More DCs and 90k's hit Aether/Primal!

[HyoMinPark]

I'm still convinced this is a weather issue, but I think it should be noted that Level3 is responding to tweets about what's going on with FFXIV today, and is saying they will look into whatever is going on.

My last tracert (about 15 minutes ago) routed me through Level3 again. Took 18 hops to reach the server...and tons of packet loss along the way.

[Chi_Hoshi]

Weird. I can't log on through PC but I can log on Ps4 just fine.

[Atlantasia]

Still can't log on and I've been trying since 10am and it's 3pm now... I have two characters to finish capping Scripture on before maintenance tonight... I'm not going to be happy if this issue doesn't allow me to cap. =.=

[Elamys]

Was able to play for a few hours but back to lobby errors.

[Kogami]

This is really getting on my nerves. Just came back to the game after a year or so and having nothing but issues not being able to log in. Any chance of at least getting a day or 2 added to my sub since I cant play? I highly doubt SE would give compensation though.

[HyoMinPark]

This is really getting on my nerves. Just came back to the game after a year or so and having nothing but issues not being able to log in. Any chance of at least getting a day or 2 added to my sub since I cant play? I highly doubt SE would give compensation though.

To be fair, this isn't SE's fault--it's more than likely the weather affecting the servers that players route through to connect to SE's servers. If it was an issue of Level3 or Ormuco, then that would be an issue of the provider your ISP routes you to in order to connect to FFXIV (in that case, Level3 or Ormuco). And it's not that common of an occurrence either; I've played practically non-stop for a year, and this hasn't happened as often as people seem to say it does (though, apparently Primal Data Center does have its meltdowns according to this forum, but I play on Aether so I don't experience them). This past week or so, for some reason, has been pretty rocky for both NA data centers though.

Was able to play for a few hours but back to lobby errors.

I keep trying every 30 minutes or so. No luck yet.
And I was going to start another relic today too before maintenance. Le sigh.

[TollerGames]

After some network testing I'd say the most likely culprit is another IoT-based DDoS attack. Looking at what Level3 is reporting vs. the trace-routes that have been submitted and considering the consistency of the problem over a rather long period of time. We also were facing the same problem to a lesser degree a few days ago. But what is the point though?

[Kogami]

To be fair, this isn't SE's fault--it's more than likely the weather affecting the servers that players route through to connect to SE's servers. If it was an issue of Level3 or Ormuco, then that would be an issue of the provider your ISP routes you to in order to connect to FFXIV (in that case, Level3 or Ormuco). And it's not that common of an occurrence either; I've played practically non-stop for a year, and this hasn't happened as often as people seem to say it does (though, apparently Primal Data Center does have its meltdowns according to this forum, but I play on Aether so I don't experience them). This past week or so, for some reason, has been pretty rocky for both NA data centers though.



I keep trying every 30 minutes or so. No luck yet.
And I was going to start another relic today too before maintenance. Le sigh.

If it's not a SE problem, then why is all my other mmorpgs/multiplayer games on both my pc and ps4 working just fine?

[bounddreamer]

Yeah, same question. Why is it only THIS game?

[HyoMinPark]

If it's not a SE problem, then why is all my other mmorpgs/multiplayer games on both my pc and ps4 working just fine?

If your other system isn't hitting the same IPs on its way to another game, then that's why.

For example, three days ago when Level3 WAS having issues with their Montreal servers (and reported as such), players that were routed to SE's servers through Level3 saw problems connecting, yet they could play other games just fine. It can be assumed that their computer/PS4/whatever did not route through Level3 to connect to the other game, and that's why they could play the games with no issue. Not all systems take the same route to connect to different games. (This is also why people are still on FFXIV right now--whatever route their system is taking to reach the server isn't hitting any roadblocks, unlike other's.)

My computer usually always takes the following route to my server: My computer > Montreal2.Level3.net > my server. Occasionally, I will see it route through Ormuco, but usually it's Level3. I don't play any other MMOs, unfortunately, so I can't try to route to them to see if they take a different route.