ddos attacks : urgent action is needed

[Kaurhz]

If they were to take the game offline to perform the necessary changes then I can almost guarantee you they would be offline for a very long time, and I don't mean by just 1-2 days if they want to actually do anything meaningful. DDoS will always be around, there is no such thing as guaranteed protection against it -- Only thing it changes is the cost, resources and knowledge needed to take it offline again.

They are honestly better off looking at why people are doing a DDoS in the first place, which if I had to make a bet in part-in-play to do with the payment system changes they've made.

[Jeeqbit]

Just because you or your server is affected, doesn't mean everyone or every server is affected. Taking the game down for others wouldn't make it better.

They had really bad DDoS attacks a few expansions ago - like Heavensward or Stormblood. They figured out a way to defend against them and became pretty good at making them ineffective and have done really well for the better part of the 10 years of the game.

I suppose that either they just upped their game, or SE (or a nearby ISP) changed something that resulted in an unfortunate vulnerability.

if I had to make a bet in part-in-play to do with the payment system changes they've made.

That makes little sense to me. People who love the game and want to play it wouldn't try to make it unplayable and potentially risk getting banned so that they can never resume their character ever. It's also not likely to result in it being fixed without them at least making a statement to say they did the DDoS and why.

But it's generally not "1 person" that usually does something like this since lots of IPs/machines are involved.

[Lucyfurr1988]

Just because you or your server is affected, doesn't mean everyone or every server is affected. Taking the game down for others wouldn't make it better.

They had really bad DDoS attacks a few expansions ago - like Heavensward or Stormblood. They figured out a way to defend against them and became pretty good at making them ineffective and have done really well for the better part of the 10 years of the game.

I suppose that either they just upped their game, or SE (or a nearby ISP) changed something that resulted in an unfortunate vulnerability.
That makes little sense to me. People who love the game and want to play it wouldn't try to make it unplayable and potentially risk getting banned so that they can never resume their character ever. It's also not likely to result in it being fixed without them at least making a statement to say they did the DDoS and why.

But it's generally not "1 person" that usually does something like this since lots of IPs/machines are involved.

the payment changes have also affect RMT vendors and bots. so it could easily be linked to them in regards to the payment changes

the big DDOS attack last time if i recall correctly also happened at the same time they cracked down on RMT or at least tried to