FFXIV - DDOS'ed again?

A group of friends and I keep getting kicked from the server, but I'm not seeing any official announcements or anyone else complaining...

Is anyone else having issues with the servers right now?

Not I, but I'm hearing about it from guildies and seeing it in my roulettes too.

https://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/...work?p=6575874

It's the same NTT node lmfao

Never forget that the original impetus for moving to NTT is because it is "more stable". How many more lies can CBU3 tell before SE goes bankrupt I wonder?

There aren't many announcements about it because it happens so frequently. It's been happening rather constantly since even before the expansion release.

But you can tell it's a DDoS because you get the error that happens when they are protecting the server and there is no other evidence of connection issues on your network. And when you login again there's often a queue and "limited information displayed" which you see as lots of ???. Often when this happens you can ask your FC, linkshells, NN or discord servers and find out other people had it too.

It also isn't necessarily always a DDoS on SE directly, but on one of the nearby nodes, so technically SE doesn't have to say they had a DDoS necessarily.

I'm having issues connecting to the game right now as of 10:52 EST

If I do get in, I get kicked shortly after.

Glad to see it's not just me.

Someone finally made it to the last trial and is not amused :3

Fine all night here. Not a DDOS, probably ISP node failure somewhere.

Was going fates, then ex2, no issues during any of it.

I wasn't able to do much of anything last night after around 8:00 pm CST. The FC buffs weren't even showing on the console and everyone was teleporting around the place, so I just kind of logged out for the day.

Most of Sunday I was unable to do anything from the lag and disconnects. I finally just gave up and logged out for the night early.

EU has been fine whenever I'm online, is it NA thing?

10:57 EST and it seems the issue has returned.

Keep getting disconnected.

So much for the "upgraded servers" we were promised in SB.

Just hoping tonight goes better than last night. I was okay up until it was around 9:40 CST and then the entire thing started having problems. I managed to log back in after it booted me but then it was a slide show. Couldn't even see the FC buffs and nothing was registering promptly on the action bar.

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Originally Posted by HighlanderClone

So much for the "upgraded servers" we were promised in SB.

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But you said it was the NTT node in this very thread. So... Not SEs servers.



I'd say don't quit your day job, but you probably did that years ago when your rmt business picked up.

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Originally Posted by Valkyrie_Lenneth

But you said it was the NTT node in this very thread. So... Not SEs servers.



I'd say don't quit your day job, but you probably did that years ago when your rmt business picked up.

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Who said he ever had a job to begin with. :D

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Originally Posted by HighlanderClone

https://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/...work?p=6575874

It's the same NTT node lmfao

Never forget that the original impetus for moving to NTT is because it is "more stable". How many more lies can CBU3 tell before SE goes bankrupt I wonder?

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As much as there are many good reasons for being salty and bitter, don't be delusional or lie my dude. Your second sentence is completely irrelevant.

3rd Night in a row of this crap.

More disconnects on the East Coast.

When is Squeenix going to address this?

It's even got threads on the Reddit front page now.

You know it's an issue when even the FFXIV reddit addresses there's an issue.

https://www.reddit.com/r/ffxiv/comme..._anybody_else/

SE likes to blame it on DDoS but in reality it's the NTT node, usually the San Jose one, that's falling apart causing all this lag and disconnects. It's easier to push the blame somewhere else rather than fix the issue at hand.

3rd night, each getting progressively worse.

Fair few rounds of FL where entire alliances just disappear. It's wild. I saw a lalafell's dead body skateboarding around Onsal.

Ya can confirm early morning for the East Coast at 4:40am ish the server crashed. Login was out of service.
Whelp.

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Originally Posted by Maxilor

3rd Night in a row of this crap.

More disconnects on the East Coast.

When is Squeenix going to address this?

It's even got threads on the Reddit front page now.

You know it's an issue when even the FFXIV reddit addresses there's an issue.

https://www.reddit.com/r/ffxiv/comme..._anybody_else/

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I am curious as to why it's not impacting me as bad as others? I have Spectrum. I'm in Florida (so East Coast) and everything is normal. Last Friday I did have some bad lag in alliance raid, but I've never disconnected. On Dynamis/Seraph. Is it possible I am not being routed through this hateful NTT node?

I'm on Spectrum but haven't experienced any recent lag in Ohio. My static mates that are much further south and not on Spectrum have had issues.

Im not on Spectrum, but live east coast. I don't get d/ced but oftentimes during evening/night I start lagging. It's not "I cannot play" bad but it's noticeable and does affect what I feel comfortable with playing/helping out with. I play a lot during the day and it's normally fine then.

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Originally Posted by Rehayem

SE likes to blame it on DDoS but in reality it's the NTT node, usually the San Jose one, that's falling apart causing all this lag and disconnects. It's easier to push the blame somewhere else rather than fix the issue at hand.

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We swapped to the NTT node because SE decided to partner with NTT for their servers (and as a byproduct we are stuck with that node).

All for the promise of "better server infrastructure" when obviously it was a cost-cutting maneuver since they got a good contract with NTT.

Here we go again.

12:41 AM EST kicked

I have to turn on my VPN and play through that. I don't like doing it, but it's the only thing I have that can mitigate the issue.

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Originally Posted by RowanLauron

I have to turn on my VPN and play through that. I don't like doing it, but it's the only thing I have that can mitigate the issue.

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Same.
Don't recall who 'recommended it' but using CloudFlare WARP is avoiding the issues NTT San Jose needs to get off their ass and fix.

Still sucks to have to use a "VPN" to fix a problem.

Classic Square Enix, ignoring the east coast playerbase of NA with connection issue. There a thread on Tech Support with the same issue. A Moderator send a response for connection issue, but let's be real they only do it to hide rug or "help" you to calm down the playerbase and keep continue business as always. Sadly there no fix until they add a server or cloud server on east side of NA. Until then, enjoy buggy laggy game named Final Fantasy XIV.