For the past couple of years, Respawn Entertainment’s multiplayer first-person shooters Titanfall and Titanfall 2 have been plagued by repeated DDoS attacks, which result in ping so high as to make the games unplayable, or make it impossible for the games’ massive player base to even log in. Because Respawn is perceived to not be working hard enough to fix the ongoing issues, some Titanfall fans have tried to find their own solutions.

The ongoing DDoS problems with Titanfall 1 and 2 are attributed to one or two solitary hackers, who have a grudge against Respawn. One possible culprit is a player called Tufi, who was caught cheating in Apex Legends and had legal issues with EA, Respawn’s parent company and publisher. Another possible hacker currently goes by Jeanue, but has used various names over the years.

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A Titanfall player recently shared a post on Medium in which they provided a tutorial showing how to fix the game. The author of the post, p0358, explains that they have spent countless hours reverse engineering Titanfall, researching its design, and pinpointing the various potential exploits and flaws with the game’s engine. “I am publishing this,” says p0358, “because I am frustrated at how they struggle to fix everything… and because I know they would not manage to find and fix everything from here on their own.” In summary, the tutorial consists of 12 steps that must be taken in order to protect against future attacks.

The nearly 5000-word post seems to be addressed directly at the Titanfall team assigned to fix the hacks, as many of the recommended fixes must be implemented server side, and p0358 makes it clear that every single proposed change must be completed in order to guard against future hacks. The tutorial covers everything from the allowable character length of player names, unnecessary and exploitable information that is sent client-side, and even how to prevent the apparently very simple Titanfall DDoS attacks.

One of the reasons for the unresolved DDoS problems is Respawn’s narrowed focus on Apex Legends, the developer’s more popular franchise. This has resulted in unacceptable neglect of the two older games, according to many fans. In fact, a couple of weeks ago, Respawn Community Coordinator Jason Garza revealed that only one or two people are currently working on the Titanfall DDoS issues “because everybody else is on Apex.” Not surprisingly, this disclosure outraged many Titanfall players.

Earlier in July, a disgruntled Titanfall player hacked Apex Legends in protest of the developer’s lack of attention to Titanfall. After exiting an Apex match, a popup would appear that directed players to the website savetitanfall.com. Almost as confirmation of fans’ perception, Respawn fixed the Apex Legends hack within six hours, which only further upset Titanfall players. And the developer stated that hacking Apex Legends will not impact its dedication to Titanfall, and the company is hiring additional team members to develop anti-hack tools for Apex Legends and ban cheaters.

Titanfall is available on PC and Xbox One.

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Source: Medium