Dark and Darker struck by DDoS attack
If you’ve been suddenly struggling with the Dark and Darker servers recently, you’re not alone. Developer Ironmace just announced that its servers have been under attack for the past day. The developer is actively trying to mitigate the threat and the connectivity issues that players are experiencing. The announcement was immediately met with support and further inquiries from a seemingly tireless fanbase, but Ironmace is remaining tightlipped about the specifics of the attack.
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The servers went down midday on January 14 for another brief patch, as planned maintenance — Ironmace has continued to implement patches based on player data, tweaking some classes while nerfing others. It’s presumed that the attack began after this maintenance, although the developer has not discussed the attack at length in any medium as of publication. Additional information is expected to be available once the attack has been fully mitigated.
For now, there isn’t much players can do except deal with longer queue times, and the occasional dropping from a match. It should be noted that, if you are dropped from an ongoing match, you’ll be able to reconnect (if the match is ongoing) once connection is reestablished to the server. Whether or not your character will still be alive for you to take control, however, is another issue entirely.
The presumed DDoS attack has resulted in the lowest number of concurrent Steam players during a playtest, dipping as low as 34,726 for the title which has comfortably held over 100,000 players during its early alpha testing. Based on population count, the attack struck twice, at both 6:00 PM and 8:00 PM PST on February 14. The current
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