We need more transparency about these "DDoS attacks"

[Valkyrie_Lenneth]

There is a bad node, but unrelated to the ddos attacks. And there’s not much they can say. What more information are you expecting? People already seem to know very little about internet routing in general, as you’ll see people say they shouldn’t have to pay for a VPN because SE has bad servers, which isn’t what VPNs do or what the issue is.

It’s not like this is an internal bug or server problem. This is an outside threat targeting either XIV specifically or the physical DC where the servers are located.


The only way to prevent a ddos attack is to have massively more bandwidth and resources available than you need for day to day usage for the service itself. Microsoft, Sony, Amazon, other retailers, etc, are all susceptible to ddos attacks, and have faced them in the past. Just look at Amazon when the ps5 launched. Carts broke, pages didn’t load.