1,000,000 Alliance Points in 2 days??!! PS4. EU. Azura's star.

NeillMcAttack · November 2015

The individual has been reported using the in-game reporting tool but i fear it isn't enough, especially with only 9 days left in the campaign.

I know many individuals on EP, Azura's star, PS4 EU that have put a LOT of time into trying for empororship and out of nowhere, someone, whom, judging by his PS4 achievements has a lot of friends on DC.... hmmm...

Anyway, it is painfully unfair that the amount of commitment my guildies have put into this campaign be made redundant with what is blatant cheating or at best a major bug/glitch.

Can anyone pls tell me where is best to post this issue so that it may get some attention.

EP have given up trying for this campaign as nobody sees the point in helping this cheater gain a title he does not deserve.

Kammakazi · November 2015

Oh you mean?

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Preyfar · November 2015

I've seen some people suddenly get 100K AP on dead servers (Thornblade) in an hour out of nowhere. No fights, completely dead zone chat, nothing. And while I do like ZOS, they've done little to stop it. Unfortunately, they've created mechanics which promote AP farming for some -vs- actual play.

I've been at keep resources just wandering around and suddenly seen 20-30 people rush up to the flag, stand there and just die. Not even attack, just let the mobs take them out. And 2-3 minutes later, they would come back, do it again.

CavalierPrime · November 2015

Kammakazi wrote: »

Oh you mean?

LOL I know Whiskey, sucks that he fell victim to that dude and ended up on the video thumbnail no less. Hes not on my friends list but we seem to always run into each other at the Undaunted Pledge area and we usually group up for those. Lol.

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Molag_Crow · November 2015

There's a lot of Emperor boosting that goes on. I remember our campaign was locked on all factions, and yet our faction had barely any players in the main keeps defending so I thought hmm maybe they're just in Imperial City, but my friend said even our base in Imperial City looks empty.

I figured the queue was bugged or most of our guys were ganking somewhere, orrrrrr they were in Emperor boosting with AD, as I know their "emperors" communicate a lot with our faction...

kevlarto_ESO · November 2015

I see the same players all the time jump to the top of leader boards on the first day of a new campaign with crazy ap gains, they will tell you it is the group we run in rolling everyone, I have my doubts, there are many cheats and hacks for ESO it is crazy a quick search on youtube will show some of them, this is an area the dev's need to be more proactive, cheaters, one warning then perma ban, plug the holes and fix these exploits make the game fun for players, with out fear of running into these no skill cheaters. I guess this is a problem that stretches across all gaming platforms.

hammayolettuce · November 2015

The are tons of ways to make crazy AP solo .. all within the real of following the TOS and not doing anything wrong. Plenty have done so and will continue to do so.

daemonios · November 2015

kevlarto_ESO wrote: »

I see the same players all the time jump to the top of leader boards on the first day of a new campaign with crazy ap gains, they will tell you it is the group we run in rolling everyone, I have my doubts, there are many cheats and hacks for ESO it is crazy a quick search on youtube will show some of them, this is an area the dev's need to be more proactive, cheaters, one warning then perma ban, plug the holes and fix these exploits make the game fun for players, with out fear of running into these no skill cheaters. I guess this is a problem that stretches across all gaming platforms.

I bolded part of your content because I feel this is absolutely necessary, yet ZOS don't seem very interested. I suppose they don't want to lose those cheaters, but I wonder how many people they've lost due to PvP issues. I, for one, haven't actively participated in a campaign since January. Underdog bonus exploit is what did it for me.

Preyfar · November 2015

hammayolettuce wrote: »

The are tons of ways to make crazy AP solo .. all within the real of following the TOS and not doing anything wrong. Plenty have done so and will continue to do so.

I could make 100K AP a day easily, and get to the top of the boards. That's how I got emp when I was running it. That, and lots of Cyrodiil dailies.

hammayolettuce · November 2015

Preyfar wrote: »

hammayolettuce wrote: »

The are tons of ways to make crazy AP solo .. all within the real of following the TOS and not doing anything wrong. Plenty have done so and will continue to do so.

I could make 100K AP a day easily, and get to the top of the boards. That's how I got emp when I was running it. That, and lots of Cyrodiil dailies.

All it takes is some bads to all die to you on a resource

Weberda · November 2015

Suicide node farming. Old trick that goes way back to last year.

Furor · November 2015

Weberda wrote: »

Suicide node farming. Old trick that goes way back to last year.

What is this exactly?

hammayolettuce · November 2015

Furor wrote: »

Weberda wrote: »

Suicide node farming. Old trick that goes way back to last year.

What is this exactly?

Having 1 or more suicide to a resource you control for the death ap + the tick. doesnt happen too much anymore tho .. used to happen all the time.

OGLezard · November 2015

there was a guy who had 4 mil AP in just under 20 minutes on EU......he was exploiting....was NOT banned and only made to change his character name lololol go digging through the forums for proof. Welcome to ESO: EXPLOITS UNLIMITED

Edit: This is all hearsay though for the record, but does not surprise me if it was true giving the history of never fixing exploits or NOT banning people for abusing them

Weberda · November 2015

hammayolettuce wrote: »

Furor wrote: »

Weberda wrote: »

Suicide node farming. Old trick that goes way back to last year.

What is this exactly?

Having 1 or more suicide to a resource you control for the death ap + the tick. doesnt happen too much anymore tho .. used to happen all the time.

Sounds like in this case the farmer had a whole group of his friends doing the suicide thing. That could certainly add up to a lot of AP real fast.

Zavus · November 2015

I have made 900k in a day, thats after 1.6 mind you, when getting AP takes longerto get. Just takes constant pvp'ing.

-M

hammayolettuce · November 2015

Weberda wrote: »

hammayolettuce wrote: »

Furor wrote: »

Weberda wrote: »

Suicide node farming. Old trick that goes way back to last year.

What is this exactly?

Having 1 or more suicide to a resource you control for the death ap + the tick. doesnt happen too much anymore tho .. used to happen all the time.

Sounds like in this case the farmer had a whole group of his friends doing the suicide thing. That could certainly add up to a lot of AP real fast.

With the AP buff you get roughly 1k AP so its like 48k AP if they come back every 15min lol .. pretty fast AP .. but who has 24 friends to waste time doing that.

SirAndy · November 2015

Weberda wrote: »

Sounds like in this case the farmer had a whole group of his friends doing the suicide thing. That could certainly add up to a lot of AP real fast.

Yepp, defense ticks give very good AP, especially if you're the only one defending. A decent sized suicide squad can rake in large amounts of AP in a short time.

I've had 3 x 8k defense ticks in a row not too long ago while defending a keep with just one other player.

UrQuan · November 2015

Shows how much of a PVP noob I am - I didn't even realize you got an extra AP tick for defending resources... I have much to learn.

Waffennacht · November 2015

SirAndy wrote: »

Weberda wrote: »

Sounds like in this case the farmer had a whole group of his friends doing the suicide thing. That could certainly add up to a lot of AP real fast.

Yepp, defense ticks give very good AP, especially if you're the only one defending. A decent sized suicide squad can rake in large amounts of AP in a short time.

I've had 3 x 8k defense ticks in a row not too long ago while defending a keep with just one other player.

What exactly counts as defending a keep? Just being there? Killin people?

I just wanna level my skills

eliisra · November 2015

Sometimes players deletes their account or characters, cuz mad. Later they regret it, because new awesome DLC. They send a ticket to customer support and ask to get their characters restored.

Customer support is nice and helpful as always, they restore. The characters had a very high rank in PvP, according to the player. CS gives player millions of AP, so he can get a cool rank. Something went wrong in the process and it affects current leaderboard, looks really suspicious. People get accused of hacks and cheats, threads are closed.

Simliar scenarios has happened in the past on PC, people gaining millions AP over night, so it wouldn't surprise me if it's related to some dude at customer support being overly helpful.

UrQuan · November 2015

Waffennacht wrote: »

SirAndy wrote: »

Weberda wrote: »

Sounds like in this case the farmer had a whole group of his friends doing the suicide thing. That could certainly add up to a lot of AP real fast.

Yepp, defense ticks give very good AP, especially if you're the only one defending. A decent sized suicide squad can rake in large amounts of AP in a short time.

I've had 3 x 8k defense ticks in a row not too long ago while defending a keep with just one other player.

What exactly counts as defending a keep? Just being there? Killin people?

I just wanna level my skills

You and me both... I'm reading this thread in the hopes of getting some useful AP-gaining tips for methods that aren't exploits.

Of course, the best way to gain AP for me is probably to join in more PVP groups in my PVP guild...

mdylan2013 · November 2015

I was on the server during those two days, he shot up the leaderboard. I saw the player only once during a siege of a keep and he was dead inside when we entered it. The rest of the time he was nowhere to be seen but gained over 100k in points in around an hour.

NeillMcAttack · November 2015

Well i personally have no doubts that this level of AP gain is nothing but illegitimate and/or game-breaking.

It would be an awful shame if this instance is not, at least, investigated for everyone's sake. I feel the shear amount of gain will speak for itself and have no doubt in my mind that it was pure cheating.

Without any action "the greatest prize in the land" on the most competitive PS4 server becomes more of a reason NOT to play than what is its intention.

mdylan2013 · November 2015

Agreed, it's put me off playing on that server, and due to the way the campaign changes are I won't be playing on any other server until I get a free change.

I know several other people that are not playing PVP due to this as well.

NeillMcAttack · November 2015

CrowsDescend wrote: »

There's a lot of Emperor boosting that goes on. I remember our campaign was locked on all factions, and yet our faction had barely any players in the main keeps defending so I thought hmm maybe they're just in Imperial City, but my friend said even our base in Imperial City looks empty.

I figured the queue was bugged or most of our guys were ganking somewhere, orrrrrr they were in Emperor boosting with AD, as I know their "emperors" communicate a lot with our faction...

So you are saying their is a lot, or at least, enough, reds helping out certain AD players gain emperorship?

ZOS_Tarina · November 2015

Accusations of exploiting are not acceptable or constructive. If you suspect cheating, please report the player using the in-game tools. We are closing this thread now.