Page 2 of 4 FirstFirst 1 2 3 4 LastLast
Results 11 to 20 of 33
  1. #11
    Player

    Join Date
    May 2023
    Posts
    343
    Like you're right about it likely just being advertisement for DDoS services, I don't buy the RMTers are doing it thing either, but I absolutely believe people exist that would shoot themselves in the foot like that.

    Humans are excellent at doing things that don't make sense when they get emotional.

    Also DDoS money is pennies so anyone who does it really isn't hurting their budget.
    (5)
    it/its - 14 accessibility is bad, ease of access is not accessibility, jobs are boring. Transphobia ruins real attempts at criticism and it's whack.

  2. #12
    Player
    Maxilor's Avatar
    Join Date
    Mar 2015
    Location
    New York City
    Posts
    718
    Character
    Pocket Prince
    World
    Famfrit
    Main Class
    White Mage Lv 57
    Quote Originally Posted by Tykku View Post
    Advertisement. The companies/groups/governments that provide ddos services can claim that they took down a game with 20million players. We're not the target, we're the ad.
    It's this.

    It happens to other MMOs all the time, FFXIV isn't 'special'.

    We happen to be playing a very popular MMO so it's bound to happen.

    Quote Originally Posted by NegativeS View Post
    I wonder why XIV is always their target, and not arguably a bigger name like WoW? I browse their forums every now and have not ever seen anyone complaining about DDOSing.
    Blizzard servers have better counter measures.

    It's not for lack of trying.
    (9)
    The menacing aura of every Lalafell.

  3. 08-26-2024 10:36 AM
    Reason
    double post

  4. #13
    Player
    hynaku's Avatar
    Join Date
    Mar 2015
    Location
    New Gridania
    Posts
    2,787
    Character
    Inglis Eucus
    World
    Cuchulainn
    Main Class
    Reaper Lv 100
    I don't think ever seen one when playing Elder Scrolls Online, Guild War2, or Black Desert Online. Only MMO I constantly see them on is here on FFXIV.
    (3)

  5. #14
    Player
    Psycofang's Avatar
    Join Date
    Dec 2014
    Posts
    287
    Character
    Void Fang
    World
    Zalera
    Main Class
    Goldsmith Lv 100
    Its really hard to DDOS black desert because of how it functions at its core. Almost nothing gets affected because of how the game runs. I guess you can inconvenience those lamb meat farmers i guess.
    (2)

  6. #15
    Player
    Kes13a's Avatar
    Join Date
    May 2020
    Location
    Gridania
    Posts
    2,841
    Character
    Etherea Stormaire
    World
    Zalera
    Main Class
    White Mage Lv 100
    Quote Originally Posted by hynaku View Post
    I don't think ever seen one when playing Elder Scrolls Online, Guild War2, or Black Desert Online. Only MMO I constantly see them on is here on FFXIV.
    it goes in phases really, I have seen it happen on every game I have played over the years.

    depends on the setup and 14 is really... as I said, low hanging fruit.
    (1)
    #FFXIVHEALERSTRIKE

  7. #16
    Player
    NegativeS's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jun 2021
    Location
    Azeroth
    Posts
    803
    Character
    Negative Space
    World
    Seraph
    Main Class
    Fisher Lv 100
    Quote Originally Posted by Maxilor View Post
    Blizzard servers have better counter measures.

    It's not for lack of trying.
    Ah, you're right, I forgot that small indie Squeenix can't afford to keep 300,000 hacked smart fridges and thermostats from dumping packets into their network.
    (10)


    My outline for a Chemist healer: https://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/threads/513527-Healer-Concept-Draft-Chemist

  8. #17
    Player
    gumas's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jun 2016
    Posts
    1,314
    Character
    Rawon Special
    World
    Tonberry
    Main Class
    Bard Lv 100
    there is a lot of reason and its all add into one, from...
    - just nerds being nerds
    - just because
    - could be banned rmt yeah
    - someone paid to do so
    - could be from se self to attract attention
    - its one of the most top mmo out there so naturally it become target
    - there is also talk backthen because the spagheti code so the countermeasure is hard to do so (at least compare to other big mmo)

    its all come down to "attention", there is reason why old mmo never get ddos anymore
    (3)

  9. #18
    Player
    Striker44's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jan 2022
    Location
    Uldah
    Posts
    1,042
    Character
    Elmind Exilus
    World
    Gilgamesh
    Main Class
    Red Mage Lv 100
    Quote Originally Posted by NegativeS View Post
    I wonder why XIV is always their target, and not arguably a bigger name like WoW? I browse their forums every now and have not ever seen anyone complaining about DDOSing.
    Just what you're paying attention to perhaps? Do a quick Google search on Blizzard or WoW getting DDOS'd and you'll see plenty of times it's happened. Heck, Destiny 2 got taken down for practically an entire week straight last year with DDOS attacks. FFXIV just released its new expansion, so with most of the MMO world's "attention" focused on it, it makes sense that it would be the target of the month.
    (2)

  10. #19
    Player
    AddictedToWitches's Avatar
    Join Date
    Oct 2018
    Posts
    182
    Character
    Koko Goro
    World
    Excalibur
    Main Class
    Viper Lv 100
    If you're a big multiplayer game with servers you're going to get DDoS'd, bottom line
    Everyone deals with it every day, sometimes it's worse than others
    (4)

  11. #20
    Player
    CKNovel's Avatar
    Join Date
    Aug 2019
    Posts
    1,907
    Character
    Cassia Kaedhan
    World
    Ragnarok
    Main Class
    Gunbreaker Lv 100
    Quote Originally Posted by Daeriion_Aeradiir View Post
    RMTers have better things to do than to waste money hurting their own business.
    You'd be really surprised by the amount of energy/resources people can spend for whatever reason.
    We got a billboard situation, I wouldn't be surprised if someone would spend money to DDOS a server because they're annoyed with whatever online services.
    (1)

Page 2 of 4 FirstFirst 1 2 3 4 LastLast