Jackplug wrote on Sep 1, 2012, 03:45:
Isn't their fault they found an exploit, if Nsoft knows about this then why didn't they just fix the exploit instead of banning everyone that used it.

OpticNerve wrote on Sep 1, 2012, 04:00:
For those of you who are brand-spanking new, Arenanet's posted up a getting started guide which covers some of the basics: https://www.guildwars2.com/en/manual/

As for the banning thing, I think Arenanet was pretty leniant about this. They didn't perm ban anyone who bought one of those exploited Norn cultural weapons a few small times (those got 72-hour banned). We're talking about people who bought and sold them THOUSANDS of times, thus messing up the economy (most likely buying store gems with all that gold). These guys went in knowing full-well that they were exploiting something broken.

The reason why Arenanet didn't simply do a roll-back is that they most likely wanted to put out a message to players that they were taking a hard stance on people abusing exploits. In the end, we players who simply want to play for fun benefit by having less assholes messing up the game economy in various ways (possibly inflating the gold --> gems so that the cost of gems via gold is outrageous). I know that after this episode, some guildies decided to err on the side of caution and report various exploits (sigil of speed perma-quickness for example) instead of using them for gain.

This is a first and final warning. Moving forward, please make sure you that when you see an exploitable part of the game, you report it and do not attempt to benefit from it.

Muscular Beaver wrote on Sep 1, 2012, 06:22:
There also seems to be a hacking problem. My account (even though I havent used it since GW1 start) has the email changed. I got all the confirmation emails, but never clicked them actually.
So now my email is changed and I cant access that account anymore. No problem, since it just bogus data in it and no game associated with it, but I did a quick search about this and there seem to be a lot of others with the same problem, with an active GW2 account.

No official statement yet, those people havent even got a reply back from support.

NegaDeath wrote on Sep 1, 2012, 03:40:
Well killed some worms, helped kill a really really big worm, wandered around totally lost. Made the mistake of going into the city, looked at the size of the map and turned around right back into farmville. Fun so far.

Dades wrote on Sep 1, 2012, 02:41:

Mordecai Walfish wrote on Sep 1, 2012, 01:09:
I wonder, is it purely sales success?.. Or is retail not selling well and this is possibly an attempt to bolster those sales and move some volume off shelves around the country?

Either way, it's an opportunity to give themselves some advertisement about a thriving player-base to join in to..

/tinfoilhat

No, they came out before release and said they would do this if the load capacity got to a point where they felt it would impact the players enjoyment. I have no problem believing the game is selling gang busters, it is one of the few large release entries in the market this year that didn't disappoint.

Mordecai Walfish wrote on Sep 1, 2012, 01:09:
I wonder, is it purely sales success?.. Or is retail not selling well and this is possibly an attempt to bolster those sales and move some volume off shelves around the country?

Either way, it's an opportunity to give themselves some advertisement about a thriving player-base to join in to..

/tinfoilhat

NegaDeath wrote on Sep 1, 2012, 01:41:
Tarnished coast it is, thanks.

Mordecai Walfish wrote on Sep 1, 2012, 01:35:
On another note this will be the first MMO I've gotten into since Ultima Online (which I played from early beta until maybe 2 years after release).. I have a feeling I'm going to be even more confused than Creston, LOL

I'm in a similar situation, haven't played an MMO since the SW Galaxies beta test. If you see a guy walk off a cliff into the maw of a beast from the underdark that might be me.

Edit: Never mind that ones full. Quite a few are full, guess the game really is popular. Borlis pass I go.

Mordecai Walfish wrote on Sep 1, 2012, 01:35:
On another note this will be the first MMO I've gotten into since Ultima Online (which I played from early beta until maybe 2 years after release).. I have a feeling I'm going to be even more confused than Creston, LOL

nin wrote on Sep 1, 2012, 01:13:

Mordecai Walfish wrote on Sep 1, 2012, 01:09:
I wonder, is it purely sales success?.. Or is retail not selling well and this is possibly an attempt to bolster those sales and move some volume off shelves around the country?

Either way, it's an opportunity to give themselves some advertisement about a thriving player-base to join in to.. /tinfoilhat

I'm assuming they would get a bigger profit from a direct digital sale than a boxed copy from a store. Under normal circumstances, the last thing they'd want to do is turn off digital direct sales.

NegaDeath wrote on Sep 1, 2012, 01:15:
Finally installed and patched. Any suggestions for a starting server from the blues crowd?

Mordecai Walfish wrote on Sep 1, 2012, 01:09:
I wonder, is it purely sales success?.. Or is retail not selling well and this is possibly an attempt to bolster those sales and move some volume off shelves around the country?

Either way, it's an opportunity to give themselves some advertisement about a thriving player-base to join in to.. /tinfoilhat

Creston wrote on Sep 1, 2012, 00:04:
Okay, I keep trying to /msg people, and it says invalid command. How do I send Cutter a message so he can invite me into the guild?

Creston