order one online or buy your own parts and custom build it yourself. People are getting increasingly more retarded in the future so it's obvious that PC gaming is taking a turn for the worse.

I'm not going to start a console vs PC war debate on here, even though I'm sure most of you will agree. I do still however believe, scratch that, know that PC gaming vastly superior, at least from an efficiency point of view. I'd state my reasons, but I think it's fairly obvious.

The only advantage that console gaming really has over PC gaming is that it appeals to much more casual people. Which just so happens to be the majority of people.

So basically PC gaming is fucked because the majority of people are morons and they look for the easiest avenue in order to get involved in something.

In fact, I wouldn't be surprised if in the near future they just completely did away with PC gaming. Everyone will have consoles in the future and we'll only use our PCs for buying shit online. Actually, they already have that for consoles.

ACTUALLY, they'll do away with consoles and PCs altogether. Everything will just be done on your phone. Which will be microscoptic and implanted into your brain at birth by the government in an effort to control our thoughts, secretly however the government is controlled by Lizard People who use our bodies for fuel and keep us in a comatose state. We'll all be entirely controlled and manipulated in a simulated world unaware that we're actually enslaved by these Lizard People.

This starting to kind of sound like a movie I was once saw.....I think it was called "The Lion King".

The end.