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clanrakka
Member Posts: 24 Arc User
It may be an unpopular view but I don;t have a problem with the rollback as a response to the exploit.
However, finally being able to log on today after the extended downtime to find the Celestial Coins gone is bunk.
If this sort of ham-handed approach to resolving exploits that results in honest, fair and PAYING customers getting the shaft like this then my financial contributions to the game are over.
I don't think the Founders cost of $200 or the additional Zen I purchased (which was substantial) warrants any "special" treatment due to an exploit that didn't directly impact me.
But not taking the time to work out "collateral" damage like celestial coins, etc. shows either (A) a totally unprofessional project team or (B) a total disregard for your customer base.
Tread carefully PWE - you HAD a potential money machine on your hands.
However, finally being able to log on today after the extended downtime to find the Celestial Coins gone is bunk.
If this sort of ham-handed approach to resolving exploits that results in honest, fair and PAYING customers getting the shaft like this then my financial contributions to the game are over.
I don't think the Founders cost of $200 or the additional Zen I purchased (which was substantial) warrants any "special" treatment due to an exploit that didn't directly impact me.
But not taking the time to work out "collateral" damage like celestial coins, etc. shows either (A) a totally unprofessional project team or (B) a total disregard for your customer base.
Tread carefully PWE - you HAD a potential money machine on your hands.
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If you bother to read the FAQ about things stickied at the top of the forum you'll note that they will be giving everyone an apology pack midweek. It is likely 1 or more items in the pack will be from the celestial purchase menu.
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Umm what 7 day bags? There is a profession pack you can trade 5 coins for a miscellaneous pack you can trade 7 coins for but neither give you a bag.
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Exactly why I used the term "ham-handed"
They rushed the "fix" out the door to minimize the damage the server downtime was causing.
Now it looks like they'll try throwing trinkets out after the fact.
Someone in game made a good point - based on the rollback the exploit was only in use for 7ish hours?
And it takes you all of 6 days to get it back, can you really not wait 6 days for your precious? WTF are you going to do that's so important with it anyways?
I'm sorry but the OP sounds pathetic. Do yourself a favor and throw a tantrum over your 6 lost coins, and then quit playing.
The exploit was known and abused by a small clique since closed beta. It got out to the general populace and started being massively abused at the time the rollback went to.
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People never stop to amaze me.
Rather than an actual timer, it probably just looks at the server clock. So the rollback would have reset the "when you last invoked" variable to an earlier state, and when you logged in and it compared the server clock to that variable..... poof.
Exactly. Easier just to toss something from the celestial purchase menu into the apology pack than try to code a fix for that on the fly during a rollback. :P
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But that's the least thing I'm scared of losing.
I'm afraid I won't be able to afford zen ever again because of all of this mess.
Well if they are upset about their celestial coins just imagine how upset they would be at a full wipe.
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Awwww... Because this is a forum post and I can't see you, I can't tell if you just made a funny or just did a cute immigrant thing and botched an American saying! Amazing either way.
No. The exploit was in use for a longer time, and people who used the exploit are getting permanent account bans.
The rollback covered the period when the use of the exploit spread to cause such damage to the game economy that rolling back was necessary to repair that damage even though it would cause people to lose progress. I logged on in the morning and things were much as they were the night before, by the time the brought they servers down the AH was silly, the AD/Zen exchange was empty and people were giving away cat companions.