Dollie 676 Posted May 18, 2019 Attention Pathfinders, Recently, we were able to identify multiple ways in which players were able to gain a massive amount of experience points, very quickly. Some of these methods were made public, some reported privately, and others were identified internally. We wanted to be thorough and catch every possible way this could have been abused. Due to these bugs, a few scenarios arose ingame: Players were levelling much faster than intended. It highlighted a balance concern with how high items and characters could scale. Our aim was to tackle this in the smoothest way possible, and our intention was to avoid a wipe/rollback, and minimize damage to innocence at all costs. Ultimately, this is what we’ve decided to do and with our most recent update, we have introduced the following changes:  Crafting Bonus on items is now capped at 60%.  Any character which was above level 100 will now be reverted to level 100.  One time character respec for any character that had their XP reduced back to 100.  One time destruction of all crafted items with a crafting bonus of over 60%. We believe that these changes, whilst imperfect, should help restore sanctity to the Official Game. Going forward, we'll also be taking a look at how high stats can scale, in particular intelligence and health and we'll be adjusting them in a way that will have a retroactive effect in the future. We want to make sure that everyone can enjoy their adventures and will continue to take bugs and exploit matters seriously. We know we may not always act as fast as you like, but rest assured these matters are highly concerning to us and we will look for an effective solution which we can deploy rapidly within our means. As always, we value your feedback and encourage you to share it with us. Grapeshot Games 2 1 1 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Redrick 14 Posted May 18, 2019 (edited) ... can you please find a good game designer? Edited May 18, 2019 by Redrick 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Draye 2 Posted May 18, 2019 (edited) Thank you, now please do something about the mass parking of tames on freeport islands Edited May 18, 2019 by Draye Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hulk 9 Posted May 18, 2019 The people who abused it should be set a lot lower then lvl 100. 9 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Profanity13 9 Posted May 18, 2019 Literally game saving.  Good shit. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
1eyedollar 6 Posted May 18, 2019 While I would have liked to see some bans this is a good fix to save the state of pvp. Thanks for listening and tacking action quickly. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jester 10 Posted May 18, 2019 You guys still need to punish the exploiters though, they were well aware of their actions. Reverting their 150 levels to 1000 then capping and destroying all the items above 60% is not enough. They need to set an example that exploiting will be punished.. else next time something like that gets discovered people will abuse it with no fear of more serious repercussions. Now the people who abused the glitch still got the better end of stick if they did not get punished... They are still level 100, avoided all the headache of doing maps and other ways of leveling up.. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kellumar 0 Posted May 18, 2019 1 minute ago, Jester said: You guys still need to punish the exploiters though, they were well aware of their actions. Reverting their 150 levels to 1000 then capping and destroying all the items above 60% is not enough. They need to set an example that exploiting will be punished.. else next time something like that gets discovered people will abuse it with no fear of more serious repercussions. Now the people who abused the glitch still got the better end of stick if they did not get punished... They are still level 100, avoided all the headache of doing maps and other ways of leveling up.. don't forget that they probably lost most of their ships and gear Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jester 10 Posted May 18, 2019 1 minute ago, kellumar said: don't forget that they probably lost most of their ships and gear Yes, but they still have the advantage of being lvl100 now and not to mention they abused a system to achieve it. Their actions costed this game a lot of players probably quitting over it.. it inflicted damage upon community. However I am still glad they did at least somewhat actions and I hope their script managed to properly clean all 60%+ quality items and left none behind. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
trqfreak350 38 Posted May 18, 2019 There are other game developers that punish even their most elite players so much more harshly, they are singled out and made examples of purposely, there should be an amount of fear in using such a blatant exploit. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jester 10 Posted May 18, 2019 1 minute ago, trqfreak350 said: There are other game developers that punish even their most elite players so much more harshly, they are singled out and made examples of purposely, there should be an amount of fear in using such a blatant exploit. Yes, this. So when in case a future exploit arises people will be refraining from using it, due to fear of being punished.. but now if they wont punish these guys.. future exploits again will be used with no one to worry about any punishment. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pant 98 Posted May 18, 2019 (edited) Really is this all you get for cheating in this game? A tiny slap on the wrist? For all this talk about hardcore gameplay you are real pussies when it comes to taking action yourself. If you are not gonna ban them atleast reset their discoveries and set them back to level 50. Edited May 18, 2019 by Pant 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kummba 164 Posted May 18, 2019 53 minutes ago, Dollie said: We want to make sure that everyone can enjoy their adventures...... There is no advanture left anymore with even more reduced options to play the game. At least uncap PVE. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Darkbringer 2 Posted May 18, 2019 Well this is still early access I dont understand how people keep forgetting that... the dev's have mentioned that there will be another wipe at some point so everyone's progress right now doesnt even matter. The bonus is capped at 60% right now but should be increased in the future when there are no level cap exploits..... this game is awesome and tons of fun If you don't want to deal with the early access bugs just come back later..... I'm here to help the dev team figure out their bugs that's all...learning game mechanics along the way is enough of a bonus at the moment 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pant 98 Posted May 18, 2019 1 hour ago, Darkbringer said: Well this is still early access I dont understand how people keep forgetting that... Thats a shitty excuse for not doing their job. Cheating and exploiting have been the problem with this game since day one, everytime theres an exploit or cheaters are running rampant on their servers the devs just sit around like a bunch of clueless kids. Any serious developer would have patched the guilotine out of the game the minute it hit reddit, somehow it took 2 fucking days before they even lifted a finger... Letting the exploiters keep level 100 is essentially like the police catching a bankrobber and letting him off with a warning and half the loot. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
photek 66 Posted May 18, 2019 (edited) 2 hours ago, Jester said: Yes, but they still have the advantage of being lvl100 now and not to mention they abused a system to achieve it. Their actions costed this game a lot of players probably quitting over it.. it inflicted damage upon community. However I am still glad they did at least somewhat actions and I hope their script managed to properly clean all 60%+ quality items and left none behind. being lvl 100 right now is legit. even higher if you play all day since last wipe. but if you see in the database lvl 104 and next day you are 120 then there is smth fishy. Edited May 18, 2019 by photek Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
galium 13 Posted May 18, 2019 What about punishment for those that were exploiting the bugs in the first place? Seems like reducing them to 100 doesnt do justice to everyone else that gets impacted that didnt cheat. 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ducimus 35 Posted May 18, 2019 the worst part its the same ppl who cheated in season 1 and they sit on stream and openly say how they did it and how they used the ingame aimbot bug.. and still u only raise a finger against them and let them off with a pad on the back... its just sad that u dont take this seriously cus alot of ppl and companies quit cus of this and u letting htem go unpunished will make even more quit OR cause EVERYONE to abuse the next bugs which will be live with ur next mega update.,... 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mardoqueo 10 Posted May 18, 2019 I got there is a lot of people mad, but remember this game is in Beta. Breaking the game at this point is kinda of needed, or atleast in all the beta's ive played. I dont mind as long as the Dev fix the breaks as quickly as they can. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ducimus 35 Posted May 19, 2019 13 hours ago, Mardoqueo said: I got there is a lot of people mad, but remember this game is in Beta. Breaking the game at this point is kinda of needed, or atleast in all the beta's ive played. I dont mind as long as the Dev fix the breaks as quickly as they can. so what u are saying is we should all just cheat and hack all we can ? come on get real Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Willard 245 Posted May 20, 2019 Obviously they have taken actions against exploiters. There is a topic about account bound ban asking why he got banned because he never used any third party programs Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Vorxius 249 Posted May 20, 2019 Anyone >100 should have been set back to 50 Should be as clear as daylight those that used the hack, even better; total asset decimation, and character wipe   Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mardoqueo 10 Posted May 21, 2019 On 5/19/2019 at 7:07 AM, Ducimus said: so what u are saying is we should all just cheat and hack all we can ? come on get real Who said anything about hacking? Thats a completely different beast. Hackers are filthy animals that has a special place in Hell set aside for them Finding errors and bugs is part of beta. Exploiting them, while not cool, atleast gives the devs an idea of how bad they are. Again this game is in beta, expect it, and move one. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gnihar 111 Posted May 21, 2019 (edited) Why are you punishing small companies by making gold grinding a chore again? Very Small company with 200 swivel and puckles as passive defense, and now gold is x1 again on x2 servers. Edited May 21, 2019 by gnihar Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DaSeppo 1 Posted May 22, 2019 Ich bin Wochenlang rumgefahren um auf Lev. 70 zu kommen, und dann werden solche Spieler noch mit Lev 100 belohnt.... Ich bin raus aus Atlas. Bye bye  Share this post Link to post Share on other sites