SoggyHotDog Posted December 31, 2011 Share Posted December 31, 2011 Even if one person takes this thread seriously, it's too many. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thundermace Posted December 31, 2011 Share Posted December 31, 2011 If this is true, then whoever made the decision to ban people over it needs to be fired immediately, and in a very public manner. It's like being a special forces operative behind enemy lines -- if you are caught, you are disavowed by your own government. Unless you are banning people who are hacking and/or gold selling, then pick a scapegoat and point the finger, Bioware. You did not overreact at all... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hobieone Posted December 31, 2011 Share Posted December 31, 2011 well i believe it. EA owns bioware. and EA has a well known reputation to be extremely harsh on their reasons for banning players for any reason. even if there is a exploit they know about or don't know about. but the players don't and the player uses it once by accident and reports it as a bug there is a 99% chance that the player that discovered the exploit and reported it as he should will be banned. that is why any online game that EA runs rarely get their bugs and exploits fixed. players are reluctant to report them for fear of EA banning them. I'm sorry BW devs. But that the reputation EA has with their online player base in all their online games regardless of the platform or type. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Feskitt Posted December 31, 2011 Share Posted December 31, 2011 I saw a lvl 14 on Illum yesterday. (I have no clue what he was doing there, nor how he could attack a single enemy w/o dying) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WookieBob Posted December 31, 2011 Share Posted December 31, 2011 flipping the faction ownership of Illum gave a lot of xp I think, no quests to accept, just area "bonus" quests like we have in other places. constant flipping...would this be the source of the people who reached 50 in two days? why would a level 50 zone give bonus quests with xp? no clue maybe for calculating legacy exp. I do know that conquering the pvp zone (which has no mobs and high level resource nodes) gives lots of xp or at least used to in beta (I conqured Illum in the name of the Sith). Story here is looking like this is what was happening and slicing is just a deliberate attempt to sidetrack. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sech Posted December 31, 2011 Share Posted December 31, 2011 If people are getting banned for going to a zone then this game is a much worse mess than I already thought it was. Honestly though, I do NOT believe this.I would imagine a GM would only ban you for going to Ilum if you're exploiting and they would warn you first, if you didn't listen to their warning and continued doing what you were doing then I can see them justifying a three day ban. AKA you didn't get banned for just going to the zone, impossible. Didn't happen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mmoguy Posted December 31, 2011 Share Posted December 31, 2011 Guess more of us need to read more than the first page before posting. I can see someone getting banned for exploiting the PVP zone. That makes sense. If that's all this is about then I don't see a problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andryah Posted December 31, 2011 Share Posted December 31, 2011 AKA you didn't get banned for just going to the zone, impossible. Didn't happen. /agree. if the claim is even true, then it was a banning for what you did in the zone, not for simply being in the zone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daeborn Posted December 31, 2011 Share Posted December 31, 2011 (edited) Players are being banned from the game for going to Ilum. Made up BS. I went there way before 40. Stop telling lies. Edited December 31, 2011 by Daeborn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NarcPG Posted December 31, 2011 Share Posted December 31, 2011 (edited) roarrr Edited December 31, 2011 by NarcPG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mivanda Posted December 31, 2011 Share Posted December 31, 2011 I think the reason people are getting banned for going to Ilum is exploitation. I doubt someone would get banned just for strolling into a high level area to look around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nerdwing Posted December 31, 2011 Share Posted December 31, 2011 Sounds like he was more or less gold farming, except not selling it. I dont think Bioware overreacted really, from what I've read at least. The guys who were meant to be there (50's) were down a node or chest or w/e due to him, so screw 'em. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mmoguy Posted December 31, 2011 Share Posted December 31, 2011 Let's try this again, shall we. Guess more of us need to read more than the first page before posting. I can see someone getting banned for exploiting the PVP zone. That makes sense. If that's all this is about then I don't see a problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justinaj Posted December 31, 2011 Share Posted December 31, 2011 (edited) Edit: nevermind. Edited December 31, 2011 by justinaj Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mollerina Posted December 31, 2011 Share Posted December 31, 2011 Of course Bioware is banning people... Bioware doesn't care about you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DClarkNV Posted December 31, 2011 Share Posted December 31, 2011 As to exploitation on Ilum by low levels, I just reported "bugged" and exploit where a level 21 was camping a loot box outside one of the republic stations. There were no enemy NPC's guarding the loot chest, so they just stood there looting it every time the timer reset it. I looted it once before this low level player did, just to see what was in it. I got 4K credits and a green level 50 item. So, call it what you will. Hopefully this gets addressed sooner rather than later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheUrgo Posted December 31, 2011 Share Posted December 31, 2011 Was your friend named Abfjoddfsiwee and was he camping chests? PROBABLY Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheUrgo Posted December 31, 2011 Share Posted December 31, 2011 Dangit, I just totally got banned for riding my mount into an area where mounts aren't allowed heheh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiabloMuerto Posted December 31, 2011 Share Posted December 31, 2011 I wish I could say I am surprised, but ladies and gentlemen, this is Bioware. This doesn't even make sense lol. You say that like Bioware has a reputation for this. Traditionally they have never made any games with multi-player so they would never have been in a position to ever ban anyone. This is certainly their first MMO so I would love to know how you justify that statement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grrl Posted December 31, 2011 Share Posted December 31, 2011 For those with doubts: Please read that. If this email is true, then this is the LAMEST thing i read ever from a game company. I will later check out ilum myself... because things liek this are creativity, breakign out of the LAME LINEARITY this game is! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avrose Posted December 31, 2011 Share Posted December 31, 2011 This doesn't even make sense lol. You say that like Bioware has a reputation for this. Traditionally they have never made any games with multi-player so they would never have been in a position to ever ban anyone. This is certainly their first MMO so I would love to know how you justify that statement. Bioware banned me for getting approval with Morrigan in the early levels of dragon age. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mollerina Posted December 31, 2011 Share Posted December 31, 2011 BIOWARE isn't going to apologize for anything... because they don't give a crap that they banned you or anyone else they don't like. Sorry but it's true. They will ban your account and then put yourass on ignore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nkitch Posted December 31, 2011 Share Posted December 31, 2011 (edited) Pretty sure where not hearing the full story just the bits that make headlines he prob told the GM to ******** after they moved him or somethig, couldn't care less tbh Edited December 31, 2011 by nkitch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JediMasterShake Posted December 31, 2011 Share Posted December 31, 2011 LMAO nicely done mate. Some are exploiting the weekly/daily missions using low level alts on Ilum. Funny Ilum exploiter video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTd1mfTpNTk The bans may be connected to that. Regardless I'm always suspicious when people say 'without warning'...usually there is a warning but a GM is hardly likely to post here that the player WAS warned is he/she? I *********** love this video. 99.99999% the OP was a cheater. Good riddance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belbullab Posted December 31, 2011 Share Posted December 31, 2011 Seriously? Are you telling me this isn't an exploit? what is the exploit? a level 400 slicer slices a high level slicing node. it's in a pvp area where he can be killed by the opposition at any moment. what is the game mechanism that isn't intended? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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