Copy item hax?

The Stealth Warrior

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Feb 2006

[TOL]

W/R

dunno if this is true but i was on GW today and someone asked me to see the stuff i was selling and he said he used a copy item to copy them all? and afetr two secs he put the stuff i showed him up on his trade screen ...... whats that all about?

anyway his account name is "---" so keep an eye out if he asks to see ur stuff

Savio

Savio

Teenager with attitude

Join Date: Jul 2005

Fifteen Over Fifty [Rare]

What exactly did you show him?

And no postings of names please.

General Wise Guy

Academy Page

Join Date: Jan 2006

Gresham, Oregon

Burning Sun Ninjas

W/Mo

its a supposed hack. Its called an item duper. My friend tried it but gave him a virus. It was a keylogger I think. But another hack from the site was god mode(never die) and super speed.

General Wise Guy

Academy Page

Join Date: Jan 2006

Gresham, Oregon

Burning Sun Ninjas

W/Mo

Quote:
Originally Posted by Savio
What exactly did you show him?

And no postings of names please.
when it's something like this i would want to know the names. I dont know why you wouldnt.

The Stealth Warrior

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Feb 2006

[TOL]

W/R

it was a victos blade at first and than crappy stuff i picked up to see if he could copy them like a ongbow of fortitude and a battleaxe of enchantment

Savio

Savio

Teenager with attitude

Join Date: Jul 2005

Fifteen Over Fifty [Rare]

General Wise Guy scammed me. I can prove it.

^Why we don't allow it. It's fairly easy to accuse anyone of anything.

Did he actually give you the items or just show them?

Maxiemonster

Maxiemonster

There is no spoon.

Join Date: Jun 2005

Netherlands

Mo/

I sure hope not, if true hacks ever come to GW without being stopped, I'm quiting.

General Wise Guy

Academy Page

Join Date: Jan 2006

Gresham, Oregon

Burning Sun Ninjas

W/Mo

Quote:
Originally Posted by Savio
General Wise Guy scammed me. I can prove it.

^Why we don't allow it. It's fairly easy to accuse anyone of anything.

Did he actually give you the items or just show them?
but not as easy to prove it. I just want to know names so i can watch out for them just my thought.

The Stealth Warrior

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Feb 2006

[TOL]

W/R

just showed i didnt accept anything

General Wise Guy

Academy Page

Join Date: Jan 2006

Gresham, Oregon

Burning Sun Ninjas

W/Mo

Quote:
Originally Posted by Maxiemonster
I sure hope not, if true hacks ever come to GW without being stopped, I'm quiting.
The site that these codes were coming from was shut down by the webhosting w/e they were from. Me and a long list of other people sent in a complaint on them giving out viruses.

The Stealth Warrior

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Feb 2006

[TOL]

W/R

n1

striderkaaru

striderkaaru

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Aug 2005

Scars Meadows [SMS], Retired Officer

W/

Quote:
Originally Posted by General Wise Guy
but not as easy to prove it. I just want to know names so i can watch out for them just my thought.
the sentiment is the same. if savio said you scammed him, you can be sure that 90% of the boards will watch out for you and not want to deal with you (proof or not). that's why names aren't allowed.

anyway, never visit sites like that. as your friend experienced, most of the advertised "hacks" are harmful to you. you should try reporting it to anet to make sure that they are aware of the situation and will work to fix it. anet would never allow item dupes to exist for long.

The Stealth Warrior

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Feb 2006

[TOL]

W/R

is there anyay to get a log of ur guild wars conversations? or copy it all ... i couls show u the whole convo...

General Wise Guy

Academy Page

Join Date: Jan 2006

Gresham, Oregon

Burning Sun Ninjas

W/Mo

Quote:
Originally Posted by striderkaaru
the sentiment is the same. if savio said you scammed him, you can be sure that 90% of the boards will watch out for you and not want to deal with you (proof or not). that's why names aren't allowed.

anyway, never visit sites like that. as your friend experienced, most of the advertised "hacks" are harmful to you. you should try reporting it to anet to make sure that they are aware of the situation and will work to fix it. anet would never allow item dupes to exist for long.
idk how to contact anet.

Mavrik

Mavrik

Forge Runner

Join Date: May 2005

Alaska

Well... talk about a cheap way of making ecto. Just like buying off ebay

Savio

Savio

Teenager with attitude

Join Date: Jul 2005

Fifteen Over Fifty [Rare]

Quote:
Originally Posted by General Wise Guy
but not as easy to prove it. I just want to know names so i can watch out for them just my thought.
Knowing Photoshop and other image editors, I could whip up a few screenshots. If I or anyone else really wanted to make someone look bad, it wouldn't be hard to.

Quote:
Originally Posted by The Stealth Warrior
is there anyay to get a log of ur guild wars conversations? or copy it all ... i couls show u the whole convo...
There isn't unless you just take a screenshot of the conversation.

Quote:
Originally Posted by Mavrik
Well... talk about a cheap way of making ecto. Just like buying off ebay
I doubt it actually works. It's one thing to show someone his own items, and another to actually have two of the same item in inventory.

Defender Of Orth

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jul 2005

Eternal Knights

W/Mo

They closed the site! w00t

fiery

fiery

Banned

Join Date: Oct 2005

maryland

InYurFace Gaming [IYF]

R/

i remember in diablo 2 lod there was a so called item dupe when you install this program it makes the person who was dumn enough to install it his screen flash black and white and all sorts of colors and his items just dropped off his body..in GW cant drop items in town.. so beware if someone says come out and zone and trade and he tells you to install something.

look at the link up above.. accss denied.. ehh not trusting.

Cobalt

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Aug 2005

Mo/W

Quote:
Originally Posted by General Wise Guy
its a supposed hack. Its called an item duper. My friend tried it but gave him a virus. It was a keylogger I think. But another hack from the site was god mode(never die) and super speed.
God mode!

We can solo UW again!

I have heard about the speed thing before, it supposedly makes you super fast, so fast you can run any where is seconds also speeds up heath regen time, skill recharge time and weapon swinging/firing and re-swinging/re-firing times like berserker on steroids.

striderkaaru

striderkaaru

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Aug 2005

Scars Meadows [SMS], Retired Officer

W/

Quote:
Originally Posted by Cobalt
I have heard about the speed thing before, it supposedly makes you super fast, so fast you can run any where is seconds also speeds up heath regen time, skill recharge time and weapon swinging/firing and re-swinging/re-firing times like berserker on steroids.
killroy stoneskin and the vizier use that hack.

VGJustice

VGJustice

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jul 2005

Tyria, cappin' ur bosses

Boston Guild [BG]

R/W

No no no, they have an NPC liscence. They can do whatever they want with one of those.

...and I swear that I'll find one of those someday.

Sents

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Dec 2005

Various

E/Me

In Droks last night merchanting salveaged goods() some idiot goes and posts that he got his account cleaned out(whatever that means) after registering and paying for Hax from 'GuildWarsGods'. His message was in the form of a 'warning' like he was doing the community a service, lol. It was immediatley followed by about 10-20 'Good', 'You got what you deserved', etc.. etc..
Funniest thing about 4 minutes later theres a WTB HOD sword(iirc, some uber item that costs lots of k), I almost fell out of my chair. Apparentley the ebay gold market is still alive and well.
People that get hacked, virussed, keylogged etc... get less than no sympathy from me.
Anet has gone to great lengths to keep GW free of this kind off bullshit, and IMO they have done a damn good job so far. Keep up the good work, and all of us report, report, report. I would like to play this game for another year or two without it being turned into the next DII(not gonna happen I hope).
I could care less that people can buy gold off ebay, I dont like it, but it does not affect my game. Hacks, cheats , and other manipulations of the game mechanics does affect my game, Anet knows this and has taken steps to prevent it from ever happening. Kudos to Anet for this, if you read thesse forums or the ones at GWO you will know I am not a 'FanBoi' of Anet, but I appreciate all they do on this front.

.killjoy

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jan 2006

Mo/Me

no such thing , gw is a tight game very hard to hack or exploit i should know ive tried hacks on almost every game ususally when its to good to be true it is... item dupers are fake in almost everyone rpg.

Mandy Memory

Mandy Memory

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Mar 2005

USA

Xen of Sigils [XoO]

W/

NPC liscence is a rare drop from Charr bosses! Start farming everyone!

Carla Witchblade

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Dec 2005

Quote:
Originally Posted by Cobalt
God mode!

We can solo UW again!

I have heard about the speed thing before, it supposedly makes you super fast, so fast you can run any where is seconds also speeds up heath regen time, skill recharge time and weapon swinging/firing and re-swinging/re-firing times like berserker on steroids.
Sounds like Devona in the Ascalon Settlement quest.

Jiao Yang

Jiao Yang

Lunar Rabbit

Join Date: Dec 2005

the OP may not be lying.. i have heard of a way to mirror items to other players. When you do it in the trade box.. u cant see the items u 'duped' and u dont get them but they see them as your offer. Thats just what a guild member said cos his brother supposedly can do it. If it is true dont be scared... it wont affect anyone. The full dupeing items is hard to believe.. but im a sucker for a good screen shot.

Jiao

Capitan Del Queso

Academy Page

Join Date: Aug 2005

Pacific Time Zone

Pheonix Ascension

The idea of a graphical glitch that makes it look to another person like you duped something sounds pretty likely, considering the other kinds of graphical glitches that pop up here and there throughout the game.

Shadowfox1125

Shadowfox1125

Forge Runner

Join Date: Mar 2005

PST

W/

Well, this isn't much without screenshots..

But, the OP said a Victo's Blade and some other items, but can't the other person just have a VB too..?

TheGuildWarsPenguin

TheGuildWarsPenguin

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Aug 2005

Los Angeles, California

Picnic Pioneers

E/

Quote:
Originally Posted by Shadowfox1125
Well, this isn't much without screenshots..

But, the OP said a Victo's Blade and some other items, but can't the other person just have a VB too..?
And he said some other items that arent green. Different modifiers.

Deathqueen

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jan 2006

I remember the Platinum dupe of EQ, man it went on for a long time too. Ruined the EQ economy too. And I also remember the dupe bug from EQ before the Bazaar. You could be trading items with another player and simultaniously logoff and one of you would have duped items in your inventory.

Know what gets all these people caught though? Bragging. People just can't keep their Jackie Gleason mouths shut and just gotta brag to a friend, who then uses it and brags to 10 friends, and they all use it and brag to the world and then they all get caught. laffin

Bragging: America's New Favorite Past Time. (smile)

Tsunami Rain

Tsunami Rain

mmmmmmmm pie.

Join Date: Aug 2005

Honolulu, Hawaii

Favorable Winds [Gust]

Mo/

well im pretty sure Anet is aware of this item duping problem (and "speed hacks" as almost all games have) and are doing everything that they can at the moment to put out a patch for it. Also we must realize guys that Anet is working much harder on fixing exploits (among other things) than most other teams (i wont name names ) that i have encountered on other games. If you have any complaints im sure you could drop a PM to gaile on the forums or message her when she logs on in games to give updates and take comments. Overall im pleased with how Arena Net has been taking care of things.

Mandy Memory

Mandy Memory

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Mar 2005

USA

Xen of Sigils [XoO]

W/

I am sure Anet has a team who just sits around and googles "Guild Wars Hacks" (or something like it...and maybe not a team...and maybe not all the time)

Sir Skullcrasher

Sir Skullcrasher

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Jun 2005

California

15 over 50 [Rare]

W/Mo

so this hax allowed the other user to copy the items you have in your trade window?

What good does that do?

kitten

kitten

Academy Page

Join Date: Sep 2005

The White House

[FRAG]

Me/N

Quote:
Originally Posted by sir skulkcrasher
so this hax allowed the other user to copy the items you have in your trade window?

What good does that do?
Say you're selling a gold, max, req 8 fellblade that 15^50 with perfect mods for a crapload of money. someone says they will buy... you put the item in the trade window... and they duplicate the item and have one for themselves... for free.

that's the theory, i would think.

from what little i know about the subject, most "dupe" programs are really just account stealers and key loggers.

Sir Skullcrasher

Sir Skullcrasher

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Jun 2005

California

15 over 50 [Rare]

W/Mo

Quote:
Originally Posted by kitten
Say you're selling a gold, max, req 8 fellblade that 15^50 with perfect mods for a crapload of money. someone says they will buy... you put the item in the trade window... and they duplicate the item and have one for themselves... for free.

that's the theory, i would think.

from what little i know about the subject, most "dupe" programs are really just account stealers and key loggers.
Not trying to sound parnoids or anything but would this fit some peoples who see the trade channel with WTS Max Req8 Crystalline sword perfect mods or some other rares. Than when you open a trade window and that person looked at it for few minutes than close the trade screen and said no thanks.. Is that consider a possible copy hax or just someone who window shopping. If its a copy hax, it would be harder for me or anyone out there opening a trade window if we don't know that the items would be duplicate by them.

Veneficus

Veneficus

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jan 2006

UK

I think what people are saying now.. is that the person who dupes the item doesnt get it or see the item in his invent, he can just show it in the trade back.

If this is true, then this is harmless... Till its confirmed / Rumoured anyway.

kvndoom

kvndoom

Forge Runner

Join Date: Jul 2005

Communistwealth of Virginia

Uninstalled

W/Mo

It's possible, I suppose. I was trying to sell a Superior Absorption rune I got from a chest drop the other day in LA. I put up my WTS and a guy immediately pinged me, "let me see it." Sure, ok. Then he finds me at the fountain, but he's a Ranger... Rangers can't use the rune anyway, but maybe he has a Worrier toon also. So I put the rune in the trade window, and 5 seconds later he cancels and runs off without saying a word. I thought it was odd, since there's already a Rune Trader in LA anyway, if he wanted to just see what the thing looked like. When I read this thread, it got me wondering, though...

generik

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jun 2005

Quote:
Originally Posted by sir skulkcrasher
Not trying to sound parnoids or anything but would this fit some peoples who see the trade channel with WTS Max Req8 Crystalline sword perfect mods or some other rares. Than when you open a trade window and that person looked at it for few minutes than close the trade screen and said no thanks.. Is that consider a possible copy hax or just someone who window shopping. If its a copy hax, it would be harder for me or anyone out there opening a trade window if we don't know that the items would be duplicate by them.
Why would it be hard? You still have your original item no?

Thrawn Foxheed

Thrawn Foxheed

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Dec 2005

[WDS]

Mo/Me

Program = Artmoney.

Used to pull off trade scams in many MMORPGS, particularly ones with abilities to open private shop such as RO, MUO etc.

What it does is alter the appearance of an item onscreen. People trading with you see the altered item. However, once it is interacted with, the server updates and the real item is revealed.

Example : Artmoney user changes... an Ascalon Bow - Storm bow.
Unlucky buyer purchases said bow. Buyer equips bow to find out that it's an ascalon bow.

This doesn't work too well in GuildWars as you have to open trade window with a person and then change it in Artmoney as you have it in the trade window. The person on the other end sees the real item if they are in any way receiving packets from the server I.E moving around, using merchant etc.

That's my theory at least, but hey, who cares

Capitan Del Queso

Academy Page

Join Date: Aug 2005

Pacific Time Zone

Pheonix Ascension

Quote:
Originally Posted by kvndoom
It's possible, I suppose. I was trying to sell a Superior Absorption rune I got from a chest drop the other day in LA. I put up my WTS and a guy immediately pinged me, "let me see it." Sure, ok. Then he finds me at the fountain, but he's a Ranger... Rangers can't use the rune anyway, but maybe he has a Worrier toon also. So I put the rune in the trade window, and 5 seconds later he cancels and runs off without saying a word. I thought it was odd, since there's already a Rune Trader in LA anyway, if he wanted to just see what the thing looked like. When I read this thread, it got me wondering, though...
Some people are just weird about trading. There's no reason why he'd need to have a wArriOr char to buy one of those, because he could have wanted to buy one cheap and sell it higher, or maybe even get one for a friend (hey, it's possible). It's most likely that he decided not to buy it and decided not to talk to you cause he was in a hurry or shy or whatever. If people were really able to get a dupe of an item from you that you put up in trade, there's absolutely no way that there would be not a single case of someone having a jerk take a copy of their item, then gloat to the person and refuse to tell them how they did it. If such was possible, we'd have at least one post on this forum from someone who had this done to them. I really doubt that every single person that would learn how to use such an exploit would all be keen enough to keep it under wraps.