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I never said it will have visible signs apart from the involved people not posting anymore. smile

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What a fascinating development.

Things like that don't really stay hidden either way, it's a small community after all.

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Raise your hand if your not here! big_smile

29 Reply by Celebro (edited by Celebro 2011-06-03 18:23:06)

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OMG! Smokey was right then?

We will see.

Good job Devs, next time try and be ahead of the players in finding exploits, will sure make your lives easier.


Does accounts removed mean: suspended or deleted?

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Just speculating, but it's probable that the effected players will start new characters, which isn't to say losing your vetern account is trivial, but I wouldn't count any one out of the game. Unless these were new players, they knew the risks of exploits, and everyone gets caught eventually.

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Well I guess there goes syndic's stack of 1000 mechs he was braging about the other day......

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Re: Serious exploit found, accounts and assets removed

DEV Calvin wrote:

It has come to our attention, that some players have come into illegitimate possession of significant amounts of robots, equipment and other commodities. The magnitude of these exploits have helped these players to affect the whole landscape of Perpetuum.

All accounts, equipment, commodities, knowledge bases and NIC in relation to these exploits have been removed from the game. We also have suspended several accounts that we could connect to these illegal activities.

We are certain that from now on Nia will be a much more interesting and rewarding place to be, and are looking forward to a new age in the political landscape of the game.

The exploitable mechanism has been fixed.

We warn all players, that we will deal with such offenders with utmost severity. If anyone has further information regarding the issue, now is the time to come forward and share it with us privately at support@perpetuum-online.com. We will keep pursuing this issue with full effort.

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Crepitus, what does insurance fraud have to do with this...?

I fail to see the logic ^^

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Campana wrote:

Crepitus, what does insurance fraud have to do with this...?

I fail to see the logic ^^

Maybe you should re-read the OP.

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Devs : I LOVE YOU !

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The OP is not about the old insurance fraud affair. That was dealt with months ago.

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Crepitus wrote:
Campana wrote:

Crepitus, what does insurance fraud have to do with this...?

I fail to see the logic ^^

Maybe you should re-read the OP.

my guess is something with production of some sort? As i believe that is what Crep was talking about earlier, something to do with that sort, Im guessing. Please rephrase me if im off creppy smile You have so many accounts its hard to find the one you talk about

38 Reply by Arga (edited by Arga 2011-06-03 18:45:54)

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I'm speculating it has something to do with the repair/commdities return ratio being driven by market somehow.

Edit: or somehow being able to recyle production and get more mats then you put in

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Anyone have idea who can done this exploiting?
Because i have versions but am think my main version will be highly trolled, you know.

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40 Reply by Saramara (edited by Saramara 2011-06-03 18:55:53)

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Alexadar wrote:

Anyone have idea who can done this exploiting?
Because i have versions but am think my main version will be highly trolled, you know.

Only DEV's know atm. But speculating is kinda fun isn't it? smile

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all i have to say is i have a feeling it's more than one thing.  i have seen some evidence to support that belief and i have (renewed) faith in mancs, calvin, and others.

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Saramara wrote:
Alexadar wrote:

Anyone have idea who can done this exploiting?
Because i have versions but am think my main version will be highly trolled, you know.

Only DEV's know atm. But speculating is kinda fun isn't it? smile

Yeah... it was...Microsoft corporation? Thoughts?

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Arga wrote:

I'm speculating it has something to do with the repair/commdities return ratio being driven by market somehow.

Edit: or somehow being able to recyle production and get more mats then you put in


the exploit that i found (happened to me by accident actually), reported, and demonstrated would have handed out unlimited fittings without any production required.

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Crepitus wrote:
Arga wrote:

I'm speculating it has something to do with the repair/commdities return ratio being driven by market somehow.

Edit: or somehow being able to recyle production and get more mats then you put in


the exploit that i found (happened to me by accident actually), reported, and demonstrated would have handed out unlimited fittings without any production required.

Interesting... could this be Syndic's answer to unlimited supplies!?

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Could be, but Dev said that came into a Bots by exploit, not just fittings; unless you only found part of the exploit and it could be repeated with any item.

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My all 100500 grophos was earned by hard work, i swear.

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I think any CIR memeber would see right away if their CEO got deleted, but they have been oddly missing from the forums ...

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hmm I bet the Dev's are having take out pizza b4 server restart...

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Is the server up? This clean up is taking a long time big_smile

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Wow.  The DB must be getting turned into swiss cheese.