anotherlurker wrote on Jul 26^th, 2014 at 7:32am:


lag has a lot to do with it but it is not the sole bandit, their database system is so archaic that when paired with the lag monster it allows us to do anything with it.
im only sayin this coz a part of me wants turbine to find out and fix their bloody lag even if it means i will have to work harder to get dupes working

FuckThisShit wrote on Jul 26^th, 2014 at 8:10am:


When these hacks added to the original game, shared/tr/bags/barter boxes/ect they did such a bad job that they are now locked in with exploits. Maj attempted to fix these loopholes, but sadly, he found out it couldn't be fixed and fled with the rest. I cant really blame him.

I would personally love if DDO would just take our stuff involved in failed operations (mid-dc), it would suck for the people who actually get dc'd at the same moment they drag something to the bank, but how fucking often does that happen anyways?

Meursault wrote on Jul 26^th, 2014 at 10:47am:

Let's not get carried away. They'd also have to remove Single Window Fighting.

Sasha wrote on Jul 26^th, 2014 at 10:51am:


Um, all the time. If you play on wireless on a laptop and somebody turns on a microwave, you DC.

One of my guild mates had been taking a break from DDO, came back and found EXTREME PREJUDICE had taken a bag (and he's never duped in his life, I don't even admit to him that I do, and I've never passed him duped stuff). That was months ago and he hasn't logged back in since.

That was one bag, once. Imagine how barren the game would be if they took the bag every time you DCed.

Revaulting wrote on Jul 26^th, 2014 at 11:28am:


OK, you're right. It would take more than just fixing those 3 things to get me to stop now.

But seriously, if they really fixed things up, I would stop duping.

It's just that by now, they've accumulated a HUGE amount of "broken", and they keep heaping on more with every update. Duping provides most of the meager enjoyment I still eek out of this sad husk of a once great game.

And it's not that I'm played out, there are still plenty of adventure packs I don't own, and plenty of quests I haven't played in adventure packs I do own. I still love what the game was and would come back full bore if they fixed it up.

Meursault wrote on Jul 27^th, 2014 at 8:39am:


When did this happen man? I'm curious as I have not seen any bans of late, except for reverse-nazi's friend on the white knight thread, and that is of questionable origin.

Thanks for that, so the only current one I know of is Reverse-nazi's friend, which falls into the I knew a guy who knew a guy realm.

My point being that there are a high number of exploiters on the vault, so if they were nailing some you would think that at least one or two vault members would have been banned.

hmmmm

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Or maybe Vault players are smarter than the average DDO player? I like that explanation too

But yeah, I don't think the last round had the shock and awe effect they were looknig for, mabe it was more like spanking a porcupine (OK, son, this is going to hurt me more than it is you).

Meursault wrote on Jul 27^th, 2014 at 8:39pm:

Vaulties are a lot of things. Smarter is not one of them.

Revaulting wrote on Jul 28^th, 2014 at 1:01am:


Harsh, but true.

To anyone who is having logging back in DDO (loading character information screen): NetBalancer or whataver program is still blocking DDO. This happens quite a bit.. and you won't notice outside of DDO since only the DDO traffic is slowed down/delayed/stopped. And even if you haven't checked the box for your DDO traffic rule, sometimes it's still running/active.

Meursault wrote on Jul 27^th, 2014 at 7:30pm:


I applaud your efforts in trying to keep the player base from snowballing even more
But at some point, a losing battle is a losing battle

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LOL! And whales have 6' long tongues and can breath out of the backs of their heads, boy is the animal world crazy