Origin down

BUDFORCE · 5 May 2019 at 21:01

Yeah maybe not the biggest news but anoying.

Few links:

https://www.express.co.uk/entertain...-Apex-Legends-Origin-Battlefield-status-May-6

https://www.dailystar.co.uk/tech/ga...ex-Legends-Origin-and-Battlefield-NOT-WORKING

Been down now since, mmm about 4:30pm, now 9pm, bank holiday Sunday had some spare time this evening (which is rare for me with kids etc) was looking forward to a bit of battlefield 5.

Firestar_3x · 5 May 2019 at 21:09

Yep, got kicked out mid Apex match.

Malevolence · 5 May 2019 at 21:15

Yep, lost a load of MW and a legendary drop in Anthem earlier. Guess I'll go and make some money in Elite. I want a Krait Mk.II

BUDFORCE · 5 May 2019 at 21:22

Reckon (yeah yeah I know) EA will do anything, maybe giv eyou some free premium time or some compensation?

I might try my luck and have a moan at them, you never know.

wookiee87 · 5 May 2019 at 21:42

been down for around 4hrs, was playing anthem and got kicked then stuck in a loop asking me to restart the game, upon exiting origin was offline, maybe a ddos attack on servers?

, very strange origin or ea havent relased more info about the problem

Martini1991 · 5 May 2019 at 21:47

wookiee87 said:
been down for around 4hrs, was playing anthem and got kicked then stuck in a loop asking me to restart the game, upon exiting origin was offline, maybe a ddos attack on servers? , very strange origin or ea havent relased more info about the problem

Well no one seems to be talking about it being down

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Considering how many people it should be impacting there's barely any mention anywhere.

hudson86 · 5 May 2019 at 21:58

Theyve been tweeting etc, they posted an update 2 hours ago stating restarting network services, but bugger all info since.

https://twitter.com/eahelp?lang=en

IainR · 5 May 2019 at 21:58

Apart from the national rags posted above, every forum of every game its affecting, twitter, facebook etc etc.

Yeah, it's slipped through the net

VoG · 5 May 2019 at 22:00

Impeccable timing, decided to move my origin library to a larger hdd & tried to log in to make sure all my games had copied over with no issues & can't log in as stuck in off line mode.

wookiee87 · 5 May 2019 at 22:18

i think its back, but chat is offline

edit: spoke to soon its down tried anthem no servers available

chat has come back, things looking better

BUDFORCE · 6 May 2019 at 13:33

Seems my EA account got hacked today, coinsidence?

EDIT: No actually it didnt, or at least I am not 100% sure.

Seems I got a text message on my phone, it was in russian but think it was the russian version of a password reset code from EA.

Although Ive just logged into origin and seems normal.

Very odd.

wookiee87 · 6 May 2019 at 14:25

i think it would be very wise for all origin account holders to update passwords just in case, espesially if you have card details saved for easy purchses, that would be asking for trouble

BUDFORCE · 6 May 2019 at 15:16

wookiee87 said:
i think it would be very wise for all origin account holders to update passwords just in case, espesially if you have card details saved for easy purchses, that would be asking for trouble

Yes I did already, and yes that is good advice.

Firestar_3x · 6 May 2019 at 16:00

Agree, changed mine.

Malevolence · 6 May 2019 at 18:25

Why do sites such as Origin have such retarded password rules? Why limit it only 16 characters and not allow symbols?

ic1male · 6 May 2019 at 18:34

Malevolence said:
Why do sites such as Origin have such retarded password rules? Why limit it only 16 characters and not allow symbols?

I know I had trouble logging in to Origin from within Dragon Age: Origins when I had a symbol in my password. Maybe it's to preserve compatibility with older games. It's not a massive concern if you have two factor authentication on your account.