Curse

Dayquil · Feb 22, 2012, 04:47 AM // 04:47

There are ppl in pre doing the countdown reset thing now too. Prolly just have someone in post doing it, but its happening here too

chaosincarnate87 · Feb 22, 2012, 04:49 AM // 04:49

anyone else notice it is also showing that people who have been dc'd (i don't know if it HAS to be by you, but in my case they were) on your friends list are displayed as in towns and instances they had been in HOURS previous to the disconnect and current area they're in?

Linksys · Feb 22, 2012, 04:51 AM // 04:51

If they do a roll back, I hope they don't do it too far back. I maxed my wisdom title recently.

Minami · Feb 22, 2012, 04:52 AM // 04:52

Quote:

Originally Posted by Swingline

Its a good laugh, you just need to grow a sense of humor. GW is srs bsns huh?

Nothing a server rollback cant fix.

I edited my post but you might've not seen it:

On another thought, yes, it is "upsetting" (too strong of a word, but I can't think of another one at 11 pm when my native language is not English

) me with regards to these immature people trying to ruin other people's good time.
I care about what affects other people, hence my disdain over these happenings.

I am not furious, as trolls would like people to feel, simply annoyed for other people's sake.
I would have liked to talk to my friend over team chat while trying to sell my pumpkin cookies, or spam my party points. I'll just do it all over again tomorrow, no big deal.

Eevee11 · Feb 22, 2012, 04:52 AM // 04:52

Quote:

Originally Posted by chaosincarnate87

anyone else notice it is also showing that people who have been dc'd (i don't know if it HAS to be by you, but in my case they were) on your friends list are displayed as in towns and instances they had been in HOURS previous to the disconnect and current area they're in?

My experience is different. It stopped showing all my friend's locations alltogether.

Dayquil · Feb 22, 2012, 04:53 AM // 04:53

I managed to get a ss of someone doing an accurate countdown. Didnt get it the first time, but I did the 2nd time, which was <1min after the first. Would that help any guru admins or whatever at all?

Swingline · Feb 22, 2012, 04:54 AM // 04:54

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dayquil

I managed to get a ss of someone doing an accurate countdown. Didnt get it the first time, but I did the 2nd time, which was <1min after the first. Would that help any guru admins or whatever at all?

No. Many people are doing it.

Da Kenster · Feb 22, 2012, 04:57 AM // 04:57

Looks like people are taking advantage and trying to score on the reset records lists.

shoesbags · Feb 22, 2012, 04:57 AM // 04:57

Maybe we'll get to see another mass Dhuum for all the troublemakers :3

Minami · Feb 22, 2012, 04:57 AM // 04:57

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dayquil

I managed to get a ss of someone doing an accurate countdown. Didnt get it the first time, but I did the 2nd time, which was <1min after the first. Would that help any guru admins or whatever at all?

If you want, you can submit a support ticket with the screenshot.
If Anet needs them, I'm sure they'll ask.
Although I'd imagine it's kind of easy to track down people who did this by looking at the logs.

Krazy Kat · Feb 22, 2012, 04:57 AM // 04:57

Looks like it's fixed temporarily. Observer mode has been disabled.

Linksys · Feb 22, 2012, 05:00 AM // 05:00

If you were annoyed by the people doing this on purpose in Kamadan or anywhere, no need to be embarrassed or feel like you were trolled. It's understandable.

Avatar Exico · Feb 22, 2012, 05:16 AM // 05:16

Iv known this bug for awhile. Cause I got freaked out once, when I watching HA match and wanted to go to Guild Hall and all of sudden got d/ced and when I login, all my characters were wiped. When I log back out and back in they were there.

Linksys · Feb 22, 2012, 05:21 AM // 05:21

Quote:

Originally Posted by Avatar Exico

Iv known this bug for awhile. Cause I got freaked out once, when I watching HA match and wanted to go to Guild Hall and all of sudden got d/ced and when I login, all my characters were wiped. When I log back out and back in they were there.

OMG that would freak me out too. That's worse than seeing a flyer on my windshield but first thinking it's a parking ticket.

Swingline · Feb 22, 2012, 05:26 AM // 05:26

Quote:

Originally Posted by Avatar Exico

Iv known this bug for awhile. Cause I got freaked out once, when I watching HA match and wanted to go to Guild Hall and all of sudden got d/ced and when I login, all my characters were wiped. When I log back out and back in they were there.

I have seen this bug too but in a different way and not so harsh. When creating PvP characters I sometimes didn't see them when I logged out. Common sense told me it was a bug and that they are there, a quick relog confirmed that.

I am very surprised Anet has software this faulty

Avatar Exico · Feb 22, 2012, 05:31 AM // 05:31

Yeah, Now I when I HA match or GVG, always tell myself to exit Observer Mode than go where I want go, or bug will happened cause even happened when I wanted go to Kamadam too.

spun ducky · Feb 22, 2012, 05:45 AM // 05:45

So I am already hearing from a few people if you opened a birthday present or coffer of whispers or similiar items and didn't get a good item you could do the DC to get it back. It seems they shutdown the observer mode for the moment so it no longer works but makes me wonder how many armbraces and what not were created through this method in the one hour window...

Da Kenster · Feb 22, 2012, 05:48 AM // 05:48

Gaile Gray posted in the Guild Wars Support Forum:

We are aware of the exploit and have taken Observer Mode offline. We will re-enable the system once we have ascertained that the exploit is no longer an issue.

Thank you for your reports, and thank you also for your patience as we complete the work we need to do to close the exploit and deal with those who abused it.

P.S. Using an exploit results in account termination.

spun ducky · Feb 22, 2012, 05:53 AM // 05:53

Quote:

Originally Posted by Da Kenster

Gaile Gray posted in the Guild Wars Support Forum:

We are aware of the exploit and have taken Observer Mode offline. We will re-enable the system once we have ascertained that the exploit is no longer an issue.

Thank you for your reports, and thank you also for your patience as we complete the work we need to do to close the exploit and deal with those who abused it.

P.S. Using an exploit results in account termination.

I don't see how they can call the crashing an exploit at all since it didn't do anything out of the ordinary that players do when they try to observe a match. I think most people would call it crappy design that an intended feature is broken.

The bigger question is what in fact happened in that HA match that messed up the whole observer mode if that was the cause.

Swingline · Feb 22, 2012, 05:54 AM // 05:54

Quote:

Originally Posted by spun ducky

So I am already hearing from a few people if you opened a birthday present or coffer of whispers or similiar items and didn't get a good item you could do the DC to get it back. It seems they shutdown the observer mode for the moment so it no longer works but makes me wonder how many armbraces and what not were created through this method in the one hour window...

As far as I know its not a duplication exploit. All it did was rollback the server a few seconds.