You know it's patch day when...

[Valkyrie_Lenneth]

Don't we figure that SE uses Cloudflair anti-DDOS service, or something like it? If not, they should, right? I wonder if there is a way to test if they do use Cloudflair or something by looking at the routing chain of IPs or something? Does Tracert tell us something?

Because that service works well... For web pages. Not so much for games.

[Gurney]

What is blizzard? Never heard. Lol

If you had a phone you would have heard of them.

[LunarEmerald]

Their both to blame.
SE should be taking steps to prevent this kind of thing from happening so much. This has been the what, 4-5th DDoS attack since ShB?

Easier said than done. There's no magical solution to ddoss attacks. Every site on the internet can be be taken down with it. There's not a lot of protection against it. Ddoss is similar to botting in the sense that any protective measure you design, people can circumvent it by simply changing some lines of code to alter its pattern.

[Cylla]

Easier said than done. There's no magical solution to ddoss attacks. Every site on the internet can be be taken down with it. There's not a lot of protection against it. Ddoss is similar to botting in the sense that any protective measure you design, people can circumvent it by simply changing some lines of code to alter its pattern.

Again, I'm not in-applying that a DDoS attack can be stopped completely, but there are measures that can be taken to lessen the attacks. If there weren't, how is Blizzard keeping them at bay most times? Just a simple thought.

But on this note, it looks like it not a DDoS attack after all.

https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodes...f01f69a1f0923d

[zylo1010]

And since Lizard, WoW's servers have never been brought down like that again. Because Activi$ion implemented numerous layers of protection against DDOS. It's not laughable to say other MMOs have better defense when it's plainly obvious they do.

It's not because thier defended against them, it's that thier game has gotten so bad noone bothers now.

[KeaneR]

Just updated:

*Edited Jul. 31, 2019 at 2:05 p.m.
Our investigation with ISPs revealed that these technical difficulties are being caused by a DDoS attack.
The announcement has been updated to reflect this and the time that the technical difficulties began.

[Vahlnir]

It's not because thier defended against them, it's that thier game has gotten so bad noone bothers now.

Sad but probably true to some extent.

[Kacho_Nacho]

DDoS is likely. A lot of worlds are now down, and that plus an already heavy load could make for an easy crash. Or it could be possible that someone spilled coffee on the computer again, and everyone is freaking out.

Ugh. What's with these hackers? (if that's the right name for them) .

[Sythalin]

Alright, on behalf of everyone I'll concede and tell you what you want to hear: "SE is terrible, everyone should feel bad for sticking with them after DDoS, should quit, and go play WoW instead."

Everyone happy now? Can we move on?

For the record, yes WoW was DDoS'd a TON back in the day, but I'd wager the majority of the WWKS (WoW White Knight Society) were still wearing diapers during those days so you wouldn't remember. Isn't it an amazing coincidence that all these DDoS didn't happen pre-ShB? It's the newest expansion in any major MMO and also recently announced 16 million accounts. That currently puts that at #1 of the target list for DDoS script kiddies to get their jollies off at. It'll be this way for a while until the next "big thing" hits elsewhere.

Now you have two choices:

1) Take break, go outside, whatever.
2) Unsub, uninstall, go play something else.

Notice how "cry on the forums" was not an option? There's a reason for that, and if I have to explain it to you then you're beyond reason.

[dapperfaffer]

This is a bad explanation so someone should word it better.

A DDOS attack doesnt have to target SE servers specifically but can be against any link in the chain of connection to SE. SE cant do anything about ISPs being over loaded elsewhere that interupt their service. And tandom DDOS are common by botnets since they are most likely trying to packer flood so someone/some group can access information from companies, things kike billing, payment information etc.

It rarely has anything to do WoW some angry nerd.