Cant Get On :(

[Teffie]

Originally posted by Balfree
just dont go assuming please.

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Originally posted by Balfree
Obviously you either make some serious cash or you just plain dont care i guess, or perhaps its not you whos paying for it?

Oh! Sweet... Sweet Hypocrisy!








I'm sorry, but could you please point out where in my post I made any assumption as to your current financial position in life? I don't see it anywhere.

And would you look at that, within less than 2 hours of Downtime, the Login Server is back up and you are able to Play FFXI again.

I merely stated how much it costs and what your getting for your money, if you'd complain about 2 hours worth of downtime, which according to what you said above (You cannot play on weekdays, and today is a weekday) This Downtime does not even affect you.



Now, I'll refer back to my closing statement. They have refunded us Lost Days due to unforseen Downtimes in the Past, so its quite possible that they do it again this time.

So instead of complaining and becoming a problem for Square-Enix, why don't you do some of the suggestions Macht Said;

Probably the best people can and probably should be doing here is checking their systems to make sure they are not a host attacking POL.

[Snowball]

Quick question.
What does DDoS mean please?

[Snowball]

YAY! It's back up again. *does a happy dance* And with an update too. Don't know why they needed this though. But at least I can get back on again.

[Macht]

Originally posted by Snowball
Quick question.
What does DDoS mean please?

Distributed Denial of Service

[Hereaux]

The update was to fix a problem with Invisible and Tonko in Grand Palace of Hu'Xzoi and The Garden of Ru'hmet. Oh, and a few fishing problems.

[Tokitoki]

Actually Teffie i wasnt able to get on since around 11 AM EST, its now 6:45, but i dont know when the server went back on exactly.

[hammy]

was way more than a 2 hrs... i tried periodically for at least 6 not even really trying to get on. was longer than that. just b/c u got in doesnt mean others could ;3

[little ninja]

i wasnt able to for 7 hours. i was muling last night an it was booted into a 0011 error. so im guess longer then the 7 hrs.

[Snowball]

Originally posted by Macht
Distributed Denial of Service

Thnx for the info.

[Snowball]

Originally posted by Hereaux
The update was to fix a problem with Invisible and Tonko in Grand Palace of Hu'Xzoi and The Garden of Ru'hmet. Oh, and a few fishing problems.

Tonko? May I ask what that is?

You mentioned a couple of other areas in the game, which I have not even come across, or taken my character to yet since I have first been playing. Just shows how MASSIVE FFXl is.

[Jei]

tonko is ninja's invis spell.

[Elsurion]

Originally posted by Macht
I mean complaining after only 10 days after being warned of the DDoS attacks to me seems to be way to soon. Got to give them more time for something like this before flooding them with complaints.

EDIT:

Sometimes complaining is good and get things resolved, but sometimes you are just adding to the problem which is not helping to resolve it.

I think, the one who are complaining are some Teenies who hasn't any idea what a DDoS really is, or they just seen that Name on the net.

And it's quite funny that they complain about the DDoS and bashing SE for doing nothing but don't mention the WoW Maxi Lag, who kills you no matter what.

[Tokitoki]

Hey! I'm 16 but i wasnt complaining about it, I posted the update they gave us a few weeks ago trying to show them that it will take a while to resolve the problem...

[Elsurion]

I didn't ment you Toki, i ment the guys who complain if they can't login for a few mins... I dunno the names, i would need to go throug the thread to write them down... But i'm too lazy for it

[little ninja]

i personally blame the GM's. because hearing them always say, " we will look into this matter, an sorry for the inconvience". i thingk carries over for alot of players. as some may think that if this the gm's attitude. maybe S.E higher up peeps feel the same way.
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From:FINAL FANTASY XI
Apr. 27, 2005 11:00 [PDT]

Regarding Intermittent Connectivity Issues (cont.)

This is an update regarding the recent technical difficulties with PlayOnline service since Apr. 9, 2005.

The DDoS attack from anonymous third parties is still continuing. Our technicians have been taking countermeasures to prevent the attacks in real time. However, we are in a situation where it is difficult to prevent all attacks.

This is mainly due to changes in attack methods. We are currently unable to determine the country of origin of these packets because the anonymous third parties have been changing the IP address within a world-wide range. They have also been sending packets through random ports, causing difficulty to distinguish between packets from DDoS attack and normal packets.

As one method of prevention, we have restricted part of the incoming route used by the DDoS attacks. However, since packets from DDoS attacks and normal packets coincide outside of our network, users may experience auction house and search failures, as well as FINAL FANTASY XI and PlayOnline login difficulties. We deeply apologize for this temporary inconvenience.

With cooperation from ISPs and support from law enforcement authorities, we will continue to take the most effective measures available. Network maintenance will occur tomorrow, Apr. 28, 2005 as part of these measures. (Please refer to "Server Maintenance" for more information.) Regardless of circumstances, we will strive to maintain the best service possible, and ask for your understanding and cooperation.
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thats better then nothing. atleast we can see that S.E is trying to work it out, an is better thern going 9-15 saying absolutely nothing, then 15-27 without saying nothing,,

an maintenece is scheduled for tonight dead center into the middle of NA primetime. i suspect this is because the DDOS attacks are the least strongest.