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Othran
Brutor Tribe
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Posted - 2011.04.08 06:27:00 -
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Messoroz wrote:Ok, here's a ridiculously better question. Why are courier bots in low sec being rampantly ignored? Here's an example: http://eve-kill.net/?a=system_detail&sys_id=2560 and some more specific km whoring example http://kb.pleaseignore.com/?a=system_detail&sys_id=2560(You need to copy and paste the URLs above because it seems somebody broke the url handler for the redirect and html entified the ampersands like a boss). Having that many haulers being killed in a system is EXTREMELY abnormal. A large chunk is NPC corps and their cargo contains mission items.
I haven't even looked at the link but I'd be willing to bet 500mill ISK right now that the system is Ingunn and the vast majority of the courier bots were created during the last "Power of Two" offer.
Do I win?
If so then they've been petitioned multiple times (more than 10) and I've personally witnessed one undocking 9 times within 15 minutes and being blown up each time. Pod warps off, pod warps back and docks. Hauler undocks, blows up, pod warps off.....
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Othran
Brutor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
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Posted - 2011.04.08 06:34:00 -
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Marconus Orion wrote:They should simply prohibit character transfers if the account was flagged for botting. Even if it was just the first offense.
A far better idea would be to leave a read-only (ie can't be deleted) notification of the ban within the mail client. Then make it compulsory that you must declare whether the character has been banned and why prior to any sale.
That way people don't end up spending a load of ISK on a character which may be a well-known botter.
Frankly it'd make sense to do that for any sort of ban, never mind botting. Would make CEOs/recruiters lives easier too. |
Othran
Brutor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
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Posted - 2011.04.08 06:41:00 -
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CCP Sreegs wrote:You missed one of the most common which is reusing credentials on multiple sites. I'm pretty sure by now we all know that corp and alliance forums get hacked pretty regularly. If you use the same username and password there as you do on your EVE account that's a giant risk.
That was the way my very first character (Reikoku director) got compromised in 2004. I temporarily (3 days IIRC) reused a password (alphanumeric, non-dictionary) but not the username - forums were closing/moving anyway.
I was fortunate in that all the hacker wanted to do was cause friction between directors, which he succeeded in.
It wasn't something I normally did but when I signed up for Eve it wasn't immediately apparent that you COULD have 3 characters, so my username was the same as my character. Bad move I know and not my normal practice, but like I say it wasn't immediately apparent in May 2003 that your account COULD have a different login username. |
Othran
Brutor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
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Posted - 2011.04.08 09:06:00 -
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Adrian Idaho wrote:It is refreshing to see such extensive feedback from CCP, especially since we feel kinda alone and ignored when it comes to many issues, including bots. Sreegs, you're my favorite VICCPP ("Very Important CCP Person") now  Keep up the good work! By the way: are you or have you been playing EVE yourself?
Sreegs is/was Darius Johnson of Goonfleet (or was it Goonswarm, can never remember). |
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