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Xanders Root
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Posted - 2010.09.21 11:25:00 -
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Found it here: http://www.massively.com/2010/09/17/new-eve-exploit-gives-wormhole-corp-incredible-advantage/
"A potentially game-breaking new exploit was revealed tonight in EVE Online. The exploit was first noticed by Rooks and Kings pilots during their invasion of populated wormhole systems. Their target, a corp named Aperture Harmonics, appeared to have almost game-breaking abilities. The corporation's ships were somehow able to successfully hit their targets from over 150km away using short-range weapons like blasters and autocannons. Since short-range weapons with short-range ammo deal massive damage, being able to hit with them at distances beyond a few thousand metres is potentially game-breaking.
Aperture Harmonics and its parent alliance K162 have both maintained a strong presence in EVE's 2500 hidden star systems since the appearance of wormholes over a year ago. The corp has become incredibly wealthy by running the difficult exploration content in these hidden systems, but it was always assumed that the tactics Aperture Harmonics pilots used were entirely legitimate. Whereas other corps tackle high-end Sleeper sites with complex logistics and electronic warfare strategies, the Aperture Harmonics pilots may simply have been cheating to run the sites in an almost impossibly short time.
In a post over at the Scrapheap Challenge forums, EVE player Lord Maldoror spilled the beans tonight on the mechanics behind this terrible exploit. Thankfully, most of us can play safely in the knowledge that we won't be getting shot by pilots abusing this exploit. It turns out that it only works in hidden wormhole systems with a "magnetar" anomaly -- a background effect which reduces the tracking speed and optimal range of all ships in the system. Using a combination of the magnetar's penalty and targeted tracking disruptors, the Aperture Harmonics pilots were able to get their tracking speed and optimal range to become a negative value.
The server interprets this negative number as an incredibly big positive value, allowing the exploiting ships to successfully gain incredible tracking speed and optimal range. A screenshot was taken as proof of the exploit in action, which shows an enemy ship hitting from over 150km away using short-range 425mm autocannons. Although this exploit only works in wormhole systems with a magnetar anomaly, it has serious implications for those players who have been abusing the bug to gain wealth for potentially over a year. When the ban-hammer falls, those players are sure to be hit hard."
Look like fake or trolling for me. Any opinions?
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Xanders Root
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Posted - 2010.09.21 11:28:00 -
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Related fight:
http://eve-kill.net/?a=kill_related&kll_id=7602956
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DeMichael Crimson
Minmatar
Republic University
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Posted - 2010.09.21 11:55:00 -
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Well, if it is true and it's a bug that has been exploited, at least everyone knows about it now.
As for the player corp that took advantage of it, we'll just have to wait and see what CCP says and does about it. Knowing how slow CCP is at fixing things, that probably won't happen for a couple of years.
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Zan Shiro
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Posted - 2010.09.21 12:10:00 -
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Logs will show nothing 
But on the upside....somewhere in this games blasters do not suck. Now if ccp could just get them to not suck in non-wh space, hydbrids users can actually take ships on SR fleets and not feel ashamed for having the 2nd worst SR weapons system in game (blasters beat out rockets....barely lol).
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Sazuka Kirr
Caldari
Trans-Solar Works
Rooks and Kings
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Posted - 2010.09.21 12:35:00 -
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 Originally by: Zan Shiro
Logs will show nothing
But on the upside....somewhere in this games blasters do not suck. Now if ccp could just get them to not suck in non-wh space, hydbrids users can actually take ships on SR fleets and not feel ashamed for having the 2nd worst SR weapons system in game (blasters beat out rockets....barely lol).
I can confirm that this is the blaster buff we have all been waiting for :D:D:D
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Ran Khanon
Amarr
Swords Horses and Heavy Metal
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Posted - 2010.09.21 12:46:00 -
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Yeah, turns out there has been a blaster buff all along ... it was just a little unevenly distributed over the galaxy :)
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Cantina Pinata
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Posted - 2010.09.21 13:39:00 -
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the Aperture Harmonics pilots may simply have been cheating ..
Who knows, the logs show nothing.
I cant see Aperture get into trouble over this. If anything, Rooks and Kings could petition the ships they lost to the exploit.
Also the advantage is minimal: first try and find a magnetar system. Next, hope it's not occupied, third logistics getting ships and pos setup. Clean out the system and wait for ever to get a new decent site to spawn in system.
The only real advantage i can think of is in pvp.
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Doddy
Aliastra
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Posted - 2010.09.21 22:02:00 -
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You guys are pretty slow, there have been threads being made and deleted on this for days, not to mention the news item about the exploit which appeared then magically disappeared yesterday this is the 60 page mega thread on scrap heap
Once a mod actually looks in the missions section they will delete this too 
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Chainsaw Plankton
IDLE GUNS
IDLE EMPIRE
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Posted - 2010.09.21 22:03:00 -
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lets not, as per forum rules
#13 Do not post about bugs and exploits.
Bugs and exploits should be reported through the proper method by filing a report for our Quality Assurance department. You can find the form here. Discussions about unverified problems in the game can cause unnecessary panic in the community. When there is an issue the community needs to be aware of, we will make an official statement about it.
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CCP Zymurgist
Gallente
C C P
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Posted - 2010.09.21 22:06:00 -
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Thread locked for discussion of exploits.
Zymurgist
Community Representative
CCP Hf, EVE Online
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