I find it amazing I need so many things just to play the game reliably (PS4)

[Kosmos992k]

I second this. Last night there was a massive disconnect and I was using WTFast. This is what I got:



I was able to play while others were still dcing.

I've seen that happen before where I'll be connected no problem and others disappear in a mass disconnect. I don't use a VPN, so the only conclusion available is that something happened either at their ISP or somewhere on the outing thei data follows that was separate to me. This is on of the problems of living with the patchwork quilt of a network the we call the Internet. VPNs change your routing, so they may not be affected, even if others on the same ISP are DCd.

[Sziadan]

I've seen that happen before where I'll be connected no problem and others disappear in a mass disconnect. I don't use a VPN, so the only conclusion available is that something happened either at their ISP or somewhere on the outing thei data follows that was separate to me. This is on of the problems of living with the patchwork quilt of a network the we call the Internet. VPNs change your routing, so they may not be affected, even if others on the same ISP are DCd.

Sure, it may be some issues somewhere in the route to their datacenter that may be causing these issues.
However, this isn't just a "d/c once or twice" kind of thing and it's not affecting just a couple of people from the same country.

Do check out the topics under the technical support and the in-game bugs boards, a lot of people that do not live in USA are currently unable to play on the NA Data centers and it all began after SE said they had recovered from the DDoS attack right before maintenance started. People who logged out in high density areas such as Quarrymill aren't even able to login, since they will disconnect straight away when they do (we can see people move around when this happens, though we can't do anything ourselves).

I had this issue myself until I tried connecting via a vpn, and voila everything is fine again.
This has literally never been an issue for me before this all happened.

TL;DR: No, it's not an ISP thing, the players PS4/Computer or Router issue.
The issue either lies in SE's servers or at a point close to their servers since it's affecting people from Brazil, Sweden, Puerto Rico, Canada and more..

Edit:
This is what happens if I don't use a VPN now:
https://youtu.be/1udG8smzFC8

It's been like that ever since the Omega launch, and there are a whole bunch of people that haven't even been able to play for these past days experiencing the same thing shown in that video.

[Valkyrie_Lenneth]

Thing is, if it was a server problem, it would effect everyone connected. Its a network issue somewhere.

[Sziadan]

Thing is, if it was a server problem, it would effect everyone connected. Its a network issue somewhere.

When I say "server problem" I'm more referring to their firewall rules, since I'm half suspecting that this is caused by their "fix" to alliviate the DDoS attack.

Basically a rule that say "Limit all traffic that are coming from outside USA".
While it may have resolved the DDoS attack for now, it affected everyone else playing on the NA data centers from outside USA.

That is, of course, just my own speculations on this issue and it may just be one of the nodes leading to their data center that is causing these issues.

The fact remains though that it's not just a single country or a single ISP that have been affected and it all started (for everyone) at the same time.