DDoS two hours after the patch goes live is ridiculous

[KihyiFelhede]

Mostly, they don't read out comments from the stream (they only did that a lot during the pandemic), and when they do it they usually read the Japanese comments. If they read an English comment they obviously cherry pick one that is cosy for them or read it in a way that shifts blame away from SE like "NA has been getting DDoS a lot recently ".

I mean, yeah. The social media team is completely separate from the actual devs and they're under very strict instruction and NDAs as to what they can or can't say. Keep in mind that they know about unreleased content as well as are entirely unable to make any promises. All their communications need express approval from higher ups if they're about the state of the game. Not to say that we can't make a fuss on social media to get attention but don't expect a reply from the socmed team over it lol. Contracted or sponsored streamers/creators might also be under NDA though from what I can tell squenix isn't actually that anal about critiques (a gacha company had my friend sign a sponsor contract that stated he couldn't talk about his favorite characters during the sponsored streams lmao). We're more likely to get some communication if a respected community creator(s) brings up DDoS issues in a serious critique.

[Jeeqbit]

The social media team is completely separate from the actual devs and they're under very strict instruction and NDAs as to what they can or can't say.

When I say streams I mean the ones featuring Yoshi-P. He slips things all the time that he didn't intend to, such as revealing slightly more about future content than he was going to. But he still tries to guard what he says so that he doesn't reveal things too soon. He has no script in streams or interviews, except the bullet points in the presentation.

[vampiregirl663]

DDOS again tonight, maybe if many, many players keep posting every single time they experience a DDOS, we'll get a response from SE. Here's hoping.

[NorthernLadMSP]

AND AGAIN, even with Nord VPN installed.

[Drakogoro]

Yoshi P Do something about it...

[TwiceDamned]

I think, at this point, the only thing you can hope for is some kind of temporary shutdown of the game on a complete basis.

If this is a DDoS series, then SE Legal has to get involved and put an end to it.

If it's not, then the entire infrastructure is borked and there's no point continuing until it can be fixed and secured.

[Science66]

Just got on after a long day and not 5 minutes into it, poof. 700 queue.

[PvpRaiden]

only reason i aint unsub is cause of housing, but man, am i thinking abt it

[TwiceDamned]

And that seems to be some degree of clockwork.

If this is a DDoS, it's an outfit that knows what it's doing, and has one goal: The end of FFXIV.

And they may well get it.

[vampiregirl663]

I just lost a Pilgrim's Traverse run (just doing 11-20 right now to get the weekly loot) and I logged back within 10 mins. It threw me back into the queue to start 11-20 over again! I swear SE for the love of GOD, do something!