DDOS stress. It is so hard to play.

[FeyFavilla]

I am genuinely baffled they have not done a full server restart. After the relentless issues yesterday during one of the crashes something must have broken in the background serverside. The evening was mostly crash free but the ping... holy crap. I am legit scared to queue into anything, not just because i might get kicked but seeing that number in the high 4 digits makes anything painful.
Overworld is kinda okay but instances - especially with more than 4 people - were almost unplayable. I am endlessly disappointed that they don't even care enough to do a basic quick reset to relieve stress or do a short maintenance at night so things at least work again. If they are waiting until next Tuesday for the next restart... we are in for a rough a** time.

This is normally a statement form an entirely different space but it really does seem like SE is banking on our level of permanent state of tolerable unhappiness being high enough to carry them to 8.0.

[Jeeqbit]

I am genuinely baffled they have not done a full server restart. After the relentless issues yesterday during one of the crashes something must have broken in the background serverside. The evening was mostly crash free but the ping...

They aren't server crashes. If the servers were crashing, then S ranks respawn times would reset. I have spawned an S rank, got disconnected, then logged back in to see it still up. So it's technically just a DDoS cutting our connections to the server, and not directly affecting the server itself.

[FeyFavilla]

They aren't server crashes. If the servers were crashing, then S ranks respawn times would reset. I have spawned an S rank, got disconnected, then logged back in to see it still up. So it's technically just a DDoS cutting our connections to the server, and not directly affecting the server itself.

It is affecting latency drastically, not just for me. I was hearing it from everyone who spoke up during the allied's and frontlines I did. Whether the servers actually goes down or just freezes up so bad it stops sending data back to the client is in the end for the person playing of little difference. Sorry for the terminology not being correct but that the felt effect. The servers are messed up badly and I fear tonight will be even worse if they continue pressuring the game. It is just a matter of time until they fold.
Then again... maybe that will finally be enough to get SE off their a**es. In a way I do hope the DDOS takes all servers down completely for an extended period to force their hand in a way no crying on our end can. I can live with days of not being able to play at all if it means going forward we will have a stable game.

[SicariusSeven]

Another DDOS has happened today, Nov 12. 9:38 CST

[Lukrafter]

Again 2330 pst Wed Nov 12.