Conan4Life Posted March 15, 2005 Share Posted March 15, 2005 over 1000 accounts banned for gold farming http://www.gaminggroove.com/newsitem.php?id=2212 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ellilion Posted March 15, 2005 Share Posted March 15, 2005 What a true waste of resources to actually take the time to do something like this when there are far more important things to be concerned about w/ this game, like keeping it up & running when something crashes/breaks. No matter how hard they try, they won't catch everyone. -- Nem Yes it is and it isn't, well they do have to fix other issues as far as server stablity and the constant down time that happens with at least half of the realms they have, mine being one of them. But it is a huge problem that does have to be fixed, this kind of thing inflates the economy of the servers to epic amounts. It keeps normal players from being able to be able to farm for money or rare items. They basically pay these guys in china or someother country like 40-45 cents an hour to farm the same areas where high level drops and coin are, and usually they try to force the normal players out by stealing everything from under players or keep challenging them to duels or killing them out right till they leave. They never talk to anyone or have any interaction with other players. I was reading that they usually have 2 guys per account working in 12 hour shifts 24 hours a day doing this. From what I've seen it isn't to bad on my server not yet anyways but I have run into some with my higher level character and let me tell you it was not pleasant. If I could have I would have strangled the person :evil: it sucks having to farm to find certain items or make some coin for certain things but when other characters are making near impossible for you to do that and make your playing time a pain in the ass and it makes the game not worth playing. I'm glad blizzard is trying to stop this kinda of thing as well as griefers(someone who just hassles other players for no other reason but to be a pain in the ass). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conan4Life Posted March 16, 2005 Author Share Posted March 16, 2005 this only reason im thinking of buying this game is because blizzard goes to lengths to stunt BS like this. i just cant bring myself to play or buy any mmorpg. i gave my gamespy beta test for the game/key to a friend to play to try it out. i just dun love the fps far too much Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ellilion Posted March 16, 2005 Share Posted March 16, 2005 this only reason im thinking of buying this game is because blizzard goes to lengths to stunt BS like this. i just cant bring myself to play or buy any mmorpg. i gave my gamespy beta test for the game/key to a friend to play to try it out. i just dun love the fps far too much If thinking about buying this game WAIT!!!!!!!! It has been horrible lately My server has been going down everyday for the last week. It's starting to really piss me off, most of my guild members can only play evenings from like 7-11pm and that's when there's the most problems. Example last night we were getting a party together for an instance raid just about to start and crash!!!! And I'm getting sick of the generic post they put up like this. 1. 3/15 Select Realm Issues | 3/15/2005 7:22:34 PM PST Certain realms may be experiencing disconnects and latency issues. We are working on the situation and will update you as soon as we have more information. Alleria Argent Dawn Arthas Azgalor Blackhand Bleeding Hollow Bloodhoof Durotan Elune Garona Hellscream Illidan Lothar Magtheridon Mannoroth Medivh Sargeras Shattered Hand Skullcrusher Stormrage Stormreaver Warsong Whisperwind Zul'jin Senior Game Master World of Warcraft or this Certain realms are currently experiencing performance issues. We are aware of the issue and are working hard to resolve it as soon as possible. We will update this thread with more information as it becomes available. Well they have 4/5/05 till my account is renewed if they don't have things under control by then I'm OUT. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nemesis Posted March 16, 2005 Share Posted March 16, 2005 What a true waste of resources to actually take the time to do something like this when there are far more important things to be concerned about w/ this game, like keeping it up & running when something crashes/breaks. No matter how hard they try, they won't catch everyone. -- Nem Yes it is and it isn't, well they do have to fix other issues as far as server stablity and the constant down time that happens with at least half of the realms they have, mine being one of them. But it is a huge problem that does have to be fixed, this kind of thing inflates the economy of the servers to epic amounts. It keeps normal players from being able to be able to farm for money or rare items. They basically pay these guys in china or someother country like 40-45 cents an hour to farm the same areas where high level drops and coin are, and usually they try to force the normal players out by stealing everything from under players or keep challenging them to duels or killing them out right till they leave. They never talk to anyone or have any interaction with other players. I was reading that they usually have 2 guys per account working in 12 hour shifts 24 hours a day doing this. From what I've seen it isn't to bad on my server not yet anyways but I have run into some with my higher level character and let me tell you it was not pleasant. If I could have I would have strangled the person :evil: it sucks having to farm to find certain items or make some coin for certain things but when other characters are making near impossible for you to do that and make your playing time a pain in the ass and it makes the game not worth playing. I'm glad blizzard is trying to stop this kinda of thing as well as griefers(someone who just hassles other players for no other reason but to be a pain in the ass). I stand corrected. I wasn't aware that this was as deep an issue as what U posted. Thank you for enlightening me. Please dis-regard my earlier statement. -- Nem Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ellilion Posted March 16, 2005 Share Posted March 16, 2005 Yeah like I said it's not to bad on my server right now, it maybe worst than I think because I haven't been farming the areas this guys usually do. I'm just glad blizzard has put some effort it to stopping it, now they need to fix all the other issues! LOL! I love the game but it has gotten to a point where i'm thinking about quiting, I have another 3 weeks before my time is renewed so if there hasn't been some improvement by then I might quit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cjm2 Posted March 20, 2005 Share Posted March 20, 2005 (edited) Yeah Nem, for those of us that have played other MMORPG's it's a huge issue. You end up with an economy that's so over-infalted that it's damn near impossible to buy anything w/o ebaying game-money to afford it. I also believe gold/plat farming is one of the major things that drove most of Lineage2's playerbase away. --- Also, I can appreciate the sentiment about server downtime (as I play on Hellscream). They should have gotten alot of that worked out pre-release. But it has gotten alot better since release and keeps doing so. The idea of allowing people to move from a high-pop to a low-pop server is a good idea, to balance load. But I highly doubt many will take the offer in it's current form, instead they should be allowing anyone to move to any low-pop server so friends who are currently split across realms can gather together, I think they'd get a better respons that way. Edited March 20, 2005 by cjm2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nemesis Posted March 20, 2005 Share Posted March 20, 2005 Yeah Nem, for those of us that have played other MMORPG's it's a huge issue. You end up with an economy that's so over-infalted that it's damn near impossible to buy anything w/o ebaying game-money to afford it. I also believe gold/plat farming is one of the major things that drove most of Lineage2's playerbase away. --- Also, I can appreciate the sentiment about server downtime (as I play on Hellscream). They should have gotten alot of that worked out pre-release. But it has gotten alot better since release and keeps doing so. The idea of allowing people to move from a high-pop to a low-pop server is a good idea, to balance load. But I highly doubt many will take the offer in it's current form, instead they should be allowing anyone to move to any low-pop server so friends who are currently split across realms can gather together, I think they'd get a better respons that way. WOW, is it that we have been graced once again w/ the presence of CJM2 himself?! Now my day is truly complete How's it going there Mr. WoW?? Have U tried the Beta of Guild Wars yet? Peeps that I've talked to about it are giving it a major thumbs UP!! -- Nem Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cjm2 Posted March 22, 2005 Share Posted March 22, 2005 Can't say that I have... tho I'm just getting back into the swing of things. My comp was toast for almost 2 months. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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