Over the weekend, Apex Legends was hit with a pretty nasty DDoS attack. Players were bombarded with messages to "Save Titanfall", in a response to on-going issues with hackers in the original game for PC. While it may have been used to spread a message, the behind the scenes reaction at Respawn paints a different picture.
Ryan K. Rigney, the director of communications at Respawn, spoke out about the matter after The Gamer published an article in reference to it. The piece titled "Congrats Titanfall Hackers, You Made A Bunch Of Devs Work On A Sunday" caught Rigney's attention, who then elaborated on how it affected him personally.
Rigney said: "Nobody wants to hear devs complain when DDoS attacks are still a problem we haven't solved. But this article is right". He also added: "I was holding my newborn nephew when I found out about the Apex hack. Had to hand him back, go work, and miss out on a day with family."
https://twitter.com/RKRigney/status/1412444063022911495?s=20
The ongoing DDoS attacks in Titanfall for PC are a problem Respawn is familiar with, but as Rigney points out, "DDoSing in particular is just a hard problem to solve. Really hard."
He also said that "the team has never stopped working on DDoS solutions, and anti-cheat is just a never-ending war of whack-a-mole", continuing with the promise that "on the DDoS front, we WILL solve this. When we do, I promise you it won't be because hackers 'made us aware' by ruining a holiday."
https://twitter.com/RKRigney/status/1412444476828749836?s=20
While the issues in Titanfall are unquestionably frustrating, hacking another game to spread awareness is not the way, especially when it affects the team behind the game who are working around the clock to fix said problem. It also diverts attention and energy from the original issues at hand, losing precious time in coming up with a fix.
We do hope a way out is found - for both the team and the community's sake - but there has to be a better way. Here's hoping everyone can come together to build a sustainable solution, and Titanfall on PC becomes playable again.
What do you think of the whole 'Save Titanfall' hacking campaign? Let us know down in the comments.
[source twitter.com]
Comments 5
That really sucks for the developers.
I could never run a development studio.
If I found out that my stuff was shut down because "the community" itself shut it down over a holiday to prove a point that didn't need to be made, then I would just let this so-called "community" do without the game until the next business day.
PR be damned. It's only a video game! Go out and see some fireworks or something.
I'd make some snarky Tweet about how "the community" ruined the holiday for itself by throwing a tantrum and that it won't be addressed until my developers had some time off. Apologize for the inconvenience, and go on with my day.
[Expletive] them!
Needless to say, I wouldn't last long.
Respawn and EA are committing legitimate fraud by continuing to sell Titalfall despite knowing that they are unplayable due to hackers.
Players literally cannot even login on TF1, this has been a problem for years and Respawn has made no effort to fix it or even communicate with the community they pretend to care so much about.
TF2 meanwhile has a "list" of users who, if they do log on and join your game, will trigger a bot that will have the entire match rendered unplayable within minutes.
Bear in mind these games are still being sold and both EA and Respawn have made zero attempts to fix them or even communicate to fans that they are aware of the problem.
I won't lose any sleep that some of them had to do some extra work to keep at least one of their games running.
If I was the devs, I would permanently shut down the Titanfall servers after this and be like there we fixed it you ungrateful S.O.Bs.
“They achieved nothing of value”
Ballsy statement from a company that continues to sell Titanfall in an unplayable state.
So because the internet decided to be a brat over a game thats old being hacked [oh my god, shocker] they ruined holidays for a whole bunch of devs in the process? GG guys.
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