Curse

Horace Slughorn · Mar 29, 2011, 04:23 AM // 04:23

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Originally Posted by Pugs Not Drugs

and found myself wearing ironic t-shirts

haha :P

but ya, i probably wouldn't have the energy to start over

*lemming* · Mar 29, 2011, 04:38 AM // 04:38

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Originally Posted by RedDog91

I do feel bad for you, but you need to get over the emotional part of it and think clearly about why they can't help you.

If they were good at what they do, they could. It's true that the OP is screwed, but that's no reason to not put the blame where it's deserved.

nagennif · Mar 29, 2011, 05:07 AM // 05:07

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Originally Posted by Pugs Not Drugs

i had my account stolen by a hacker once

when i got my account back, i realized that my obby armor was gone

enraged, i swore revenge on this hacker and made it my life's goal to destroy him and all that his life was worth

i dabbled in necromancy and black magic for many years until i finally discovered an ancient curse in an old dusty text that promised to ensure that the target of the curse will get a boner while wearing shorts at the most inappropriate time

unfortunately, i needed to know who my hacker was

i then spent several months undercover in a gang of hackers, learning their ways and customs. i became fluent in L33TSP33K and found myself wearing ironic t-shirts. i was soon indistinguishable from the other hackers

i was ready

after a long night of preparation, i used my leet computer skills to track down my hacker. i busted down his door, and saw the fear in his eyes as i began to cast the curse on him. i felt something tug inside my heart, and stopped

then i realized how stupid i had been and played dragon age 2 instead

LMAO! Very funny. Two thumbs up.

zwei2stein · Mar 29, 2011, 06:17 AM // 06:17

Well, given that you are GWAMM and 50/50 and that your characters themselves were not deleted, I would say you did not loose actually important stuff.

Cheer up, it could have been much worse!

OutlawFMA · Mar 29, 2011, 07:33 AM // 07:33

I feel for you man. I do not know if will do much , but if there is anyway I can help in anyway dealing with anything I will be glad to help. Just give me a PM ingame. My IGN is

EPO Bot · Mar 29, 2011, 07:44 AM // 07:44

If you still have the GWAMM you don't have much of a grind to do. It would be worse if they had deleted your main just to troll you (like in the Diablo 2 days: any hardcore character was stripped naked and inevitably killed off), but your average RMT'er is too nerdy and mechanical to care about griefing. He has more phishing to do. Faster.

Gift3d · Mar 29, 2011, 07:47 AM // 07:47

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Originally Posted by nagennif

literally start again from scratch with nothing

at this point in the game nobody could realistically expect that, but let's pop out of this far from earth bubble you seem to be stuck in for a second, do you really think arenanet, the developer of this game, is gonna send you support emails saying "well, sorry dude you're shit out of luck don't play anymoar."?

come on. i know guru loves melodrama but you can add a mark to the "people who sympathize" counter from me in hopes that you're all quenched, i care very much and am soooo sorry for your loss!!!

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Originally Posted by nagennif

3 year veteran

though this did made me giggle like a school girl

gremlin · Mar 29, 2011, 08:13 AM // 08:13

If it happened to me my first thoughts after the shock would be how and are they in effect still in my computer.
I would have to console myself with the fact that I spent a lot of good times in the game and that just about every title elite armour etc was only gained to put in the hom.
I didn't bother with any of that stuff till the hom came out and all of it is still safe.

On a personal level I probably wouldn't play gw again for a very long time if at all.
Its not the loss of stuff its the daily reminder each time I play that it happened.
So I would play other games and wait for gw2 which had better have great security.

I wonder if it an additional protection for players would be for items to have an extra option above customisation.
Might be possible for a player to set their elite armour etc as protected so even they cannot delete it.
In effect you cannot delete drop on the ground sell or salvage.

It would fix your armour set permanently on the character of course so you would have to be careful and they could always sell a pack in the store to change everything if you decided a change was needed.
Or the armour could just be made unsalvagable in some way and the costume seller enabled to sell you copies.
Doesnt really matter as long as it removes any profit motive and makes as much of an account recoverable except for things like cash cons ectos etc they are just impossible to protect.

But if the bad guys cannot delete stuff that players consider has a sentimental value its all to the good and even the players couldn't make anything from trashing their own account.
Must be possible to either make armour like costumes or fixed permanently.

Aeronwen · Mar 29, 2011, 08:29 AM // 08:29

Nagennif,

I am so sorry this has happened to you. I live in terror of it happening to me.

I am astonished tho that your guild does not seem to have helped you out, and I do not understand why you left your guild. Unless the two are related.

Good luck with moving on.

distilledwill · Mar 29, 2011, 08:32 AM // 08:32

NCSoft, man. I've always found them to be rather brusque.

ian1421 · Mar 29, 2011, 08:48 AM // 08:48

I'm very sorry you got hacked, I would of actually cryed at first and manned up

all I have is people know me on my rit after 5 years. If I was you I'd delete the chars and start over if you can't stand the sight. Its part of the fun anyway, you know what your doing, so get stuck in again! Hacking someone is 1 thing, but leaving chars naked is totally wrong.

Cool Story Pugs Not Drugs.

nagennif · Mar 29, 2011, 08:53 AM // 08:53

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Originally Posted by OutlawFMA

I feel for you man. I do not know if will do much , but if there is anyway I can help in anyway dealing with anything I will be glad to help. Just give me a PM ingame. My IGN is Florana Stormrage.

Thanks for this, but I've decided, for the time being, not to play again. I don't know if I will come back or not, but if so there are many friends and guildies who would help.

The problem for me is starting from square one. I don't really like to take stuff from people, I've always been more of a giver. Being put into this situation is particularly hard on people who prefer to give than receive.

I do appreciate the offer though.

One last thing...I'm really not sure it's a great idea, security wise, to post game names on forums. I know you're doing this out of kindness, but after being hacked I can't really recommend it, just in case.

Once bitten, twice shy, I guess.

nagennif · Mar 29, 2011, 08:58 AM // 08:58

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Originally Posted by Aeronwen

Nagennif,

I am so sorry this has happened to you. I live in terror of it happening to me.

I am astonished tho that your guild does not seem to have helped you out, and I do not understand why you left your guild. Unless the two are related.

Good luck with moving on.

Oh sorry, I belong to Mara, and it's a great guild. Several people did offer to help me. I'm just more of a giver than a taker, and taking stuff makes me damned uncomfortable. I still might go and at least take mats for new max armor, but since I've decided not to play (for now), well...

My guild is always very supportive. The pain comes from losing stuff that are not the kinds of things I'd even think of asking a guild for. Two everlasting tonics, Obsidian and Vabbian Armor, my dedicated kunnevang which I loved. The celestial compass my wife got from the z chest and gave me as a gift.

To me, it's just painful to even start cataloging what I need. Mind you, it's a fresh wound and next week I might be able to creep back in and assess the entire mess.

But as for the guild, Mara is a stand up group of people. I have nothing bad to say about a single one of them.

Just wish I didn't hurt so much from this.

nagennif · Mar 29, 2011, 08:59 AM // 08:59

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Originally Posted by distilledwill

NCSoft, man. I've always found them to be rather brusque.

Yep, if they'd handled it differently, I wouldn't be as sad as I am now.

Nerel · Mar 29, 2011, 09:01 AM // 09:01

Go visit the Giveaway section of Ventari, it might give you a hand up at re-equipping your characters at the very least... sorry about your hacked account, good luck rebuilding if you choose to get back into it, thankfully your titles/HoM progress is unaffected by this.

Edit: OP, if you need weapons and equipment please visit my sale page here on Guru, you can grab up to 100k worth of weapons, equipment, mods etc for free... also if you need a hand with mats and cash for armor, feel free to contact me.

nagennif · Mar 29, 2011, 09:02 AM // 09:02

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Originally Posted by ian1421

I'm very sorry you got hacked, I would of actually cryed at first and manned up

all I have is people know me on my rit after 5 years. If I was you I'd delete the chars and start over if you can't stand the sight. Its part of the fun anyway, you know what your doing, so get stuck in again! Hacking someone is 1 thing, but leaving chars naked is totally wrong.

Cool Story Pugs Not Drugs.

I went back in and put costumes on everyone. Even though some of them have missing armor pieces, or worse still, no armor at all, at least I had purchased most of the costume sets that had come out, so my characters are no longer naked.

I don't know if I'll log in again, ever, but if I do I won't be coming back to naked characters.

I even thought about starting over with a new character (using the character slot from one of my empty storage characters), buying the mercenary pack) and using my old characters as heroes for my new character.

Just spending more money on this game after being treated this way by customer service sorta sticks in my throat. My wife isn't greatly fond of me spending money on this game either.

Mireles · Mar 29, 2011, 09:08 AM // 09:08

well, secure your account next time and you wont have this problem again...

nagennif · Mar 29, 2011, 09:19 AM // 09:19

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Originally Posted by Nerel

Go visit the Giveaway section of Ventari, it might give you a hand up at re-equipping your characters at the very least... sorry about your hacked account, good luck rebuilding if you choose to get back into it, thankfully your titles/HoM progress is unaffected by this.

Edit: OP, if you need weapons and equipment please visit my sale page here on Guru, you can grab up to 100k worth of weapons, equipment, mods etc for free... also if you need a hand with mats and cash for armor, feel free to contact me.

I really appreciate this but honestly I'm not looking for charity. If I do play, I'll get myself up and running. I don't want to inconvenience anyone else. I want to have what I've already worked for. If they can't restore that, I'll probably just start over slowly from scratch.

Just thinking, the runes for the heroes on 22 characters, OMFG. I'll never be able to replace all that stuff. And now you can use seven heroes. I'd been looking forward to trying that. lol

Seriously, thank you so much for the offer. People like you are the reason Guild Wars has such a great community.

nagennif · Mar 29, 2011, 09:35 AM // 09:35

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Originally Posted by Mireles

well, secure your account next time and you wont have this problem again...

There won't be a next time, with this game, I'm sure, but yes, I've already taken steps to make my account more secure.

Thanks for the advice.

fino · Mar 29, 2011, 10:12 AM // 10:12

Hello everyone!
I got hacked or not?
Today i cant login so i changed my password and tadaaaa i noticed my main char was naked and then i know whats going on.
He deleted my fow armor stole my black dye 200 silver zaishen token 200 war suplies my vabbian armor all hero supvigor(arround 20 whith my char armor supvigors) BTW my scarr patter and fow gloves not gone cuz i wearing chaos gloves thats gone too and he messed up my storge+ storage char and my interface...
INTERFACE wtf this isnt a hacker this is something what arenenet wont tell about bugs and network failure... How can a hacker miss a minipet what is 160 ecto? Holy Sh*t!
And why you hack somebody who dosent played for 3 month and come back just 1 week ago? Noo enemies No offens talk i did nothing wrong...
My pass is storng and got nothing realy nothing on my credit card... this is a realy nice comeback realy i just planned a lot of things what i want to do in GW till GW2 and now i have to do more work? No THX! Here is the end! Real life im comeing!!!!!!!!!