DDoS Round 7

[Necronomic]

I politely request DDoSers to hold off for a moment, I am trying to fish

"Morning! Nice day for fishing, ain't it! Hu ha!"

[Jaylaxer]

Sounds like a free repair bot for all

I would love that, or any sort of convenience item. Just not really into cosmetics or cosmetic pets.

Anways, thanks for letting us know about Round 7 - sanity check.

Wouldn't really be fair to people who already bought one (me hehe)

Yeah, I wouldn't expect a full repairbot or mulebank, but something "smaller" that still offers a permanent or even temporary convenience.

[Defiant]

I would love that, or any sort of convenience item. Just not really into cosmetics or cosmetic pets.

Anways, thanks for letting us know about Round 7 - sanity check.

Wouldn't really be fair to people who already bought one (me hehe)

Yeah, I wouldn't expect a full repairbot or mulebank, but something "smaller" that still offers a permanent or even temporary convenience.

Maybe a sale in the shop or on donation points. Would be a nice jesture and might also help drum up some donations.

[Kestrel]

For some more details on todays attack, read below.

The first wave of the attack started at 15:52:31 today targeting our authentication server once again (also flooding our PvE realm, and at the very end of the attack hitting the HC realm). This first attack caused some latency and looting issues on the server, along with a 3% drop in player during a time when our population usually is growing to its daily peek.

The second wave was active from 16:39 until 16:46 and was significantly stronger, and disconnecting 46% of the population, while those who remained still experienced extreme lag/latency.

A developer on the team pushed a change to all realms with a restart at 17:37 attempting to get some mitigations in place.

Wave three went from 17:51-17:54, this time including the PvP realm in the attack but still primarily focusing the flood on the auth server. Mid wave they also changed the shape of their attack going from a full junk traffic flood to a mix of junk traffic and a large number of connection requests to induce connection churn.

A small precursor wave targeted just our radio ports from 13:35-13:42.

Wave four hit from 18:39 until 18:49 the hardest yet nearly instantly bringing our population down 94%. More updates will likely be given once the attack stop.

[Kjirath]

Hi Kestrel and Octo team
First thank you for the hard work since the release !

Would it be possible to give out some donation coins to the players impacted during this rough times ?
I really think it would be helpful to maintain population on the server if it keeps going this way, at some point they will run low on money to fund these attacks

Thanks for reading

[Kestrel]

2nd week in a row where our raid has gone through this, multiple expensive consumables are gone down the drain, I want to ask if we can request our lost resources through a GM ticket ?

Make an in game ticket, and mention that Kestrel told you to. It will get escalated to me and I will investigate and mail you back consumes lost during any raids that are interrupted due to DDoSes going forward.

[Kestrel]

We are talking about ways to compensate players beyond the D'Dossy pet, but likely will not hear more on that until we have our full DDoS protections in place and this entire saga has come to an end.

[Jaylaxer]

Maybe a sale in the shop or on donation points. Would be a nice jesture and might also help drum up some donations.

Indeed. I'd personally feel better about 'risking' a donation if there was a sale.
Or, even a coupon for a free 8-slot bag named D'Dossy's Duffel.

[Anthan]

How much mony did it cost them since the beginning of the attacks, and was it really worth it? I don't know if it's Capy but out of principle I'm never going there.

[Katlyn]

Not sure why players believe they are entitled to something from the Octoteam when the DDOS is caused by an outsider. I think the Team is doing its absolute best to fight this, on our behalf no less. They could easily just give up and say goodbye, and we would be left with looking for a new home again. The persistence of the DDOS has to be one heck of a headache. Way to go Dev Team, keep it up! You certainly have my support!