Quote Originally Posted by LuciferMink View Post
Yeah, and they're getting the WHALE mount first. They got the Red Hare mount first as well. The market for Mog Station ALWAYS goes: Asian market > NA market > EU market. The Cloud mount didn't hit EU till a FULL YEAR after we got it. So yes, SquareEnix FAVORS the Asian Market.

But, my main point is: I know their ISP is getting attacked. If their ISP can't keep their own stuff secure, then SE should CHANGE THEIR ISP. When the company that my old store's point of sale system went through changed a policy, making it more difficult to process a credit card charge, we didn't just sit on it and tell our VERY ANGRY customers "It's not our fault". WE CHANGED OUR PROVIDER! Yeah, it was a learning curve, but we did it, and we were GLAD we did.

There are things they can do.

--Lucifer
The thing about DDoS attacks is that they're frighteningly effective for little investment and there's no sure-fire way to defend against them. You can slough off bogus traffic as you identify it but it's so cheap and easy to shift the source and pattern of the attacks that there is almost no point except to say "well we tried". Eventually whoever is doing this will either get bored, run out of money/infected devices, or get caught... with the first being the most likely.

SE is not a perfect company and their customer service leaves a LOT to be desired. But they legitimately can't just switch ISPs or put up a firewall to stop this- they have to play defense until the aggressor stops on their own.

As to the cash shop, who cares, it's all a waste of money anyway. If SE wants to play favourites with China/Korea then let 'em.