The last I checked... top gear can be purchased with AD, along with enchantments, convenience items, top class companions, and is open to zen trading. Which zen trading further gives you access to lockbox keys, more companions, additional character slots, expensive dyes, and iron trade bars (which gives you access to even more expensive gear), it gives you a huge advantage over players. Those millions of AD floating around in the market that were gimped from the game have now caused the entirety of the server to flinch. This is the definition of a game breaking glitch. It's like that free resources cheat in starcraft or God mode in just about any shooter.
Tell me how this is an advantage over you. Unless you're only in this game for PvP. It does not, in any way, shape, or form. Unless that "advantage" is the jealousy you feel from other people having things you don't, which I hate to break it to you, is life and not the game.
if you go to said thread, they have been keeping us informed since around 10 am this morning, there was an exploit on the ah with astral diamonds, so some ppl have to be dealt with, we dont want them to keep exploiting do we? it effects our game play if they don't. So plz don't say they aren't keeping us informed, when they are doing that plus more.
Bend over and take it, you say? Not sure how that would be accomplished. I am quite content keeping the servers as is. Other players exploiting their own characters does not affect my ability to enjoy my own character, the quests, or the world of NW. It's a silly argument that people are getting carried away with.
Other people exploiting does not hurt you. Yes, it requires a fix but there has been nothing done to your game that cannot be undone. At it's worst there are million of AD in the market that need to be removed and last I checked, AD neither levels you faster nor gives you an advantage over other players.
WRONG IT DOES HURT YOU.
It effects the prices of the Auction House and in PVP exploiters will 1 shot KO you with there epic gear.
Bend over and take it, you say? Not sure how that would be accomplished. I am quite content keeping the servers as is. Other players exploiting their own characters does not affect my ability to enjoy my own character, the quests, or the world of NW. It's a silly argument that people are getting carried away with.
Other people exploiting does not hurt you. Yes, it requires a fix but there has been nothing done to your game that cannot be undone. At it's worst there are million of AD in the market that need to be removed and last I checked, AD neither levels you faster nor gives you an advantage over other players.
Technically AD can level you faster via rushing Leadership profession tasks. But levelling faster doesn't really affect anyone else much anyway, like how foundry rushing didn't really hurt anyone else, or simply rushing quests instead of taking your own sweet time..
EDIT: Also, AD can by itself give a huge advantage. 1) T3 mounts. 2) Cat companion, widely regarded as the best companion at end game 3) infinite runes, meaning potentially max rank runes via brute force. Not counting any form of Zen/AD trading of course, since it's obvious how infinite AD can break that.
Update 12PM Pacific: We are still investigating the situation. There is a high likelihood that we will be performing character-specific rollbacks on any accounts that were found to be utilizing the exploit. Additionally, we are investigating the extent of what can additional steps can be taken to remove any illegitimately obtained Astral Diamonds that have entered into the economy. We are also investigating the possibility of a shard-wide rollback.
Update 12:15PM Pacific: We're bringing the shards down temporarily to better investigate the issue. Estimated downtime is 1 hour. Thank you!
Update 12:45PM Pacific: We're still investigating the issue and will have more information for you as soon as possible. Thank you for your patience!
Update 12:55PM Pacific: The shard downtime will be extended for two more hours as we address the AD/AH issue. More details soon - thank you!
Update 1:30PM Pacific: We are identifying the accounts that have utilized the AH exploit and will be taking action against said accounts. We are also still investigating the severity of the issue and its impact on the game, and from this information we will take corrective action. Estimated downtime is at least two more hours.
Update 5:15 PM Pacific: We have most of the information in-hand, but are waiting on a few final details to determine our plan of action. To clarify one thing I've seen around on Twitter, whatever we ultimately decide to do, a full character wipe will not happen. We're doing everything we can to minimize the impact of this fix, so that it changes what must change, but not much else. Thank you all for your patience, we appreciate it and will have you back in-game as soon as possible.
Update 6 PM Pacific: We're still finalizing the plan of action. Once everything is locked in, we'll be posting everything, so keep your eyes on Facebook, on Twitter and on our forums -- we'll make sure it goes everywhere. Thank you all again, we appreciate your support and patience.
Update 6:35 PM Pacific: We have a plan of action. We're verifying the exact timeline with the Neverwinter team, then we'll be triple-checking the planned forum post with all key stakeholders before posting. We're not finished yet, folks, but we're getting closer.
Update 9 PM Pacific: The post about our plan of action is being confirmed -- stay tuned, folks, we're getting closer.
this is in *very first post* in the following sticky thread:
I'm not joining twitter to get info that should be on the company web forum.
It is on the forum. In the 1st post of the stickied thread at the top of this forum.
You blind?
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dcoy1Member, Neverwinter Beta Users, Neverwinter Guardian UsersPosts: 0Arc User
edited May 2013
Its like a political speech writer does their facebook feeds. Which I'm seeing secondhand since I don't do facebook and for some reason official forums can't properly present the info. What's next? "we have to agree to disagree", "united we stand, divided we fall"... amazing 10 hours now with nothing but fluff for "info". We are making a plan.... wth really???
There are a lot of dumb, lazy, overly-entitled, loud-mouthed pains in the <font color="orange">HAMSTER</font> in this forum...
Welcome to MMORPG forum communities. They're all the same.
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dcoy1Member, Neverwinter Beta Users, Neverwinter Guardian UsersPosts: 0Arc User
edited May 2013
Linking a thread that is 100+ pages and the title is about AH and AD exchange down. Even if you relate that from the title to SERVER DOWN then were supposed to filter 100+ pages of **** for the relevant info? And that's acceptable to you guys??? No wonder devs get away with release of crappy cash grab games, you make it easy on them.
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Tell me how this is an advantage over you. Unless you're only in this game for PvP. It does not, in any way, shape, or form. Unless that "advantage" is the jealousy you feel from other people having things you don't, which I hate to break it to you, is life and not the game.
if you go to said thread, they have been keeping us informed since around 10 am this morning, there was an exploit on the ah with astral diamonds, so some ppl have to be dealt with, we dont want them to keep exploiting do we? it effects our game play if they don't. So plz don't say they aren't keeping us informed, when they are doing that plus more.
WRONG IT DOES HURT YOU.
It effects the prices of the Auction House and in PVP exploiters will 1 shot KO you with there epic gear.
GG
Technically AD can level you faster via rushing Leadership profession tasks. But levelling faster doesn't really affect anyone else much anyway, like how foundry rushing didn't really hurt anyone else, or simply rushing quests instead of taking your own sweet time..
EDIT: Also, AD can by itself give a huge advantage. 1) T3 mounts. 2) Cat companion, widely regarded as the best companion at end game 3) infinite runes, meaning potentially max rank runes via brute force. Not counting any form of Zen/AD trading of course, since it's obvious how infinite AD can break that.
This is an open beta. Start treating it like one.
this is in *very first post* in the following sticky thread:
http://nw-forum.perfectworld.com/showthread.php?262972-Astral-Diamond-Exchange-and-Auction-House-Offline
the *VERY. FIRST. POST.*
thats all the updates there are. period. Twitter and Facebook have the exact same updates.
It is on the forum. In the 1st post of the stickied thread at the top of this forum.
You blind?
http://nw-forum.perfectworld.com/showthread.php?262972-Astral-Diamond-Exchange-and-Auction-House-Offline
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