Guild Wars 2

Hello,

I just encountered an enemy mesmer who I got into the downed state in our tower. The next moment, I am out of combat (while I am still next to him!) and he has full life again.

I am a very experienced player and know that it is impossible to get out of combat in this situation. Even if he had rallied for some reason (i.e. kill or level up), I still would have been in combat with him. So please take this seriously and ban this awful person.

Thank you in advance. You do a really good job in keeping the game clean. In around 2500 hours of WvW, I encountered less than 10 hackers.

Greetings,
Huddi

Account name of the hacker available on request

Naming and shaming isn’t allowed, use the IN GAME reporting tool.

Maybe a silly question, but there is no chance that the mesmer had tagged an NPC that died, which resulted in him levelling up and insta healing?
People that report people without knowing any potential (legit) causes should be banned..

Tribio.8531:

Maybe a silly question, but there is no chance that the mesmer had tagged an NPC that died, which resulted in him levelling up and insta healing?
People that report people without knowing any potential (legit) causes should be banned..

No, this is not possible. As I mentioned, a level up or a rally doesn’t get you out of combat immediately.

Novuake.2691:

Naming and shaming isn’t allowed, use the IN GAME reporting tool.

Edited, thanks.

Do writs of exp still work in WvW?

Tom Gore.4035:

Do writs of exp still work in WvW?

Yes, however not when you are in combat.

Huddi.8297:

Tom Gore.4035:

Do writs of exp still work in WvW?

Yes, however not when you are in combat.

Ok it’s fixed then. Didn’t see it in any patch notes, but good to know.

They never put exploit fixes in the patch notes. They are always stealth fixed. Anet has a very strong aversion to admitting when they’ve made a mistake.

Just to point out – there is no report option for hacking, and I think there should be.

I encountered a few players on SoS in early morning NA using teleport hacks. It was the first time I was 100% sure I witnessed someone hacking. I reported them for botting, and whispered another SoS player to keep an eye on them, and report them as well.

Dont forget game bugs, may not even be the players doing.

This is not a hack It’s simply someone leveling up. Last week, I was down to my last 5% Downed HP, and a tagged Defender got stomped, resulting in enough XP to pick me up to full health. The level up is a complete reset of your character.

Side note – This is the reason why we hate “Rally Bot” uplevels in WvW.

Kilger.5490:

Dont forget game bugs, may not even be the players doing.

Using game bugs to your advantage is an exploit. It is almost the very definition of the word. Every once in a while someone says “it’s Anet’s fault for not fixing the bugs!” True, it’s partly their fault, but anyone who exploits those bugs is a cheater. Period.

Tribio.8531:

Maybe a silly question, but there is no chance that the mesmer had tagged an NPC that died, which resulted in him levelling up and insta healing?
People that report people without knowing any potential (legit) causes should be banned..

The reason there are so many false reports is because there is the perception that Anet does nothing about hackers…

This leads players to assume anything strange looking is hacking and to send a report. And that means lots of false reports, making it even harder to catch real hackers.

They really should get rid of the auto full heal on leveling up in wvw. Cant understand why its allowed

Your wish might just be granted with HoT and the mastery system replacing exp for level 80s.

I thought they were just getting rid of post 80 skill points, either way the full heal/knockback on levelup should have been removed from wvw long ago.

X T D.6458:

I thought they were just getting rid of post 80 skill points, either way the full heal/knockback on levelup should have been removed from wvw long ago.

You won’t get XP anymore when you’re level 80. But of course we don’t know if reaching a mastery point will have the same full heal/launch effect…

ahh xp too

/15 quaggans

I think there was a post somewhere that said each area would have its own mastery, not just Maguuma. So in PvE you’ll see level caps replaced but they made no mention of WvW being altered as well since they used WvW as an example of their system.

This could mean that leveling up in WvW will remain the same since there’s no mastery to be added other than what’s already in place (ranks). Would be nice to see what fellow allies had rank-wise though instead of seeing only baddy rank titles.

Also, I think they should leave the leveling up launch effect in as it makes a new strategy. Soon all zergs will sit at 99% exp waiting for the first stomp to launch the other zergs. Extra trolliness this way.

Curo.2483:

Just to point out – there is no report option for hacking, and I think there should be.

I encountered a few players on SoS in early morning NA using teleport hacks. It was the first time I was 100% sure I witnessed someone hacking. I reported them for botting, and whispered another SoS player to keep an eye on them, and report them as well.

yesterday i do the same on a thief, he was using speed hack for run away on combat and taking zero dmg from me

Tom Gore.4035:

X T D.6458:

I thought they were just getting rid of post 80 skill points, either way the full heal/knockback on levelup should have been removed from wvw long ago.

You won’t get XP anymore when you’re level 80. But of course we don’t know if reaching a mastery point will have the same full heal/launch effect…

As Dhemize also said, The Mastery system is PvE, and shouldn’t affect WvW at all. We will probably still gain XP as normal, don’t know.

Smooth Penguin.5294:

This is not a hack It’s simply someone leveling up. Last week, I was down to my last 5% Downed HP, and a tagged Defender got stomped, resulting in enough XP to pick me up to full health. The level up is a complete reset of your character.

Side note – This is the reason why we hate “Rally Bot” uplevels in WvW.

If you had read the full thread, you would know that I was brought out of combat, which does not occur on level up.