why does this game get DDoS so much?

[Kes13a]

because they can... and its an easy target apparently

SE isnt the only group that goes after low hanging fruit

[gllt]

A lot of speculation is that it's revenge from banned RMTers.
People DDoS games for lots of ridiculous reasons and it's not hard to do it if you have a little spare cash.

Someone will probably shout that it's just bad servers and I don't disagree but I also 100% believe people with nothing better to do would DDoS one of the most popular games over some stupid gripe. People do really absurd stuff when it comes to popular multiplayer online games.

[Daeriion_Aeradiir]

A lot of speculation is that it's revenge from banned RMTers.

Revenge from banned RMTers would be the worst reasoning, I really don't know why people think that logic.

"Ah yes, lets get back at Square Enix by doing something that will piss off their consumers exclusively and that the company doesn't really need to care about since it'll just go away after some time! Oh, and these same consumers are our customers! Damaging the game and thus causing someone to potentially leave the game out of frustration and thus reducing our potential clientele is totally the best thing to do!"

RMTers have better things to do than to waste money hurting their own business.

The real reason is almost certainly just DDoS companies advertising their services. "We took down a game from a AAA game studio in charge of one of the biggest MMOs on the market!" is a powerful headline to prospective buyers.

[VoidsentStatus]

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I mean, a simpler explanation would also be to say that when DDOS's are happening/people are getting kicked, that affects their own ability to log in which costs them lost money directly + lost sales time. Even server lag is breaking bots. You're shooting yourself in the foot twice as hard for something you can't even maintain.

[CKNovel]

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.

[VoidsentStatus]

why does this game get DDoS so much? Genuinely curious why it's so frequent with this game.

I don't know if I just didn't pay attention as much before, but I noticed a significant uptick ever since the week long DDOS or whatever when they did the payment method update that affected OCE/SEA

[PrincessLily]

Nerds are doing it.

[gllt]

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.

[hynaku]

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.

[Psycofang]

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.