All item duplication exploit (do not name players please)

Surena

Surena

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Mar 2007

N/Me

There's unfortunately more you can do to GW.

However Anet can find out when you (for instance) stack health onto your char (and ban you) but not when you dupe items. I am sure they are aware that their system is exploitable.

Bryant Again

Bryant Again

Hall Hero

Join Date: Feb 2006

New build! Cross fingahs, homies.

Kendar Muert

Kendar Muert

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Aug 2006

Texas

E/

well, considering how closely this thread has been monitored, I bet anet is in panic mode atm... they even misspelled festival prizes fesitval lol.

Drop of Fear

Drop of Fear

Forge Runner

Join Date: Nov 2006

W/

Take The Servers Down. And Do It Now.

undeadgun

undeadgun

Forge Runner

Join Date: Nov 2006

US

Its Rainning Fame Hallelujah[伞回伞], also as guild leader

N/

what is the new build about? anyone???

Gaile Gray

Gaile Gray

ArenaNet

Join Date: Feb 2005

Quote:
Originally Posted by arcanemacabre
They really should take out reconnects for the time being. That's the first and most important thing that should be done.
Already done.

Shadow

Shadow

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Aug 2005

None

Quote:
Originally Posted by Bryant Again
I've actually never had this much sympathy for them. This just sucks.
Yeah, I can only imagine how "oh shit." this must be for them.

arcanemacabre

arcanemacabre

Grotto Attendant

Join Date: Feb 2006

North Kryta Province

Angel Sharks [As]

Quote:
Originally Posted by Gaile Gray
Already done.
Oh thank you!

Road to recovery, folks.

jrk247

jrk247

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Mar 2006

Twenty Gold For Mountain Troll [Tusk]

WTB Anet programmers that know how to program kthx.

IMO I don't think they could do a rollback atm, best thing they can do is to shut the servers down until they get their shit together. Oh well GW was fun while it lasted. Oh btw perfect timing having this right before EotN, makes everyone want to buy it Anet.

Shadow

Shadow

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Aug 2005

None

Quote:
Originally Posted by Gaile Gray
Already done.
You're... serious? Well that sucks.. I play with a friend who has a jitter connection. Anytime a call comes or whatever, it amounts to a disconnect. I hope it's not for too long?

garethporlest18

garethporlest18

Forge Runner

Join Date: Jan 2006

[HiDe]

W/

Gaile just said they removed the reconnects in this update. So it ends the duping process..now how're they gonna clean up?

Bryant Again

Bryant Again

Hall Hero

Join Date: Feb 2006

Quote:
Originally Posted by Gaile Gray
Already done.
Oooooh SNAP!

GJ ANet!

korcan

korcan

noobalicious

Join Date: Jun 2006

Quote:
Originally Posted by arcanemacabre
This, for lack of any better words, sucks.

They really should take out reconnects for the time being. That's the first and most important thing that should be done.

too little too late. im just wondering what type of long-term damage this will do to the economy and their player base

Lilanthe

Lilanthe

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: May 2005

That just made me so disgusted of GW right now...

Xpl0iter

Xpl0iter

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Dec 2005

Just A Digital Pimp Slap [DPS] - Guild Co-Leader

E/

for all i know, the best thing right now is remove ambraces. completely. i mean the ones existing in storage. or inventory.
as long as there is no armbrace in game for even 1 min, this entire issue gets fixed for temporary purposes to keep the economy normal.

jrk247

jrk247

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Mar 2006

Twenty Gold For Mountain Troll [Tusk]

Quote:
Originally Posted by korcan
too little too late. im just wondering what type of long-term damage this will do to the economy and their player base
What economy?

draco inferno

draco inferno

Academy Page

Join Date: Sep 2005

van down by the river

The Seraphim Knights [TSK]

Quote:
Originally Posted by korcan
too little too late. im just wondering what type of long-term damage this will do to the economy and their player base
what economy? :P

EDIT
bah, jrk beat me by like 2 secs.

upier

upier

Grotto Attendant

Join Date: Mar 2006

Done.

[JUNK]

Quote:
Originally Posted by oles
I'll surrender my tormented bow but I want my 160ectos back.

I also want my 2.5mil Kurzick faction doubled, since it's been devalued by a factor of 2 with a recent update.

That's about 50-70 hours of farming wasted, down the drain.
And A LOT MORE ab time, just like that, out of the window.

Seriously. This is unacceptable.
Economics 101.
You paid a higher price because you wanted to have it first.
Just imagine the uprising from the first XBOX360 buyers. OMG!!11! They played the 360 for two years and now the price went down for 50 bucks!11!! They need to be compensated!11!
(rolleyes emote anyone)

But for me - I'd just like to do a happy dance!
Na-na-na-na-na-na!
Na-na-na-na-na-na!
Cheap things comming my way!
Na-na-na-na-na-na!

Damn I'd LOVE to find out how it's done! Since it's cold here - and I need to buy some warm underwear to stop the shrinking!
I'd be richrichrich!
Na-na-na-na-na-na!


Ohh - and crap!
Is it fixed already?!??!
NOOEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!11!!

Exigate

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Nov 2005

Armada of Heaven[aoh]

W/Mo

Quote:
Originally Posted by Xpl0iter
for all i know, the best thing right now is remove ambraces. completely. i mean the ones existing in storage. or inventory.
as long as there is no armbrace in game for even 1 min, this entire issue gets fixed for temporary purposes to keep the economy normal.
Its not JUST armbraces...

Agent Mold3r

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jan 2007

Death Legion Of Cantha

W/Rt

well, im not buying EoTN, even with all the loot scaling , farming nerfs, ect,
this is the last straw, GW had a great run. I guess this is what low budget really means, stupid nerfs and dumb, idiotic changes to the game. GG Anet

arcanemacabre

arcanemacabre

Grotto Attendant

Join Date: Feb 2006

North Kryta Province

Angel Sharks [As]

Quote:
Originally Posted by korcan
too little too late. im just wondering what type of long-term damage this will do to the economy and their player base
Yeah, I agree. However, it can't be any worse than the first non-rolled back trader reset. The best part is this time, the people responsible for the duping can be singled out (hopefully - via logs) and perma-banned for their serious infliction.

The economy will definitely take a hit, though, and only time will tell how hard.

Xpl0iter

Xpl0iter

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Dec 2005

Just A Digital Pimp Slap [DPS] - Guild Co-Leader

E/

Quote:
Originally Posted by Exigate
Its not JUST armbraces...
bigges concern seems to be the armbrace. every thing else seems to be the tip of an iceberg, but then that is just my opinion, u could be right

Jamison0071

Jamison0071

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Feb 2006

Melbourne, Australia

Morporkian Mercenaries

N/Me

Doesn't affect me too much...heck I play this game for fun not items...they arn't even real....

korcan

korcan

noobalicious

Join Date: Jun 2006

Quote:
Originally Posted by Kendar Muert
well, considering how closely this thread has been monitored, I bet anet is in panic mode atm... they even misspelled festival prizes fesitval lol.


i took a screenie of it earlier. kinda funny

Shadow

Shadow

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Aug 2005

None

Quote:
Originally Posted by korcan


i took a screenie of it earlier. kinda funny
They were correcting people's spelling in my district every time someone spelled it correctly. xD

Were they always misspelled or.. just this time?

Wotan

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Aug 2005

Citadel of Imortals [LaZy]

W/

Quote:
Originally Posted by redd66
A rollback hurts no one.
Are you sure it doesn't? I just started ove on a new account a few weeks ago, got 2 lvl 20 & 1 lvl 10 character. If there's a rollback all my toons are lvl1 or don't even exist? How does this not hurt?

Nurse With Wound

Nurse With Wound

None More Negative

Join Date: May 2006

Steel Phoenix [StP]

Quote:
Originally Posted by Exigate
Its not JUST armbraces...
EVERY item could be multiplied using reconnect exploit. Armbraces, ectos, gems, crystallines, minipets. This was probably going on for months, silently, but then some greedy dude went crazy and wanted to sell 1000+ armbraces for rare minipets. And thus the curtain fell down...

Lilanthe

Lilanthe

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: May 2005

Quote:
Originally Posted by Xpl0iter
for all i know, the best thing right now is remove ambraces. completely. i mean the ones existing in storage. or inventory.
as long as there is no armbrace in game for even 1 min, this entire issue gets fixed for temporary purposes to keep the economy normal.
It's just not Ambraces.


EVERY item could be duped using the reconnect feature... stacks of ectos, perfect crystallines, whatever you want.

Who knows since when this has been going on. And if that fool that tried to trade 1750 ambraces for a mini-pet hadn't been reported by the OP, it could still have gone on, and on, and on.

brokenmonkey

brokenmonkey

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Feb 2006

CA

[UC] Uber Crue

W/

Quote:
Originally Posted by Agent Mold3r
well, im not buying EoTN, even with all the loot scaling , farming nerfs, ect,
this is the last straw, GW had a great run. I guess this is what low budget really means, stupid nerfs and dumb, idiotic changes to the game. GG Anet
quite, your jumping to conclusions, and ANet has done an amazing job.

Firebaall

Firebaall

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Sep 2006

Now that it's been fixed, how was it done?

amiyou

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Jul 2007

removing armbraces will cause many people to quit.. and that means that the sale of GW:EN is going to suffer real bad.....

Agent Mold3r

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jan 2007

Death Legion Of Cantha

W/Rt

Quote:
Originally Posted by brokenmonkey
quite, your jumping to conclusions, and ANet has done an amazing job.
ya, they've done an amazing job ruining a once great game!

MirkoTeran

MirkoTeran

Forge Runner

Join Date: Sep 2005

Slovenia

Scars Meadows [SMS]

Mo/

One thing that I can't seem to figure out is why they didn't just dupe the minipets instead of trying to buy them.

Stormcloud

Stormcloud

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jul 2006

Oregon, USA

Quote:
Originally Posted by Firebaall
Now that it's been fixed, how was it done?

Nothing is fixed. They removed reconnects to stop it from continuing but the market is still flooded.


Sadly if they rolled back it would probly have to be a month+ and I would quit playing. 10 max titles gone? no thanks.

kade

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Oct 2005

Currently residing in ToA dis 1

Mo/

seriously makes me want to leave pve behind for good...

no way they will track down every player that has done this since they implemented reconnects ages ago. Items in pve just became utterly worthless, though they retained little value as it was...

Shadow

Shadow

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Aug 2005

None

Quote:
Originally Posted by MirkoTeran
One thing that I can't seem to figure out is why they didn't just dupe the minipets instead of trying to buy them.
Gotta get some to make copies.

CHunterX

CHunterX

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Sep 2005

Washington

W/E

You REALLY want to fix it, Anet? One, learn to spell Arm brace. Two, remove the Deacon of Whispers and Keeper of Whispers, from the Gate of Anguish. Done, no more honest players getting Arm braces for the moment. Three, change the reward for the gemstones from "Armbraces of Truth," (ironic name, isn't it?) to anything else, like maybe "Cuff link of Justice," or something. Then put both Deacon and Keeper back in, respectively accepting and giving the "Cuff link of Justice."

Part two: Re-release more of the rare minipets that were so sought after, either by birthdays, events, anything. Some how get more of them into the economy. You can't leave them at the rarity they are now, since everyone who sold theirs for Armbraces shouldn't be left out to dry. And the ones who duped the Armbraces to collect these minis shouldn't and won't reap the rewards.

One more thing, to be fair to anyone who legibly has an Armbrace after all these changes, allow ONE "Armbrace of Truth" PER ACCOUNT to be traded for a "Cuff link of Justice." And make it a 3 day only NPC, much like the Festival hats were still available via NPC after an event for a short time.

This is the only fair thing to do, but fat chance you'll listen.

Nurse With Wound

Nurse With Wound

None More Negative

Join Date: May 2006

Steel Phoenix [StP]

Quote:
Originally Posted by Shadow
Gotta get some to make copies.
Yup, exactly. Can't dupe if you don't have one, right? And we're talking about ultra rare minipets here.

Bryant Again

Bryant Again

Hall Hero

Join Date: Feb 2006

Quote:
Originally Posted by MirkoTeran
One thing that I can't seem to figure out is why they didn't just dupe the minipets instead of trying to buy them.
They probably didn't have one in the first place. They didn't have the seed mini.

amiyou

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Jul 2007

those duping armbrace usually want limited edition pets.
duping limited edition pets will be too easily exploited.. as anet should have a collation of the number of those pets available in gw