This is not a DDOS, Tell the truth SE.

[Darkshade]

Every DDoS is a spy vs spy game with the bad guys.

They attack, you put in a countermeasure, they circumvent that and continue the attack, you circumvent that, and the cycle continues.

Unless you want to implement some rather draconian privacy violations to make sure that attacks such as this are traced back to everybody involved and punished, we have to accept that there will be disruptions.

SE doesn't need you to defend them, they can do it that themselves

[Krojack]

I'm not even sure this is a DDoS. Most DDoS last for some time where you're unable to connect. This just kicks people out every so often only to let you reconnect right back. There are long gaps between disconnects like 10-20 minutes or more.

I speculate that it's a problem with NTT's datacenter network where the NA servers are hosted. There network is always laggy to begin with and they even have an on-going problem to this day with their inbound AT&T connection that's been going on for over 2 years now. They won't fix the problem and blame AT&T even though an NTT network admin admitted that the server with the problem is located within NTT's datacenter.

So personally I don't trust the hosting company NTT. They have proven to be garbage since SE moved the FF14 servers to them years ago.

[Fawkes]

with the fact that its only NA, its likely not SE servers themselves being attacked. Likely some nodes... which is why not everyone gets DCd every time.

It could also be related to the high solar activity this past week. Bit of a coincidence that this happens same time. Solar radiation can effect internet.

Maybe that one NTT node that accounts for more than half of my ping is finally giving up the ghost.

[Reimmi]

Facts in support of DDOS:
- WoW just introduced a premium currency and a lot of people are upset. Usually, a DDOS coincides with bad news in WoW.
- A lot of bots got banned, so the bot owners are taking it out on FFXIV.
- We correctly deduced that "other" countries like Malaysia, Philippines, etc. were behind last year's DDOS due to the payment processor change. Maybe they're still having trouble paying their subs?

Facts in support of server overload:
- FFXIV is still the world's most popular MMO with over 30 million players (WoW, in comparison, only has around 3 million). We know that Square Enix did not anticipate FFXIV being this popular.
- A lot of people are running the new deep dungeon (if the game world feels empty, this is why).

Those numbers are not active players
Spreading misinformation like this is harmful, same way the wow players are spreading a 9 million active sub number because of a mistranslated french line.

[Jeeqbit]

Those numbers are not active players
Spreading misinformation like this is harmful, same way the wow players are spreading a 9 million active sub number because of a mistranslated french line.

I'm sure they're aware they aren't active players. Their posts are normally sarcastic.

[Reimmi]

I'm sure they're aware they aren't active players. Their posts are normally sarcastic.

Sarcasm's a bit hard to read in text lol, if thats the case i'll keep that in mind for the future
Haven't seen their posts before

[NanaWiloh]

I will not make conclusions or wild guesses, has we are only seeing our end of the problem. We are not seeing SE's end of the issue, leaving a incomplete picture of what's going on.

[Striker44]

I'm sure they're aware they aren't active players. Their posts are normally sarcastic.

Yeah, the issue is one they're just one seemingly random poster in a string of them making what sounds like a serious post, anyone who doesn't happen to recognize the name isn't likely to pick up on that.

[JohncarterIx]

34 times all 9002 2002 wtf

[Ellona_Andrivari]

All my sub boils down to is I'm paying rent to a landlord who can't keep the house open on demand. It's fucking embarrassing.