Bots and Hacks are Ruin this GameFollow

I dont feel they are taking a quick enough response to them either. 24hours ok, 48hours still spamming really? 3 days later my wife logs in and has to copy my blacklist because the same ones are still spamming....

I also dont feel sorry for anyone that got their account banned, its not hard to keep your account protected:

• Use the security token
• Don't use the same login and password that you do for every other game. Blizzard and Rift both have had every account and password stolen.
• Don't buy gil
• Don't pay to power level
• Don't go to any site affiliated with them
• Don't click blindly on email links
• Keep your computer protected, use antivirus, check for maleware and spyware often
• If your going to steal movies and music then do some research on how to protect yourself
• Don't give your login info to anyone, no one will ask for your password that works for SE
• And for god's sake stay away from the Chinese **** sites. They are loaded with viruses and key loggers
• Keep your're gaming computer seperate from all your other stuff, I rarely even open a web browser on my gaming computer

If your not going to play the game to enjoy every aspect of it, leveling and earning gil are big part of any game then don't play. I have never gotten rare drops in any game. I have the worst luck ever. I played XI for years and never got drops. Same with WOW but i didn't go buy gil and cheat. I earned it.

On a side note I did however have my account stolen in WOW, i had quit playing for few years and they sent out those 7 day free come back things. It was hacked during one of those but I didn't have security token and it wasn't an easy password, I've been in IT security for 15 years now. I know how to make a password. Blizzards response when I did go back to play a few months later was that it was was too long ago and I'd just have to buy a new copy. My response was that you just lost a customer. When D3 came out every account that didn't have a token was hacked, I'd guarantee that every login and password was compromised.

Rift also had the same issue, every account that didn't have a security token was hacked in the first few weeks of its launch. I'd garruntee they also got every login and password for all users.

Too often people like to use the same login and password, its the same companies that are hacking accounts from one game to the next. Keep yourself safe, i'd be happy to give a DNA sample every time i go to login to insure that all the time and effort i put in doesn't disappear some day because of some J**K*a** hacks my account. I say ban all those country IP's and all open proxies. One of those countries doesn't even allow their people to play online gaming yet a majority of hacking comes from there. Some day I'll learn to hack godly like and spend my days hacking them and making their life's miserable. It's not just gaming either, if I ever come across the guy that made some of these destructive viruses I would be in jail.

Cloudkiss Sephiroth, Seiferboi Leonhart...

Were you there when they finally took down the NASA bots*? Almost an entire linkshell (Toki) on Seraph was banned.

It was a good day.

* The NASA bot was so named because the guy that came up with it charged $3000 for the system and only allowed one per server, so some linkshells had to move wholesale to new servers to buy the bot. The bot allowed for groups to have around a 90% claim rate on HNMs. About six months after SE collected their $$$ from all the server transfers, they concluded their investigation and sent a cease and desist to the dude running the NASA bot servers. He willingly complied and shut the servers off. He made around $100K from the whole thing, and all the morons who paid him the money got no refunds and got their accounts banned to boot. And everyone else lived happily ever after.

Wow I thought I was the only one. I was like WTF? They would be invisible then just completely vanish they drop from the sky to a mining location. There were 3 of them, these ppl really know how to *** a game up. I wonder what other bots they use.

Sorry, but I bought the CE Digital, no FOB here until they release an android version of the app. Not everyone who isnt using the security token is doing so by choice.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.square_enix_software_token

Edited, Sep 16th 2013 4:18pm by Pickins

The android version of the security token has been available since at least during Beta.

Windows phone is the one major smart phone platform that doesn't have a security token app, I believe.

Please say that by using an 'equivalent' it is a much more improved version over the one used in FF11. Please don't rate me down because of mentioning it so I will be brief. We all know there was a huge issue with it back then.

As far as getting an account back goes, I was only able to get my old FF11 account back after said task force error after a full year. I'm assuming the same could apply here. They will wait until the game has been sorta under control for several months before putting in procedures to actually bring back accounts. Again, this is all speculations based on how they handled FF11. I don't know if they have gotten any better at handling it or not.

As far as not getting hacked goes, the authenticater is a good step but you still have to wait for them to be sent in the meantime. Yes there is a way for those to be hacked as well, but the only thing I can think of is the virus that got wow authenticaters a long time ago. So everyone just be very careful about keeping your computer clean. I will say this, if you are ever hacked while you have an authenticator, it is going to be very difficult to prove your innocence. At least that is what happened when Blizzard tried to handling their situation.

Yep that, don't forget about blackberry too. Microsoft just recently edged passed them in the market.

Yea they only have about 5% of the market right now. My boss has the new Lumina but couldn't do what the commercials you can do with the camera, could just be him though lol. The only probably I have is the lack of apps and how locked down things are, try to do OS updates on it. I administer the cell phones at my place of business, we used to be all windows, now we are mostly android/IOS with only a few Microsoft out there. From an administrative standpoint in a business thats all microsoft software I would rather have every mobile user on IOS. Preference is preference though. I was an Apple hater for a long time, now i have an iPad, iPhone, and a Mac lol.

I am all for SE banning RMT's, hard and swift bans. If your account is hacked, then honestly, you kinda deserved it. There is a reason they offer key fobs and apps for one time passwords. I use the key fob because i find this to be better then the app, your phone could get hacked, the key fob on my key chain can't. And don't tell me "SE should give it to us anyways", no, they shouldn't, SE should not have to compensate for your stupidity, and yes, that's exactly what it is. "i hope your account gets hacked/banned"......nope, sorry, i am not as stupid as you so that will never happen. Geeze people, grow up and take SOME responsibility.

Oh what a swell group of people! I legitimately didn't know the android app was out (I read on SE site that it was 'coming soon'), I mistakenly thought that was the Key Fob, hence my misinformation. The ones who pointed that out nicely will get free rate ups...

...the rest who are being too happy with the red arrow button.... I have one too.



Edited, Sep 16th 2013 2:01pm by Dyadem