Refund or free Sub Time for DDoS NOW

[Kuroka]

No its not their direct fault, not they dont need to, yet i feel like a "oh well our servers are down, anyways enjoy your free playtime!" would do more against the ddos then... whatever they're doing lol

[PassinLay]

No its not their direct fault, not they dont need to, yet i feel like a "oh well our servers are down, anyways enjoy your free playtime!" would do more against the ddos then... whatever they're doing lol

They're doing their "Countermeasures"

lmao

all well and good... but unless they are running direct lines to every subscriber, there is still the potential to be caught in DDoS attacks directed elsewhere... as we have seen.

One wonders how any other MMORPG is doing perfectly fine DDOS wise, and even FPS games are doing fine.

But please, do keep excusing mediocrity.

[Striker44]

They're doing their "Countermeasures"

lmao



One wonders how any other MMORPG is doing perfectly fine DDOS wise, and even FPS games are doing fine.

But please, do keep excusing mediocrity.

About a year ago (Sept. 2023), Destiny 2 was DDOS'd non-stop for a week straight (as in throughout virtually the entire day, every day, rather than one brief specific window late at night).

WoW has been hit with periodic DDOS attacks throughout its entire existence, including multiple easily searchable examples in just the past year alone.

The reality is that "any other MMO" isn't doing perfectly fine - most successful ones experience this on a rather frequent basis. It just happens to be FFXIV's "turn" now, so to speak.

[YouMayNot]

About a year ago (Sept. 2023), Destiny 2 was DDOS'd non-stop for a week straight (as in throughout virtually the entire day, every day, rather than one brief specific window late at night).

WoW has been hit with periodic DDOS attacks throughout its entire existence, including multiple easily searchable examples in just the past year alone.

The reality is that "any other MMO" isn't doing perfectly fine - most successful ones experience this on a rather frequent basis. It just happens to be FFXIV's "turn" now, so to speak.

FF14 is DDoS'd for an entire month now so what's your point ?

Chloe

[Divinemights]

FF14 is DDoS'd for an entire month now so what's your point ?

Chloe

Probably it is your ignorance
The only way to counter DDOS attack is having larger bandwidth than the attacker
Not sure why you think “DDOS resistance server is a thing”
Did you on purpose ignore the fact of Lizzard Squad attack PSN during the Christmas in 2014?
Are you taking DDOS attack as some sort of flu and if you takes medic and it will go away?

[PvpRaiden]

Square Enix is still providing a service that we pay for monthly.

Whether they can or can’t mitigate this (I’m not a network or security admin, or any kind of “admin-y” expert) isn’t really our concern here — we’re the customers.

The product we’re paying for is either inaccessible or not functioning as intended, which directly affects the value of our subscription. It’s leading to lost time investment (in things like PotD, PvP, PvE, etc.) and, ultimately, a loss of money. It’s also causing stress over something that’s supposed to be a source of stress relief (ranked CC doesn’t count ;p).

While I can sympathize — to an extent — with arguments about the server-side issues being difficult to fix, I can’t sympathize with the lack of compensation for the lost game time.