The 3rd Expansion and still server, connection and queue problems

[Ronyx]

I really can't believe and this is happening once more. Square does not learn from their previous experiences with this kind of problems?

No matter how much they prepare for this, no matter the changes in Data Servers and reorganization of them, we still get problems and more problems with the coming of an expansion.

There are games as big as this and they do not have these sort of problems over and over. Please get better server service. Thank you.

[Ruinfeild]

You must not understand how DDOS works.

[Callinon]

I really can't believe and this is happening once more. Square does not learn from their previous experiences with this kind of problems?

No matter how much they prepare for this, no matter the changes in Data Servers and reorganization of them, we still get problems and more problems with the coming of an expansion.

There are games as big as this and they do not have these sort of problems over and over. Please get better server service. Thank you.

Not a server problem, it's a network problem. The only network under their control is their own. The current issue is with networks outside of their own.

In other words, Square Enix does not have control over the entire internet. Just chill, your video game will be back shortly.

[Gralna]

That's like trying to blame your work for rush hour traffic.

[Ronyx]

If you want to believe that. Or you are going to say that is just mere bad luck that with every expansion this happens and to NA servers. I don't see these sort of problems happening in EU or JP servers. High Traffic is another excuse because this had been happening also in the mornings since the Early access began.

[ScarboroughFairy]

If you want to believe that.

So we have just established you don't know how DDoS works. Excellent.

[Enla]

If you want to believe that. Or you are going to say that is just mere bad luck that with every expansion this happens and to NA servers. I don't see these sort of problems happening in EU or JP servers. High Traffic is another excuse because this had been happening also in the mornings since the Early access began.

Do we have to explain the Great Internet (Paraphrasing) Jerk Theory? The reason this doesn't happen to the Japanese or European servers is because no one is targeting them to cause trouble. SE literally cannot do a thing about this attack either because it wasn't on them, it was on the internet pathways they /use/ to transmit the servers. They're stuck until the trolls get bored.

http://www.digitalattackmap.com/

[Kaoru_Nagisa]

I don't know about Aether, but here on Crystal it's been smooth sailing after Hour 0 of the EA. Very low queues, almost zero server issues save for these infrequent DDoS attempts. I was expecting Stormblood levels of issues, but Shadowbringers has been one of the smoothest launches I've seen for this game - heck, for an MMO in a long time.

[Enla]

They just confirmed it was a DDoS.

[AnimaAnimus]

You must be new to gaming. This happens for every game at launch or expac time if they have any population at all. It's to be expected and frankly the servers have been incredible considering.