Because I'm paranoid, I changed all my passwords today to EVERY website I use.
Also, it seems like there are even more hackings on Guild Wars. Some people think it's related to PlayNC.
http://www.guildwarsguru.com/forum/showthread.php?t=10410038
Friday, October 30, 2009
Monday, October 26, 2009
BREAKING NEWS UPDATE! GW HACKINGS GALORE
BREAKING NEWS UPDATE!
Kiss of the Divine (dei's guild leader) got hacked last Sunday. It seems as if she isn't the only one. Many people on Guru are reporting they've been hacked too... most likely through a server side intrusion (aka... not your fault). Even though you have a secure password, anti-virus, no keyloggers, etc... they still manage to make their way in.
People who get hacked have most of their valuable items gone, FoW armor salvaged, armors with superior vigor salvaged, equipment bags gone, balthazar faction traded for z-keys and random weapons and miniatures appearing in the hacked person's inventories.
Anet is clearly showing that your account is vunerable. Until they improve their security, please note that you may get hacked. As usual, take any usual precautions and try to spread your wealth across multiple accounts if you have any.
I would also recommend splitting your stacks of valuable items (ex. Ectos, shards, gems) across multiple characters you don't use so you have more time to intercept the hacker if they do manage to break in. (ex. 8 ectos each on every character... 2 ectos each in the backpack, belt pouch, bag and the last bag)
Some links to recent complaints:
http://www.guildwarsguru.com/forum/showthread.php?t=10408381 (Kiss of the Divine)
http://www.guildwarsguru.com/forum/showthread.php?t=10408555
http://www.guildwarsguru.com/forum/showthread.php?t=10408397
http://www.guildwarsguru.com/forum/showthread.php?t=10407895 (This person even WORKS in computer security)
http://www.guildwarsguru.com/forum/showthread.php?t=10401219
http://www.guildwarsguru.com/forum/showthread.php?t=10406737
http://www.guildwarsguru.com/forum/showthread.php?t=10408949
Kiss of the Divine (dei's guild leader) got hacked last Sunday. It seems as if she isn't the only one. Many people on Guru are reporting they've been hacked too... most likely through a server side intrusion (aka... not your fault). Even though you have a secure password, anti-virus, no keyloggers, etc... they still manage to make their way in.
People who get hacked have most of their valuable items gone, FoW armor salvaged, armors with superior vigor salvaged, equipment bags gone, balthazar faction traded for z-keys and random weapons and miniatures appearing in the hacked person's inventories.
Anet is clearly showing that your account is vunerable. Until they improve their security, please note that you may get hacked. As usual, take any usual precautions and try to spread your wealth across multiple accounts if you have any.
I would also recommend splitting your stacks of valuable items (ex. Ectos, shards, gems) across multiple characters you don't use so you have more time to intercept the hacker if they do manage to break in. (ex. 8 ectos each on every character... 2 ectos each in the backpack, belt pouch, bag and the last bag)
Some links to recent complaints:
http://www.guildwarsguru.com/forum/showthread.php?t=10408381 (Kiss of the Divine)
http://www.guildwarsguru.com/forum/showthread.php?t=10408555
http://www.guildwarsguru.com/forum/showthread.php?t=10408397
http://www.guildwarsguru.com/forum/showthread.php?t=10407895 (This person even WORKS in computer security)
http://www.guildwarsguru.com/forum/showthread.php?t=10401219
http://www.guildwarsguru.com/forum/showthread.php?t=10406737
http://www.guildwarsguru.com/forum/showthread.php?t=10408949
Saturday, October 17, 2009
The Early Kat Years 22: Dragon Moss Farming
Ahh... good old normal mode farming. Back before Hard Mode was around... and loot scaling was introduced, all the drops were yours to keep. Louden Swain from Pantheon of Shadows [dei] told me about this farm which he nicknamed "the ATM machine".
The Dragon Moss farm was one of the best places to farm then, as many Dragon Mosses group together and can be farmed rather quickly, like today's famous Raptor farm. It was possible to make 2K every minute with this farm, but it was limited as you would hit the farming cap VERY QUICK.
At first I used my monk Joyful Jasmine with a Searing Flames build and EoE build. Below are the two videos which I used to learn from Louden. In these videos you can also witness the overpowered Shield of Absorption; when it could be permanently maintained.
Searing Flames Build
EoE BUILD
Later on, I experimented with my elementalist Alexa The Amazing after being inspired by a video on YouTube by SalamandraTheNinja.
SalamandraTheNinja's Dragon Moss Farm with Searing Flames
I recreated a video of Alexa's early builds that I modified for more damage (Stone Striker caused Searing Flames to deal Earth damage, therefore not triggering Mark of Rodgort). Unfortunately, the amazingness of the drops cannot be witnessed as this was made today :(.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)