Free login campaign during worst DDoS & other maint streak? Just WHY?

Who are you even kidding inviting new players into FFXIV as a NA player?

Most likely to bolster numbers to make up for the people unsubscribing due to DDoS and other reasons.

Maybe they'll get players who arent technologically challenged to the point they cant install a free program to bypass the attacks. It's unacceptable how long it's taking them to fix but it's so easy to mitigate if these terminally online gamers actually knew how to use a computer.

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Originally Posted by Doki

Who are you even kidding inviting new players into FFXIV as a NA player?

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They do this regularly. It's not for new players it's for players who stopped playing who already have accounts and to try and get them back.

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Originally Posted by Reginald_Cain

Maybe they'll get players who arent technologically challenged to the point they cant install a free program to bypass the attacks. It's unacceptable how long it's taking them to fix but it's so easy to mitigate if these terminally online gamers actually knew how to use a computer.

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Yes, those damn players and their *checks notes* inability to install third party tools to make a game playable. Surely they'll realize soon that it's their fault they can't easily play the game they pay expansion + subscription fees for without needing to tinker.

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Originally Posted by Jeeqbit

Most likely to bolster numbers to make up for the people unsubscribing due to DDoS and other reasons.

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This would make sense if we were actually in a lull. We're currently in a population spike. Steam average for the past 30 days is the highest its been since Nov. 2024. The amount of actual unsubscribes due to the DDoS issues is probably far, far lower than any of us who frequent this forum might be led to believe.

It really doesn't make a whole lot of sense. But I bet the decision came from Japan where the DDOS attacks aren't a prevalent.

Just Example #238594 that Yoshi P never listens to the English forums any more.

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Originally Posted by LaylaTsarra

They do this regularly. It's not for new players it's for players who stopped playing who already have accounts and to try and get them back.

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Come back to what though? Dawntrail is still totally mid and the constant DDoS makes what little there is to do unplayable most of the day for anyone in the NA region.

Wasn't there some news at a time that said it was the US provider they had a contract with that had problems? I mean a year long DDoS? who? Wow has long regain its place at the top of the food chain, the modders have found replacement to mare and seem to have learned their lesson. Who the f*ck would DDoS a game that is already regulary shit on by most of its playerbase.

Honestly, at this point SE bieng locked in a contract with bad provider seems more logical answer.

DT is leagues better than EW imo.

best combat, better raids, Sphene, less ascians, less emet.

ill take annoying Wuk over EW.

I've been getting constant disconnects on the free login campaign as well as getting gated heavily at the dungeons and trials waiting for me to grind up my item level every time. I'm probably not even going to make it through 7.3 content at this rate.
Considering how people said the story gets better in 7.4 when we dump wuk lamat, I was hoping to see it improved but this is insane, I can't get anywhere like this. It's super long queues for everything, ilvl gating, and then crashing out of duties because of the DDOS issues.

servers other than NA exist /thread

also lmao being surprised pikachu face that if you don't do the bare minimum of gameplay to not have an ilvl where you're actively a liability to your party - and it's already really low -, you'll have to actually obtain gear.

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Originally Posted by 0blivion

servers other than NA exist /thread

also lmao being surprised pikachu face that if you don't do the bare minimum of gameplay to not have an ilvl where you're actively a liability to your party - and it's already really low -, you'll have to actually obtain gear.

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Surprised Pikachu

What? Other servers exist? WILD

Anyway, maybe I'm just incredibly lucky but erm, I've not had a single ddos while playing on NA so I dunno /shrug