SHB DDOS has begun

[NanaWiloh]

Am I the only one who believes the DDoS attacks are complete bs? I seriously believe SE just doesnt want to fork up for better servers. I dont understand why anyone would put in so much effort for absolutely no returns on said effort. Also, Im pretty sure there are methods to cancel out DDoS attacks almost entirely. My router has DDoS prevention. I used it to stop a chinese guy from DDoSing a server I hosted once. I banned him from the server for being a trashy human being and he got upset and started attacking. I really do hope I'm wrong about this. I just find it hard to trust SE these days. Why can't billionaire corporations combat a few people pushing in lots of network traffic in?

Its not as easy as you make it sound to stop a DDOS. A certain group who's name I wont say comprised of 4 or 5 guys used a bot network to crash xbox, playstation and a variety of other game servers. When they did it, it was not just their home computers sending out packets they had thousands of machines sending packets out in high volume.

[Kaedan]

Am I the only one who believes the DDoS attacks are complete bs? I seriously believe SE just doesnt want to fork up for better servers. I dont understand why anyone would put in so much effort for absolutely no returns on said effort. Also, Im pretty sure there are methods to cancel out DDoS attacks almost entirely. My router has DDoS prevention. I used it to stop a chinese guy from DDoSing a server I hosted once. I banned him from the server for being a trashy human being and he got upset and started attacking. I really do hope I'm wrong about this. I just find it hard to trust SE these days. Why can't billionaire corporations combat a few people pushing in lots of network traffic in?

It's not BS. And it doesn't take much effort to conduct a DDoS. A small group of people or even an individual and successfully pull off a DDoS.

And to give you more context... In WoW's prime when it was most popular, Blizzard was forced to fend off a LOT of DDoS attacks. Sometimes loser "script kiddies" just want to watch the world burn and they choose a stage that gets the most attention... like a wildly popular MMO.

[AnnaRosa]

Same time, every day, for over a week now. The patch hasn't even been launched yet, and here we are.

Not sure if this has to do with the recent influx of recent players joining Cerberus last two weeks is the server that has been closed for character creation earlier on Chaos DC.
Non official census based on lodestone counted almost 14.4k active characters on Cerberus and Moogle without taking into account the new characters created by recent players in this June.

Right now Cerberus and Moogle might be the servers with highest active characters on Chaos DC.

As of now:


Not sure if it has to do with being near to reach it's full server capability.

[icrot]

Former WoW player here.

Why the hate and conspiracy regarding WoW's playerbase? I started to play this game 4 months ago and the amount of hate I have seen in the forums and in-game is worrying. I mean, its community ain't perfect, I know, but it feels like you have something against it.

[Crystal_Raven]

Former WoW player here.

Why the hate and conspiracy regarding WoW's playerbase? I started to play this game 4 months ago and the amount of hate I have seen in the forums and in-game is worrying. I mean, its community ain't perfect, I know, but it feels like you have something against it.

Most of FF14 players want a scapegoat.

They don't want to admit the community itself can be pretty toxic, so they blame WoW players for it.

[Driavna]

Most of FF14 players want a scapegoat.

They don't want to admit the community itself can be pretty toxic, so they blame WoW players for it.

Pretty much projection.

[Reimmi]

Most of FF14 players want a scapegoat.

They don't want to admit the community itself can be pretty toxic, so they blame WoW players for it.

I mean, i came from wow, and i can say with 98% certainty that WoW was waaaay more toxic.
They both have their good and bad eggs, but i've run into far less nastiness since making the switch.

[Kaedan]

I mean, its community ain't perfect, I know, but it feels like you have something against it.

As a former WoW player as well, I can say yes, I do have something against it. "The community ain't perfect" is possibly the most major understatement I've seen of the year so far.

And since a small group or even an individual can pull off DDoSs, it's not that far fetched to think that a rabid, WoW-worshipping fan or small group would have motivation to do so.

Not saying it's definitely WoW players, but it's a distinct possibility. Along with players of any other competitor's game.

[Lemuel81]

a whole lot of assumptions and no evidence. hmm interesting.