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FAQ - AD/AH Exploit Follow-Up

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  • tharintalsiltharintalsil Member, Neverwinter Beta Users, Neverwinter Guardian Users Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited May 2013
    I am curious to know how my main character (created during the two-day headstart) got deleted during this? I still have my other characters, just that one got deleted. No, I didn't delete him, not even by "accident". It's too involved to have done that "accidentally". I have sent in a support ticket (through in-game methods), but have not received a response as of yet. When I try to check the status of the ticket, I constantly get "error loading page" nonsense. No, my internet has nothing to do with it.
  • lazareanulazareanu Member, Neverwinter Beta Users Posts: 2
    edited May 2013
    What is going to happen to items sold during the rollback? They took my item and ad. The faq never mention about returning items on the consignment....
  • deadmanwarpingdeadmanwarping Member Posts: 3 Arc User
    edited May 2013
    I have a pencil.
  • emetaemeta Member, Neverwinter Beta Users Posts: 3 Arc User
    edited May 2013
    Just whipe the servers already
  • ktulu70ktulu70 Member, Neverwinter Beta Users Posts: 4 Arc User
    edited May 2013
    So I lost the 2 sales of runestones on the AH, and hence the currency obtained from which I bought a bunch of profession assets, I feel the sale of these stones whose auctions have since expired were legitimate, now I am worse off, and the caturday pack is a joke, the xp booster says account bound, which it isn't, can't send it to another character on same account.. so it's character bound.. only the recall scrolls are any good, the rest is garbage
  • sauccebawssauccebaws Member Posts: 5 Arc User
    edited May 2013
    ktulu70 wrote: »
    So I lost the 2 sales of runestones on the AH, and hence the currency obtained from which I bought a bunch of profession assets, I feel the sale of these stones whose auctions have since expired were legitimate, now I am worse off, and the caturday pack is a joke, the xp booster says account bound, which it isn't, can't send it to another character on same account.. so it's character bound.. only the recall scrolls are any good, the rest is garbage

    Yeah, your life as you know it just ended you poor fella.

    WAT DO??!
  • dzigiidzigii Member Posts: 1 Arc User
    edited May 2013
    Response Via Email (Support Staff 34) 05/21/2013 04:42 PM
    Hello

    Unfortunately, due to the incredibly high volume of tickets sent in regarding Neverwinter, we have not been able to provide an answer to each ticket that has come to us individually.

    You are receiving this automated message to inform you that your current ticket is being closed. We are doing this to prevent your issue from being lost in "Ticket Limbo." We at Perfect World Entertainment are dedicated to providing you with a satisfactory experience both in game, and with regards to Customer Support.

    If you are still experiencing the issue that you originally ticketed in about, please submit a new ticket to us and an Agent will look in to it as soon as possible.

    This is an automated message, and any responses will not be received by a Customer Support Agent. Please direct all information to your new ticket.

    We're truly sorry for this inconvenience, and we appreciate your patience and understanding as we work towards helping all of our customers to the best of our ability.
  • eggsneggsn Member, Neverwinter Beta Users, Neverwinter Hero Users Posts: 69
    edited May 2013
    I believe the rollback was the right idea.

    For those who think it is not, take note of my case: As a founder, the deal for the founder's pack is the 5 day access, on top of cool toys. Because of this, knowing there will not be a wipe, I took off 1 vacation day from work to play this game with my spouse for fun because we were so excited. That being said, how are they going to be able to pay for all those time I have spent if they wiped the characters? Should I expect that they will pay me for 1 day's worth of vacation, how are they going to refund me that time? Will they let the founders play 5 days by themselves and then bring in the F2P after and make them wait even longer?

    Wipe is just not the right thing to do. They kept their word on what they promised as part of the founder's pack and the service. I'm glad of their decision for the rollback instead of the wipe. It doesn't fix everything but it is the best way for them to have handled that issue in my opinion. I just wished the cape can be made into a costume or something, it looks cool :cool:.
  • creedgamingcreedgaming Member Posts: 33
    edited May 2013
    eggsn wrote: »
    I believe the rollback was the right idea.

    For those who think it is not, take note of my case: As a founder, the deal for the founder's pack is the 5 day access, on top of cool toys. Because of this, knowing there will not be a wipe, I took off 1 vacation day from work to play this game with my spouse for fun because we were so excited. That being said, how are they going to be able to pay for all those time I have spent if they wiped the characters? Should I expect that they will pay me for 1 day's worth of vacation, how are they going to refund me that time? Will they let the founders play 5 days by themselves and then bring in the F2P after and make them wait even longer?

    Wipe is just not the right thing to do. They kept their word on what they promised as part of the founder's pack and the service. I'm glad of their decision for the rollback instead of the wipe. It doesn't fix everything but it is the best way for them to have handled that issue in my opinion. I just wished the cape can be made into a costume or something, it looks cool :cool:.


    Not only is the wipe a bad idea , its a f***king moronic idea .... Waaa the economy do a google search "Neverwinter bot" ..... How many bots are already in the game , the economy is going to be wrecked until boting is addressed , Bots can run unlimited accounts , farm unlimited AD , and post it in the market .... For those of you who think a game company can fix this I provide you with examples: Ultima online (1996) couldn't fix bots , World of warcraft (12 million subs , $250m a month , $360m a qtr , couldn't fix bots) , Diablo 3 sold 10 million copies at launch , couldn't fix bots to save there RMAH , somehow you think you'll be able to protect this economy I got news for you once this game launches China will destroy it so fast you'll think its a Ford pickup truck along side of the road....
  • odrzyja0odrzyja0 Member Posts: 6 Arc User
    edited May 2013
    if i will repeat sorry but no time for reading 2k posts.

    I wonder what will happen to my auction, which i started from 1 AD and someone gave an offer 7 AD (e.g. something worth far more than 7 AD ). There was no time for anyone else to won the auction by offering more AD for it. Someone will be lucky to buy my item below its value?

    Who can predict that AH went offline ? i choose auction for 5 days but it continued about 3-4 hours. If i had knowlegde about AH i wouldnt take that sort of auctions. Its not my fault that AH is not working how it's supposed to.

    I wonder what our admin stuff want to say about it ?
  • creedgamingcreedgaming Member Posts: 33
    edited May 2013
    odrzyja0 wrote: »
    if i will repeat sorry but no time for reading 2k posts.

    I wonder what will happen to my auction, which i started from 1 AD and someone gave an offer 7 AD (e.g. something worth far more than 7 AD ). There was no time for anyone else to won the auction by offering more AD for it. Someone will be lucky to buy my item below its value?

    Who can predict that AH went offline ? i choose auction for 5 days but it continued about 3-4 hours. If i had knowlegde about AH i wouldnt take that sort of auctions. Its not my fault that AH is not working how it's supposed to.

    I wonder what our admin stuff want to say about it ?


    Enjoy your free toy in your happy meal (in postal) , Thank you for playing....
  • okoko1plokoko1pl Member Posts: 6 Arc User
    edited May 2013
    Hey, when AH will run?!!!
  • creedgamingcreedgaming Member Posts: 33
    edited May 2013
    okoko1pl wrote: »
    Hey, when AH will run?!!!

    It'll run when it runs....
  • noshiznoshiz Member, Neverwinter Beta Users Posts: 49
    edited May 2013
    Thanks for the update about the AH.
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  • killerellakillerella Member Posts: 215 Arc User
    edited May 2013
    You think you have it bad. Imagine the ticket backlog they must have due to the AH/AD cat-astrophy .

    Instead of time limited bans, they should have made them help work the tickets until the backlog was caught up...that would actually help everyone.
  • smognightsmognight Member Posts: 31
    edited May 2013
    Cant you just end all auctions,..and send it us back?
  • dustinmustindustinmustin Member Posts: 3 Arc User
    edited May 2013
    So right before the setback, I had joined a Guild with some very nice people, and now I cannot remember the name of any of the members or the Guild itself (I have a horrible memory), and I'd like to know if you can help me get back to it. Thanks!
  • kysis020kysis020 Member, Neverwinter Beta Users Posts: 3 Arc User
    edited May 2013
    Real they asking he questings and awnsering them its like.

    Q.Lets make neverwinter online P2Win?

    A. yes.


    LET US ASK QUESTIONS PLEASE THANKS.
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  • compistecompiste Member Posts: 1 Arc User
    edited May 2013
    This game is so ****ing bull****. Buggy as hell and don't say that it is in beta and it's normal for games that are in beta. This game has the buggiest beta i've ever seen. I can't even open the launcher...
  • hamoct72hamoct72 Member, Neverwinter Beta Users Posts: 48
    edited May 2013
    ITS JUST A BETA!

    You didnt like pay real money or anything... errr wait a second...
  • zoroasterrzoroasterr Member, Neverwinter Beta Users Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited May 2013
    good job ^^ take those AD out of the economy
  • thirdeye69thirdeye69 Member, Neverwinter Beta Users, Neverwinter Guardian Users Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited May 2013
    "robust thank-you pack"? I think that is debatable.
  • raaizeraaize Member, Neverwinter Beta Users, Neverwinter Guardian Users Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited May 2013
    I hope with the extended downtime with the AH that it will return with a search function that works correctly.
  • jjb828jjb828 Member Posts: 340 Arc User
    edited May 2013
    thirdeye69 wrote: »
    "robust thank-you pack"? I think that is debatable.

    Wait, you don't think useless items are robust?!
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  • karischkarisch Member, Neverwinter Beta Users Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited May 2013
    dezstravus wrote: »


    Q: But... I won the Armored Nightmare from a lockbox! I'll never get that lucky again!

    A: We are currently working to restore Armored Nightmare mounts that were earned legitimately during the period of time that was rolled back.



    Will you be doing the same for the rare companions?
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  • forum888forum888 Member Posts: 1 Arc User
    edited May 2013
    the game is awesome but still needs a lot of work I love the game though keep working hard and you will have a great game
    :eek:
  • kalizaarkalizaar Member, Neverwinter Beta Users, Neverwinter Guardian Users Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited May 2013
    What about people that got banned for reporting the exploit after having tested it to provide a thorough step-by-step in the report? It is a Beta test after all. I seem to recall reading a post giving an e-mail to contact for people that feel they've been wrongly banned but I can't seem to find it now. I'm assuming my friend can't access the forums anymore to search for it.

    What sucks is that since PWE uses one login their STO and CO accounts are also closed down now after years of support. I'm sure PWE will help them out but I just wanted to find the best means for them to contact PWE about this exploit.
  • amazingramazingr Member, Neverwinter Beta Users, Neverwinter Guardian Users Posts: 15 Arc User
    edited May 2013
    okoko1pl wrote: »
    Hey, when AH will run?!!!

    My guess is it will be back up when they have a fix for the exploit/loophole. Otherwise, restoring a database is easy and fairly quick enough so I am guessing it isn't an issue of a restore to a certain point in time but more of a fix the hole in the system and then restore all the auctions back to just before the cats invaded.
  • amazingramazingr Member, Neverwinter Beta Users, Neverwinter Guardian Users Posts: 15 Arc User
    edited May 2013
    lazareanu wrote: »
    What is going to happen to items sold during the rollback? They took my item and ad. The faq never mention about returning items on the consignment....

    I think what I have read, your items will be back in the AH once it is restored, and at whatever state they were in, and the auction end time will not have changed. Considering the length of time it is OOS most or all of your consignments will have expired and you will receive them back in the normal manner unsold auctions would come back to you, through the in game mail system if memory serves.

    I had a Nightmare Mount in the AH, it had a bid of 800k on it before the cat was let out of the bag, and then someone bought it out at the buy out price during the Cat attack. I lost the 1 million or so AD as they rolled back to before it had sold and before I had picked up the AD from my mail. So my mount should still be in the AH with a bid on it as long as they restore it to the same point in time as they rolled back our characters. Of course the poor guy who bid the 800k before the cats invaded lost that on the rollback and will most likely win the auction since it would have long since expired.

    If any admin can correct any of my logic and what you think will happen later this week then please feel free to chime in. Because knowing is half the battle!! ;)
  • etherealjetherealj Member Posts: 1,091 Bounty Hunter
    edited May 2013
    amazingr wrote: »
    My guess is it will be back up when they have a fix for the exploit/loophole. Otherwise, restoring a database is easy and fairly quick enough so I am guessing it isn't an issue of a restore to a certain point in time but more of a fix the hole in the system and then restore all the auctions back to just before the cats invaded.

    I'd hope they put the AH up when the auction investigation is over. They can just turn off the gateway <font color="orange">HAMSTER</font> til they fix it. The problem that was exploited existed in STO. Their browser based interface is the problem.
    Use the <removed exploit lead-in> to interact with the auction vendor.
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