All day today out of nowhere both myself and my buddy (in the same office) cannot connect and get the port 26000 error. We tried changing ports to the other one that we found as a work around from years ago but that didn’t work either.
We can both log into the test server which uses the same 26000 port but we are all jammed up trying to connect to Tranq.
Anyone having the same issue? I don’t see it being reported anywhere else…
Have had same problems all week, GM response to my ticket: "… In recent days the cause of players’ connection issues has been a periodic Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack. It is likely that if you encounter connectivity issues then a further attack is ongoing. We are reacting to such attacks and limiting their impact on our players.
All we can advise at this point is that you keep an eye on the @EVE_status twitter account for updates to this issue and its cause. …"
Created a ticket and within 3 minutes received the following reply.
Hello there, GM Telomer here.
Thank you for contacting EVE player experience. In recent days the cause of players connection issues has been a periodic Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack. It is likely that if you encounter connectivity issues then a further attack is ongoing. We are reacting to such attacks and limiting their impact on our players.
With regards to any compensation for the disruption we would suggest that you regularly check the EVE Online News site for any such information. We can not guarantee that any compensation will be provided but if it is granted it will done globally, at the discretion of the developers, rather than by GMs to individual accounts.
We thank you for your patience and understanding.
Best Regards,
GM Telomer
CCP Player Experience | EVE Online
If this is another DDoS attack, I think it is time for some serious investigation and jail time for the person or persons. This is getting ridiculous! I’m getting tired of having to wonder if I’m able to play a game.
Still getting the same error port 26000, was fine yesterday. Today even if I close the info box and press Connect, it doesnt work. This is extremely frustrating!!!