Loss of items due to DDOS while crafting.

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Date & Time: 12.30am EST
Frequency: Pretty much every 2 hours
World name: Aether:Siren
Character name: Matty Katos
Steps: Play the game
1. Log in
2. Do anything
3. Get DDOS'd

Here's the list of every item lost in my craft due to the last DDOS attack:
2x Double Duraluminum Ingot
3x Urqopacha Linen
1x Thunderyards Silk
2x Grade 4 Gemsap of Strength
2x Levinchrome Aethersand
3x Ice Cluster
3x Earth Cluster
My urge to log into this game and do anything that takes longer then 30 seconds.

It's time to address the constant DDOS attacks.
I log in and attempt to craft gear for my savage team, oops can't do that DDOS attack.
So I give up and try to run the new EX trial, oops can't do that DDOS attack.
Give up on that and try to G-Pose, oops can't do that DDOS attack.

The game is actually unplayable in the current state, we're seeing multiple DDOS attacks per DAY on Aether at this point, I hate that I feel the need to remind people, but we pay money for this service.

My FC and static are forced to plan around the nearly perfectly timed 2 hour DDOS intervals.

This isn't normal. No other MMO player base has to deal with this.

Here are some great steps to fix this issue:
1) Require all login requests to enter through a login gateway
2) Issue temporary auth secrets to users through this login gateway
3) Deny access game servers without a valid auth secret
4) Lock the free trial behind a valid phone number.

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