[Alert] [Complete] Unscheduled Server Maintenance - January 1, 2014

[dowie]

They release a public to get back at someone. It's not like it is the only one that they possess. Publicly releasing causes a big mess and basically forces Nexon to fix it ASAP.

[icephoenix21]

Isn't that a little bit optimistic?

I was giving him the benefit of the doubt :I

[ChickenKiev]

I've sent Nexon tickets detailing people who sold duped items and bragged about duping the items during the duping crisis after RED was released and prior to Nexon taking any kind of action. I included screenshots and videos.

Those people were walking around free the same day that Nexon claimed to have banned the dupers and those who sold duped items. Not only were they capable of playing on the same accounts that they sold the duped items, they were selling duped items. Again.

[Maryse]

I've sent Nexon tickets detailing people who sold duped items and bragged about duping the items during the duping crisis after RED was released and prior to Nexon taking any kind of action. I included screenshots and videos.

Those people were walking around free the same day that Nexon claimed to have banned the dupers and those who sold duped items. Not only were they capable of playing on the same accounts that they sold the duped items, they were selling duped items. Again.

Eh well they're tickets.
You can always send me information so I can put it somewhere where it'll probably be seen.

[Stereo]

Is there any sort of video that would 'prove' someone who's botting with an auto-CC script is cheating? There's a couple people I've tracked to Future Henesys's pig farm basically all of December, but never got an SS of them hunting because they CC 2 times then log off if someone's still tracking them.

I'm assuming they train because they gain 50-100m exp per day steadily, just never even seen them attacking...

[ChickenKiev]

Eh well they're tickets.
You can always send me information so I can put it somewhere where it'll probably be seen.

People were discussing the success rate of actions being taken by Nexon to fix duping and to ban dupers. I was adding to that.

Plus I believe I already sent you the screenshots of the people selling duped items here on SP.net.

[Satellite]

If a hacker wanted a private hack patched, they could make a pastebin with a full guide and tweet it to http://twitter.com/5tove (Min Kim).

That's been done for the last 2 cases, as he seems to use twitter nearly daily and definitely has the power to shut the game down.

[Gymleaders]

Eh well they're tickets.
You can always send me information so I can put it somewhere where it'll probably be seen.

Well it shouldn't be "Well they're tickets"... The situation should be able to be solved in tickets.

[Maryse]

Well it shouldn't be "Well they're tickets"... The situation should be able to be solved in tickets.

I completely agree.
I'm just saying that 'cause the ticketing system isn't always too reliable.

[Mazz]

How long was the last dupe public for and how far did they roll the servers back?

I think they only rolled back 18/20 hours or so, no idea how long it was public though. I am fully expecting a rollback for this dupe, and hopefully this time they won't f'ucking unban everyone days later. Still not a clue why they did that, if they even noticed it happened.

[Maryse]

How long was the last dupe public for and how far did they roll the servers back?

1. A bit longer than a day.
2. There's no notice of a rollback.

[Mazz]

1. A bit longer than a day.
2. There's no notice of a rollback.

...I'm aware. I said I was expecting one. Unless you misread and replied with how long THIS roll back will last, which is not what I was saying.

The scenario is roughly the same as last time, and last time they 'resolved' the issue with a roll back, hence I am expecting a roll back this time too.

[Maryse]

...I'm aware. I said I was expecting one. Unless you misread and replied with how long THIS roll back will last, which is not what I was saying.

Yup, misread. Sorry about that.
I think the last rollback was about 14 hours.
Not sure how long it was public for though.

[Mazz]

Yup, misread. Sorry about that.
I think the last rollback was about 14 hours.
Not sure how long it was public for though.

Found the thread on the hacking forum:

Dupe released 11:53pm EST (8:53pm PST) on the 8th December
USC began 2:20pm EST on the 9th December (so the game was up for under 15 hours)
MS rolled back to 8pm PST 8th December

This time around:

Dupe released 8:23pm EST (5:23pm PST) on 31st December
USC began 12:35am EST (9:35pm PST) on the 2nd(/1st) January (game was up for ~28 hours)
If they decide to roll back fully, it'll likely be to 5pm PST on the 31st, which is a loooooong time, so we'll see I guess.. though I don't think they have much choice.

Maybe they'll roll back up to the point where they blocked Hired Merchants/Permits from being sold in the Cash Shop and forget about the rest? No idea when that happened though. Was asleep I think.

[Bacon]

I'm going to be really sad if there's a rollback. I've spent the last two days doing all the Crimsonheart/Tynerum/Commerci Quests.

I'll die if I have to repeat that Jump Quest again :(

[Alloy]

You know what? My main character has been on lockdown with that stupid error code 38 for 2 weeks now.

But actually, I'm not even that mad. Specially when you see what kind of crap they are dealing with. Having to work on an emergency in the middle of the holidays, always fearing a new exploit.

Take your time, guys, it's ok, this is kind of an special case. And I just have to understand.

But of course I'll have to vent away not at you, but at my bad luck for having this pineappleing weird glitch.

[Encyclopedic]

Oh, don't worry, there are rond of hacks kept private.
The people that find them are smart enough for that.
EMS had a guy who had a lot of information on pretty much every EMS hack existing and he sent it to nexon EU multiple times. After being ignored for ages he gave up and decided to use them. They're still not fixed.

[Satellite]

I'm going to be really sad if there's a rollback. I've spent the last two days doing all the Crimsonheart/Tynerum/Commerci Quests.

I'll die if I have to repeat that Jump Quest again :(

Hey at least you didn't have the best scrolling experiance of your life, nearly perfected a weapon w/o slates. This happened to me on the 29th though, and I'm confident they aren't going that much back. Still can't help but to feel really damn bad for all the people who did scroll something similar during the last 1-2 days.

They should announce these ASAP even if they aren't taking servers down, so people know not to scroll or waste time on anything.

[Alloy]

Hey at least you didn't have the best scrolling experiance of your life, nearly perfected a weapon w/o slates. This happened to me on the 29th though, and I'm confident they aren't going that much back. Still can't help but to feel really damn bad for all the people who did scroll something similar during the last 1-2 days.

They should announce these ASAP even if they aren't taking servers down, so people know not to scroll or waste time on anything.

The main problem is that it's the holidays. These people do this for a living. I bet you were on vacation during that time too, and if you weren't, you were one among few. The hackers that released this knew they screwed Nexon over, simply because to them, this is a job, not a hobby like we see it.

[SaptaZapta]

They should announce these ASAP even if they aren't taking servers down, so people know not to scroll or waste time on anything.

What would be the point of leaving the servers up and telling everybody to stop playing?
"We are disabling all features except the chat. Happy Mapling!"