I got $100 on it

This is how I see things happening:

The devs are checking into what equipment might work and how much it will cost. They will then decide if they can afford a solution that is likely to work. If they can't afford it, then we'll all have to convince them that donations will pay for it. Otherwise, I'm afraid they'll have to shut down the server for good.

I'm wondering if you realize the dilemma in this line of reasoning.

"Gold-buying" ruins MMOs because the people doing it lose the imperative to make rational economic choices, and end up paying any price to have an item immediately, thereby causing inflation. I think this happens more from the knowledge that they can just buy more gold, rather than the actual possession of the gold they have which was not "earned".

If this theory is correct, the idea I posited wouldn't have any significant effect on the in-game economy, negative or otherwise. You may disagree with the theory in regard to gold-buying, but I also offered the idea of Froglok rods, which I would be interested in seeing a rebuttal to.

Now, if enough people are donating or are going to donate, obviously such a measure would be unnecessary and undesirable. If not, as seems likely, it's a viable option, and one that strikes me as preferable to an alternative of shutting the server down.

Great idea on how to ruin the server Treehorn.

Assuming they are using burst.net (hostnoc) their lowest plans come with DDoS prevention methods included in the hosting.. They also can add additional firewall packages or specific DDoS prevention for $50 a month. But it would be good to get a GM response.

It really depends on the nature of the DDoS as well, I suppose if this was a simple attack there are simple enough solutions. If indeed the attack is taking up the pipe, they have to talk to the providers themselves to stop the attack at their access switches (unlikely to do, lots of issues with this) or just purchase the firewall/firewall service and toss it infront of their server, which again should already be provided unless its a more intelligent DDoS..

Choklo is greatly exaggerating when he says they will have to shut down the server.. they have at least a few options that aren't bank breaking and I would be happy to donate a bit.

I didn't mean to spread any false information. I have no inside info about the problem.

I am just concerned that if people don't step up and donate-and I feel that they will- that some expensive solution may put the server in jeopardy. I'd hate for that to happen, since I am as addicted to this great game as ever.

I'll be happy to throw in a $100 or two.

I would donate some cash

With all of these players offering to donate hundreds of dollar's, I cant see how we would not be able to bring the server back up very soon. Unless of course money cant fix our problem.

If the devs would make some mention that the problem could helped by donations SOON, it would be great. If the server stays down for weeks or more, we would lose momentum and donations. People would check out the game, see it's "still down," and move on to another game.
People are just waiting to help now, so we should take advantage of it.