"DDOS" for MONTHS on end with no resolution UNACCEPTABLE

[Larirawiel]

What happened over the weekend was most definitely a DDOS but I don't think it was directed at the FFXIV servers.

Interesting is, that other games do not have these huge problems at all. And yes, maybe it a DDoS attack but it also be undersized hardware. And it is bad for customers.


Cheers

[Valkyrie_Lenneth]

Interesting is, that other games do not have these huge problems at all. And yes, maybe it a DDoS attack but it also be undersized hardware. And it is bad for customers.


Cheers

We don't have undersized hardware. The game runs fine when not ddos'd.

The problem with a DDoS is you don't need slightly more bandwidth, you need massively more than your elevated normal expected load. So say SE built out the DC upgrades with an expectation of say, 1.5x the peak dawntrail launch, because as we saw, queues were pretty good compared to endwalker.

To help mitigate DDoS attacks, you don't need 1.5x, you need much, much higher. And when there's isn't one? You have millions in hardware running, costing even more in electrical costs, because you can't wait to spin them up, that ruins the point.

Also, they do mitigate when it's directed at them, but attack patterns change. The attackers will always be ahead.

[Astronema]

with more resources they can summon a demon from the net, like in this 80s ova....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cdQi...AmSvb6&index=3

[BabyYoda]

It seems that half of the servers are being utilized for other NFT project that require online functionality to do beta testing for their chapter 3

[Amariel34]

It seems that half of the servers are being utilized for other NFT project that require online functionality to do beta testing for their chapter 3

At the rate they are going, they're going to be in chapter 11 before too long.


I'll see myself out.....

[Xelanar]

It's not DDoS attacks. It's the amount of "speak with WuK Lamat" requests to servers from players doing the MSQ.

[BabyYoda]

It's not DDoS attacks. It's the amount of "speak with WuK Lamat" requests to servers from players doing the MSQ.

OMG yes so accurate

[Mapleine]

I've just accepted that I can't play between 10 and 11 PM at the moment.

[Infindox]

I've been taking a break, only playing a day a week to keep up on tomes and the various weekly things. I knew it was bad but today showed me how bad it actually is.
Of all the content I ran, almost every instance I started to lag at one point. At first I thought "okay maybe it's my end?" but a run of Tender Valley showed that the other DPS and the healer were also having lag issues. Had a Normal Raid roulette and a Trial Roulette go the same way (had the game absolutely go crazy because it froze right before the cs bit in the final DT fight, even funner cs when glitched). I went to a few hub areas for custom delivery turn-ins and each time they took longer then normal to load. It didn't disconnect me yet but it's extremely frustrating when the lag makes you play worse then normal.