some of the fiber optic cables between Hong Kong and Australia got damaged in two typhoons most of southeast Asia got rerouted via us lines this happened in September and is just now being completed and being redirected as normal most of north America should be seeing some normalization.
As a new player why would you not buy storage boxes or the starter packs from the shop, I know of a well know re seller who bought one of these rings for nothing because the looter didn't know what it was. You are looking for things that are not there smoke and mirrors my friend.