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This is absolutely spot on. +1
Some serious attention needs to be paid to the state of WvW right now.
Those at Anet responsible for this supposed WvW overhaul which has apparently been in the works for some time now need to have their attention drawn to this post by Fozzik.
He’s giving you the answers right here.
At the time of me writing this, Desolation is currently the ONLY full server in Europe.
America has NO FULL SERVERS whatsoever.
If that isn’t a clear enough signal that WvW is in need of serious attention then I don’t know what is.
I have an idea for a quest which might be a bit of fun.
It involves a Sylvari character called “Mordrem Treeman” who looks and sounds like the famous Hollywood actor, Morgan Freeman. Poor Mordrem has been imprisoned by the pact in “Shankshaw Prison” and he finds a way to contact you, the player, with a message requesting help in escaping. Now that Mordremoth is defeated, it’s evil influence has no more hold over Mordrem Treeman and he is, essentially imprisoned unjustly as he is now as good as good can be.
It is up to the player to stage a daring prison break and free Mordrem Treeman from his unjust imprisonment.
That’s basically the idea as it is so far.
On a practical side, this should be OK to implement as parody is covered under fair use and shouldn’t be subject to copyright, so it shouldn’t be an issue for Arenanet to reference either Morgan Freeman or “The Shawshank Redemption”
There is a very talented impressionist (who I have no affiliation with and have not contacted about this idea) named Jason Stevens who does an excellent Morgan Freeman impersonation (among others) and I would suggest using him for voice acting duties as he would be substantially cheaper than the real Mr. Freeman.
He has a website jasonsvoices.com where samples of his work can be heard.
I think this idea would be a nice bit of fun to introduce as a side quest or part of an event chain or some living story content etc.
If anyone in Arenanet decides there is merit to this idea and wants to run with it, I would be very happy to see it appear in game in future and I’m sure it would raise a smile with several players….plus, who doesn’t like daring prison breaks?
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I transferred from FoW to AG about a month ago (because of Hacktide) and I have been enjoying it a lot more in WvW since.
Decent commanders, good community etc. Lots of opportunity to both roam and zerg.
Overall a huge improvement over playing in T9 WvW (especially since the boycotts due to continued hacking)
Also, AG is higher in the rankings than RoF, so less chance you’ll get matched up with BT again in future. (at least for the immediate future)
Aurora Glade is also a good option and potentially cheaper in transfer cost than Piken or FSP.
I switched to AG from FoW about a month ago for the same reasons as the OP (Hacktide…I will give them their TRUE name!) and I’ve been happy in WvW since.
That being said, it appears that the ones who were hacking on BT have moved over to UW now and are continuing with their antics over there.
Seems they are happy ruining T9…they probably reckon lower numbers means they can get away with their BS more easily.
So, I’d suggest that ANY server that is safely out of T9 range is a good bet at the moment.
With that in mind, AG was the choice for me based on cost and position in the tables.
Good luck wherever you end up, OP.
STILL awaiting response form ANet.
https://twitter.com/Shazbawt/status/630648481208623105
At least it’s something ^^
This just goes to show that all we have to do is make our grievances on a public forum like Reddit and Anet will jump and take notice.
Scores of threads on these forums with screenshots, video evidence and tickets submitted to Anet support have all yielded essentially no meaningful action.
A grand total of 2 threads (to the best of my knowledge) even had a Dev comment on them before they were closed. I have good reason to believe that bans were issued to the hacking players following these two incidences.
This tweet from Chris Cleary came just about a day after a thread on the guildwars2 subreddit about Hacktide.
You want something done? clearly the way to get action is to air Hacktide’s dirty laundry in public rather than on these forums.
P.S. Please, guys….don’t feed the troll. I’m not even going to dignify “smiley guy” by using his name, but he’s just trolling and has done this before and will do it again.
Nobody on here is buying what you’re selling, mate….so why don’t you (with no due respect, as you don’t deserve it from any of us) keep your kittening mouth shut?
P.P.S. I’m extremely gratified to hear that something is being worked on to fix the issue and would like to extend my thanks to Anet for acknowledging this is an important problem which requires immediate and permanent rectification if at all possible.
Try to put it in perspective: You are at a server, and you do good in WvW, and then some hackers come and cap maybe 2 more towers, and then YOUR server is accused of hacking?
That was 2 Borderlands that the hackers flipped, not 2 towers
Our server has really good players with skills and good players!
Oh really…that might explain why BT was losing 20 vs 8 against UW and 40 vs 20 against FoW
We’re getting 600+ constantly in WvW WITHOUT the hackers online,
Yes you are…but there are also no enemies online either
And guess why they leftSo stop following this kitteny trend with calling our server for ’’hacktide’’, because it’s just childish.
The thing is…this isnt the first time you’r server is/was hacking, its somewhere around the 8th time…and we have forgiven you untill now
But when you start saying things like “The hackers are gone, and we didnt need them in the first place” I’d be salty too
@Mitz
Spot on Sir (or Madam) absolutely correct in every regard.
Well said!
what do you say about the guy(or guys I don’t know if is the same one) in uw and fow servers that camp on wp and invites people to join bt? He seems to be always there, and he follows us if we change bl, he spies and reports our movements and what we plan to do, to people in bt and then a zerg arrives . You can undestand that this guy is not just an individual as he reports to people from your server.The solution is not to tag and not talk to chat but that makes it very difficult to communicate and have more than 4-5 people with you.
Personally, I completely agree with you.
The actions of these individuals are what is ruining WvW in T9 even more than the Hackers (which have been present since BEFORE BT’s increase in player numbers, it didn’t follow subsequently, as the OP seemed to describe it)
Yes, I know every server has to deal with “spies” but the problem is made even more acute in low population servers like FoW and UW…it’s like kicking a puppy (or should I say “kitten”) when it’s already down….populations are low and while they are low, these BT spies make sure to keep them low by making it difficult for new players and those not already running in a party or guild group to co-ordinate with others on the map.
As I said before, it’s no one thing that is resulting in the death of T9 WvW for FoW and UW, but a combination of Hacking, organised spying and increased player numbers.
Of these 3 factors, the organised spying is what is really ruining it, making it impossible to co-ordinate even an outnumbered response to BT’s actions.
We have dealt with hacking since long before the organised spying and increase in numbers and were able to consistently beat BT week after week. (we still complained on the forums and posted videos and screenshots etc. but at least we could mount a response in game to make back what we lost to these isolated few bad eggs)
If BT only saw an increase in player numbers which resulted in their domination of T9, I would honestly say “gg” and wish you well in your fights against T8 opponents in future.
However, it’s not like that at all….your eventual rise to T8 has been stained by the methods some on your server have used to achieve this and BT should feel no pride or satisfaction in their success by such methods.
The situation in T9 is now such that many of those in FoW and UW (basically those not already in a party or TS) can not effectively participate in the WvW game mode at all.
The solution is quite simple: we don’t play with BT any more.
This can be accomplished in one of 2 ways:
1. boycott WvW until BT get promoted to T8 and then play (but not well enough to actually get promoted up into T8 and join them again)
2. transfer somewhere far out of BT’s reach
I am not a fan of not playing to the best of my ability or not trying to win. I won’t hobble my efforts to climb the ladder for fear of encountering BT again in future and dealing with this kitten again, so, for me choice 2. was the only one to make.
I only hope there are some left in FoW and UW when all this is over who can help these servers recover in future from this disgraceful episode.
@ hymi,
nice written and totally the trued. I also made a post in the other forum but i think there are some ppl who dont wanna read it completely. The only thing we hear is: you are hacktide, you suck, bla bla. They even took the time to look for youtube movies and calling us kittening losers. I think that very mature…
So i think this forum is just gonna be an other way that ppl from UW and FOW (not all, there also very nice ppl like Michael and more of them) where they can complain and write what they allready writen like a 1000 times.
Yesterday, when the reset was, we all where sure we would go up to tier 8. Unfortunatly it didn’t happen and now we have to read a whole week forum post what are kind of assulting.
What Anet has to do is: kick every1 from the forum who calls other ppl names and assults. Mature behavior can be done by every1 and its not hard. Its even in the rules that you write respectfull. So lets do it all (and yes, with every1 i mean all the servers from our Tier).
Peace out, let the love come in!
Thanks for your words.
It’s nice to be recognised for being respectful and polite.
This just goes to show that you don’t have to be a kittenhole to have your point made.
As the saying goes “You catch more flies with honey than with flypaper”
What’s the point of this thread? Seems pointless to me.
The point of the thread is made in the OP’s post.
I, for one, feel it very much has a point as only today I finally decided to transfer to Aurora Glade from Fissure of Woe.
Since I got the game back in January of this year I have played week after week of matchups in WvW against Blacktide…sure there have been other servers, but BT has been a constant fixture whilst others (WSR, UW, FR, Vabbi) have come and gone from T9.
That’s 7 months of Hacktide and quite frankly, I’ve had enough. I can’t credit them with the ability to actually stay in T8 for any length of time if they ever do get up there, so regrettably, I’ve taken matters into my own hands and solved the problem which has been ruining my enjoyment of this game myself.
Even if they do go up to T8, what are those left in T9 supposed to do then?…try to play badly enough to keep away from going up and meeting BT in T8 once more? or hoping that they go up whilst BT go down in the same week?
I’m sorry, but that doesn’t sound appealing to me in the slightest, but that’s the future for T9 WvW….tainted and hobbled due to the cheating and hacking on BT.
It saddens me to have it come to this, but I really don’t see any other way to solve the issue.
Anet won’t or can’t provide a permanent solution to the problem, and I don’t want to participate in a WvW environment where we try to play poorly to stay in a different Tier to BT (if they do go to T8)
I feel very bitter towards the cheats and hackers from BT who have made it come to this and I wish Fissure of Woe all the best in future. Those sticking around deserve good things after all the kitten they have had to deal with from BT.
Sadly, I’m not optimistic things will improve in future as I’m sure I’m not the only one who has left for greener pastures.
ofc.. we havent seen the hackers for a week …no need to call them in now..they will be used when hacktide is under pressure. Thats how they use hackers. We saw that 3 weeks ago when most maps was UW…wooopsie suddently the hackers was active and flipped 2 maps in less than 30 min. Fort Frank will experience this for sure.
Wauw, i said i wouldn’t react anymore, but…
you really think we WANT the hackers? you think we call them out when we are in trouble? WAUW you are really sick in your head, and i hope you will seek profesional help for that. Really dude (or miss) thats sick….Sorry for my reaction, but WAUW….. find help plz. I think this game isn’t good for you to play anymore….
and with that: 3 weeks ago some things happened… plz keep whining about that for more then 1 year.
and, thnx for making me kittened off. I hoped for some grown up reactions, but this is just sick……
Please don’t be upset.
Like you say, it’s just a game.
However….it’s not an isolated event of hacking that happened 3 weeks ago and went away….BT players have been reported multiple times, screenshots have been posted and videos made FOR MONTHS. It has been happening CONTINUOUSLY.
I understand that you, personally, likely have nothing to do with this and are attempting to play the game by the same rules as the other servers in your matchup and, indeed, the vast majority of players on BT.
However…it only takes one or two bad apples to ruin the reputation of an entire server and your hackers have been operating on BT with impunity for so long now that I’m afraid the community at large is being “tarred with the same brush”
Is this right or fair? No, it’s not…but it’s happened, Blacktide having the commonly used name Hacktide illustrates this perfectly…it’s been a “feature” of matchups against BT for so long now that your server has a nickname based on it and you are widely known as exploiters, cheats and hackers. Even though it is quite obvious to anyone that only a minority of players actually engage in such activities….but as I said, it only takes one or two to ruin the reputation of an entire server.
P.S.
You’ve insinuated again that UW and FoW also hack…I have NEVER seen any evidence of this from FoW and quite frankly, I resent the implication.
(full disclosure: I have seen firsthand what I suspect was an UW player flying under the map killing people by using an invisible golem during the golem week, however this was an isolated incident and this kind of exploit was RAMPANT during this event…also there was no proof that it was an UW player, it is merely my suspicion, which may be wrong)
We don’t care about losing…FoW have been at the bottom for as long as I can remember…we don’t need to lower ourselves to the level of using cheats and hacks to “get ahead”
It might be an alien concept to some from BT…but we value fair play (I suspect you share the same values here)
Just because there are people on BT cheating, doesn’t mean everyone else is up to no good as well.
@Koenow
You might not have seen the hackers in a while, but that doesn’t mean they are gone.
Cheats and dishonorable players from your server still plague FoW and UW on a daily basis throughout this week’s matchup.
I refer of course to those who can’t be named here (but we all know who they are) trolling in team chat to change servers to BT and reporting our commanders’ positions and movements to those on your server.
This, as much as the hacking (if not more) has ruined WvW for the other 2 servers who are still trying to play fairly against you bunch of cheats.
It’s gotten to the point now where no-one is tagging up for FoW at all and nobody is discussing objectives or calling our targets or positions in team chat for others to see.
It may not “technically” be cheating but it’s certainly not “fair play” however, I guess compared to BT’s usual antics this is viewed as “absolutely legit and completely above-board”
….well…give yourselves all a medal or something…you can’t win unless you have an overwhelming numbers advantage as you have had in the past 2 weeks, or you cheat.
Even when you didn’t have the numbers you have currently, you still couldn’t beat us even with cheating and hacking….so I guess it takes a combination of:
1. overwhelming numbers advantage.
2. spies in the other 2 servers’ spawn points effectively destroying co-ordination outside of guild or party groups.
3. the ever-present hackers.
Now that you have all 3 of these things, you actually stand a chance of advancing to tier 8 next matchup…even then, it’s close between your rating and WSR’s
You shouldn’t be in any way satisfied by how BT has conducted themselves of late, rather, you should be disgusted…I know everyone on FoW and UW is.
P.S.
Regarding your accusation that members of jd have cheated in the past….
…this is a baseless accusation and, quite frankly stinks of finger pointing in an attempt to try to shift some of the (quite justifiable) heat off of your server.
As we have provided plenty of proof of various forms of BT’s antics in the past, I would respectfully ask you to do the same if you want to insinuate that FoW (or UW) players do anything other than play fairly.
It’s sad, just when you thought BT couldn’t possibly sink to a lower level…
I’m from WSR and remember how awful it was to see the entire T3 map flip to hackers in a few minutes. It caused a lot of our people to quit or not bother upgrading. If we’d also had to deal with a bunch of BT kittenes on our server I would have quit as well.
But fortunately for us the way the points are distributed there is almost no chance we’ll have to fight BT in the near future, just UW/FoW or FR/RoS (we’ll probably be seeing you next week).
I welcome anyone other than Hacktide.
And trust me…if there’s a lower level to sink to in terms of cheating, hacking and generally dishonorable play those on BT will find it and sink to it with no stain on their conscience at all it seems.
The sooner they get out of our matchup the better for all those on FoW and UW…it’s just a shame that another 2 servers will have to put up with their rubbish instead….but quite frankly, those on FoW and UW have endured quite enough already…time for someone else to suffer for a change.
I’m very happy to hear this.
Glad that Anet are engaging with the WvW community and putting plans in action to improve the experience for those of us who love this game mode.
Well done! and thanks very much!
Why you didn’t take at least some screen shots for some sort of proof? All we have here is a player that describes he interpretation of something that maybe happened maybe not (no offense)
Well…to be honest I’d love to have been quick enough to grab some screenies but the whole thing was over rather quickly and during the events I was rather more focused on rez-ing teammates, fighting off my own downed state, and dealing with the UW thief that we COULD see…by the time we realised that something suspect was happening it was already too late.
You could blame my “old-man” reflexes.
Either way, there already exists screenshots of this exploit being used as well as video in other threads on these forums.
I just wanted to add my voice to the growing number of complaints regarding hacking/exploiting etc. in order hopefully bring more attention to the issue as it’s ruining a lot of people’s fun.
I don’t think the issue will be solved by banning the offending person(s) in cases like these. What needs to happen is Anet needs to tighten up their system to close the gates for these hacks and exploits to be used in the first place.
Other games have managed to do this, Anet should be able to do this too.
A sad state of affairs to be sure.
I cross my fingers yet again that someone in a position to DO SOMETHING actually sees this video and does something to lessen the suffering that these fools from BT have been causing for what seems like a very long time indeed now.
…..but I know that I’m hoping in vain…:(
I ‘m getting tired of seeing posts about this but it’s so infuriating that I had to do something…and there’s nothing in-game we can do about this other than not play so…here goes….
Hacking continues to run RAMPANT in T9 WvW and it seems those on FoW are constantly on the receiving end.
It has become a common sight on these forums to read about hacking from Blacktide, however this time it might actually be Underworld who are the culprits….
A group of around 6 to 8 of us from FoW were, not 10 minutes ago, attacking Durios Post on EB and being harassed by a thief from UW whilst doing so…he wasn’t much problem, just kiting around our group trying to poke us a bit…nothing unusual with that….
We press on and are just about to get the gate down when something starts dropping us like flies from what looked like under the map.
I have read about the “under the map” exploits on these forums already and the consensus within our group was that it was a single player in a golem who was responsible. (this was determined from the effects we could see coming through the ground)
Our entire group was downed one by one as those surviving tried to rez and fight back while the UW thief continued to prance around poking at us whilst he remained unmolested by our underground assailant.
It seemed the underground hacker was gone as we began to rez back up and get our way inside and to lord….then we all get wiped one by one again by the same underground golem attacks.
I have nothing to “prove” that this was a player from UW who was exploiting the “under the map” bug apart from the fact that throughout this event, an UW thief was in close proximity to those of us under attack and didn’t get hit once….except by us.
Just like in previous threads on this forum regarding this subject, the attacker was invisible, impossible to target and nothing appeared in combat logs to shed any light on how we were downed or what was doing us any damage.
It pains me to say this, as I had hoped that we on FoW shared some solidarity with those on UW who have been plagued as we have by hackers from BT for months now…however, it seems that for at least 2 of UW’s WvW community (which must actually represent a sizeable chunk of what is left of your WvW playerbase) they have decided “if you can’t beat them, join them”
I am BEGGING someone from Arenanet to at the very least acknowledge that this is an issue.
Tier 9 is a miserable place to play WvW and has been for months…and it has nothing to do with the small population and everything to do with those that don’t care to play by everyone else’s rules.
It’s like the more we talk bout the hackers and try to report them, the worse it gets^^
Sad but true….
It seems Hacktide truly deserve their “real” name.
It’s a breeding ground of cheats and hackers and it really needs to come to an end permanently.
He was STILL there sitting in FoW spawn in EB as of last night (about 8 hours ago)
So you basicly find it fun because you can pve level your char that’s it right?
I Imagine you are not a wvw regular, and by that I mean probably not even one rank right?
Wow…the salt…..I know I’m “feeding the troll” here, but here goes in a totally-not-necessary attempt to defend my “WvW regular” background
Yes, I am a WvW regular. I’ve only had the game since January this year, so a bit over 7 months, but in that time I’ve gone up to Bronze….Footman, I think it is….360+ rank.
I think that’s not bad for only 7 months or so of playtime.
I play WvW every day, it’s the only gamemode I find fun since finishing PvE, doing map completion etc. (both of which as examples were absolutely NOT fun towards the end)
And in case you didn’t get the gist of my original post….I meant to say that the Golem event is a huge negative, it’s ruined all competitive aspects of WvW and turned it into EotM. (which I can’t stand, by the way)
My “good thing” about golem week isn’t really very good at all, more of a “when life gives you lemons, make lemonade” kind of thing….I guess sarcasm really doesn’t translate well through text.
My original thought on making the thread was to have more exposure to the negative effects of golem week by making a post whose title was a positive, so it would perhaps get some attention or not be grouped into the sea of negative feedback in the golem megathread (and therefore buried) but upon anyone reading it, they would see that it’s actually just a thinly veiled criticism.
I guess some people didn’t understand that though, right? :p
Don’t get me wrong….I overall think the Golem event is a massive mistake to roll out on EB and the BLs and I feel it would have been much better suited to testing this event on EotM, which is already a K-Train.
However, now that we are stuck with it for a few more days at least, I thought I’d try to find the good in the event….here it is:
It’s an excellent way to quickly level an alt toon by jumping in a golem and mindlessly running along as part of a K-train quickly flipping point after point….yes it’s pretty mindless, but I’d MUCH rather be doing that with guildies and friends from the same server than running around doing hearts and trying to get xp in PvE.
Plus, the sale price of a lot of the gear that isn’t max lvl is actually higher than the usual drops from running WvW on a lvl 80 character, so overall I’ve made more gold during golem week than in regular WvW and I’ve ranked up faster due to faster capping of objectives as the K-train rolls from point to point.
So…there’s my two cents in a river of negative feedback about the event in general.
Do I think it’s a good event?….honestly, no, not in regular WvW…it should have been EotM.
But….when life (or Anet) gives you lemons….
Met a dev in Lion Arch earlier today and was abble to have a nice conversation with him. “Sofacouch” (not even kidding it’s his real name). Said he was gonna look into it.
Better than nothing I guess^^
Plus tbh Golem week kinda broke wvw even more so hackers don’t really matter atm for us XD
Really good to hear that at least one dev is aware of this issue and will look into it.
Keeps a little bit of hope alive.
Still, it’s true what you say that “Golem Week” has basically broken WvW…so I guess that’s going to be 2 weeks where most of FoW and UW will be sitting out of WvW.
GG Anet….seriously though, good job on attempting something which could have been fun and interesting…but I don’t think anyone responded positively to the idea of this “Golem Week” from inside the WvW community, whilst there have been numerous suggestion threads with plenty of good ideas about how to improve things and not one has been implemented….instead we get “silly mode” for a week.
As has been mentioned in another thread already: “Golem Week” would have been better saved for April Fools 2016….because that’s what it is…..a joke.
Yeah, they’ve been doing the same on FoW team chat also.
That guy is 100% troll. He invited himself to my party and claimed to be a hadcore veteran wvw player, guild leader of a wvw guild, have 6 accounts and lots of other stuff. Obviously just making stuff up(tho I wouldn’t be suprised if he has 6 accs) <.<
Shameful display.
lol :-)
I watch the co-optional, too and I had no idea someone made this…very nice :p
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Those new guilds certainly brought some interesting tactics.
Yeah, they’ve been doing the same on FoW team chat also.
Shameful display.
I actually think that, in the face of this shameful behavior, honest and self-respecting WvW players from Hacktide should be offered a free transfer to any other server by Anet so that they can distance themselves from the stigma of having to play on a server NOTORIOUS for cheating and hacking.
I know if I were on BT I would want to switch to avoid being seen as part of a “hack-friendly” server.
Yeah dont worry the boycott started on reset night when BT hacker took fow bl within 10 mins of kicking off a new match, was enough for all of us sensible people to realise nothing will change for rest of this MU so basically all decided to not bother with it.
the longer BT have max tick the better, sooner they can leave our match up and we can win/lose fairly and squarely
This is all well and good, however currently BT are still over 100 ranking points below the lowest server in Tier 8 (currently WSR). It could be some time until they are out of our MU. Even then, it doesn’t solve the problem, it just pushes it onto other servers to deal with their BS instead of us.
Also, there’s no guarantee that once they go away, they stay away…they could come right back down to T9 after only one week in T8.
I know I suggested boycott earlier in this thread, but honestly, after some reflection, the idea doesn’t sit well with me…
I don’t like that I can’t enjoy the game I paid for and the game mode I enjoy the most because a small number of bad eggs from another server are ruining it for the other 2 servers in the MU.
Also…thinking more long term: in the event of BT going up to T8, are FoW supposed to DELIBERATELY try to stay in T9 to keep out of a MU with BT in future? Are we to mortgage our ambitions of ever climbing the ladder?
This whole situation stinks! BT are being rewarded for Hacking and FoW and UW are having their WvW populations decimated as a result….and after (if it ever happens) BT are no longer in our matchup, are we supposed to not even try to climb the ladder after them in order to stay away from the Hackers?
In a situation such as FoW and UW find themselves in, it’s no wonder many are abandoning not only WvW, but their server entirely (I know from reading other threads on these forums that UW have had this problem for a while but it’s become even more acute in the past few days) It would not surprise me to learn that FoW had also experienced a mass exodus of players too.
I’m even considering a server transfer myself, and I consider myself a dyed-in-the-wool FoW player.
I don’t care about being in high tiers…I enjoy the smaller groups, tight-knit community and camaraderie to be found in FoW.
What I care about more than this, though, is a FAIR FIGHT (as much as there can be such a thing in WvW) and these Hackers are ruining any chance of that.
The saddest thing about all this is it seems Anet are either unwilling or unable to do something to put an end to these hackers’ antics permanently….they may issue a ban, but as we’ve seen, it’s not a permanent solution and they’ll be back eventually.
Perhaps I’m being overly cynical…but allowing this situation to go unchecked could even be viewed as beneficial to Anet, as it increases the likelihood of people dropping 1800 gems to transfer servers in order to remedy the problem themselves, thereby putting money in Anet’s pockets….
So….come on Anet, prove me wrong, restore my faith in you and do something PERMANENT to stop these hackers.
Here we go again with Hacktide back to their usual BS.
About a month ago I put up a thread about (I’m guessing the same) Thief/Mesmer pair from Blacktide teleport hacking in WvW. We had video evidence in the thread which was tough to get, but we had indisputable proof of their antics.
It was responded to by Chris Cleary and I was satisfied that action would be taken and thought they would get at least an account ban that would see them out of the game for a little while….at least until they pony up money for a new account…but here they are again.
It’s sad because it’s clear that those of us on FoW and UW too who love WvW and really only still play the game for this game mode are being forced out of the game by these cheats.
I would say FoW and UW should both BOYCOTT WvW as we are basically doing right now until Anet give us a definitive solution, alas, I am not confident this will ever happen and it’s by far my (and others’) favorite part of the game….
This rubbish in WvW since this Friday night coupled with a lackluster Revenant beta makes me regret the £80 I dropped on preordering the HoT expansion.
What’s almost as bad as the Hacking is the way BT are swarming the WvW mode with numbers since the reset this Friday night and the return of the hackers….almost as if they are in open support of their behavior.
We even had someone from BT server jump into FoW team chat on Friday night and troll all of us by stating that we “should all transfer to BT so that everyone can win together”….disgusting behavior and unsportsmanlike in the extreme….exactly what I’ve come to expect from a server like Hacktide.
I’m aware that not all of Blacktide players are cheats and dishonorable scumbags like the examples we’ve been talking about….but those good and decent players on Blacktide should recognize the problem of being tarred by the same brush (because they will be) and work to try and stop the hackers from within their own server, just as we have been working to get the issue addressed from without.
You could just like stand in it yourself and it’ll activate. Imo HS I way better now as you can get the healing portion separate from the cleansing and it being a trap you can actually reduce its cooldown and increase its duration with 1 trait.
It takes two seconds to self-activate, there is no standing ANYWHERE in combat as a ranger in WvW. You dodge, or you die. Two seconds, plus the basically 1 second cast time, is a lifetime in WvW combat.
THIS.
Sure, being able to trait into it is good (I do atm) but the cast time is what’s the real letdown. Should be insta-cast, like it was pre-patch. it’s already an AoE heal which is sub optimal in WvW (see above)
Besides, you could trait into Troll Unguent for a 20 sec CD (4 sec shorter than HS) which grants fury. Yes, it’s a smaller heal over time (too small and gradual for me to seriously consider) but at least it’s not dependent on staying in a cirlce of effect….
As far as I hear, HS isn’t healing pets either (it should)
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Blacktide hackers are back at their old tricks again, currently hacking on FoW borderlands.
Reports of flying golems, they are also teleporting away as soon as we have eyes on them. They are wise to the idea that if we get video of them, then they will get banned, so they are being careful and teleporting to where there is no-one and capping and porting out again.
We are trying our best to get video evidence of them hacking again. As soon as it appears I have asked that it be posted here so that we can have the evidence we need to get a ban on them.
Oh DHUUM…hear our prayers
It’s no fun playing like this…a couple of bad eggs on Blacktide are ruining it for everyone (including the honest players from that server)
WITH EVERY DEATH, DHUUM GROWS STRONGER!
Praise be to DHUUM! (and yourself Chris)
I’m extremely relieved to see this has got your attention.
I’d be very happy to see these guys go for another jump (or something else creative) in the very near future!
Hi, i can comfirm cheaters in WvW aswell. (I’m from Blacktide).
I can understand that people are mad about Blacktide cheaters (me and my guild are aswell). But keep in mind that there are cheaters on other servers aswell. The title of the thread is not correct in this regard.
I am glad to hear that there are players on Blacktide who play fairly (of course there are, clearly the majority of players play the game without cheating).
This thread is about the cheating which has been, and continues to be happening by players from Blacktide. I’m sure there are players on other servers who are not playing fairly, but (with respect) this thread is not about that. I feel the title of the thread is perfectly accurate.
We have evidence of these players hacking from multiple sources with links to video evidence posted earlier.
As a direct result of these players cheating, Blacktide has now overtaken Fissure of Woe in the WvW points totals for this week with only a few hours left in this weeks matchup.
FoW risk a very real possibility of finishing last due to a couple of players cheating. This is especially unfair and disheartening for all those people who have devoted their time and effort in WvW to undo the damage done by these cheaters over this past week, only to have it completely nullified by cheaters again.
Something needs to be done about these players cheating otherwise the already small WvW playerbase in FoW is likely to grow disillusioned and drift away.
As it stands, I am well aware that WvW is a 3-server contest and another server (currently WSR) is also affected by these cheaters. However, I would respectfully contend that the plight of FoW players is greatest here.
This is due to the fact that, currently, BT and FoW are the only “permanent fixtures” of the lowest bracket in WvW, the other server who finds themselves down at the bottom with us usually manages to win the weeks matchup and often gets promoted back up a level and another server comes down. (only to jump back up themselves a week later)
Other servers may have to deal with Blacktide’s hackers from time to time, but Fissure of Woe has to deal with it week after week.
Michael.1493, you may want to edit out those names from your post. Naming and shaming on the forums is against the rules and could result in an infraction against you.
Thanks for letting me know. I have removed the names from the post.
Here is a link to a video made today by one of our commanders on FoW showing the cheaters in action:
The player names are in the video description
EDIT: names removed from this post to avoid infraction (was not aware posting the names here could result in such a thing). Thanks to those who advised me to remove the names
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Ahhh….seems Blacktide or should i say Hacktide is a breeding ground for these cretins…..might want to check a previous post that we had this issue in…..ended up with the guy being logged into by a dev and jumping him off a high ledge in DR and banning him….i hope you guys who have caught the cheats on video follow same steps to get these braindead cheats out of the game…….again!
This is precisely the incident I refer to in my original post. It received HUGE attention among Youtubers, bloggers and the story even entered the mainstream news media (I think there was an article about it in a few UK newspapers) It was good PR for Anet and GW2 in general. Sad to see they are back at it again. Someone needs to jump on this before it gets out of control.
I can confirm what you’re saying, Gideon. I went back into WvW after making the post here and can confirm it’s a thief/mesmer duo doing their thing. Time checks out, too. Appears to be a regular play time for these cheats around 11am to 1pm.
Hi there.
Just want to give a heads-up that there are players botting/cheating on Blacktide server again in WvW.
I noticed something strange mid-morning GMT yesterday (3rd of June) when I checked out the current scoring on millenium.org and found that Blacktide had swept almost 100% of all available points. A couple of hours earlier (around 8am GMT) the scores were relatively even across FoW, WSR and BT at approx. 200 each.
I didn’t suspect botting at this point, but instead jumped into WvW on FoW to try to reclaim our lost points.
Today (4th of June) I see the same points domination by BT on millenium.org (although not quite as severe as yesterday, presently 485 ppt) So, again I jump in to WvW to see what I can do to help out our side.
Folks in team chat are talking about Blacktide botting, someone had captured video and it’ll be going up on Youtube etc. Forum posts should be being made etc.
I was jumped on and killed by the botter themselves whilst trying to cap a camp on FoW borderlands. They appeared out of nowhere, killed instantly, and vanished just as quickly, dropping seige on me for good measure. I noticed one guy.
Believe me, I have been killed by sneaky thieves coming out of stealth before and this was definitely not that! lol.
Someone else may also make a forum post about this, further people might post video etc. All I could do was report the guy who killed me as I don’t have recording software.
I encourage folks with hard evidence to come forward and post about it to make the issue as high visibility as possible.
I figure especially in light of the massive PR attention that the punishment of the cheater by deleting account had received a little while back that Anet staff would be VERY interested to learn that they have crawled out from the rock you banished them to previously and are back to their old habits. (I suspect it’s the same person on a different account)
If this issue is reported in other posts, great. My purpose in making this post is to try to draw as much attention to the issue as quickly as possible.