YoshiP Tempts Fate Says Almost No Chance of Final Fantasy 14 Dawntrail Server Woes
"We should be good in terms of preparation".
Final Fantasy XIV producer and director Naoki Yoshida is so confident in the MMO's stability that he's tempted fate by stating there's "almost no chance" of server congestion on Dawntrail's launch day, 2nd July. That's some tough talk, considering the DDoS attacks that took the mega-popular game offline the last time an expansion was launched.
Speaking to Eurogamer at a preview event for Dawntrail, Yoshida discussed the attack and the improvements made to prevent a similar situation in the future: "It was a source of great inconvenience for our players last time. are very simple in nature, but it's precisely because of that that it's difficult for us to defend ourselves. There is not a zero chance of happening, but we would basically work on preparing more defence patterns so that we aren't impacted by that kind of situation. It is, by nature, just defensive, but this is the way that we are fighting and I just hope that everyone can remember that we are putting in the effort to defend ourselves."
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