The space MMORPG EVE Online is currently plagued by DDOS attacks that could have a serious impact on the game.
This is why players are upset: In the past nine days, DDOS attacks have occurred on the US servers of EVE Online. These lead to chat being unusable and also cause lags, disconnects, and login problems.
Particularly the USA is affected by the attacks. In other regions, it is reportedly not as bad.
A precarious situation
Why is this such a big problem? DDOS attacks on MMORPGs happen from time to time. This can often be annoying, but in EVE Online, it can become a serious problem. This is due to the player-driven economy that alliances in the game depend on.
Those who do not have control over sales and offerings in the market can quickly fall behind. If this persists for too long, it can hit especially smaller alliances very hard. Their existence depends on reacting quickly to the market.
This is why the situation is even more complicated: As the DDOS attacks primarily affect the US servers, an imbalance has arisen that some players are currently exploiting.
Those who are not as affected by the attacks are now launching attacks on the alliances that are struggling under the DDOS attacks. The goal is to capture as much territory as quickly as possible before the servers are running smoothly again. As long as the attacks continue, the victims can hardly defend themselves properly. These players are thus profiting from the situation in a rather sneaky way.
Players feel helpless
This is what the players say about the situation: There is heavy criticism of the situation, as so much is at stake for the players.
Lord’s Servant, the co-leader of the Forsaken Empire, says: “We are currently fighting with an extreme handicap (to put it mildly) against an invasion in our region. We are unable to defend things properly or fend off enemy actions that are crucial at the start of a conflict. The enemies were able to establish themselves in our region within a week because we were largely unable to log in and contest things as we normally would.”
This is how the developers are reacting: CCP Games is aware of the situation and is working hard to get the game running smoothly again. However, the studio says that the situation is not really in the hands of the developers.
“We are working closely with our partners to improve the situation for all those affected. Please continue to send us your reports,” says CCP Games.
The players of EVE Online will now simply have to be patient and hope for the best.
