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Hello everyone and especially the support staff who might read this.
As we all know the DDOS attacks started happening since August 23 and so far I remember GMs were saying that dev team working on getting permanent ddos-protection solutions, for example Flockinet. Now over 2 weeks almost past and no more news about that ddos protection provider found anywhere. Did something happened? I just wish devs would keep us more updated on this matter, since it is very frustrating for most of community being unable to enjoy the server at eu-evening time on weekends, which is for many prime time to raid.

TLDR: Devs, post more often about the progress regarding permanent anti-ddos solutions please. It is getting tiring.

Unfortunately resolving this kind of thing will not be as simple as pressing a few buttons or waving a credit card to make it go away. I'm sure Kestrel and his team are doing everything they can to get it sorted, but the reality is that not everything will be in their direct control. A bit of patience may be required in the meantime.

Dentgnomie wrote: Thu Sep 03, 2026 4:52 pm Hello everyone and especially the support staff who might read this.
As we all know the DDOS attacks started happening since August 23 and so far I remember GMs were saying that dev team working on getting permanent ddos-protection solutions, for example Flockinet. Now over 2 weeks almost past and no more news about that ddos protection provider found anywhere. Did something happened? I just wish devs would keep us more updated on this matter, since it is very frustrating for most of community being unable to enjoy the server at eu-evening time on weekends, which is for many prime time to raid.

TLDR: Devs, post more often about the progress regarding permanent anti-ddos solutions please. It is getting tiring.

Resolving the DDOS issue can take a while, and hell a permanent solution is technically impossible as it will always be an armsrace, they just have to make it not worth it to DDOS them. And them keeping quiet is the best move, as the instant they announce it, the DDOSers know to change how they are doing it

Ugh. I've been away at work all week. Couldn't wait till the weekend and play some Octowow. A week is a long time... But yet again I was about to log in but DDOS is killing the server. I really can't take this any longer

Dentgnomie wrote: Thu Sep 03, 2026 4:52 pm Hello everyone and especially the support staff who might read this.
As we all know the DDOS attacks started happening since August 23 and so far I remember GMs were saying that dev team working on getting permanent ddos-protection solutions, for example Flockinet. Now over 2 weeks almost past and no more news about that ddos protection provider found anywhere. Did something happened? I just wish devs would keep us more updated on this matter, since it is very frustrating for most of community being unable to enjoy the server at eu-evening time on weekends, which is for many prime time to raid.

TLDR: Devs, post more often about the progress regarding permanent anti-ddos solutions please. It is getting tiring.

Time and patience are our critical weapons regarding this. Hold.

Dentgnomie wrote: Thu Sep 03, 2026 4:52 pm Hello everyone and especially the support staff who might read this.
As we all know the DDOS attacks started happening since August 23 and so far I remember GMs were saying that dev team working on getting permanent ddos-protection solutions, for example Flockinet. Now over 2 weeks almost past and no more news about that ddos protection provider found anywhere. Did something happened? I just wish devs would keep us more updated on this matter, since it is very frustrating for most of community being unable to enjoy the server at eu-evening time on weekends, which is for many prime time to raid.

TLDR: Devs, post more often about the progress regarding permanent anti-ddos solutions please. It is getting tiring.

You need to look at the "announcements" subforum which is the very first subforum listed.

https://octowow.st/forum/viewforum.php?f=2

There have been twelve update posts since Aug 23rd.

I understand the frustrations mate, I really do, but they've been extremely communicative about everything. You just gotta look at where they post announcements.

Few key points to keep in mind; because they are placing long term security and anonymity as their core priority which I personally strongly support, they can't just use Cloudflare or other "standard" DDoS protection services. They have ordered a physical solution. The provider they go with is Flokinet which is apparently one of the best for anonymous hosting, but for that anonymous security things can take a bit longer than traditional support networks. It's not a matter of money, there are some problems that you can't really speed up by throwing money at it. Unfortunately this is one of them.

But to be clear, the way you're feeling is precisely how the people DDoSing want you to feel. I know that it doesn't really matter at the end of the day when you just want to play the game and can't, but this is 100% what the DDoS attackers want. This is their goal. They want average players frustrated and upset so that they walk away.