To the DDoSers:

You have greatly underestimated what I'm prepared to tolerate in order to play a really good game. Keep comin'. I've played games where the uptime is measured in minutes.

You want me to blame SE for this. To pressure them to do something. They've already done all they can; I'm not IT-ignorant. You might even do a post or two yourselves trying to fan a little dissent. Won't work.

Have fun with your little temper tantrum. :p

Yeah it's dumb I hope all the electricity they're using costs them a lot.

Final Day of v1.0 had less uptime and I tried for hours on end to log in just to experience it. This is nothing ^^

I don't necessarily blame SE for this, but the game is getting to be legit unplayable regardless. I'd like to meet this with a stiff upper lip, but frankly, I find myself playing or doring other things to avoid the aggravation. If my sub were up anytime soon, I'd probably let it lapse. Not to send a message or anything, but why pay for a product that's causing me frustration?

It's more an attack on the ISPs and not xiv specifically, plus I doubt the people responsible even visit this site. It's inconvenient to be sure but there's only so much SE can do from their end sadly

It’s pretty damn annoying for sure.

I like this thread. Keep the positivity comin' :D

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Originally Posted by Calteru

You have greatly underestimated what I'm prepared to tolerate in order to play a really good game. Keep comin'. I've played games where the uptime is measured in minutes.

You want me to blame SE for this. To pressure them to do something. They've already done all they can; I'm not IT-ignorant. You might even do a post or two yourselves trying to fan a little dissent. Won't work.

Have fun with your little temper tantrum. :p

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Hear, hear! Add another to the “stubborn as an ox” party, I won’t be going anywhere anytime soon.

It's been a fun week.
FF is getting DDoS'd like all the time this week and my internet provider ALSO has been under attack earlier this week resulting in a few hours of no internet for customers across Canada. Da heck is going on?

Not going to deter me though either. I'll just keep logging back in. No biggie.

If I didn’t know better, I would honestly think it was China angry that their RMT-Sellers were getting mass banned. That or perhaps Russia upset about the rate increase. It’s fun sometimes to theorize who could be behind such a waste of time as DDOSing an MMO. Perhaps it is a bunch of kids bored out of their gourd trying to be edgey

Regardless, just gonna keep logging in. Some people blame Canada, I blame RMT-Sellers.

I decided to do a bit of touch up work in my house and move furnishings. Frustrating as the DDoS was it resulted in some interesting furnishing placements. It was fun to play musical chairs with everyone guessing where the chair would end up next.

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Originally Posted by XLauncher

I don't necessarily blame SE for this, but the game is getting to be legit unplayable regardless. I'd like to meet this with a stiff upper lip, but frankly, I find myself playing or doring other things to avoid the aggravation. If my sub were up anytime soon, I'd probably let it lapse. Not to send a message or anything, but why pay for a product that's causing me frustration?

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Then give up. Give in. Let the DDoSers force you off the game you like.

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Originally Posted by Kisagami

Some people blame Canada

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As much as this lag irritates me, I remember playing Asheron's Call in 2001 with a ping of anywhere from 400ms to 2500ms simply because I was on dialup. I also played it uphill both ways in the snow with no shoes. And so far, everyone here has been understanding when lag strikes in dungeons and the like. Apart from a little annoyance, this DDoS crap is just like the OP said: A temper tantrum that will be over soon and no one will remember or care. ^_^

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Originally Posted by Calteru

Then give up. Give in. Let the DDoSers force you off the game you like.

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As much as I agree with the overall air of this thread, you're missing the point this is a game. If it causes people aggravation it's directly counterproductive to its intended purpose of providing enjoyable entertainment. Not to mention that as far as the DDoS is concerned this is not our war to fight. The win here is that people haven't mass unsubscribed, not that they fight this windmill by staying logged in.

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Originally Posted by Kisagami

If I didn’t know better, I would honestly think it was China angry that their RMT-Sellers were getting mass banned. That or perhaps Russia upset about the rate increase. It’s fun sometimes to theorize who could be behind such a waste of time as DDOSing an MMO. Perhaps it is a bunch of kids bored out of their gourd trying to be edgey

Regardless, just gonna keep logging in. Some people blame Canada, I blame RMT-Sellers.

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I heard they have sounded the alarm in China due to the mass bannings of their rmt-sellers. Their economy can't stand this.

I've been so busy with RL stuff during this whole mess but every time I logged in, I'd afk for a couple mins..come back and 90k lol. I don't blame SE, I blame the people doing the DDOS attacks.

Hope this all gets sorted out soon so everyone can go back to enjoying the game :)

It's typically EU "hacker" groups that do these things. I won't mention names since they want attention. Expect it to ramp up for the holidays.

i heard it mostly salty people over ultimate coil. Which is around the time stuff started.

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It's typically EU "hacker" groups that do these things. I won't mention names since they want attention. Expect it to ramp up for the holidays.

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You would think Interpol would be on top of all cyber crimes instead of 30 years behind the power curve of these problems. Make me wonder if they think the internet still runs on dial-up and AoL.

I'm sick of these script kiddies, they need to get over themselves, I'm still going to play no matter how many times I DC.

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It's typically EU "hacker" groups that do these things. I won't mention names since they want attention. Expect it to ramp up for the holidays.

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Exactly it has to be EU "hackers" who attack a american ISP and not a european one.

I'm still playing despite this, they can't stop me, I'm stubborn haha, I like this game and a DDOS will not be changing that.

I, too, am still playing this during primetime hours despite the nonsensical amounts of lag and disconnects that make instanced content less than optimal (to say the least).

Despite the rumors I heard about this being some immature git that's unhappy with Unending Coil and wants to bring down the cometition, I understand that Jpn and Eu servers are fine? Furthermore, this accompanies the downtime on Comcast, which -was- reported:
https://www.engadget.com/2017/11/07/...-3-route-leak/

A "configuration error" they call it. IIRC, the NA data centers are in Sacramento since the move in May, and California as a whole is split between Scpectrum and Comcast, for the most part.

Does this whole thing displease me? Certainly. Do I blame SE? Not per se. They did move to this facility a few months ago, but blaming them even then would be foolhardy at best.

Hopefully the person overreacting to their Comcast bill is caught and sent somewhere that their main methods of communication technology are a typewriter and a Morse Code wire. But, until that time, let's game on as only we know how. You know, sitting around AFK and trashtalking one another in the middle of endgame hubs, and maybe once in a blue moon queuing up for something. (Sarcasm on that last part for those unable to catch on quick)

I hope they catch and sue the individual or group of individuals responsible and sue them to the point their wages are garnished for the next thousand years.

I speculate that it might be a certain notorious FC on Balmung, but I won’t state who I speculate due to the rules, and fact that they just want attention.

In my opinion I bet it's someone from that one group that DDoS'd PSN a few years back. Most of the members were caught but I believe they had two or three people as backup. Plus with this game being popular af AND PS4 players enjoying it as much as PC players...to them it could be another way. Or it could be those illegal black market-like Chinese/Brazilian/Russian Gil sellers.

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As much as I agree with the overall air of this thread, you're missing the point this is a game. If it causes people aggravation it's directly counterproductive to its intended purpose of providing enjoyable entertainment. Not to mention that as far as the DDoS is concerned this is not our war to fight. The win here is that people haven't mass unsubscribed, not that they fight this windmill by staying logged in.

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The game isn't causing the issues. DDoSers are. And yeah, they made it your war to fight. You can fight, or you can quit. Good luck making your choice.

I've made mine. Now if you'll excuse me, I've got some Hildibrand stuff to finish. Loving it.

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I've made mine. Now if you'll excuse me, I've got some Hildibrand stuff to finish. Loving it.

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Good luck with clicking the character then waiting for five minutes for the dialogue box to load then disconnecting mid cutscene. Not my idea of fun but this isn't my place to kinkshame

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I've made mine. Now if you'll excuse me, I've got some Hildibrand stuff to finish. Loving it.

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Hilidbrand is the best! He does what only a Manderville man can!

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Good luck with clicking the character then waiting for five minutes for the dialogue box to load then disconnecting mid cutscene. Not my idea of fun but this isn't my place to kinkshame

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You know, it's the funniest thing - that hasn't been a problem for me at all today. Sorry if it is for you, I guess. Now, weren't you threatening to storm off or something? I'd hate to keep you. :-)

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You know, it's the funniest thing - that hasn't been a problem for me at all today. Sorry if it is for you, I guess. Now, weren't you threatening to storm off or something? I'd hate to keep you. :-)

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... There are times I like you and times you’re mean xD Starting to imagine you like this: https://youtu.be/_nS-QeM2ne8

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we are trolls
we are trolls
big black holes
instead of souls
preying on the weak and dumb
just for fun
just for fun!

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Sometimes laughing at the strange things that happens helps. The other night I was in alliance raid roulette in the Labrinth and at 5% on Behemoth as he was casting his final meteor basically the whole raid 90ked. When we all made it back online he had reset so obviously his new 90k meteor wiped us. We joked about this being testing for Ultimate Behemoth with his new DC meteor power and then finished up the raid.

It's kind of sad that they are wasting their life doing whatever it takes to show their temper tantrums. I bet they Googled and found ways in 5 minutes top. Bravo for being some elite hacka with knowledge beyond humans reach. They are getting a big hard-on each time the issue is mentioned so I guess typing this comment is not going to help, I simply want to let them know how pathetic it is especially when everyone can still play, it's only a minor nuisance happening once in awhile. I still can do my weekly, daily expert and crafting. Good luck in life to whoever is causing this because having friends and a partner with that kind of mental disorder won't happen, I assume so since I had a conversation with a few friends and none of them would find joy in doing that even if it was for vengeance and given the chance with the click of a button (lost of real life money/gils, unhappy about the content, slow everyone progress in high-end runs, etc.) thus the mental disorder. Cheers.