Current state of Celestia Luna

[Brandon]

Hello, everyone.

There seems to be a bit of confusion of the current state and the future of Celestia Luna. I would like to make a few points to clear up any confusion.

 

DDoS Attacks.

- We've been running Celestia Luna since 2009, and till just recently we received little to no attacks, because of this we had no reason to pay for very expensive DDoS mitigation services, but as of recent we've been under attack and have been working to find a solid DDoS mitigation solution that suits our needs. Our current provider has been working with us to mitigate these attacks, but we will indeed be moving to a much more powerful solution if the situation worsens. I'd like to point out the child behind these attacks is nothing more than script kiddie (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Script_kiddie) who managed to get his hands on a few compromised machines, they're highly unskilled and are in no means a 'hacker'.

 

The upcoming update.

- We're working hard on the new client/content update. This update will introduce gear above level 115 and many new costumes. There will also be many bug fixes and a few new fancy features in the client. I cannot give an estimated date for the release as the recent attacks have taken our time away from working on the update to deal with the situation, there is also a lot of debugging and testing to be done, more details will be posted as things progress.

 

Server move + new hardware.

- We will be moving our game server to the West Coast of the US, this will provide a much better connection to Asia and many other areas. The new location will also have very advanced DDoS mitigation solutions to deal with any future attacks on the server. We are also upgrading the hardware the server runs on to a MUCH more powerful setup, you will notice some big improvements with performance and we will have much more room to grow. We've purchased all the required hardware and are working daily on preparing it for the new datacenter.

 

Rumors of "shutting down".

- I've been seeing a lot worried players and rumors about the server will be shutting down. This is completely inaccurate. We are not going anywhere. I've kept this server alive since 2009 and have no intentions of closing it down anytime. These attacks on our server are just a minor rough patch in the history of Celestia Luna and they will clear up very well and the server will continue to improve and grow. We would never allow some pesky child to interfere with the future of Celestia Luna.

 

I hope these points clear up any confusion and I thank all of our loyal players for sticking with us through the rough patches. The future of Celestia Luna Online is very bright and we'll be providing you with the best Luna Online experience for many years to come.

 

That is all for now.

 

~ Celestia Luna Staff