darkov Posted April 29, 2015 Share Posted April 29, 2015 Well, some of the exploiters took screenshots, and they're up and around, so will be easy to see how long they are banned for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nickious Posted April 29, 2015 Share Posted April 29, 2015 Hey folks, As I mentioned earlier this morning, we very quickly isolated what the exploit entailed and began an investigation into players who have participated. As of now, we have identified those unique accounts which have gone into the blocked off area of Ziost, and killed one of the two bosses present. For each of these players, they will receive a minimum of the following action: Multiple day suspension Removal of all gear earned through defeating those bossesRemoval of all achievements earned through defeating those bossesReduction in Elite and Ultimate Commendations We will continue to monitor the blocked off area of Ziost throughout Monday, May the 4th, which is when it opens officially. Any player who is found to participate in this exploit beyond today’s notice will likely receive more aggressive action. Thank you all for bringing this to our attention. -eric Thanks for the fast action Eric. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarthVladamir Posted April 29, 2015 Share Posted April 29, 2015 What would you do, execute them? It's a very reasonable action. Exactly! They did the right thing. It goes live in a few days anyway. While I think 3.2 could have been patched in special for May 4th and not make us wait. BUT I am glad Bioware take these kinds of exploits seriously. Thank you guys Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danw Posted April 29, 2015 Share Posted April 29, 2015 They need to also say"This is an Exploit" bold and clear, front and center, when they respond to such things. Leave no room for error. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrellma Posted April 29, 2015 Share Posted April 29, 2015 What would you do, execute them? It's a very reasonable action. I vote for crucifixians along the Appian Way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
znihilist Posted April 29, 2015 Share Posted April 29, 2015 What would you do, execute them? It's a very reasonable action. That was pretty damn funny, but also a very good point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrellma Posted April 29, 2015 Share Posted April 29, 2015 (edited) They need to also say"This is an Exploit" bold and clear, front and center, when they respond to such things. Leave no room for error. They did. Look at Eric's first post in this very thread. Page 6, I believe. Edit: sorry, page 5. Edited April 29, 2015 by Andrellma Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Code_Airwolf Posted April 29, 2015 Share Posted April 29, 2015 Hey folks, As I mentioned earlier this morning, we very quickly isolated what the exploit entailed and began an investigation into players who have participated. As of now, we have identified those unique accounts which have gone into the blocked off area of Ziost, and killed one of the two bosses present. For each of these players, they will receive a minimum of the following action: Multiple day suspension Removal of all gear earned through defeating those bossesRemoval of all achievements earned through defeating those bossesReduction in Elite and Ultimate Commendations We will continue to monitor the blocked off area of Ziost throughout Monday, May the 4th, which is when it opens officially. Any player who is found to participate in this exploit beyond today’s notice will likely receive more aggressive action. Thank you all for bringing this to our attention. -eric Handled appropriately, imo. Nicely done! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merlinmagus Posted April 29, 2015 Share Posted April 29, 2015 For the exploiters: please at least write a guide in the meantime. I am excited about the new hm fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JedixJarf Posted April 29, 2015 Share Posted April 29, 2015 I want to see a hotfix at some point before monday. 204 Mainhands need to be removed from the game. 198 mainhands shouldn't even be dropping this ****. Torque fire needs to be changed to something else, even if it's the old fire. Seriously, this is dumb. While you're at it, close off the new area until monday. Should the devs make you breakfast too while they are at it? lol bro. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magvay Posted April 29, 2015 Share Posted April 29, 2015 (edited) And remove 204 MH from loot table completely please Edited April 29, 2015 by Magvay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TUXs Posted April 29, 2015 Share Posted April 29, 2015 I vote for crucifixians along the Appian Way. That might be a bit extreme...just a bit... The BEST part of this whole thing... The speed with which they've acted to address it. I can't say how impressed I am with how well THIS exploit was handled, start to finish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerba Posted April 29, 2015 Share Posted April 29, 2015 (edited) For each of these players, they will receive a minimum of the following action:Multiple day suspension Removal of all gear earned through defeating those bossesRemoval of all achievements earned through defeating those bossesReduction in Elite and Ultimate Commendations Thanks for the update, this means a lot to honest players who don't want to break the ToS. It is nice to know that you are taking action, and these actions feel entirely appropriate for the situation since this is not as big as some previous exploits, and it sets a good standard for how you will handle future exploits. I'll wait until I actually hear about individual players receiving action before making my final judgment but trust that those actions will indeed take place and affect everyone with no exploiter left out. Edited April 29, 2015 by Jerba Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkov Posted April 29, 2015 Share Posted April 29, 2015 (edited) Thanks for the update, this means a lot to honest players who don't want to break the ToS. It is nice to know that you are taking action, and these actions feel entirely appropriate for the situation since this is not as big as some previous exploits, and it sets a good standard for how you will handle future exploits. I'll wait until I actually hear about individual players receiving action before making my final judgment but trust that those actions will indeed take place and affect everyone with no exploiter left out. The ban is 72 hours according to someone who received it posting on Dulfy's site. Edited April 29, 2015 by darkov Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HuNtOziO Posted April 29, 2015 Share Posted April 29, 2015 It would be hilarious and awesome if the game time suspensions all started on the 4th of May, hahahah. Do it, then slap on the shades bioware. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rankyn Posted April 29, 2015 Share Posted April 29, 2015 I'd also hope that any repeat offenders from the previous exploit receive a more harsh punishment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sudo Posted April 29, 2015 Share Posted April 29, 2015 Color me somewhat impressed at their response time, but May 4th is still a ways a way, so we'll see how hard they really throw the hammer down... Still a long ways to make up for the years of issues we've put up with so far... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JedixJarf Posted April 29, 2015 Share Posted April 29, 2015 Color me somewhat impressed at their response time, but May 4th is still a ways a way, so we'll see how hard they really throw the hammer down... Still a long ways to make up for the years of issues we've put up with so far... You willingly pay for issues, no one is forcing you to give them $15/month. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hockaday Posted April 29, 2015 Share Posted April 29, 2015 Hey folks, As I mentioned earlier this morning, we very quickly isolated what the exploit entailed and began an investigation into players who have participated. As of now, we have identified those unique accounts which have gone into the blocked off area of Ziost, and killed one of the two bosses present. For each of these players, they will receive a minimum of the following action: Multiple day suspension Removal of all gear earned through defeating those bossesRemoval of all achievements earned through defeating those bossesReduction in Elite and Ultimate Commendations We will continue to monitor the blocked off area of Ziost throughout Monday, May the 4th, which is when it opens officially. Any player who is found to participate in this exploit beyond today’s notice will likely receive more aggressive action. Thank you all for bringing this to our attention. -eric Hey, remember when people exploited multiple sets of gear, and all they got was a single day suspension? Yeah... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tsillah Posted April 29, 2015 Share Posted April 29, 2015 Hey folks, As I mentioned earlier this morning, we very quickly isolated what the exploit entailed and began an investigation into players who have participated. As of now, we have identified those unique accounts which have gone into the blocked off area of Ziost, and killed one of the two bosses present. For each of these players, they will receive a minimum of the following action: Multiple day suspension Removal of all gear earned through defeating those bossesRemoval of all achievements earned through defeating those bossesReduction in Elite and Ultimate Commendations We will continue to monitor the blocked off area of Ziost throughout Monday, May the 4th, which is when it opens officially. Any player who is found to participate in this exploit beyond today’s notice will likely receive more aggressive action. Thank you all for bringing this to our attention. -eric I appreciate the quick reaction to this. At the same time it's an indication of the effect of this whnen you see how these people are posting video's of how they beat this boss on youtube gloating about it. This is the side of MMOs that I always found a bit unfortunate I suppose, but the epeen is strong in these guilds. They consider the 3-day ban "totally worth it". Clearly a 3 day ban is not a deterrent at all and that's something to think about I suppose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
masstan Posted April 29, 2015 Share Posted April 29, 2015 At the same time it's an indication of the effect of this whnen you see how these people are posting video's of how they beat this boss on youtube gloating about it. This is the side of MMOs that I always found a bit unfortunate I suppose, but the epeen is strong in these guilds. They consider the 3-day ban "totally worth it". Clearly a 3 day ban is not a deterrent at all and that's something to think about I suppose. It shows who those datacron explorers are and what they are like - posting screenshots and videos of the kill... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FalmeseReb Posted April 29, 2015 Share Posted April 29, 2015 Multiple day? So.. 2 days. Big deal. Geeze it's not like they cheated and got the gear for free they legitimately killed the boss. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Infernixx Posted April 29, 2015 Share Posted April 29, 2015 A even handed approach. I would have gone for a week's suspension, myself, but this is still a good deterrent. The exploiters lose what they gained and that's what's matters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Wulff Posted April 29, 2015 Share Posted April 29, 2015 I'd say the BW staff worked quickly on this but I think personally I would have been happier seeing that the ban put in place would have kept the offenders out of the game until the 5th preventing them from being on the first team to finish the new boss but I can be a bit of a jerk at times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JedixJarf Posted April 29, 2015 Share Posted April 29, 2015 Geeze it's not like they cheated and got the gear for free they legitimately killed the boss. Seriously, what is the big deal... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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