SOE Begins Restoration of ServicesMay 6th, 2011 at 8:36 PM by Togikagi

UPDATE, May 14, 7:15p.m. EDT: SOE has slowly begun restoration of their services.

SOE - Restoration Announcement
SOE - Welcome Back Program
SOE - Recent Updates

SAN DIEGO, May 14, 2011 - Sony Online Entertainment LLC (SOE) announced today that restoration of its game services will begin today. The phased restoration will include the return of nearly all of SOE's portfolio of online games, the reinstatement of SOE's game forums and websites, and added functionality to require players to reset their passwords.

For details on the hacker attack that has kept SOE down since May 2 and compromised the personal information of players, check out SOE's brief FAQ and all of our previous coverage. See this article for the May 12th news on the "Make Good" program details.

During the downtime you are welcome to join us in ZAM's IRC chat. Feldon of EQ2Wire also has set up a ZAM IRC java applet that you can use.

Game-specific May 11th updates:

EverQuest: Players with an active house will be credited one month of upkeep costs and the inactive period will be extended from 90 to 150 days.

EverQuest II: All houses requiring rent will have one month added free to help offset any costs incurred during this outage.

Free Realms: The Free Realms birthday event and the New Member Bonus Bonanza will be extended to give everyone a chance to participate in them. Don’t worry about your farms; they’ll be taken care of too!

Star Wars Galaxies: All Galactic Civil War point decay has been suspended and inactive citizen removal time temporarily increased by 14 days. Item and vendor expiration timers have also been increased by 14 days.

Vanguard: One day for each day lost will be added to every player's Upkeep Bank to help offset any costs incurred during this outage.

Tags: News, SOEAttack, SonyOnlineEntertainment

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gosh how pathetic
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# May 08 2011 at 10:11 AM Rating: Decent
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and as for apologies are concerned-- how often does sony have to say 'we are sorry' for that to constitute an apology?
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gosh how pathetic
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# May 08 2011 at 1:11 PM Rating: Decent
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When the apology is accompanied by an extended hand filled with Station Cash, in game freebies and ridiculous amounts of free subscription time.
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gosh how pathetic
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# May 08 2011 at 2:42 PM Rating: Decent
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typical... whats in it for me matters more then the apology.

Do you also drop large cash donations at church thinking you can buy your way into forgiveness and therefore can do what ever sin you want , so long as you donate? =P
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gosh how pathetic
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# May 08 2011 at 10:08 AM Rating: Decent
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First of all-- you don't have updates because no one can tell you what they don't know-- especially sony-- unless you just want a pack of lies to soothe you-- most companies figure todays market is smarter than needing coddling. compensation??? the one day for every day it is down makes sure that no one loses anything money-wise. anything else is gravy. live with it.

if half of eq quits, sony will suffer a little money-wise, but i promise you there will be more than that on the game within a year of recovery. eq is immensely popular and after a week of guild wars i can see why.

you are beginning to sound like hostage holders with all the demand lists. give us a break please, because you aren't holding hostages and have nothing to bargain with on your demands.

actually i feel like i am reading a bunch of posts from 10 year olds. face it-- it takes a long time just to secure the system-- especially with a new cyber attack every time they think they have made some headway. after that, it takes awhile to repair the damage and get back online. we will be lucky to be playing by the end of the moth-- might take longer but who knows?

so-- in light of that-- would you rather hear "we'll be back up Monday" and then on monday-- "we'll be back up june 1" and then on june 1 we'll be back up on june 7" -- ect, ect, ect
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It's Ironic
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# May 08 2011 at 10:08 AM Rating: Decent
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It's ironic, I have played Sony's games from the beginning and will continue to play them. When WOW came out I tried it, didn't like it that much, but about 1 year ago and for every month following I have received an email from them saying my account MAY HAVE been hacked, the irony in is, I haven't even used that account in about 5 years and all the info on it is worthless.

So don't tell me that it hasn't happened to others, it just hasn't happened on this scale maybe, but it has happened.
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It's Ironic - funny thing is...
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# May 08 2011 at 12:06 PM Rating: Decent
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I'd always thought the reports from Blizzard about hacks and data in the wild was more an Advertising PLOY to get me to come back and look. Second take was this IS a phishing communication for someone who 'naturally' followed up by clicking upon the embedded link in the email.
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It's Ironic
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# May 08 2011 at 11:28 AM Rating: Decent
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Something similar happened to me when I quit WoW. I cancelled my subscription and about a week later my account was frozen due to "Inconsistant account activity". I called Blizzard and told them the ONLY thing inconsistant is that I'm not playing right now. As of today, my account is still frozen. I don't know if anyone hacked my account. I did recieve an updated e-mail to say my items have been returned to me. So i guess somebody did get in and sold some of my stuff. The problem with all of this is that Blizzard sends the stuff back to you via in-game mail. That mail goes poof if not opened within 29 days (if memory serves me right)...well, i'm not about to start my subscription again just to get the mail. I let it rot. It's not worth it. You'd think the big, multi-billion dollar game companies would offer, for FREE an authenticator. After all, it protects tham as well as us.
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# May 08 2011 at 10:14 AM Rating: Decent
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Your wow account may or may not have been hacked, but those emails almost certainly are not from blizzard. They are phishing attempts.
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# May 08 2011 at 11:30 AM Rating: Decent
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They are NOT from Blizzard. I talked to a guy from there and he told me the hackers duplicate their websites. The only thing you can do is give more information when you open the e-mail. Don't do it.
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Norath newest god of TIME
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# May 08 2011 at 10:05 AM Rating: Decent
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A new and powerful GOD has appeared on Norath.

He has stopped time for everyone and no ones aware of this. When this GOD will deem it time to release Norath from stasis, our characters will have not noticed anything wrong with the world.

Only the players feel this pinch.

Take this leisurely time to be creative on your own!
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Around the clock?
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# May 08 2011 at 10:02 AM Rating: Decent
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SOE says that they are working around the clock.I guess that they were to busy to give any update or words on Saturday.
AROUND THE CLOCK? Really?

But it is Mothers Day so I guess they can have sunday off.
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Waiting patiently
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# May 08 2011 at 9:56 AM Rating: Decent
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If Soe was caught with their pants down I believe they have since pulled them up and fastened their belts tighter. I wait patiently for EQ2 come back online. EQ is entertainment, not the same as the air we breath or the water and food we need. I have had ample time to fix what I can on my end of the line. I am educated enough to know that the internet is a risky place. I am dissapointed that this has happened, but I am not going to leave EQ2 and as far as updates go I don't want promises that the game will be up and then be dissapointed that it isn't on time. I would rather it be down and fixed right!! The free days for each one we are off line is more than generous and enough for me. The free month added to that is too much in my opinion. IF my (our) imformation has been compromised all the freebies in the world can't undo it.
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dont be holding sony stock!
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# May 08 2011 at 9:54 AM Rating: Decent
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The longer they go the more subs they will lose, and this is across all their pc mmo games. Some will eventually come back but not all.
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I want
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# May 08 2011 at 9:41 AM Rating: Decent
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I new pair of shoes to go walking in.

Maybe tomorrow servers will come back up.
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Re: Servers Will Not Be Up This Weekend
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# May 08 2011 at 9:36 AM Rating: Decent
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Online Entertainment just posted the following on Facebook:

"We wanted to let you know that our games will not be up this weekend. We are working around the clock to get our services back up and running soon. Thank you for your continued patience and support."

"Soon" in EQ talk means ... We have no freaking clue and would appreciate it if you would get off our collective ***** and let us scratch our heads some more and figure out what to say next.
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DEMAND LIST!
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These ignorant LISTS OF DEMANDS that these kids are throwing out just gives weight to the fact that over 89% of Americans are within 10 IQ points of being considered retarded. That's a fact! Think about how sad that is...

DEMAND LIST # 1493:

1) I want 5 new character slots filled with level 90 characters that I have never played, but are fully DoV raid-geared.

2) I want 7500 platinum placed into a non-tracable Swiss bank account, with an additional 200 platinum per week added into an overseas escrow account bearing exactally 14% interest.

3) I want all of my existing toons to receive the title GOD OF ALL THINGS while also eminating a powerful aura that instantly slays any and all creatures within 50 meters of me.

4) I want a cream that actually works on my acne!

5) I want a girlfriend.

6) I want I want I want I want I want I want-- oops sorry, got stuck.
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DEMAND LIST!
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# May 08 2011 at 9:18 AM Rating: Decent
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Good 'un Mcogre :)
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May the gods listen well
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# May 08 2011 at 9:01 AM Rating: Decent
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OMG Opportunity knocks at Sony's door! I surely hope this little hacker setback thing causes them to rollback all characters to level one without items and start every server fresh with the old classic eq ruleset, drop tables, and experience rate! Oh Boy! Now I'm excited! <dances all happy> Just think of it - the "I want it, I want it now, and I want it free" kiddo's will all hit the door and we can have a serious RPG community again!
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# May 08 2011 at 9:11 AM Rating: Decent
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That's the progression servers. Come join us.
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# May 08 2011 at 8:49 AM Rating: Decent
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RUN FOREST RUN!!!!!
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# May 08 2011 at 8:15 AM Rating: Decent
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How about this for making it up to us.

For 85 and above toons at the restart of the servers
1) 10 PP per day the system is down
2) 4 cloudy veilium shards from the PQ per day the system is down
3) 2 blue veilium shard per day the system is down
4) 1 white veilium shard for each day the system is down
5) 1 fabled peice of armor from DOV (our choice)

For 84 and below toons at the restart of the server

1) 5 PP per day the system is down
2) 5 level of XP
3) 1 Master level spell for each day system is down (1 per level only)
4) 1 shard for 70 to 80 level toons per day system is down
5) 1 mark for 80 to 90 level toos per day system is down

For 69 and below toons at the restart of the server

1) 1 PP per day system is down
2) items 2 and 3 of 84 and below.

PLUS A FULL WEEK 7 DAYS OF DOUBLE XP FOR EVERYONE

Inaddition to your free time playing.
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# May 08 2011 at 9:58 AM Rating: Decent
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Really? Sony is compensating us in cash. A free month, plus a day for every day the services are down. That is MORE than fair? Who th hell want a free 5 lvls? Eq is a game where THERE IS NO END! why why hurry up the lvl process and end up missing out on some really cool places? There is so much content any more that is just plain ignored. Th fact I'm not paying for the outage is good enough for me :)
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# May 08 2011 at 9:56 AM Rating: Decent
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More demands for some greedy folks.

First of all, most demands are way too demanding. Probably most or your characters aren't able to get most of these things in one day. I know surely not any of mine could!!!

Only compensation I would agree with is that any day they're off-line and not just during this event, that players get compensated 2 days for every day they are off. In addition to the 30 extra days they are giving us.

Right now, they've been off for a week. We should be getting 44 free days.

Of course, SOE is too greedy themselves and we might just end up with free in-game stuff that's totally useless.
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These ignorant LISTS OF DEMANDS that these kids are throwing out just gives weight to the fact that over 89% of Americans are within 10 IQ points of being considered retarded. That's a fact! Think about how sad that is...

DEMAND LIST # 1493:

1) I want 5 new character slots filled with level 90 characters that I have never played, but are fully DoV raid-geared.

2) I want 7500 platinum placed into a non-tracable Swiss bank account, with an additional 200 platinum per week added into an overseas escrow account bearing exactally 14% interest.

3) I want all of my existing toons to receive the title GOD OF ALL THINGS while also eminating a powerful aura that instantly slays any and all creatures within 50 meters of me.

4) I want a cream that actually works on my acne!

5) I want a girlfriend.

6) I want I want I want I want I want I want-- oops sorry, got stuck.
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PICCBEDLAM wrote:
How about this for making it up to us.

For 85 and above toons at the restart of the servers
1) 10 PP per day the system is down
2) 4 cloudy veilium shards from the PQ per day the system is down
3) 2 blue veilium shard per day the system is down
4) 1 white veilium shard for each day the system is down
5) 1 fabled peice of armor from DOV (our choice)

For 84 and below toons at the restart of the server

1) 5 PP per day the system is down
2) 5 level of XP
3) 1 Master level spell for each day system is down (1 per level only)
4) 1 shard for 70 to 80 level toons per day system is down
5) 1 mark for 80 to 90 level toos per day system is down

For 69 and below toons at the restart of the server

1) 1 PP per day system is down
2) items 2 and 3 of 84 and below.

PLUS A FULL WEEK 7 DAYS OF DOUBLE XP FOR EVERYONE

Inaddition to your free time playing.


/rofl talk about an addict, not sure what you are drinking but you had better stop it is killing what few brain cells you have left - what they have out there is perfectly within reason - if you read the contract you have with the they don;t even have to do that, deal and accept or get consuling



Edited, May 8th 2011 11:12am by eq2ctplayer
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# May 08 2011 at 8:56 AM Rating: Decent
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LOL... Is this a serious post?

Why the hell should anyone get something in-game for this? Everyone will pick up where they left off. Do you not understand this? No one will be any more ahead (or behind) than they were when the servers were last up. I, for one, would be utterly pissed off if I came back to the game and people were given a bunch of "free" stuff that the rest of us had to earn.

Just stop with the immature requests for freebies already. From now on, please only post if your IQ is ABOVE 85... NEW RULE...
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# May 08 2011 at 9:40 AM Rating: Decent
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I agree with the no items in game but I would like to be compensated for the PAID for time that I am loosing. EXP bonus weekend would be a nice apology as well. No I don't need any items but they had better be dang careful with "it's your tough luck. Live with it" attitude as well.
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# May 08 2011 at 2:47 PM Rating: Decent
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ROFL , you want compensated for the PAID FOR time...

which they have with their free month on top of free days for every down day.

Its almost like , they are compensation you or something =P
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Nadain wrote:
I agree with the no items in game but I would like to be compensated for the PAID for time that I am loosing. EXP bonus weekend would be a nice apology as well. No I don't need any items but they had better be dang careful with "it's your tough luck. Live with it" attitude as well.


read teh terms of service - you are losing nothing
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I agree 100% with you.
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How about 30 free days and maybe one weekend where all zones are double xp.
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They dont have to "make it up to us". If you dont like the very generous free month plus each day it is down (possibly two weeks) please go elsewhere. To be honest, those people who are making up a list of things they feel they are entitled to are not the kind of people I want to play alongside anyways.

Edited, May 8th 2011 10:21am by Firebard
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Firebard wrote:
They dont have to "make it up to us". If you dont like the very generous free month plus each day it is down (possibly two weeks) please go elsewhere. To be honest, those people who are making up a list of things they feel they are entitled to are not the kind of people I want to play alongside anyways.

Edited, May 8th 2011 10:21am by Firebard


I also agree that having your personal information stolen is worth 15 bucks.

In fact, I sell mine on the street corner.

WANAN KNOW MY BIRFDAy>>>> 5 DOLLA HONEY
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First of all as I said above I agree with the no in game items. That said is one month plus one day for each day down really so generous? I would say barely covers it myself. A in game exp bonus week would not be over the top in any way as an apology and yes. Any other company would see the need to apologize to their customers.

Now as to the apparent fact that your opinion is the only one that counts and if anyone does not like it they can leave. First of all. P.O. Second. you don't like my opinion I suggest you look away.
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Nadain wrote:
First of all as I said above I agree with the no in game items. That said is one month plus one day for each day down really so generous? I would say barely covers it myself. A in game exp bonus week would not be over the top in any way as an apology and yes. Any other company would see the need to apologize to their customers.

Now as to the apparent fact that your opinion is the only one that counts and if anyone does not like it they can leave. First of all. P.O. Second. you don't like my opinion I suggest you look away.


the offer is fair - you have to realize they are not obligated via contract to give anyone anything. read your agreement, you are losing play time that is it - and it is not a 911 system, whjen it comes back up it comes back up.

If you follow outside news sources rather then this one - they have apoligized already.

As you state - this is an opinion - if you don;t like it take a long walk on a short pier.
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I agree. The inanity of these "demand list" posts is through the roof.

In actuality, SOE doesn't have to give anything. Of course, they'd have to live with the outcry of such.

That they are providing us complete monetary compensation (1 free day for each day the servers are down) PLUS another free month on top of that is fine with me. I lose nothing of real importance (money) while they fix their issues AND I get a bonus out of it.

People either are lazy and want it all handed to them or greedy and are trying for as big of a compensation grab as they can get. How about being happy they are compensating us in the way they are. They just as easily could have said "You'll get nothing and we accept it if you leave." Then what would you have done?
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# May 08 2011 at 10:08 AM Rating: Decent
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You go to the movies and take your whole family with you. You buy all their tickets for the movie you want to see. You then load up on pop corn and sodas and head for the theater. You are met at theater door by an employ who says. We're sorry. We sold to many tickets and there is no room for you and your family. We are not going to give you any form of compensation but we will accept it if you leave.

You mean to tell me that you would just walk out?

Like have already stated. I agree with no in game compensation. For all you folks saying Sony does not owe there customers anything. I really hope each of you gets popped for identity theft. If you have never been through it I can tell you it is just loads of fun. If you do get robbed and you even look at Sony then I really really wish I could be standing beside you (irl) when you start crying.
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No, I'm not saying I'd be happy to be told to get out and we're not compensating you anything. You, me, everyone would have every right to complain if that's what SOE was doing.

Taking your example, the movie theater (SOE) isn't saying get out, you get nothing. They're saying "Here, we're compensating you all the ticket prices and food costs you've paid for and offering to move you to another movie today, PLUS we're going to give you one month's worth of free ticket admission on top of it because we screwed up."

What people here are doing with these "demand lists" is saying "Well, that's not good enough. I want free food, drink and quarters for my kids to plunk into your video games when we come in 2 hours early and wait for the movie to start."

THAT'S what I find ridiculous and petty.
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BladesBeforeSpells wrote:
No, I'm not saying I'd be happy to be told to get out and we're not compensating you anything. You, me, everyone would have every right to complain if that's what SOE was doing.

Taking your example, the movie theater (SOE) isn't saying get out, you get nothing. They're saying "Here, we're compensating you all the ticket prices and food costs you've paid for and offering to move you to another movie today, PLUS we're going to give you one month's worth of free ticket admission on top of it because we screwed up."

What people here are doing with these "demand lists" is saying "Well, that's not good enough. I want free food, drink and quarters for my kids to plunk into your video games when we come in 2 hours early and wait for the movie to start."

THAT'S what I find ridiculous and petty.


I agree 100% with what your saying. My comment was aimed at the SOE can do no wrong and you should be glad they allow you to live in there USA idiots. Oh not to mix up how I mean. To everyone that believes that SOE does not owe there customers anything for this disaster. Those are the idiots I mean. The folks that want all the in game top of the line gear are idiots as well. I am just not sure which side is the most retarded.
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BladesBeforeSpells wrote:
I agree. The inanity of these "demand list" posts is through the roof.

In actuality, SOE doesn't have to give anything. Of course, they'd have to live with the outcry of such.

That they are providing us complete monetary compensation (1 free day for each day the servers are down) PLUS another free month on top of that is fine with me. I lose nothing of real importance (money) while they fix their issues AND I get a bonus out of it.

People either are lazy and want it all handed to them or greedy and are trying for as big of a compensation grab as they can get. How about being happy they are compensating us in the way they are. They just as easily could have said "You'll get nothing and we accept it if you leave." Then what would you have done?


These are the kind of peeps that beg for a group invite and then loot every mob that drops before it even hits the ground!
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# May 08 2011 at 10:00 AM Rating: Decent
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God I hate that! though its fun whn you 5 lvls down from them and you can still kick their tails in a duel!!
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# May 08 2011 at 8:07 AM Rating: Decent
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When I try to login it just disconnects me. I tried to change my password on the verification page but it just sends me to the news posts concerning the incident.
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# May 08 2011 at 7:02 AM Rating: Decent
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203 people quits because they couldnt sustain there addiction.

GTFO ~ I need more spawns anyway!
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Just a little more information would be nice...
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# May 08 2011 at 6:55 AM Rating: Decent
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I appreciate that this was not SOE's doing. I really do not care at this point if they were at fault because of poor security maintenance. Nor is it important to me what they "compensate" us with. I really just would appreciate more frequent and detailed updates on the status of the problem; when they will have a schedule for returining to service; what, if any, changes will be needed on our part to log in to the games again. I have two, one year subscriptions to EQII. I play on an exchange server and use station cash a bit, so SOE add that together and consider that I have playd EQII since opening, I think that I have a right to expect a little more than a ***** posting FOUR days ago. Help us out, Brass.
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# May 08 2011 at 1:16 AM Rating: Decent
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So Sony are saying they will give us 30 days free playtime and one day per day the servers are down, that sounds good but how will this work?

If I pay reoccurring monthly how will I get a free month exactly?
When I cancel my account i'll get a free month then?
What if I dont cancel?

My friend has a years subs, how will he get his free game time?

Im guessing that most people wont ever see free game time, if they cancel their subs then they probably wont be playing anyway?

Any thoughts on this?
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Edited, May 8th 2011 11:10am by eq2ctplayer
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Rezinc wrote:
So Sony are saying they will give us 30 days free playtime and one day per day the servers are down, that sounds good but how will this work?

If I pay reoccurring monthly how will I get a free month exactly?
When I cancel my account i'll get a free month then?
What if I dont cancel?

My friend has a years subs, how will he get his free game time?

Im guessing that most people wont ever see free game time, if they cancel their subs then they probably wont be playing anyway?

Any thoughts on this?


If they cancel, the subscription runs to teh end of the billing period - depending on when the time is added they can see it, if they cancel and the subscription runs out before the time is added then no they won't seee it.

As far as monthly reoccuring or extended, they just move the bill date out the required number of days, so if your next bill date is 06/11/11 it will be altered to 07/11/11, same with 3,6,12 month subscriptions. I used 30 day extension as a simple example.
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# May 08 2011 at 3:03 AM Rating: Decent
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IIRC last time this happened (Christmas meltdown of 2007? where they did a rollback) they simply push the next rebilling date back until the gifted free time has been used up. Therefore you should get to see your free game time when the servers eventually come back up.
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# May 08 2011 at 2:59 AM Rating: Decent
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VERY good point....... Seems to me there should be a month + X days, weeks, etc. of billing forgotten by Sony immediately upon server re-establishment.
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# May 07 2011 at 11:29 PM Rating: Default
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Oh My Gosh!

Quick, go outside and look up, there is a huge ball of fire up there that is obviously hurtling towards this planet. I can't check it's strength yet, still out of range, but that has to be EpicX4 at least!

I am going to need 5 healers and 3 tanks I think, If any of you have a guardian it will do, no SK's please. I will take any DPS who know their class.

We don't have long I think, so send me a tell if you want in, that baby has to drop some epic loot! +250 stat boost easily!
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# May 08 2011 at 6:31 AM Rating: Excellent
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Watch out for the white fluffy floating mobs, they're nasty adds spawned during that encounter that will aoe mez the entire raid.
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# May 08 2011 at 3:08 AM Rating: Decent
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/applause

Best postings of all the threads thus far. Glad to see some people still have a sense of humor lmao!

.... forgot cold dmg ;-P
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# May 08 2011 at 12:36 AM Rating: Decent
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LMAO Nah it would drop Epic Cosmic Fire Blade.
1Hand slash.
Base DMG 120.
DMG Bonus 60.
Delay 19.
HP+4500 Mana+4400 AC+200
Agil+120,Dex+100,CHA+80,Wis+70,Attack+160.
Save vs Fire+200,save vs Cold+200,Save vs Magic+280,Save vs Poison+210
Save vs Disease+270,Save vs Corruption+400.
Combat Effects: +6 Shielding: +8% Spell Shield: +4% Avoidance: +7 Accuracy: +9 Stun Resist: +5% Strikethrough: +10% DoT Shielding: +4% HP Regen: +8 Mana Regeneration: +2 Damage Shield: +8 Clairvoyance: 47 Spell Dmg: 54 Dmg Shld Mit: 4 Heal Amount: 19
Required level of 90.
Effect: Force of Magic V (Combat, Casting Time: Instant)
WT: 2.9 Size: LARGE
Class: WAR PAL RNG SHD MNK BST BER
Race: ALL
Slot 1, Type 8 (General: Raid)





Edited, May 8th 2011 2:41am by SkardeckZek
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# May 08 2011 at 9:49 AM Rating: Decent
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WTH? No heroic stats? Total junk. God does a crappy job on itemization.
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# May 08 2011 at 9:29 AM Rating: Decent
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Don't forget the Clickey Effect "God Mode" :)
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# May 08 2011 at 1:53 AM Rating: Decent
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Wait... Monks can use that? :p
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# May 07 2011 at 11:00 PM Rating: Good
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Wow, it's a shame that some of you have turned to pointing fingers at each other. You don't have the chat channel to troll so you come on here and create one. Go back under your bridge and stay there. It's just a game and there are many other games out there to keep you occupied until this is all figured out. You don't own your characters, the items they carry or the platinum in your bank. You own NOTHING. Read your EULA.

There's people on here talking about Pakistan and missles. WTF is wrong with you? Do you have to take this and turn it into a circus? It's just a game. It's just a game...it's just a game....ZZZzzz ZZZzzz. At the count of 3 you will open your eyes and everything you've seen or heard for the past 10 years will have been a dream.

Go mow your yard, wash your car. Stop beating each other up on the internet, there are no winners. You guys are acting like a bunch of savages on here and it's ridiculous.

Flame all you want. My rant is over.
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# May 07 2011 at 10:59 PM Rating: Default
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SoE bought themselves more than 2 days of time with this UNOFFICIAL post:

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"We wanted to let you know that our games will not be up this weekend. We are working around the clock to get our services back up and running soon. Thank you for your continued patience and support."



Please do NOT use facebook/twitter to inform your paying customers of delays.

Please use the official SoE Website to keep your Clients informed!

I think the SoE management is avoiding using their website because it places them in a worse situation than the passing of information on a social-environment does.
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# May 08 2011 at 8:27 AM Rating: Decent
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Really? Complaining about how SOE puts out information? After the cacophony of whining emanating from posters here, people should be happy if SOE uses smoke signals or Morse code to make an announcement.

SOE is lacking on announcements, people complain.

SOE announces expected downtime, people complain how it's announced.

Damned if they do and damned if they don't, it seems.
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# May 07 2011 at 11:08 PM Rating: Decent
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Just go to Sony.com > PC Games drop-down, then Everquest. You will get the official releases and the press releases.

Read some of these posts below yours and this is what Sony's website would be cluttered with. I'm sure they have better things to do than to read stuff like that. I'd really hate to be in charge of moderating their web page.
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# May 08 2011 at 6:16 AM Rating: Decent
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Except that customers of Sony who may be affected by the situation should not have to go further than their e-mail account or mail box to be kept updated on the situation.
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# May 08 2011 at 9:06 AM Rating: Decent
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no kiddn. i dont use twitter or myspace or any stupid **** like that. i dont even know what the point of them web sites are for other then stupid criminals posting there illegal stuff so they an get busted.
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# May 08 2011 at 10:00 AM Rating: Decent
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kiltmeded wrote:
no kiddn. i dont use twitter or myspace or any stupid sh*t like that. i dont even know what the point of them web sites are for other then stupid criminals posting there illegal stuff so they an get busted.


No, it's for stalkers. What better way to use stalkers than to make yourself appear more popular on a virtual network.

I believe the following video is a perfect analog to twitterspacebook - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qjnklo7QryU

Edited, May 8th 2011 12:04pm by ShillingworthDracoris
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# May 07 2011 at 9:11 PM Rating: Decent
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Sooo.. how about those Cleveland Indians eh?
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# May 07 2011 at 9:10 PM Rating: Good
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I did not know it was easy for the hackers to get into the system. If they did or did not have up to date security in place, that does not mean that the hackers could not still get in.

I like the (below) the level of ease that they accomplished this. Guess he is one of the hackers, knows how easy it was to hack the system.

Kadar34 ur right..my analogy is a lil off because my car doesn't have multiple locking systems..but i'm sure the hacker had to get thru atleast one firewall (outdated or not) to get our information..but the level of ease that they accomplished this does not make it ok by any means.

SOE initially thought no data was extracted, what changed?

Essentially the perpetrators used sophisticated means not only to access the data, but also to cover their tracks.

Some of you just talk out you $$ and have no idea what your talking about..
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# May 07 2011 at 9:02 PM Rating: Decent
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There are games out there on the net can and will sat a gamer'goal
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