Final Fantasy XIV North American Servers Suffer Major Outage: Power Issue, Not DDoS
Final Fantasy XIV experienced a significant server outage affecting all four North American data centers on January 5th, around 8:00 PM Eastern. Initial reports suggest the cause was a localized power outage in Sacramento, California, potentially due to a blown transformer, rather than a DDoS attack. Service was restored within an hour.
This event follows a year (2024) of persistent Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks targeting Final Fantasy XIV servers. These attacks, which flood servers with false information, caused high latency and disconnections. While Square Enix employed mitigation strategies, completely preventing DDoS attacks remains a challenge. Players often utilize VPNs to mitigate connection issues stemming from these attacks.
However, this recent outage differs. Reddit users reported hearing a loud explosion or popping sound in Sacramento, consistent with a blown transformer, around the time of the outage. This aligns with the timing of the server disruption and subsequent recovery. Square Enix acknowledged the issue on the Lodestone and confirmed an ongoing investigation.
The outage was geographically limited to North America; European, Japanese, and Oceanic data centers remained unaffected. Restoration was gradual, beginning with the Aether, Crystal, and Primal data centers, while the Dynamis data center remained offline at the time of this writing.
This incident adds another challenge to Final Fantasy XIV's ambitious 2025 plans, including the highly anticipated mobile release. The long-term impact of these recurring server problems remains to be seen.
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