why does this game get DDoS so much?

[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.

[Maxilor]

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.

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.

[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.

[Kes13a]

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.

[NegativeS]

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.

[gumas]

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

[Striker44]

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.

[AddictedToWitches]

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

[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.