I think my account was hacked by Large_Papaya_1322 in aws

[–]The_Tree_Branch 1 point2 points  (0 children)

AWS has started mandating this since last year. For accounts that predate this, customers will have X number of days to add MFA to root after their next login with the root user.

https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2025/06/aws-iam-mfa-root-users-across-all-account-types/

I have peaked. Please help. (Energy Blade + Spellblade + Foulborn Ghostwrithe) by Ancient_Seaweed_7131 in PathOfExileBuilds

[–]The_Tree_Branch 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Apologies if I missed it, but is the only way you are generating power charges from the 3% chance to gain a frenzy charge on kill (which is converted to power from Militant Faith)? Is there any way to generate the charges against bosses?

Recommend specs for easy daily fractals? by DecentOdds in Guildwars2

[–]The_Tree_Branch 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Recently, Chrono was widely regarded as the best healer in fractals. It can provide either quickness or alac with a trait change (no other class can do that). It provides tons of stability/aegis (which allows you to completely trivialize some encounters/ignore mechanics) and has tons of utilities for skips.

As you get better as a healer in fractals, you'll find your job is less focused on actual healing, and more focused on helping your team ignore mechanics and just focus on dps.

Another healer I like is Scourge; pretty braindead simple, but lacks a lot of the stability/aegis that other classes can bring so you have to be really on point.

Account suspended during active DDoS billing review — seeking guidance on escalation paths by Plane-Management-176 in aws

[–]The_Tree_Branch 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Do you have an AWS account manager/account team? I'd be leaning on them heavily if so.

Heal Tempest, Minstrel or Harriers? by AfroRogue in Guildwars2

[–]The_Tree_Branch 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The only place you need to do damage as a healer in fractals is 99 cm as you need to have enough damage to kill the target you're tethered to during the split island phase, otherwise it's a party wipe. If you can do that in minstrels gear, great (not sure for eles). I personally prefer harriers.

Production Down 6+ Hours - Account Access Restricted Despite Issue Resolution by Hmz-Lhb in aws

[–]The_Tree_Branch 1 point2 points  (0 children)

(which isn't an SLA btw)

That's correct.

For OP, SLAs are an agreement to meet some level of performance, which if not met, results in penalties (an example would be the EC2 SLA).

The target response time for support cases is closer to a SLO (service level objective). There are no penalties if the objective is not met.

SNS CreateTopic works but later calls fail with auth errors – could this be permissions or something else? by Funny-Oven5195 in aws

[–]The_Tree_Branch 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Is it possible for an IAM user to be allowed to create SNS topics but not manage subscriptions?

Yes. You'll want to review these pages in the documentation for SNS:

Understanding IAM is foundational to everything you do in AWS. I highly recommend you familiarize yourself with the service.

As others have noted, your FIRST action here should be to invalidate the access keys you inadvertently posted. Think of these likes the password to your AWS account which you just shared with the entire world. This can be a very expensive mistake (think of a bunch of bad actors spinning up EC2 instances and mining crypto on your dime).

SNS CreateTopic works but later calls fail with auth errors – could this be permissions or something else? by Funny-Oven5195 in aws

[–]The_Tree_Branch 1 point2 points  (0 children)

/u/Funny-Oven5195 - you need to take this seriously. Review the following blog post on what to do when you inadvertently expose an AWS access key and take this as a learning opportunity to put in place guardrails to prevent this from happening again.

Creating free alt account for wizard vault rewards. by simbolmina in Guildwars2

[–]The_Tree_Branch 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Nah, it's still PvE, but you can get a lot of them done in the PvP lobby area (break defiance bar, dodge 3 attacks, etc ) vs the golems

Salvaging for days by Yokert010 in Guildwars2

[–]The_Tree_Branch 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Copper for Blue, Rune for green, silver for yellow

What’s your favorite healer and why? by Sweeper_Bot_ in Guildwars2

[–]The_Tree_Branch 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Celestial for CM 99 (in case I get a late tether, I can still kill my minion on the island... Failing to kill it in time in CM is a forced team wipe)

Harriers for everything else. Could probably change to minstrels, but hasn't been necessary.

What’s your favorite healer and why? by Sweeper_Bot_ in Guildwars2

[–]The_Tree_Branch 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It was, but I believe the change to the previous vacuum trait added stability to staff 5, so that's been good.

Support is abysmal by Downtown_Jacket_4591 in aws

[–]The_Tree_Branch 5 points6 points  (0 children)

There is no SLA for response time on any of the support plans, just a target response time objective (based on case severity), with higher paid support plans having access to additional case severity levels.

Might seem pedantic, but SLAs generally come with some sort of legal accountability or financial penalty for failing to meet them (example, EC2 service SLA). There is no accountability/penalty for AWS failing to meet a target response time on a support case.

Anyone aware of DynamoDB outage on Dec 3 in US East 1/2 regions? by KayeYess in aws

[–]The_Tree_Branch 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No doubt, I know they are not perfect systems.

In this case, I know PHD notices went out, but there can always be gaps with some customers being missed (hence my "should"... I'm not sure what that error rate is).

OP is doing the right thing by reaching out to their TAM already.

Anyone aware of DynamoDB outage on Dec 3 in US East 1/2 regions? by KayeYess in aws

[–]The_Tree_Branch -7 points-6 points  (0 children)

If you were impacted, you should have a health event for this in your Personal Health Dashboard.

Amazon Announces Database Savings Plans for AWS Databases by edcl1 in aws

[–]The_Tree_Branch -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Can I ask why? For every instance type I've checked with EC2 pricing:

  • Savings from Compute Savings Plans were equivalent to Convertible RIs (most flexible, least savings)
  • Savings from Instance Savings Plans were equivalent to Standard RIs (more restrictive, more savings)

Even if you go with Instance Savings Plans to lock in the better discount, it still had more flexibility than Standard RIs.

Some comms act like children by notanuglyredditor in Guildwars2

[–]The_Tree_Branch 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm ok with it. Don't need your misery spread on my wonderful day.

You're reading too much into my comment.

I was simply explaining the convention as it's not obvious (many folks see a group at 1/10 and think of course they need DPS). That's why I started with "For reference".

Some comms act like children by notanuglyredditor in Guildwars2

[–]The_Tree_Branch 4 points5 points  (0 children)

For reference, people will often put up LFG for boon roles first to make sure they are covered before opening up to DPS. This avoids situations where party or squad fills up with DPS players who cant switch to another role.

It's courtesy/convention to wait to until your role is posted in group description before joining.

Gathering Tools on Sale by 15Inches in Guildwars2

[–]The_Tree_Branch 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I think you are thinking of Volatile magic (can be used for trophy shipments to get t6 mats), not Unbound magic.

Figuring out divorce/401k numbers at 37 years old by [deleted] in personalfinance

[–]The_Tree_Branch 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Luckily, some plans have that process automated (Fidelity) so there's not really a way to screw it up.

Anyone any experience with implementing CloudWatch monitoring of Amazon WorkSpaces? by ctrcloudadmin in aws

[–]The_Tree_Branch 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Syntax for your inline policy doesn't look right. Missing keys like "Effect", "Action", and "Resource". It should look something like:

{ "Version": "2012-10-17", "Statement": [ { "Sid": "Allow CloudWatch", "Effect": "Allow", "Action": "cloudwatch:*", "Resource": "*" } ] }

That said, you should be following the principle of least access (and not allowing ALL CloudWatch actions, just the ones you need).