DDOS stress. It is so hard to play.

[Carenia]

What can we do? How do we communicate to Square Enix we need help?

[hydralus]

Mass unsubscriptions. Keep paying and you're just sending the message that you don't really care THAT much.

[Jeeqbit]

They clearly know because they make lodestone posts about it. But they seem to just be shrugging about it instead of saying "right, this is an issue, and we're working on a long-term plan to put a stop to it". It seems they're just shrugging and feel helpless about it and hope we'll cope with it because they don't know what to do.

[Darkshade]

I think it really is just time to unsub

[SicariusSeven]

I think it really is just time to unsub

I will likely do this if this continues by the December Patch. People need to understand that a lot of the players take time out of their lives to play. A lot of us don't have much time to spare. So while it seems silly to get frustrated or angry whenever a game gets unplayable, if it continues to happen, the player will eventually walk away and never return. I did that with WoW back in 2020. I can do it again with this MMO if it comes down to it.

[Doomed_Raven]

DDoS is apparently bad actors using bots to login or overwhelm servers, causing lag or disconnects.

I see Lalafell bots that teleport through the ground and kill mobs 24/7 on the go in every area of the game, which SE/CBSIII seem to do nothing to stop. If I login at 5am when there's not many players up, I will see these bots as inexorable as ever. Now imagine thousands of these bots logging in at peak hours. It may not even be a direct DDoS attack but simply far too many bots, if it is these bots and bad actors trying to harm the game directly (not that RMT bots don't already do that) then the game is buggered.

I didn't notice any lag the last week on my EU Phantom server, but SicaruisSeven makes a strong point above. People have little time and there are so many games that could demand our attention. Not even releases today, but thousands of quality titles dating back to the Sega and Nintendo of the late 80s. A service/game that works is important otherwise people will give up and try else where.

[RedLolly]

The issue is that the bots do get banned in mass waves at regular intervals... And then come back on new accounts and the cat and mouse starts again.

That's probably exactly what's happening here with the DDOS attacks. They hit, kick us out, the attackers are blocked, we log back in, and it happens again when the attackers feel like it again on a new system.

It SUCKS.

[PaulusHamsteru]

DDoS is apparently bad actors using bots to login or overwhelm servers, causing lag or disconnects.

I see Lalafell bots that teleport through the ground and kill mobs 24/7 on the go in every area of the game, which SE/CBSIII seem to do nothing to stop. If I login at 5am when there's not many players up, I will see these bots as inexorable as ever. Now imagine thousands of these bots logging in at peak hours. It may not even be a direct DDoS attack but simply far too many bots, if it is these bots and bad actors trying to harm the game directly (not that RMT bots don't already do that) then the game is buggered.

I didn't notice any lag the last week on my EU Phantom server, but SicaruisSeven makes a strong point above. People have little time and there are so many games that could demand our attention. Not even releases today, but thousands of quality titles dating back to the Sega and Nintendo of the late 80s. A service/game that works is important otherwise people will give up and try else where.

It doesn't matter who's doing the DDoS. What actually matters is Square's inability to combat it. I mean, come on, it's been happening for weeks now. I got disconnected on 4 different solo runs in PT.

[Carenia]

There have been about a dozen or so disconnections since I created this thread... and it happened again just now. I'm afraid to play this game and lose all the time I invested in a Deep Dungeon again. I'm afraid to prog difficult content and get to the final % of the boss and then DC. I'm afraid to have fun with my friends and then have that fun taken away when we're all forced out of the game.

For a well-loved company that is known for taking care of its fan base, what changed? How can they address an issue but not do anything about it? This isn't new. Will we all get a free month of game time and suffer DDOS' in the future? Could this possible be more than a DDOS?

I'm really disappointed.

[ForteNightshade]

Whelp. There goes a 96 floor run thanks to this nonsense. Yes, I know I shouldn't be trying Deep Dungeon with DDOses happening, but I wanted the hairstyle before reset. Not to mention, it's not like there's much else to do right now.