Ultimate Fantasy 14 has skilled one other distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) assault on its servers, with the North American knowledge facilities as the first targets. The current Final Fantasy 14 DDoS assault arrived after waves of assaults already took a toll on the servers in November.
The assaults got here simply shortly after Ultimate Fantasy 14 launched Patch 7.4, Into the Mist, on December 16. The brand new content material replace introduced the finale of the fan-favorite Arcadion raids collection and a brand new major situation chapter that laid the groundwork for Ultimate Fantasy 14‘s subsequent enlargement. Final Fantasy 14 also introduced a Strategy Board that gamers can use to formulate battle plans. The 7.4 replace additionally introduced a major change to the sport’s glamour system, as restrictions for many items of armor that have been based mostly on job, position, and degree had been lifted.
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Ultimate Fantasy 14’s Newest Replace Marred by Disconnections
Although Final Fantasy 14 experienced a lengthy DDoS attack wave in November, the disconnection points have since returned. As of this writing, the newest assault on the North American knowledge middle occurred at roughly 3:30 PM Jap on December 19. The assaults brought on Ultimate Fantasy 14 gamers to precise their issues on the sport’s official subreddit and to substantiate if an assault was the explanation behind a sudden disconnection or lag spike.
What Is a DDoS Assault?
In easy phrases, a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack is a malicious try to disrupt regular server operations by sending floods of visitors at it unexpectedly. Whereas there isn’t any recognized technique to make a server fully proof against a DDoS assault, video games like Ultimate Fantasy 14 can mitigate the visitors from a bot community by rerouting the stream of visitors or through different countermeasures that Sq. Enix or its companions can take. Impacted FF14 gamers can try to log again in shortly after, although they could be met with a prolonged queue. Sq. Enix acknowledged it was conscious of the continued scenario and would proceed monitor it.
In mild of the November DDoS assaults, Square Enix made a change to Final Fantasy 14‘s Deep Dungeon feature that gave gamers a technique to save a run that might beforehand have been erased as a consequence of disconnections. As of Patch 7.4, Ultimate Fantasy 14 allowed gamers who disconnect inside a Deep Dungeon occasion to renew their run in the event that they log again into the sport inside 10 minutes or much less. Nevertheless, if a single get together member in a Deep Dungeon run is knocked out whereas the disconnections occur, all progress shall be misplaced and gamers must begin over from a earlier ground.
Different Identified Points With Ultimate Fantasy 14’s Newest Replace
Whereas Ultimate Fantasy 14‘s newest patch has seen its share of points that required some extra server downtime to handle, one situation has rallied the group collectively in a hilarious manner. Following Patch 7.4’s arrival, a anonymous degree 1 deer, dubbed ‘MissingNo’ by Final Fantasy 14 players, was noticed within the Coerthas Western Highlands. The highlands are usually inhabited by monsters starting from ranges 50 to 60. Regardless of being a recognized bug launched in Patch 7.4, Ultimate Fantasy 14 gamers have taken photos and have held group gatherings across the MissingNo deer.
Despite the fact that Sq. Enix made some hotfixes to Final Fantasy 14 on December 19 to handle some issues with Cosmic Exploration and particular glamour items, the MissingNo deer might nonetheless be discovered within the Coerthas Western Highlands. Nevertheless, time will inform if or when Sq. Enix will ship the extent 1 critters again to the place they got here from in a future replace.
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August 27, 2013
- ESRB
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T for Teen – Language, Gentle Blood, Sexual Themes, Use of Alcohol, Violence
- Engine
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Initially the Crystal Instruments engine, however at present it is a customized engine utilizing elements of the Luminous Engine.
Sources: Square Enix, Is XIV Up
