Quote Originally Posted by Jeeqbit View Post
No, you can actually see it get triggered when your character display isn't available and everything is ??? on the character login screen. This effect is turned on to help manage congestion and increase the ability to withstand DDoS by making the server exchange less data.
? I literally got the ??? on Dynamis a few hours ago and it's literally morning time. That doesn't sound like DDoS protection worthy.