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Dev Disco
 
PostPosted: Wed, May 20 2009, 9:04 AM 

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I noticed a few of you have been doing something that's so clearly an exploit that I am amazed you didn't see a reason to report it to me, but used it to gain levels instead (well, one of you did report it).

It involves spawning resources with a merchant, refining them, and selling them to the system again. For example: you collect a lump or iron ore, buy 1000 pieces and refine them in one go. That's a lot XP for a little price.

If you fall in this category you do the following: you contact a DM, let him/her take the levels you gained, and ask him to post your name in the DM forum. In a day or two I am going to compare that list with the currently very incomplete list of people whom I know to have done this.

There are two possible results of this exercise:

1. Everybody on my current list has been dealt with, and I won't bother wasting my time on a thorough examination of the log files. I'll not bear a grudge to people gaining levels through this, it's also my fault of adding this without thinking about the consequences.

2. There are people on my shortlist who haven't come forward. Then I will look at the rest of the logs, and people that I catch will be deleveled and banned for a month.

I am rather pissed off about this, btw. I try to make something people can enjoy, not something that forces me to play a cop.

Thanks.

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Nekhy
 
PostPosted: Wed, May 20 2009, 9:17 AM 



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To emphasise the point: we do record these things, and if we look into the logs, you will get caught.


 
      
Yurell
 
PostPosted: Wed, May 20 2009, 10:56 AM 

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I'm glad you're not going easy on them.

Cheaters deserve their comeuppance.

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Selmak
 
PostPosted: Wed, May 20 2009, 12:52 PM 

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I thought you had to get resources by exploring the world? *head scratch*


 
      
Dev Disco
 
PostPosted: Wed, May 20 2009, 15:13 PM 

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Yes. That's not the same as exploring the limits of my patience, though.

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Grymia
 
PostPosted: Wed, May 20 2009, 18:51 PM 

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Yeah, the Job system is meant to be enjoyed not exploited godsdamnit!


 
      
Brown Blur
 
PostPosted: Wed, May 20 2009, 19:49 PM 

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Sad and lame.

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TormakSaber
 
PostPosted: Wed, May 20 2009, 21:22 PM 

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I wish I could say I was surprised?

But I'm not.

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Grymia
 
PostPosted: Wed, May 20 2009, 21:27 PM 

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Sadly, anything new is going to get exploited somehow.


 
      
Yossarin
 
PostPosted: Wed, May 20 2009, 22:05 PM 



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After hearing exactly how this exploitation works, I am highly disappointed in those we've found who did it. It is beyond all rational thinking an exploit.

By the way, has anyone seen my moral high ground anywhere? I've either totally misplaced it, or I donated it to the RNC.


 
      
Gunz
 
PostPosted: Wed, May 20 2009, 22:32 PM 



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Damn Republicans!

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Thenewsman
 
PostPosted: Thu, May 21 2009, 3:11 AM 

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o0GuNz_N_RoSeZ0o wrote:
Damn Republicans!


Lets not get into politics...

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PostPosted: Thu, May 21 2009, 7:34 AM 



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My avatar exploited the job system and look what Disco did to him. I suggest you all bring sacrafices of booze and women to apease the chicken. For shame.


 
      
Dev Disco
 
PostPosted: Thu, May 21 2009, 8:03 AM 

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Stop whining, it's just a flesh wound.

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Crowsterf
 
PostPosted: Fri, May 22 2009, 3:06 AM 

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*bumps* Still some people to come forward on thier own before we start hunting.

Dont make us hunt you wont like it if we do.


 
      
Cori
 
PostPosted: Fri, May 22 2009, 6:05 AM 

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Crowsterf wrote:
*bumps* Still some people to come forward on thier own before we start hunting.

Dont make us hunt you wont like it if we do.


I'll like it.

But that's mostly because I'm truly evil and want to see cheaters suffer horribly.

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Brown Blur
 
PostPosted: Fri, May 22 2009, 8:31 AM 

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Cori wrote:
Crowsterf wrote:
*bumps* Still some people to come forward on thier own before we start hunting.

Dont make us hunt you wont like it if we do.


I'll like it.

But that's mostly because I'm truly evil and want to see cheaters suffer horribly.


I'm TN and I want to see cheaters suffer horribly.........

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Yurell
 
PostPosted: Fri, May 22 2009, 8:45 AM 

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Brown Blur wrote:
Cori wrote:
Crowsterf wrote:
*bumps* Still some people to come forward on thier own before we start hunting.

Dont make us hunt you wont like it if we do.


I'll like it.

But that's mostly because I'm truly evil and want to see cheaters suffer horribly.


I'm TN and I want to see cheaters suffer horribly.........


LN. Makes me want it more.

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Nekhy
 
PostPosted: Fri, May 22 2009, 9:11 AM 



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From 35 seconds onwards.. do you recognise yourself there?

(I do, btw)


 
      
Yurell
 
PostPosted: Fri, May 22 2009, 9:24 AM 

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Nekhy wrote:


That is so interesting.

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Gunz
 
PostPosted: Fri, May 22 2009, 9:31 AM 



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Yurell wrote:
Nekhy wrote:


That is so interesting.


Pff. I'm with the angry chimp: No one steals my food! ROAR!!!!!!!!!

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HellScourge
 
PostPosted: Fri, May 22 2009, 10:57 AM 

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We all should fling poo at each other.

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Nekhy
 
PostPosted: Fri, May 22 2009, 11:03 AM 



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HellScourge wrote:
We all should fling poo at each other.


If flinging poo satisfies our genetic thirst for vengeance against those who cheated us or our community, then why not.


 
      
Yurell
 
PostPosted: Fri, May 22 2009, 11:06 AM 

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I prefer tradition. Public lynching :D

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Delarwyn
 
PostPosted: Fri, May 22 2009, 11:13 AM 

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I think it was fixed or something, as I was renaming my clothing line it said I only get xp after sometime of cool down. Dont remember the numbers now. I didnt care because she is lvl 30 already and I continued to do what I was there to do, but, I guess it is fixed.

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Amarice-Elaraliel
 
PostPosted: Fri, May 22 2009, 11:17 AM 

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I assume that I still don't get how this exploit works is either a good or a bad sign. <.<

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Uncle-Opustus
 
PostPosted: Fri, May 22 2009, 11:23 AM 

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It just probably means that you can't be arsed to find out. Which is a good sign, of course.

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Ts_
 
PostPosted: Fri, May 22 2009, 12:41 PM 

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Delarwyn wrote:
I think it was fixed or something, as I was renaming my clothing line it said I only get xp after sometime of cool down.

Oh? Disco, care to elaborate?

Regards, Ts

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Dev Disco
 
PostPosted: Fri, May 22 2009, 13:18 PM 

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Simple: a few jobs can potentially do a task many times a minute. For example naming items. That would be a bit too tasty, so I put the cooldown time on the XP reward thinghy. In short: you can name as many items you want within two minutes, but you only get XP once. You should wait two minutes between each naming action if you want a lot of XP.

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