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Jan 17, 2008, 05:57 AM // 05:57	#1
VitisVinifera Banned Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Northern California Guild: HoTR Profession: N/Me	Log-in screen notification that your account has xxx incorrect login attempts Not sure if this has been suggested before, but just something that's always been in the back of my head If someone's trying to get into your GW account, it would be nice if there was some notification screen during log-in that would state how many incorrect login attempts since your last successful login reasons are obvious perhaps you could stipulate in a preferences menu that if your account has been unsuccessfully attempted to login xxx amount of times (you set that number), it's locked out for either a certain amount of time, or until you do some measure to unlock it. the more time that goes by, the more people accumulate wealth, and the bigger the target people become

Jan 17, 2008, 01:56 PM // 13:56	#2
boogerboy72 Lion's Arch Merchant Join Date: Sep 2007 Guild: [Scar] Profession: N/Me	i like the idea, /signed

Jan 17, 2008, 02:54 PM // 14:54	#3
System_Crush Jungle Guide Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Tripping in Holland Guild: My guild died :`( Profession: N/	Technically /signed, my account has already been hacked once. Thankfully I got it back. However, I think they can't do this, from the way my account was hacked and the way I got is back it was quite obvious that NCsoft/playNC overwrites all GW account propositions, meaning that such locking and unlocking is done from a playNC account. And the annoying thing about that is, the playNC account is the boss over the GW account, if the playNC account has been registered, the locking, password changing and account details changing, must all be done through playNC because if you do it trough GW the connected playNC account refuses the GW account the authorization to change it's own data. But I guess a Anet could disscus with NCsoft to send the amount of failed logins to playNC, who could then add and option to lock and unlock based on that info.

Jan 17, 2008, 05:48 PM // 17:48	#4
Silly Warrior Hold it! Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: In your local courthouse. Guild: The Arctic Marauders [TAM] (elite PvE, PM)	Thats a great idea. /Signed __________________ The Arctic Marauders [TAM] Genius may have its limitations, but stupidity is not thus handicapped.

Jan 17, 2008, 07:40 PM // 19:40	#5
Hikan Trilear Frost Gate Guardian Join Date: Feb 2007	I would really like this feature.

Jan 17, 2008, 07:47 PM // 19:47	#6
Meggle Frost Gate Guardian Join Date: Jan 2008 Guild: Drawn and Quartered Profession: R/N	Good idea, theres too many games where people get hacked and if they can have some sort of pre-notification that someone is attempting their account they can take action to protect it. /signed

Jan 17, 2008, 07:51 PM // 19:51	#7
shrouded^god IGN: J C A C H E Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: 843 Guild: [Liar]	/signed If someone was trying to log in, Id like to know. __________________

Jan 17, 2008, 08:40 PM // 20:40	#8
Velise_Snowtorm Lion's Arch Merchant Join Date: May 2007 Guild: Forever Knights	/signed I've had friends who quit the game after losing everything to a hacker. They didn't have the heart to restart from the loss and don't blame them. I probably wouldn't either. I'd definately like to know if someone's been fiddling with my account.

Jan 17, 2008, 10:24 PM // 22:24	#9
Kanyatta Forge Runner Join Date: Jun 2006 Guild: Guildless, pm me Profession: R/Mo	I don't give out my GW e-mail to random people, so this doesn't happen, but I guess it matters to the people that do. /sign, i guess

Jan 17, 2008, 11:53 PM // 23:53	#10
MisterB Furnace Stoker Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Planet Earth, Sol system, Milky Way galaxy Guild: [ban] Profession: W/	ANet still needs to address the security concerns that linking your account to NCSoft causes. This should have been in the game a year ago. I suspect the problem is with NCSoft. Good idea, though. /signed edit: @Kanyatta: Currently, there is no notification to players that their account is subject to "brute-force" password attacks. These programs run tirelessly, continually, and much faster than a human. Last edited by MisterB; Jan 18, 2008 at 12:00 AM // 00:00.. Reason: spelling police

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Jan 17, 2008, 11:56 PM // 23:56

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Kanyatta

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edit: @Kanyatta: Currently, there is no notification to players that their account is subject to "brute-force" password attacks. These programs run tirelesslessly, continually, and much faster than a human.

Yes, I know that, but in order for them to get a "password attack" going on you, they must first have your e-mail, which you shouldn't be giving out to anyone who asks of it.

BTW, tirelesslessly is not a word.

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Jan 18, 2008, 12:01 AM // 00:01	#12
MisterB Furnace Stoker Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Planet Earth, Sol system, Milky Way galaxy Guild: [ban] Profession: W/	What stops them from running the same program to find your email? Once you link your account to NCSoft, you are no longer able to change it.

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Jan 18, 2008, 12:04 AM // 00:04

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What stops them from running the same program to find your email? Once you link your account to NCSoft, you are no longer able to change it.

That's why it's probably a good idea not to link your account to NCSoft, unless you have a serious issue with the game. Don't just link it needlessly, I still have not linked my account to NCSoft, because I have never seen a need.

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Jan 18, 2008, 12:11 AM // 00:11	#14
MisterB Furnace Stoker Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Planet Earth, Sol system, Milky Way galaxy Guild: [ban] Profession: W/	That's my whole point, really. NCSoft has failed to address basic security concerns. It's their responsibility to take basic steps for online security for an online service, and they have failed to do so. This should change. Last edited by MisterB; Jan 18, 2008 at 12:16 AM // 00:16..

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Jan 18, 2008, 08:13 AM // 08:13

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That's why it's probably a good idea not to link your account to NCSoft, unless you have a serious issue with the game. Don't just link it needlessly, I still have not linked my account to NCSoft, because I have never seen a need.

You should get NCsoft; I didn't, that is how my account got hacked, if you are not linked to NCsoft, a hacker that manages to get into your account can/will link your GW account to their NCsoft account, then they own your account.
You will not be able to reset/change passwords or anything to get the hacker out, if you do not own the NCsoft account to which your GW account is registered, you lose all control of your GW account.

It took around a week and me faxing copies of my GW CD key's and receipts to England to get my GW account registered to a newly created NCsoft account.

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Jan 18, 2008, 04:33 PM // 16:33	#16
Vel Lion's Arch Merchant Join Date: Mar 2006 Profession: W/	absolutely like the idea of notification. diablo 2 had it and it makes sense. also, tying your email adress to your account as primary id is a bad idea. if someone manages to log on to the address, he or she can get the a/c info too. /signed

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Jan 18, 2008, 10:15 PM // 22:15

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That's why it's probably a good idea not to link your account to NCSoft, unless you have a serious issue with the game. Don't just link it needlessly, I still have not linked my account to NCSoft, because I have never seen a need.

Mine got linked when I didnt know about it, we need to be able to unlink it.....

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Jan 19, 2008, 07:58 PM // 19:58	#18
Snow Bunny Alcoholic From Yale Join Date: Jul 2007 Guild: Strong Foreign Policy [sFp]	Not exactly sure why my previous post was deleted, but I'll /sign this again. It's an excellent idea to give you an idea if you're being hacked. Good security measure.

Jan 19, 2008, 09:30 PM // 21:30	#19
CyberMesh0 Jungle Guide Join Date: Jul 2005 Guild: Charter Vanguard [CV] Profession: N/Me	Definitely would be a nice feature, and it shouldn't be too hard to put in. /signed

Jan 20, 2008, 06:11 AM // 06:11	#20
thedeadlyassassin Krytan Explorer Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Tualatin OR Guild: N/A Profession: A/W	They have this in Diablo 2 (or at least had, I haven't played that in like 3 years). It was nice to know people tried logging into my account 100 times a day, that helped me keep my account.

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