Curse

spun ducky · Apr 04, 2008, 10:13 AM // 10:13

Awww no more spam bots now who will listen to my drunken rambles at 3am and act like they are listening always giving me kind responses like gold will make me feel better. roflz Good riddance to those annoying things.

Mr. Undisclosed · Apr 04, 2008, 10:24 AM // 10:24

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Originally Posted by StormDragonZ

For those of you who hate division, that's approximately 246.6k per player.

Because they each had the exact same ammount of gold? lol

distilledwill · Apr 04, 2008, 11:00 AM // 11:00

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Originally Posted by Mr. Undisclosed

Because they each had the exact same ammount of gold? lol

Well.. duuuh! obviously! :P

Anyway, GJ Anet, and cheers for the stats Gaile. I havent seen any bots recently, so I assume its working (Although, I havent spent much time in the prime botting spots.)

Witchblade · Apr 04, 2008, 11:35 AM // 11:35

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Originally Posted by Gaile Gray

Terminated 4,876 accounts associated with RMT networks

5124 to go for maxed title

Ku Ku · Apr 04, 2008, 11:56 AM // 11:56

I'm glad to see anet taking the bull by the horns so to speak! You guys are tackling this from every angle - nice work. (P.s. Impliment marketplace now :P?)

Arduin · Apr 04, 2008, 12:36 PM // 12:36

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Originally Posted by Witchblade

5124 to go for maxed title

Haha post of the week

But seriously, job very well done. It makes playing a lot more fun without all those gold sellers spamming you as soon as you log in.

thral · Apr 04, 2008, 12:56 PM // 12:56

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Originally Posted by Gaile Gray

Oh, now, see? I like your way of thinking. And I say minipets -- the super-rare and amazing text minipets! -- for all!!

I wouldnt mind minipets....say nightfall based ones as an African minipet theme thing

. Were still waiting for a minipet giveaway here(South Africa).(Dont forget the people in Australia and New Zealand, i know its the same for you guys too.)

Good Job by the way. International district is so much quiter and i dont get adverts whisped to me every hour

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MagmaRed · Apr 04, 2008, 01:30 PM // 13:30

Nice stats. I agree that we are weak on stats for the game though. Is it possible to have some sats released that people might be interested in? Ones I'm curious about, especially after seeing the stats like those are:

- Total # of accounts (we know 5 million copies sold, but how many are people who own 1 game only, and how many with multiple games linked?)
- Total # of bots banned (not including bans for EULA abuse, just the bots)
- Activity levels (max, min, and average players in a 24 hour period maybe)
- Total number of guilds (not including disbanded ones, just ones active)
- Total number of alliances (comparison between Kurzick and Luxon)
- Total number of PvP characters and PvE characters (would fluxuate due to deletion, but would be neat to see)

I'm glad we get stats, I just wish we got more.

Holly Herro · Apr 04, 2008, 02:07 PM // 14:07

That's alot of gold Gaile..

Buy yourself a new set of shiny armor? :P

FrAnt1c² · Apr 04, 2008, 02:20 PM // 14:20

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Originally Posted by MagmaRed

Nice stats. I agree that we are weak on stats for the game though. Is it possible to have some sats released that people might be interested in? Ones I'm curious about, especially after seeing the stats like those are:

- Total # of accounts (we know 5 million copies sold, but how many are people who own 1 game only, and how many with multiple games linked?)
- Total # of bots banned (not including bans for EULA abuse, just the bots)
- Activity levels (max, min, and average players in a 24 hour period maybe)
- Total number of guilds (not including disbanded ones, just ones active)
- Total number of alliances (comparison between Kurzick and Luxon)
- Total number of PvP characters and PvE characters (would fluxuate due to deletion, but would be neat to see)

I'm glad we get stats, I just wish we got more.

Yeah or some "live" stats, like how many players are online atm, in a specific area or something similar

Solas · Apr 04, 2008, 02:59 PM // 14:59

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Originally Posted by Nevin

.... You is not thinking straight my friend.

...Neitherr are you...
.....it's a figure of speech-.-

On Topic- yeah i havn't been pm'd once by bots since the update

good call.

truemyths · Apr 04, 2008, 03:28 PM // 15:28

wow
190 Million in gold!

So if you divide this by 100K lots, that's 1,902 lots... multiplied by 22 bucks per lot, then that's roughly 42 thousand dollars in real money that people spent to get that 190M.

One of the things I'm thinking is either it's really hard to make money selling gold, or that 190M is just a drop in the bucket. And when I see it as 190M I think to myself yeah, that would screw up the economy.

Master Knightfall · Apr 04, 2008, 03:51 PM // 15:51

It's all well and nice, but, after 3 years I think it's a tad bit too late now. The economy is already ruined, prices have slumped to an all time low. Nobody is really buying anything anymore (I know I'm not) cause the game is old and many people already have what they want or need (you see them say this in almost every economy thread or how much ingame money do you make etc. etc.)

With hard mode one can play the newbie areas and get great drops of superior vigors, all the 15^50 inscriptions you want all the +20% ones you want and play them solo or with 2 or 3 heroes even. Perfect weapons galore. It's just not a "believeable" world anymore it's more of just a romper room online mmo anymore.

It was so much better in the beginning days when things really had value and people weren't exploiting the game all over the place (running through the content just to get some elite skills and max armor then coming back to newbieland and stomping through 3/4ths of the entire game without worry). When people didn't complain about your builds or laughed at others because they weren't like them or used MENDING. lol

The best days are already gone so even booting the gold sellers and botters around isn't doing anything, but, making those that love watching other people get into trouble happier and give them something to ewwww and ahhhhh about. And brown nose to Anet staff of course.

Ulterion · Apr 04, 2008, 04:02 PM // 16:02

GG Anet. No more spamming. Prices will hopefully drop some. I just hope ya'll intend on changing, or even expunging, Loot-Scaling from the game so that players can enjoy the fruits of their farming labors. It's a shame that all the damage the botters, cheaters, dupers, exploiters, etc.'s dealt cannot be reverted. Nonetheless, it's progress. =]

Gli · Apr 04, 2008, 04:07 PM // 16:07

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Originally Posted by Master Knightfall

It's all well and nice, but, after 3 years I think it's a tad bit too late now.

I don't think it's a stretch to assume that the introduction of a working anti-RTM/botting strategy in this game has much to do with the new one currently under development.

Whisper Evenstar · Apr 04, 2008, 04:17 PM // 16:17

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Originally Posted by Gli

I don't think it's a stretch to assume that the introduction of a working anti-RTM/botting strategy in this game has much to do with the new one currently under development.

Exactly.... but I guess some people have to cry about everything.

GG Anet - keep it up!

Fates Cry · Apr 04, 2008, 06:22 PM // 18:22

Gaile,

"Removed 190,200,000 purchased gold from 771 players"

Were theses 771 accounts banned?

I would hope so. I recall, a couple months ago, 117 players were banned for breaking the EULA.

Is gold buying not against the EULA?

Siirius Black · Apr 04, 2008, 06:30 PM // 18:30

Kudos for you anet.

Hopefully you will remove loot scaling now that the introduction of money (190,000,000) to the game would not be that much, and people will be able to earn their money with honest farming.

That's a lot of money confiscated !!! that would have gone into the GW economy.

Siirius Black · Apr 04, 2008, 06:31 PM // 18:31

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Originally Posted by Fates Cry

Gaile,

"Removed 190,200,000 purchased gold from 771 players"

Were theses 771 accounts banned?

I would hope so. I recall, a couple months ago, 117 players were banned for breaking the EULA.

Is gold buying not against the EULA?

I think they where banned for 3 days. If I remember correctly and the money taken away from their accounts.

gone · Apr 04, 2008, 06:43 PM // 18:43

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Removed 190,200,000 purchased gold from 771 players

good job but..I don't know what the going rate of plat(s) is/are...but that is money, real money that anet coulda had in their pockets.

i'm hella hung over and not about to look further into it to do the math, but i'm sure it would have been a nice take for someone.