[Permabans being lifted] ZOS how are we as a community dealing with exploits/hacking?

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    Tryxus wrote: »

    Place your bets ladies and gentlemen: who believes we'll reach 200 before the DB update?

    That's like the entire population of PvP lol.
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    That's like the entire population of PvP lol.

    Well on the bright side, this'll take care of the lag issues then :D
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  • Immortal_Dark410
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    Tryxus wrote: »

    Well on the bright side, this'll take care of the lag issues then :D

    lol true that would
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  • FLuFFyxMuFFiN
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    Nifty2g wrote: »
    Hack? I didn't hack. This was an exploit with TBS set a year ago.
    Huge diff between hack and in game exploit

    You knowingly used an exploit though which is still breaking the Terms and Conditions. It shouldn't matter if it was fixed or not. Just because it is in the game doesn't make it okay to use it.
  • Taruha
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    You knowingly used an exploit though which is still breaking the Terms and Conditions. It shouldn't matter if it was fixed or not. Just because it is in the game doesn't make it okay to use it.

    I agree, using an exploit is still using an exploit. It gives you an unfair advantage to other players. And it is a really crappy thing to do.
    And should be a bannable offense as well.
    Edited by Taruha on May 30, 2016 10:40PM
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  • Turelus
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    You knowingly used an exploit though which is still breaking the Terms and Conditions. It shouldn't matter if it was fixed or not. Just because it is in the game doesn't make it okay to use it.
    This is where ZOS has failed though. By not enforcing such things from the start they have created a culture for this game where you abuse exploits until they're fixed because it's the only way to stay competitive.

    I remember when Caltrops protected against all siege damage, my guild at the time had a meeting and we agreed not to use it because it was exploiting. A week later and after losing keeps constantly because our enemies were immune to all siege we had to adapt and start using it to stay competitive.

    When shards stopped Kena's lightning I said I wouldn't do it because it was exploiting, but every group I joined would go and do it any way. I had a choice to just leave a group at the final boss every time, or accept it was just something everyone did.
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  • BenLocoDete
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    You knowingly used an exploit though which is still breaking the Terms and Conditions. It shouldn't matter if it was fixed or not. Just because it is in the game doesn't make it okay to use it.

    But it does make that that exploit must be immediately dealt with by the people who designed it in the first place.
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  • Immortal_Dark410
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    But it does make that that exploit must be immediately dealt with by the people who designed it in the first place.

    then that also falls on whether they even know how to deal with it in the first place & on top of that have the individuals or staff that can deal with it effectively & Swiftly.
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  • Taruha
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    If you are a player that feels the need to use exploits to get a head, you are scum.
    You are the problem, not the people running the game.
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  • FLuFFyxMuFFiN
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    Turelus wrote: »
    This is where ZOS has failed though. By not enforcing such things from the start they have created a culture for this game where you abuse exploits until they're fixed because it's the only way to stay competitive.

    I remember when Caltrops protected against all siege damage, my guild at the time had a meeting and we agreed not to use it because it was exploiting. A week later and after losing keeps constantly because our enemies were immune to all siege we had to adapt and start using it to stay competitive.

    When shards stopped Kena's lightning I said I wouldn't do it because it was exploiting, but every group I joined would go and do it any way. I had a choice to just leave a group at the final boss every time, or accept it was just something everyone did.

    Yes I agree ZoS should do a better job at removing exploits but using the excuse of "well ZoS isn't getting rid of it so I am gonna use it", "Its in the game so I better take advantage of it", or "Everyone else is doing it" is total BS and quite frankly it is a very childish excuse. And if they get banned then they have nobody to blame but themselves yet they still act like the victim in some cases.
  • FLuFFyxMuFFiN
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    Taruha wrote: »
    If you are a player that feels the need to use exploits to get a head, you are scum.
    You are the problem, not the people running the game.

    Agreed. I have no respect for anyone who knowingly gains an unfair advantage over others by using exploits.
  • Nifty2g
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    But it does make that that exploit must be immediately dealt with by the people who designed it in the first place.
    Not true, said exploit was being used for a total of 8 months by Im going to say 20% of the population. Threads were made it was a known exploit and largely used, zos acknowledged it but didn't do anything about it, guides were all over the place on how to do it.

    Though I think this is a different situation and a lot more alarming, should I be banned, I dont know I said it a year ago as did many others, they didn't do anything. I don't think they banned because of how easy it was to do and how you could do it by mistake, I knew someone who had mundus stones stacking every time he picked one up.
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  • Taruha
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    Yes I agree ZoS should do a better job at removing exploits but using the excuse of "well ZoS isn't getting rid of it so I am gonna use it", "Its in the game so I better take advantage of it", or "Everyone else is doing it" is total BS and quite frankly it is a very childish excuse. And if they get banned then they have nobody to blame but themselves yet they still act like the victim in some cases.

    This.. so much this.
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  • Smileybones
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    Yay forever bans, good riddance despictable beings !
  • Taruha
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    Nifty2g wrote: »
    Not true, said exploit was being used for a total of 8 months by Im going to say 20% of the population. Threads were made it was a known exploit and largely used, zos acknowledged it but didn't do anything about it, guides were all over the place on how to do it.

    Though I think this is a different situation and a lot more alarming, should I be banned, I dont know I said it a year ago as did many others, they didn't do anything. I don't think they banned because of how easy it was to do and how you could do it by mistake, I knew someone who had mundus stones stacking every time he picked one up.

    Stop making excuses for people. It's never ok to use an exploit. And it makes you a bad player.
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  • Immortal_Dark410
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    Yay forever bans, good riddance despictable beings !

    lol
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  • Nifty2g
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    Taruha wrote: »

    Stop making excuses for people. It's never ok to use an exploit. And it makes you a bad player.
    Do you see me making excuses, where are you grabbing that from, honestly, can you read what I am writing?

    Ive already said it is exploiting and its not okay to do so, but theyre not going to go ahead and ban a group of 20 people because they are trying to have a fair group competition between each other. That just doesnt make sense
    Edited by Nifty2g on May 30, 2016 10:54PM
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    Nifty2g wrote: »
    Do you see me making excuses, where are you grabbing that from, honestly, can you read what I am writing?

    Ive already said it is exploiting and its not okay to do so, but theyre not going to go ahead and ban a group of 20 people because they are trying to have a fair group competition between each other. That just doesnt make sense

    If those 20 people have been caught hacking then yes they should be banned. They cant just stop and say "oh well they were just trying to make it fair for themselves" that will cause even more outrage.

    Nobody deserves special treatment. We have already seen the outrage when a streamer got special treatment. I don't care if they are the president of the US. Everyone should be treated equally.
    Edited by FLuFFyxMuFFiN on May 30, 2016 10:59PM
  • Electroheadz
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    It's unfortunate what has been going on in past few days. I can just imagine how thick the atmosphere must be in ZoS HQ, day before launching a new DLC.

    BUT !

    just because we can read "we banned x people in last 24h" it really means nothing as of right now, so please don't be another "bursting with tears of joy", "i'm sending away all of my money to ZoS, while making an "ESO" tattoo on my forehead" fanboy virgin and save your breath until they'll actually post some more specific information. Have some cool people.
    Also ban-hammering the cheaters should be considered a norm, not a nobel prize worthy achievement.

    We all (or at least those who actually took a minute to investigate the matter) know very well what were the flaws in the "system" that allowed these hacks to occur in the first place so until (hopefully tomorrow) we see a full detailed explanation on what measures has been taken to prevent these kind of situations in the future i'll advise to keep Your mouths shut and eyes and ears open.
    I'll keep my fingers crossed for Zeni but one thing people should have learned by now is to believe in real actions, not empty words.
  • Taruha
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    It's unfortunate what has been going on in past few days. I can just imagine how thick the atmosphere must be in ZoS HQ, day before launching a new DLC.

    BUT !

    just because we can read "we banned x people in last 24h" it really means nothing as of right now, so please don't be another "bursting with tears of joy", "i'm sending away all of my money to ZoS, while making an "ESO" tattoo on my forehead" fanboy virgin and save your breath until they'll actually post some more specific information. Have some cool people.
    Also ban-hammering the cheaters should be considered a norm, not a nobel prize worthy achievement.

    We all (or at least those who actually took a minute to investigate the matter) know very well what were the flaws in the "system" that allowed these hacks to occur in the first place so until (hopefully tomorrow) we see a full detailed explanation on what measures has been taken to prevent these kind of situations in the future i'll advise to keep Your mouths shut and eyes and ears open.
    I'll keep my fingers crossed for Zeni but one thing people should have learned by now is to believe in real actions, not empty words.

    I'll throw all my money at ZoS if I want to, thank you very much ;3 And the people who did this is in the wrong, not Zenimax. It's like blaming someone for being robbed because they only had a regular lock on their door.. and not a fancy lazer beem shooting security system that has an buttface hacker detector attached to it.
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  • NACtron
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    Just a quick update for everyone regarding the recent influx of those using third party tools to cheat in ESO. We've adjusted our automatic anti-cheat systems to focus specifically on the cheats we've seen in the last few days, in addition to launching investigations on specific players. We've permanently banned 43 players in the last 24 hours who were found to be cheating. We don't take cheating lightly, and will continue to ban those who are found to be cheating. We'll be going back through game logs to identify players who were violating our anti-cheating policies in the hours before we performed the automatic cheat detection adjustment.

    In addition, we're working on a number of fixes and improvements to prevent this kind of behavior from happening in ESO in the future. We'll provide more specific details about this tomorrow.

    We want to thank everyone who has helped us identify those who would ruin your game experience by cheating, and the means by which they were doing so.


    I'm sharing ZoS response to the cheaters with everyone in my guild. I highly recomend other guild leaders do the same. We should use these players as an example of what happens when you actually cheat in the game. Potentially curious players need to know that this is a ban worthy offence and that it is highly frowned upon in the PvP community.

    I hope this hack detection software proves effective so we don't accuse legitimately great players around us of cheating. It would be nice to know that if you die in this game you were just out played and the legendary players are truly legendary. I think we are one step closer to that.

    Falsely accusing others of cheating is a mistake my guild has fallen into and there is no excuse for that. My guild has been working on removing accusations of someone cheating completely from our dialogue. I was worried this would blow the cap off of the proggress we made as well as highly damage the rest of the PvP community. I'm glad that will no longer be the case :)
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  • Van_0S
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    Smolt wrote: »
    Don't need cheaters. Ain't nobody got time for that!

    What about pro-zergers ?( banana squad)
    Edited by Van_0S on May 30, 2016 11:05PM
  • Nifty2g
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    If those 20 people have been caught hacking then yes they should be banned. They cant just stop and say "oh well they were just trying to make it fair for themselves" that will cause even more outrage.

    Nobody deserves special treatment. We have already seen the outrage when a streamer got special treatment. I don't care if they are the president of the US. Everyone should be treated equally.
    No one is hacking it was an ingame exploit, and I personally think if those people are doing it to keep competition fair between them then yes, it should be allowed as it doesnt affect anyone outside, is it an exploit yes it is, is it wrong to do yes it is. not much you can do about it if its not getting fixed for months on end and you want to compete against other groups with an easy accessible exploit out there

    If I went into cyrodill and got an unfair advantage against someone, then yes it affects other people, if I went and did maelstrom then yes it affects other people.

    See the difference?
    Edited by Nifty2g on May 30, 2016 11:07PM
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    ESO tattoo? Brilliant!!! Thank you, now I know what this next patch of canvas on my body will get!

    As far as them getting banned..good riddance.
  • Zyle
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    My favorite part:
    We'll be going back through game logs to identify players who were violating our anti-cheating policies in the hours before we performed the automatic cheat detection adjustment.

    All those who freaked out and disabled them once word broke are still getting the ban hammer once they get through the logs :mrgreen:


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  • Taruha
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    Nifty2g wrote: »
    No one is hacking it was an ingame exploit, and I personally think if those people are doing it to keep competition fair between them then yes, it should be allowed as it doesnt affect anyone outside, is it an exploit yes it is, is it wrong to do yes it is. not much you can do about it if its not getting fixed for months on end and you want to compete against other groups with an easy accessible exploit out there

    If I went into cyrodill and got an unfair advantage against someone, then yes it affects other people, if I went and did maelstrom then yes it affects other people.

    See the difference?

    Nope, no excuse.. hacking.. exploiting it's all horse poopy, and it's the same poopy with a different name.
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  • FLuFFyxMuFFiN
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    Nifty2g wrote: »
    No one is hacking it was an ingame exploit, and I personally think if those people are doing it to keep competition fair between them then yes, it should be allowed as it doesnt affect anyone outside.

    If I went into cyrodill and got an unfair advantage against someone, then yes it affects other people, if I went and did maelstrom then yes it affects other people.

    See the difference?

    Depends on what this "competition" between them is. If it affects the leaderboards I believe it is a bannable offense. If not then that is up to ZoS.
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    Nifty2g wrote: »
    No one is hacking it was an ingame exploit, and I personally think if those people are doing it to keep competition fair between them then yes, it should be allowed as it doesnt affect anyone outside, is it an exploit yes it is, is it wrong to do yes it is. not much you can do about it if its not getting fixed for months on end and you want to compete against other groups with an easy accessible exploit out there

    If I went into cyrodill and got an unfair advantage against someone, then yes it affects other people, if I went and did maelstrom then yes it affects other people.

    See the difference?

    You don't get to decide that, it's the Devs decision. Last time I checked the ToS states that using any exploit/hack is a bannable offense. If said players really wanted to have 'fair competition' they wouldn't rely on crutches in the first place.
    Edited by Ajaxduo on May 30, 2016 11:14PM
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  • SirKool
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    Thanks, @Tandor - everyone please remember to check the Dev Tracker. These forums are busy and threads move fast. We responded to several threads about this yesterday (and even more PMs), confirming that we are investigating this and those involved. Everyone who can work on this has been. We've had all hands on deck to get this handled, despite it being a holiday weekend. We'll have a more detailed update tomorrow.

    Awesome, now maybe everyone can enjoy the rest of weekend. Have to give it to the devs on working thru this on a holiday! In my opinion they should be out honoring our brave!

    But thank you @ZOS_JessicaFolsom now go enjoy rest of holiday!
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  • Bandit1215
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    Thank you so much !!!!!

    *slow clap* thank you
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