If DDOS is real I want justice

[Greedalox]

put them in jail and have their families starve

You're a little sadistic, lol.

[Keramory]

I don't know where this man has been all our lives but I want him in charge of important, impactful things.

[SoulEchelon]

While the OP is kinda getting a murderboner over this, I do agree that DDOSers need to have a book thrown at them. There needs to be an example made out of these people, because not only are they "inconveniencing" a playerbase, they're also forcing companies to lose millions of dollars simply because they're mad at the game or just want to troll it. It's not too far from people swatting twitch streamers (though that could lead to deaths so perhaps that's a bit worse).

I don't think they should be tarred and feathered, but I do think at least some amount of "justice" would suffice, just so then other folks thinking DDOSing something for fun will realize it may not be worth it.

[FonzworthBentley]

Sorry I'm frustrated. Lol A lot of truth to this too though. This is not just a game to a lot of people btw. This is an outlet where they can be accepted by their peers. Many people with depression escape by playing ffxiv. Not being able to log in due to foul play is unhealthy

[FonzworthBentley]

Idk, I was 90k'd and I started a post while I am waiting. Might have got out of hand. Well, not really... I still feel the guilty party should be punished. Where can you find tar these days anyway?

[FonzworthBentley]

We'll throw a few ice cubes in the tar to cool it off a bit. I'm not inhumane.

[Jwrigh7784]

I am pretty sure this isn't a DDOS attack. I've looked at numerous DDOS attack maps and during the time period they claim there was no suspicious network activity targeted at the location of the NA servers. I think SE is using this as an excuse to not admit they screwed up. It's pretty convenient that this was announced right around the same time the servers went down for "emergency" maintenance. If this was a DDOS attack they would have known within hours of it starting, not days later.

[Ayuhra]

I don't know about the starving part but if this is the same squadron of DDoSers I think it is then they should be penalized somehow. At the very least a steep, steep fine.

Because if it is the same group (Lizard) then this is hardly the first time they've done something like this (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lizard_Squad)

I should note that I don't know if the core group is still active but people certainly drop their name from time to time to this day (http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/20...responsibility)

All of this said I am not entirely convinced it was a hack. If it was, it was a very mild one.

[Hyperia]

Most of the botnets out there are run by organized crime who sell them, so going after the people who did this is legal, legit, and should be done.

[DatPotato]

Wow, just wow, that's à bit extrême op, I mean even Ishgard's justice wasn't that harsh. o.o