Server Emergency Patch: Dupe Fix

[JayDee]

The guy who did it is from vztz and they have alrdy duped a ton of plat here (according to them).

I remember a gm from vztz saying that EQ has too many dupe methods to count. Makes me feel sorry for legit players like Alawen who grind platinum all day.

[Fawqueue]

You know, growing up my father was always fond of embarrassing me when I had done something wrong in order to ensure I wouldn't make the mistake a second time. And it was effective, knowing that everyone knew and gave me a hard time was a good deterrent. So in the spirit of that, any chance we could find out who this guy was? That way if any of us were friends with him, we can harrass and ridicule him to no end. Plus if he finds a way back onto the server again under another new account, maybe he'll know better this time. It's a win!

[Lyrik]

Originally Posted by Fawqueue [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

You know, growing up my father was always fond of embarrassing me when I had done something wrong in order to ensure I wouldn't make the mistake a second time. And it was effective, knowing that everyone knew and gave me a hard time was a good deterrent. So in the spirit of that, any chance we could find out who this guy was? That way if any of us were friends with him, we can harrass and ridicule him to no end. Plus if he finds a way back onto the server again under another new account, maybe he'll know better this time. It's a win!

If I may, I'll translate this:

In case that person makes it back I'd like to ask them how they did it.

[Fawqueue]

Originally Posted by Lyrik [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

If I may, I'll translate this:

In case that person makes it back I'd like to ask them how they did it.

I think you'd have to be an idiot to read this post, KNOW that they have systems in place to identify these problems, KNOW that they've thus fixed it, and still think "Hey, maybe I'll try this out myself!"

I just wanted to know who it was, so that if I did know him...I could tease him mercilessly because he was a dipshit =P

[Lyrik]

Originally Posted by Fawqueue [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I think you'd have to be an idiot to read this post, KNOW that they have systems in place to identify these problems, KNOW that they've thus fixed it, and still think "Hey, maybe I'll try this out myself!"

I just wanted to know who it was, so that if I did know him...I could tease him mercilessly because he was a dipshit =P

It was a joke [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[hedbonker]

What a genius...

Reminds me of Superman III where Richard Prior exploits a rounding error at the bank and the CEO is having a meeting about the issue and how they will never catch the guy unless he is a complete moron and shows off the wealth - And at that moment Richard Prior pulls into the parking lot in a new Ferrari burning rubber all the way...

[Rogean]

Many good suggestions. Some are already in place, some will be put in. Backend logging and flags are things I have been working on for quite some time now.

[Villide]

Originally Posted by Rogean [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Many good suggestions. Some are already in place, some will be put in. Backend logging and flags are things I have been working on for quite some time now.

Thanks Rogean, the efforts of you and your crew are greatly appreciated!

[YendorLootmonkey]

I always figured the server kept track of roughly how much currency was in the game at any given time. Considering currency only enters the game via quests, vendor sales, or mob drops, and only leaves the game via destroying coins, vendor purchases, or quest turn-ins (trading stuff for plat doesn't impact the total currency in game, it just shifts the distribution of it across characters, so you wouldn't need to track this)... it should be easy to track this "rate of net currency increase" in the game and what the average rate is.

Have red flags go off when the net currency increase jumps way beyond that rate within a given time period. That would give you a pretty good indicator that currency entered the game via a dupe, because it seemingly came out of nowhere. Or if particular mobs were dropping an abnormal amount of plat after a patch.

[cadiz]

Originally Posted by Villide [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Thanks Rogean, the efforts of you and your crew are greatly appreciated!

+1 thanks for taking a proactive approach to keeping the server clean and fair, it's much appreciated.