why does this game get DDoS so much?

[Tatiana]

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

[CamuiKushi]

Revenge for Dawntrail

/s

[Tykku]

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.

[NegativeS]

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.

"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.

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.

[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.

[TDawnstar]

I wonder why XIV is always their target, and not arguably a bigger name like WoW?

Blizzard's network and architecture is miles ahead for SE's. I don't particularly like Blizzard, but from a pure technical standpoint, they are miles ahead of Square Enix.

[Basteala]

Blizzard's network and architecture is miles ahead for SE's. I don't particularly like Blizzard, but from a pure technical standpoint, they are miles ahead of Square Enix.

Honestly I remember back in MoP WoW got targetted pretty badly for no small amount of time. I always figured the DDOS efforts we see often now were a side effect of 14's growing popularity. This wasn't nearly as common during the early WoW migration.

[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.

[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.