Server 52 seems to be permanently under attack - up to 10 seconds between click and response this morning.
However, in all this gloom and doom, so far it has always been possible for me to find at least one responsive server quick enough to allow bossing and other activities.
Unfortunately it is very difficult to effectively combat this type of attack without huge and very expensive infrastructure redundancy. I must say that it really irritates me that our subscription fees are effectively being stolen by some asocial idiots, probably some maladjusted kids finding it somehow amusing to use DDoS kits against our game. These attacks are extremely easy and cheap to carry out (for the perpetrators) and very expensive to defend against.
From a game design perspective I think the solution is to reduce the server access requirements, which, in a MMO, is a tall order.
Finally, players who know of anybody playing these destructive games should alert Jagex or their local authorities. The more of them that can be stopped the better. Also, make sure you always run up to date anti-malware protection on your own computer.
02-Mar-2015 15:33:22
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02-Mar-2015 15:35:03
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Rabpyre
