Guild Wars 2

In today’s patch:

Players will now be killed if they travel too far outside of the playable space on the maps.

Sounds like that will finally fix your hacker.

Thank god

It’s about time Anet did something about this

As usual, Anet is just putting band aids on a gaping wound.

It might slow things down, but the end result is the same.

The entire client needs fixing so that players cannot hack so easily!

I’m going to spank you both, lol.

Be happy sounds like they finally got time from HoT to address some key issues.

I’ll say give it a few days to see if this “fix” really works or not before celebrating!

I last saw that hacker on friday before reset ganking our people in EB. It is way too early to say if he has been banned, is just bored or Anet has actually managed to fix something for now. This matchup against UW and WSR has been boring as hell but I have not noticed any weird capping going on.

Jayne.9251:

In today’s patch:

Players will now be killed if they travel too far outside of the playable space on the maps.

Sounds like that will finally fix your hacker.

Depends on how far is “too far.”

I would imagine flying above a lord in a tower or keep would be “too far” … much like being under the ground.

I think the hackers should be teleported into a pillory with a box of rotten tomatoes nearby for others to chuck at the offender.

Jayne.9251:

I would imagine flying above a lord in a tower or keep would be “too far” … much like being under the ground.

The terrain is uneven and there are lots of heights which allow players to legitimately be far above it (when falling or leaping from a cliff, for example).

That means it’s not so simple determining how far “too far” is.

The easiest “solution” (and thus the one Anet is most likely to use) is to just put a big box around the entire map and say that if you’re outside that box, it’s too far. But this still allows people to fly-hack and go below the ground as long as they stay in that box.

Yes but the game world is in three dimensions. It’d be easy to assimilate a certain depth and height limit.

Jayne.9251:

Yes but the game world is in three dimensions. It’d be easy to assimilate a certain depth and height limit.

Yeah, but if the limit is like: “you can’t go more than 200m above sea-level and -10m below sea-level,” then hackers can still fly around between those two thresholds.

Anyway, there’s one of these hackers in my matchup right now, so we’ll see how that goes.

Hope it works!

Crossing my fingers for you!

Orochimaru.4730:

As usual, Anet is just putting band aids on a gaping wound.

It might slow things down, but the end result is the same.

The entire client needs fixing so that players cannot hack so easily!

if you know anything about software development you will know that nothing is unhackable.

Nate.3927:

Orochimaru.4730:

As usual, Anet is just putting band aids on a gaping wound.

It might slow things down, but the end result is the same.

The entire client needs fixing so that players cannot hack so easily!

if you know anything about software development you will know that nothing is unhackable.

That’s why the only real solution is to put actual man hours into investigating and (severely) punishing hackers. But from this announcement, it doesn’t look like that’s the road they want to take.

I think some people need to know the difference between hacking and exploiting poor map design where people can teleport threw rocks and or jump up and over walls, the video which was floating around YT there recently the person showed how to get under the map in EBG, no hacks where needed, personally I didn’t even know the area existed until I seen the video, but hopefully the new feature will stop people getting under the map, im sure Anet has tested this update.

Bensozia.8071:

I think the hackers should be teleported into a pillory with a box of rotten tomatoes nearby for others to chuck at the offender.

lol

well i havent seen any hacktide hackers lately so it might work..but then again hacktides are beeing beaten up so badly ..that it wouldt make a different…my guess is we will see hackers again when hacktide is back where they belong in tier 9

BT look to be getting the lowest score this week of any server. I dunno what happened mid week they were just a few k ahead of us (UW) and now its a definite gap that cannot be closed. But then the same could be said of FOW we were close at one point and then suddenly they seemed to get ahread by 20k a day each time I checked in the morning, guess they have a lot of night ppl about

I imagine both Vabbi and RoS are just much more organized servers, covering whole 24h fairly evenly. When BT was in tier 9 with us (FoW), they completely relied hackers for nightcapping, allowing their server jump in the morning and upgrade everything to the max. Eventually our nightcrew was first to boycott the game. Now that BT looks to be hacker-free, their night score is constantly 0. Also, considering their main prime time tactics has always been to run around in one huge mega-blob, I am not surprised they keep losing points against 4-5 smaller groups.

I have still not seen hackers this week, none from UW, and have not heard any rumors about BT hackers either anymore. We may end up against BT again after reset, so then we will see if the hackers simply want to avoid tier 8 or have truely left.

Our nightcrew in FoW is very good, and we are all very thankful to them. We still have some completely empty times when practically nobody manages to get online, thats when we lose too much to both UW and WSR.

And I hope UW gets some wvw guild running too, beating up just 2 same old WSR guilds for whole week is not enough

Here is our FoW vs WSR fight couple days back: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tCOzGWhWHOA

FogLeg.9354:

I have still not seen hackers this week, none from UW, and have not heard any rumors about BT hackers either anymore. We may end up against BT again after reset, so then we will see if the hackers simply want to avoid tier 8 or have truely left.

Really hoping that’s the case and that Anet found a solution finally. What was happening in your tier was pretty bad.

We are doing badly because our most active guild and main source of pug commanders left.

Was that DrN or BTA? And where did they go?

FogLeg.9354:

Was that DrN or BTA? And where did they go?

HARD transfered back to thier previous server. AG or ROF, I can’t remember.

The points that each servers get ower time is weery close to the number of players that server have ower the mathup time
So the more players server have the more points it get
Simple
And yes, the night capping is weery efective for free points- all know this
But night player vs door fight in lower tier is same good as pve farming, no fights not challenge, just players and doors
For night player vs door fight only need some smarter than door players (3-5 shal be enought for fast cap) and they need not sleep on night or be from other time zone
And done- great % of free points (usually 20-40% of all server points)
I try some night player vs door cap… this was more boring than pve farm :P
But looks some players enjoys night wvsw playervsdoor cap- good for them

And yes looks some guild left so we dont have now so muth players ower time to cover points
But who care- they whone some challenge with they dont get on lower tiers where almost all the time wvsw is dead
Good for them
And ofc ty them for some nice fights
But the is still lots of fun in wvsw fights

See YOU on the field !!
The most important is to be nice and keep smiling
Smile

KlausKNT.9302:

The points that each servers get ower time is weery close to the number of players that server have ower the mathup time
So the more players server have the more points it get
Simple
And yes, the night capping is weery efective for free points- all know this
But night player vs door fight in lower tier is same good as pve farming, no fights not challenge, just players and doors
For night player vs door fight only need some smarter than door players (3-5 shal be enought for fast cap) and they need not sleep on night or be from other time zone
And done- great % of free points (usually 20-40% of all server points)
I try some night player vs door cap… this was more boring than pve farm :P
But looks some players enjoys night wvsw playervsdoor cap- good for them

And yes looks some guild left so we dont have now so muth players ower time to cover points
But who care- they whone some challenge with they dont get on lower tiers where almost all the time wvsw is dead
Good for them
And ofc ty them for some nice fights
But the is still lots of fun in wvsw fights

See YOU on the field !!
The most important is to be nice and keep smiling
Smile

You are good at the keep smiling thing

Y
All shall be good at someting

See YOU on the field !!
The most important is to be nice and keep smiling
Smile

Hacker in our matchup is still around and still doing hacking into towers. Updates on this guy?

Lord Kuru.3685:

Hacker in our matchup is still around and still doing hacking into towers. Updates on this guy?

Which matchup are you talking about?

Have not seen any hacking in current FoW/UW/BT matchup yet.

FogLeg.9354:

Was that DrN or BTA? And where did they go?

Just few days ago I asked which guild left. The real answer – they ALL left. Another server left completely empty.

I have mixed feeling about BT death. The hackers have ruined game for me and many other players for too long to forget it all suddenly. The bad attitude of many BT members during whole hacking spree was horrible and insulting.

If I would be really evil, I would quote here number of replies from BT players about their superior skills and how great the server is. Well…

So, in EU tier 9 we now got 2 playerless servers. And before some i-know-all-about-wvw-because-I-play-in-high-tier guy pops in with some meaningless reply, when I say empty, I mean empty. Completely empty. As no players left. None.

Funny thing is – they still both marked as “medium” population, same as Dzagonur, Vabbi and Arborstone. Gives new meaning to word “medium”.

From the recent matchup, I would not be surprised to see another server die same way very soon too. Exactly what is the purpose of having 9 tiers and 27 servers when there simply is not enough players, is not clear to me. If it is just to show BIG numbers, why not add 99 more tiers with 300 more servers, surely it will work even better.

So, if any guild in high EU tier complaining about queues and lags wants to get their hands on whole server where they can play as much as they want whole day long, there are now 2 to offer.

I wrote this 1 moth ago… and hacktide deserved everything that they had comming

“Hacktide” has only one future in WvW…and thats humiliation and extermination….bye bye hacktide…too bad Anet still keeps you going ..

Yes, this is not good for anyone. The coverage in EU T9 is very sporadic. I would not say there are no players left, but the times there is any action is small.
Does anyone know if free account choose their severs on start up? Or just when they play WvW? I hope they get to choose when they play WvW and not on startup, when they get a chance to meet people, shame to force them to move to play WvW. Anyhow with the 23rd Oct launch date maybe people will be back in WvW soon?

Oh this topic still goes on??:D

You shal not worry about wvsw problems
Why you care??
I dont care, its not my job
I still have lots of fun on wvsw

Its normal that lowest poplations/ ower time servers, have place in last tiers

Its similiar like t9, t8 US servers, no anomaly here

Limited free to play model is good move and give some chance to increase population in servers, we will see if this help

I hope you know what will be next

So enjoy the fights until it still goes on!!

So gl, hf lemings!!
See YOU on the field !!

The most important is to be nice and keep smiling
Smile

KlausKNT.9302:

Oh this topic still goes on??:D

You shal not worry about wvsw problems
Why you care??
I dont care, its not my job
I still have lots of fun on wvsw

Its normal that lowest poplations/ ower time servers, have place in last tiers

Its similiar like t9, t8 US servers, no anomaly here

Limited free to play model is good move and give some chance to increase population in servers, we will see if this help

I hope you know what will be next

So enjoy the fights until it still goes on!!

So gl, hf lemings!!
See YOU on the field !!

The most important is to be nice and keep smiling
Smile

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FogLeg.9354:

FogLeg.9354:

Was that DrN or BTA? And where did they go?

Just few days ago I asked which guild left. The real answer – they ALL left. Another server left completely empty.

So, in EU tier 9 we now got 2 playerless servers. And before some i-know-all-about-wvw-because-I-play-in-high-tier guy pops in with some meaningless reply, when I say empty, I mean empty. Completely empty. As no players left. None.

Funny thing is – they still both marked as “medium” population, same as Dzagonur, Vabbi and Arborstone. Gives new meaning to word “medium”.

From the recent matchup, I would not be surprised to see another server die same way very soon too. Exactly what is the purpose of having 9 tiers and 27 servers when there simply is not enough players, is not clear to me. If it is just to show BIG numbers, why not add 99 more tiers with 300 more servers, surely it will work even better.

So, if any guild in high EU tier complaining about queues and lags wants to get their hands on whole server where they can play as much as they want whole day long, there are now 2 to offer.

I´d bet my money on Miller becoming at best a regular again in the Bronze tier if I were you. As valiant as we fight with our few people, there is no way we can beat Drakkar, Aurora or Gunnar or whoever server sinks to position 16. And with Ring of Fire gaining strength as we lose it, we´ll soon be down to T7, and hopefully stabilize there.

And the sad thing, is we were nearly really silver material some months ago.