Hackers/Botters
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How will hackers/botters or other violators of the ToS be handled in a game that is completely free to play? What will dissuade people from cheating when even if banned, they can redownload the game content and change their IP?
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Being totally honest at the end of the day there is really no way to stop hackers/botters that being said I do believe GGG will do their best to discourage such things with regular updates to fix exploits and a strong anti cheat system (What that will be I don't know) to close accounts
IP banning isn't a good idea because IPs can be changed and IP addresses are reused (as well as places like colleges that offer internet have the same IP) | |
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Maybe they should just implement the key system in this game , like you get 1 key when you sign up for example + limited friend ref options .
Online GMs will be really usefull too so let's hope for the best ( haven't got a beta key yet but from what i've seen on the live streams and podcasts shows - this game has unlimited options for growth ) . |
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" How does a key system help once the game goes public? you know when you can sign up as many accounts as you want for free Not trying to turn this into a discussion but being realistic there's really nothing a free to play game can do to completely stop hackers (the only reason games you buy in store is more successful at stopping hackers is there's money tied to it) | |
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There already is a post about this in the General forum.
"What actions will GGG take to prevent hackers?" http://pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/3574 | |
" This is an FAQ place (Frequently asked questions) the only thing you really did was prove that this thread is in the correct place | |
" I agree with you, I am worried about the problem being much more widespread in this game than in a game such as Diablo, because you have to buy a retail copy of Diablo. If I was to bot to get a bunch of items in Diablo, or use a maphack which was against the ToS, I would be risking my account to do so and would have to make another $40 purchase to get another copy. As a general playing member of PoE, there is no such deterrent for the general population (not including third party websites etc). They can just create a seperate account to run the bot and feed all the items to their "main account" without any repurcussions. I know that third party websites will still be a problem, but I'm more worried about corruption of the general playerbase where "only suckers actually farm their own items". |
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meh it will be a while before anyone makes a bot or hack program, its about 1 year into the game when you really need to worry about this being a common problem
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Its going to be less than that. JSP guys took 11/12/13 in the ladder race. Those guys don't mess around, there's no RMAH in this game. see how fast people are gonna start using FG as the currency. within a week of the open beta.
The purpose of argument should not be victory, but progress.
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" If my post was rude, then I apologize. My goal was just to provide you guys with a link where you could see what others had already said about all this. As I just provided a link and no real text, I do see that it could be seen as me trying to stop the conversation here. So again, I apologize for that and will try to be more clear next time. |
