Has the game ever stolen your items? - Guild Wars Forums

chingon · Oct 16, 2005, 05:40 AM // 05:40

Here's what happened to me.
My monk character got a purple protecting players icon
+12Energy
purple req8
+4Armor
-20hp

This and my +5Energy sword gave my smiting monk a better setup than the 55 monks use imo. I used the icon for a bit, and then I got a NET ERROR.
So as I always do, I reconnected, but to my surprice, my icon was gone.

This NET ERROR happened to me about a minute after I got the icon which imo is very rare. Now I'm upset cus it seems as if the game detected my setup and somehow decided that it was invalid since this setup gave me 85hp and 60(if I remember correctly) Energy, this made my smiting monk super powerful since I had no Energy worries.

Has anything like this happened to any of you?
And, shouldn't this NET ERROR STEALING not be toletared by gamers?

Savio · Oct 16, 2005, 05:43 AM // 05:43

First off, I think you mean a -20 hp focus item, as otherwise that item would be uber and I'd steal it from you.

Second, sometimes if you get a NETERR = 7 the servers don't save what your character just did, got, or whatnot. You'll just have to deal with it. I've lost worse. Also, all today my connection's been kicking me off every hour, so I have a lot more to complain about.

chingon · Oct 16, 2005, 06:25 AM // 06:25

It was not a -20hp focus item.
It was a -20hp protecting players icon
and tocorrect my earlier post, this gave me 54Energy, still more than a 55monk. AND yes, it was uber and they stole it from me.

One and Two · Oct 16, 2005, 06:30 AM // 06:30

Savio, -20 offhands do drop in the game.

Chingon, it sucks, but that's how life is. At least this was in-game.

Savio · Oct 16, 2005, 06:38 AM // 06:38

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Originally Posted by One and Two

Savio, -20 offhands do drop in the game.

Originally he listed it as a +20 hp offhand, which is why I said anything about it.

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Originally Posted by chingon

It was not a -20hp focus item.
It was a -20hp protecting players icon
and tocorrect my earlier post, this gave me 54Energy, still more than a 55monk. AND yes, it was uber and they stole it from me.

Some people, including me, refer to any offhand as a focus. It wasn't that uber an item; you can find some with +5 armor -20 health and another mod on top of that. Don't lose sleep over it.

chingon · Oct 16, 2005, 07:02 AM // 07:02

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Originally Posted by Savio

It wasn't that uber an item; you can find some with +5 armor -20 health and another mod on top of that. Don't lose sleep over it.

+5armor and -20hp and +12Energy?
I guess if these aren't that rare then I wont lose sleep over it.
It just seemed wierd to me that i got the neterror right after i got this item, since i wasn't entering or exiting an area, but i can live with it.

Savio · Oct 16, 2005, 07:09 AM // 07:09

Incidentally, there was a thread here a couple of days back about it:
http://www.guildwarsguru.com/forum/s...ad.php?t=69176

Lag Hell · Oct 16, 2005, 09:29 AM // 09:29

i have experienced problems like this also, arnt connection errors like this easily exploited to dupe items?

LifeInfusion · Oct 16, 2005, 12:22 PM // 12:22

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Originally Posted by Lag Hell

i have experienced problems like this also, arnt connection errors like this easily exploited to dupe items?

How would disconnecting duplicate an item? At best, you would lose the ability to pick it. Besides, shame on you for thinking of the concept

Judas Paladin · Oct 16, 2005, 03:40 PM // 15:40

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Originally Posted by LifeInfusion

How would disconnecting duplicate an item? At best, you would lose the ability to pick it. Besides, shame on you for thinking of the concept

yeah it can happen

it's happened to me a few times before. the so called duping, that is. But the method really holds no value unless you can somehow create the ERROR 7 by yourself and not randomly. Anyways, what happened was that i gave 4ish items in the trade window to a friend. About 2 minutes after, error 7 hit and when i relogged on, i saw that i still had those 4 items, and my friend--who didn't get hit by the error also had them. Wow duping...i don't know if this was fixed or not but to my knowledge there little way to replicate this process since the error was created randomly. So unless you sit there trading items between characters all day 24/7 hoping for an error 7 at the right time, this isn't gonna happen.

NeoDias · Oct 16, 2005, 10:48 PM // 22:48

i have met the same problem with you

Oct 16, 2005, 05:40 AM // 05:40	#1
chingon Academy Page Join Date: Sep 2005 Profession: R/Mo	Has the game ever stolen your items? Here's what happened to me. My monk character got a purple protecting players icon +12Energy purple req8 +4Armor -20hp This and my +5Energy sword gave my smiting monk a better setup than the 55 monks use imo. I used the icon for a bit, and then I got a NET ERROR. So as I always do, I reconnected, but to my surprice, my icon was gone. This NET ERROR happened to me about a minute after I got the icon which imo is very rare. Now I'm upset cus it seems as if the game detected my setup and somehow decided that it was invalid since this setup gave me 85hp and 60(if I remember correctly) Energy, this made my smiting monk super powerful since I had no Energy worries. Has anything like this happened to any of you? And, shouldn't this NET ERROR STEALING not be toletared by gamers?

Oct 16, 2005, 05:43 AM // 05:43	#2
Savio Teenager with attitude Join Date: Jul 2005 Guild: Fifteen Over Fifty [Rare]	First off, I think you mean a -20 hp focus item, as otherwise that item would be uber and I'd steal it from you. Second, sometimes if you get a NETERR = 7 the servers don't save what your character just did, got, or whatnot. You'll just have to deal with it. I've lost worse. Also, all today my connection's been kicking me off every hour, so I have a lot more to complain about.

Oct 16, 2005, 06:25 AM // 06:25	#3
chingon Academy Page Join Date: Sep 2005 Profession: R/Mo	It was not a -20hp focus item. It was a -20hp protecting players icon and tocorrect my earlier post, this gave me 54Energy, still more than a 55monk. AND yes, it was uber and they stole it from me.

Oct 16, 2005, 06:30 AM // 06:30	#4
One and Two Jungle Guide Join Date: Aug 2005	Savio, -20 offhands do drop in the game. Chingon, it sucks, but that's how life is. At least this was in-game.

Oct 16, 2005, 07:09 AM // 07:09	#7
Savio Teenager with attitude Join Date: Jul 2005 Guild: Fifteen Over Fifty [Rare]	Incidentally, there was a thread here a couple of days back about it: http://www.guildwarsguru.com/forum/s...ad.php?t=69176

Oct 16, 2005, 09:29 AM // 09:29	#8
Lag Hell Desert Nomad Join Date: Aug 2005	i have experienced problems like this also, arnt connection errors like this easily exploited to dupe items?

Oct 16, 2005, 10:48 PM // 22:48	#11
NeoDias Ascalonian Squire Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: NewYork	i have met the same problem with you