Global block?

MreeBiPolar · March 16

Not sure what subforum should it go to, but for whatever reason, over the weekend, the forum page started showing just the "Global Block" plaintext message when accessed from any of Russian IPs. With the odd timing and seeing as it's not even a 403 or anything, the impression is of someone going rogue in the tech team.

LootAllTheStuff · March 16

Not necessarily a rogue tech team member. Another possibility is that the servers were under attack over the weekend, and the CDN decided to proactively block the offending IP address range. Which, of course, carries a risk of collateral damage. Note that if there was an attack going on, that wouldn't be publicly acknowledged. Having said that, the game did seem a bit more laggy than usual, especially Sunday night.

MreeBiPolar · March 17

LootAllTheStuff wrote: »

Not necessarily a rogue tech team member. Another possibility is that the servers were under attack over the weekend, and the CDN decided to proactively block the offending IP address range. Which, of course, carries a risk of collateral damage. Note that if there was an attack going on, that wouldn't be publicly acknowledged. Having said that, the game did seem a bit more laggy than usual, especially Sunday night.

That's why I specifically mention the unusual message rather than a 40X code.

Vitgar · March 30

@ZOS_GinaBruno And how long will it last? I've been seeing this for the last 2-3 weeks while VPN-off. All Russians bear a collective responsibility? No maintenance schedule, no patch notes anymore.