DDoS

[Jojoya]

Okay dude I have enough of this. I understand you want to defend a big company, but saying that DDoS attacks are solely the players' problem isn’t fair or accurate. DDoS attacks target the game servers, which are managed by the company. Players don’t have the ability to prevent or defend against these attacks, and it’s unrealistic to expect them to.

It’s the responsibility of the company running the game to invest in proper security measures to mitigate these attacks. Things like DDoS protection services, server redundancy, and better network infrastructure are all within the company's control. Players are here to enjoy the game, not manage the server security.

While it’s unfortunate that these attacks happen, the company needs to take action to defend its players from them. Blaming the players who are affected by these disruptions doesn't solve the problem or make the gaming experience better. If the servers belong to another company trust then they still manage them, hell even if not they pay money that speeks louder then words. You can't tell me they can't do anything about it, they simply don't want to because other stuff is " more important " for them.

Let me state this again and in bold.

The most recent DDOS attacks have not been targeting the game's servers. If they were targeting the game servers, all players using the targeted servers would be getting disconnected. This is not happening. It is only some players being affected while others are able to play as normal.


What has been getting targeted is a node in the national internet infrastructure that a lot of the FFXIV traffic passes through depending on where the player lives. I live in CA. I'm not being affected at all. I have been able to play without disruption. My cousin's family lives in CO. Watching them connect and disconnect has felt like a game of Ping Pong at times because they are affected. A friend who lives in IL has also been affected but unlike my cousin's family, he has a VPN. He gets disconnected, he boots up his VPN and routes around the issue. He is then able to play without a problem.

SE cannot do anything against a DDOS attack that is occurring outside of their sphere of control and influence no matter how much you want to blame them. All they can do is notify the companies that operate the national internet infrastructure that traffic to their servers is being affected by an outside attack and let players know that they may have problems connecting to the game due to that attack. They can do nothing about the attack themselves because SE is not responsible for your internet connection. They are responsible for the game servers and the game servers are running just fine.

okay tell where to complain then ? let me do the job of SE they should complain there ...

Complain to your ISP since you're paying them for your internet connection and you're not getting connected.

SE does report to the companies responsible for maintaining the nodes but that's all they can do. They can't magically fix what they do not own or operate.

after i read the comment not everyone ownes a pc i know who has the technical understands for the DDOs topic lol

Which is a large part of the problem. The average consumer doesn't have a clue what's happening so they jump to conclusions about who is responsible for fixing things.

Right now, SE is not the party responsible for fixing the problem because it is outside of their control.