sakichop Posted July 16, 2013 Share Posted July 16, 2013 I'm having the same issues. Why would I go to a different site to download for a while when I've paid for a premium membership at this site? I could understand if I hadn't paid but premium members shouldn't have to put up with this. Kick the people downloading for free and maybe they will pony up for memberships. and when everybody does it'll be slow again... and then what? kick guys like you for being jerks to free up the server?Or they could use the money for more servers , genius. If I'm a jerk for supporting a site I use then so be it, I won't stoop to your level. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DandySlayer13 Posted July 16, 2013 Share Posted July 16, 2013 I can't believe how bad this is! I just restarted New Vegas and Skyrim. Luckily Skyrim has the Steam Workshop but not enough mods are posted on there so I have to come to Nexus for my mod needs and the load times are pretty bad right now. And with NV I have to rely on Nexus...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mushashi7 Posted July 16, 2013 Share Posted July 16, 2013 Yes, I admit. It has become a very bad experience to connect to the Skyrim file server the last days.(http://skyrim.nexusmods.com//?) I get this message a lot: 502 Bad GatewayIt seems as if the server is under pressure, because if you are patient and try many times you might get a correct respond.[Edit]I didn't see this message before now, posted on the front page:" News16 July 2013 0:38:56 DDoS season begins, sites a little bit unstableposted by Dark0ne Site NewsWe've been no strangers to bog-standard DoS attacks and thousands-strong botnet DDoS attacks over the past 12 years. Any given week we'll be DoS'd, just most of the time you won't notice it because systems are in place to prevent such attacks. Every once in a while, though, someone with a rather large botnet or someone using more sophisticated techniques comes along that either requires us to adapt or just to weather it out. All I know is, it's been 12 years, we've survived countless DDoS attacks, and the sites aren't going anywhere.Going hand-in-hand with that is the fact school holidays have begun which means kids have more time to waste. I used to enjoy playing football, cricket, skating and trampolining in my summer holidays but I guess some kids like to run bot nets instead. The why isn't really important (and I have no idea as to the why). All I know is that it's happening right now on the servers and we're doing what we can to alleviate the problem as best we can.There's not much you can do on your end to fix this exact problem. There is, however, something you can do to help the general DDoS plague and that's to not be one of the millions of dolts out there browsing the internet without an anti-virus and firewall running as a bare minimum. Botnets form because "hackers" have gained access to insecure systems. The more insecure systems they control, the more powerful their botnet becomes. Typically gamers are more clued in than most in this regard, but still, I know some of you will be reading this without any anti-virus installed on your PC and to you I'll simply say this; you are a part of the problem. You're not the problem, but you're a part of it in the same way you're a part of the problem during an epidemic if you sneeze without covering your mouth with your hand or don't wash your hands after going to the toilet. You're in that group of people. You aren't the virus but you help to spread it through your lack of action. So get on to fixing it if you haven't already, or at least please don't complain to me about the sites being down if you're in that group.A blunt news post, I know, but in all truth I treat DDoS attacks with utter emotional disregard. Not that we're not trying our hardest to solve the issue, but frankly, there's no point getting upset about it. Some idiot is DDoS'ing us and cowering behind the internet's anonymity, we've had no contact from said individual(s), it'll end when it ends or when we find a way to block it and there's no point getting upset about it."[/Edit] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thenobody0 Posted July 16, 2013 Share Posted July 16, 2013 (edited) Site access has been terrible... although it has never been very stable. Hope it gets better soon. Modding is frustrating as it is. Edited July 17, 2013 by thenobody0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dankha Posted July 16, 2013 Share Posted July 16, 2013 it's been like this for at least a month for me; all nexus sites (New Vegas, Skyrim, etc). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
starlitegirl Posted July 21, 2013 Share Posted July 21, 2013 Still slow, bad gateways. I suspect this is the way it is going to stay. Such a shame. Uploading was a total nightmare. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnyShepard Posted July 21, 2013 Share Posted July 21, 2013 Same problem here, can't load the site and even if i do i can't even download mods don't know if you guys got the same issue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xirifus Posted July 21, 2013 Share Posted July 21, 2013 Having all the same problems, so it's obviously server side. What I'm wondering is, is this just normal high traffic, or continuous DDoS attack? I can't imagine anyone attacking a place such as this with such force. I can understand and sometimes even respect hackers or DoS'ers with a political agenda, to battle against oppression and for your rights and whatnot, but I mean come on... a popular site for videogame mods? Seriously? Whatever it is, I sure picked the wrong time to get back into Skyrim and mods. Hope things get better soon. :/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeref1983 Posted July 21, 2013 Share Posted July 21, 2013 Its not only the Skyrim nexus. I've noticed it on the fallout nexus as well. I hope they fix the problem soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rhowington Posted July 21, 2013 Share Posted July 21, 2013 Yeah, tell me about it. I put up a new mod today and nobody can reach Skyrim Nexus to download the thing. Sheesh..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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