It's not DDoS, it's just bad servers.

[Valkyrie_Lenneth]

the only time SE says its a DDOS attack, is when its the release of new big content, like expansions, and only during peak group instance play...
but never any other time..? i know DDOS attacks can be targeted, but its even to the point of which nights of the week that are targeted are mostly balanced around weekly resets as well... almost as if thats when ppl are just crowding the game, and the servers struggle to keep up.
I dont doubt they have had DDOS attacks, but I also doubt its even half the time.

There was a period before the expansion dropped, during a time when less people are playing, where it was happening.



Also, there tend to be more people on during peak times, so if you want your DDOS to actually bother the most people.... Of course you target it during peak times.

[Claire_Pendragon]

There was a period before the expansion dropped, during a time when less people are playing, where it was happening.
Also, there tend to be more people on during peak times, so if you want your DDOS to actually bother the most people.... Of course you target it during peak times.

I hadnt encountered it prior, but good to know. (Though this would be counter to the following statement)
Im still very untrusting of SE, since they have grown accustomed to both avoiding the truth, and straight up giving PR versions of the truth after HW. (and most likely during, but I was still too gullible back then to tell the difference)

[Valkyrie_Lenneth]

I hadnt encountered it prior, but good to know. (Though this would be counter to the following statement)
Im still very untrusting of SE, since they have grown accustomed to both avoiding the truth, and straight up giving PR versions of the truth after HW. (and most likely during, but I was still too gullible back then to tell the difference)

Just look at the Lodestone. Look through the history of issues, and see that they state "network hardware, server hardware, or server program" as the fault when its on their end. They don't even blame all network issues on DDOS attacks. If a node is bad, they tend to report network route issues, not DDOS.
They have never lied about it, that I can find, and until they stop reporting those other error causes, I will continue to give them the benefit of the doubt.

Conspiracies do not help.

[Claire_Pendragon]

"network hardware, server hardware, or server program"
Conspiracies do not help.

1st part, thats a good catch, and a strong argument.
the 2nd part isnt related to what is said. a theory doesnt make something a conspiracy. ironically, the opposite would, as someone has to actually plan the illegal activity of DDoSing. SE wouldnt be planning anything unlawful, so it wouldnt be a conspiracy if we were to theorize that they were trying to lighten the blame of server capacity. (which the 1st part, makes it sound far more believable they arent doing)

[YouMayNot]

1st part, thats a good catch, and a strong argument.
the 2nd part isnt related to what is said. a theory doesnt make something a conspiracy. ironically, the opposite would, as someone has to actually plan the illegal activity of DDoSing. SE wouldnt be planning anything unlawful, so it wouldnt be a conspiracy if we were to theorize that they were trying to lighten the blame of server capacity. (which the 1st part, makes it sound far more believable they arent doing)

Elon Musk also blamed bad servers on DDoS, technically if your server is overloaded it's also a DDoS, so you can get away with calling it DDoS. It's what SE is probably doing every time now.

Chloe