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.