Curse

Narcissus · Jun 27, 2005, 11:28 PM // 23:28

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Closed exploit in Seeker's Passage.

Haven't had a chance to see what they changed exactly, but I am sure it has something to do with all the botting that went on there recently.

MrWho · Jun 27, 2005, 11:30 PM // 23:30

Just to mention, this is not the major weekly update, in case anyone is angry that they're changing so little.

That's later this week.

_jew

Caco-Cola · Jun 27, 2005, 11:32 PM // 23:32

Which exploit was this?

Adaria · Jun 27, 2005, 11:34 PM // 23:34

I'm curious about this myself, I haven't made it this far yet due to my computer bug and stuff. Blah.

INFERNO2K · Jun 27, 2005, 11:36 PM // 23:36

There was a wreckage chest outside of seekers passage which was able to be opened without any combat.

They added tons of devourers and hydras and storm kins in the way now.

EternalTempest · Jun 27, 2005, 11:38 PM // 23:38

hmm I love how the fact that they hide (and for good reason) the exact nature.
The whole 50k Xp Ascension Bug = Fixed XP exploit in Augury Rock.
Still don't know the details about it nor do I want to.

Keep up the good work Arena.net

I expect banning account message coming soon.

Quote:

Originally Posted by INFERNO2K

There was a wreckage chest outside of seekers passage which was able to be opened without any combat.

They added tons of devourers and hydras and storm kins in the way now.

This wasn't posted when I was typing

That awesome.

DarkWasp · Jun 27, 2005, 11:38 PM // 23:38

I hope they secretly nerfed the divinity one.

Dyeeo · Jun 27, 2005, 11:44 PM // 23:44

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Originally Posted by INFERNO2K

There was a wreckage chest outside of seekers passage which was able to be opened without any combat.

They added tons of devourers and hydras and storm kins in the way now.

Actually it was 4 wreckage chests.

Arrow Whisper · Jun 27, 2005, 11:47 PM // 23:47

From another message board:

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Originally Posted by Digital Bath

Holy cow, has anyone been out there recently? I was out there for a few hours last night because I was bored and talking to people, and the amount of botters was ridiculous. It's not like you can't tell they were botting either. It was the same people going over, and over, and over, and over, and over, lol, all running in the exact same straight line they ran the last time they were there. Also, there was horrid lag, like 5-10 second lag every minute or less. You know botting is bad when it puts enough stress on a server (district) that it causes it to lag. The one guild I saw a lot of was [good], quite a few of their guild running on through there. Heck, I saw this one guy (Asdada Dad) run through there numerous times that it got to be comical after a while (especially while having some ale, yum!). For those that don't know, there are 4 weckages out there, 2 that drop 2-4 items a wreck and 2 that drop gold, between 50-150 gold. *sigh* Bots are getting out of control out there, and I hope they don't spread to other parts of the game en mase' like they are here.

Deathlord · Jun 27, 2005, 11:51 PM // 23:51

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Game Update Implemented 27 June 2005

We have taken measures to correct a map location that has been heavily exploited by those using bots. This update is not connected with the normal weekly update, which will take place later this week.

Technically, they did explain that it was being exploited by botters, but they didn't explain the chest situation so it's still 50/50 on the Informative part. I'd rather them move the chests/take them out rather than sticking a army of mobs outside the entrance

. Does anybody have an idea when the Major update will be coming?

EternalTempest · Jun 27, 2005, 11:54 PM // 23:54

I like the idea of having monsters around chests, makes me think what could be in the chest guarded with monsters (I do PvE mostly). More sense of adventure to it.

[edit]
More to the point make the treasure rewards more for chests and have them guarded with monsters. So it's worth while to get the chests.

Loviatar · Jun 27, 2005, 11:54 PM // 23:54

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Originally Posted by Deathlord

Technically, they did explain that it was being exploited by botters, but they didn't explain the chest situation so it's still 50/50 on the Informative part. I'd rather them move the chests/take them out rather than sticking a army of mobs outside the entrance

. Does anybody have an idea when the Major update will be coming?

WEDNESDAY

sgtcurly · Jun 28, 2005, 12:02 AM // 00:02

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Originally Posted by Deathlord

I'd rather them move the chests/take them out rather than sticking a army of mobs outside the entrance

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Actually if I was working for Anet, I would have done the same thing. This way I could watch the bots go out to the chest and die, go out to chest and die, over and over again. This would absolutely verify that it is a bot and make it easier to ban them.

Eclair · Jun 28, 2005, 12:05 AM // 00:05

I like that they fixed it, but Storm Kin? Oh gosh, I had enough of those when I had to go kill Yxyslothdkofjdlfj or wtvr for the ranger profession change quest T_T

Tactical-Dillusions · Jun 28, 2005, 12:22 AM // 00:22

I emailed ArenaNet of a massive chest farming location and several names were forwarded to them.
I noticed one guy several times at town X coming in and out.
I got curious so i looked closer and i saw what looked like a whole guild there....at least 11 members of the same guild...doing the same thing. Only two of them were AFK, the rest must be amassing a fortune.
I showed my girlfriend the activities (she often watches me play) and even she saw it with her own eyes. "Look, [mr X] is back again!"

I started a chart to show how many times each of them was coming and going. Every two minutes for one of them.
I even pointed out to my girlfriend that the next time "Y" would return, the character (or bot) would nudge to the left on the way out, stop, turn, cross to the right, turn again and head on out. Sure enough, like clockwork, the bot did do EXACTLY that!
They even made stops to the merchant and storage ffs!!

Two of them in particular were very hardy farmers. They didn't hide the fact that they were bots but the others were more obscure but still followed a pattern, just resting after each stop for a couple of minutes.

In the end i had to stop making the chart because i felt angry. Only the thought of foiling their plans made the sicky feeling go away.

There were two other guys doing it who weren't in the guild but i could only remember the name of one of them to forward.
Identity? No, i can't say unfortunately but i know they are now being watched! It's always nice to get an immediate and personal thankyou from the powers that be.

Ban those disgusting botters...please make nerfing either temporary or non-existent. Us honest folk have been cheated enough.

I call upon the community to band together to keep ArenaNet working on expansions and goodies...not to be tied down with monitoring and nerfing.

Keep up the good work A'Net, you can be sure of the support of the community as always.

StandardAI · Jun 28, 2005, 12:27 AM // 00:27

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tactical-Dillusions

I emailed ArenaNet of a massive chest farming location and several names were forwarded to them.
I noticed one guy several times at town X coming in and out.
I got curious so i looked closer and i saw what looked like a whole guild there....at least 11 members of the same guild...doing the same thing. Only two of them were AFK, the rest must be amassing a fortune.
I showed my girlfriend the activities (she often watches me play) and even she saw it with her own eyes. "Look, [mr X] is back again!"

I started a chart to show how many times each of them was coming and going. Every two minutes for one of them.
I even pointed out to my girlfriend that the next time "Y" would return, the character (or bot) would nudge to the left on the way out, stop, turn, cross to the right, turn again and head on out. Sure enough, like clockwork, the bot did do EXACTLY that!
They even made stops to the merchant and storage ffs!!

Two of them in particular were very hardy farmers. They didn't hide the fact that they were bots but the others were more obscure but still followed a pattern, just resting after each stop for a couple of minutes.

In the end i had to stop making the chart because i felt angry. Only the thought of foiling their plans made the sicky feeling go away.

There were two other guys doing it who weren't in the guild but i could only remember the name of one of them to forward.
Identity? No, i can't say unfortunately but i know they are now being watched! It's always nice to get an immediate and personal thankyou from the powers that be.

Ban those disgusting botters...please make nerfing either temporary or non-existent. Us honest folk have been cheated enough.

I call upon the community to band together to keep ArenaNet working on expansions and goodies...not to be tied down with monitoring and nerfing.

Keep up the good work A'Net, you can be sure of the support of the community as always.

You're a rat off to ruin other peoples fun, you should be so proud of your self.

Zexion · Jun 28, 2005, 12:39 AM // 00:39

That is not fun, that is strictly against the EULA!
If not for a thing named banning, and that it were such a minor thing, it would be done in the COURT!
It's illegal.
They have "signed" a contract not to do such things!
StandardAI, you should be ashamed of supporting botting.
However, I think it's unfair to put monsters on the way too, as honest ppl could just go manually to the chests, that isn't illegal.
It only puts a grind in GW:/

_Zexion

ikolian · Jun 28, 2005, 12:39 AM // 00:39

I disagree standardAi. He pointed out botters, not people playing the game for fun.

smitty-gw · Jun 28, 2005, 12:42 AM // 00:42

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Originally Posted by StandardAI

You're a rat off to ruin other peoples fun, you should be so proud of your self.

I whole-heartedly disagree, and yes I'm sure he is and damn well should be.

First you get punk'd for the ascension exploit and now, hopefully, you'll be banned for botting.

Good-riddance!

thaumaturge · Jun 28, 2005, 12:49 AM // 00:49

If they were bots why wasn't all the team constantly farming? Two people afk would indicate to me that they were not bots - not sharing bots with the guild? You don't have to be bots to do things a large number of times, some have more patience. Can you ban people for doing the same thing over an over?