It really really sucks big time that we have to have this extra level of PSN verification that's not technically needed to access the game itself (as evidenced by the fact that PSN outages and maintenance often don't impact those already logged on, unless they log off and back on again). Would be nice if there was a Plan B that the game could switch to when PSN officially goes down to allow authentication using just the SE ID and password until it goes back up... when we had those DDOS attacks in December I came close to losing a humongous investment in time and resources because I couldn't water my stupid garden.

Go figure this happens at the end of my work week when for the first time I can actually do group content like raids and dungeons vs. solo stuff I can safely afk from in the case of an interruption. If this is another DDoS attack they should execute whoever is responsible.