Crosspost: Canary in the Coal Mine - Page 2

Beerbeer · 2012-12-28, 05:00 PM

The canary died a few months ago.

I honestly believe Smedly's tweet was more of a reassurance to us, than any veiled threat to the hackers. What's sad is that during that time they did nothing to stem the tide; the hackers are back and rubbing it in Sony's face.

Sledgecrushr · 2012-12-28, 05:18 PM

If we arent going to limit ourselves to facts then maybe a career in politics might be right for you.

Beerbeer · 2012-12-28, 05:22 PM

That's the same kind of attitude Sony has: arrogance and ignorance.

It's obviously served them well to-date.

Rolfski · 2012-12-28, 08:47 PM

It's a drama post about something you can be assured SOE is on top of it.

It's a functional post though.

Saintlycow · 2012-12-28, 09:32 PM

Whatever it is, there are massive crash issues in this game still. 2 squads dropped out, relogged only to find the enemy still in the same positions.

Graywolves · 2012-12-29, 02:33 AM

This hacker my outfit and a number of others reported a few weeks ago showed up again today.

There was also this guy at the crown a few nights ago who was shooting at TR from inside the rocks at two different locations over the course of 2 hours.

While I will experience mass crashes and joke about the server not being able to take how awesome we are, I think concluding that someone causing that is difficult to do. I don't doubt the possibility of it though.

We know Smedley takes this very seriously and that they are hunting hackers/exploiters. But it still remains an issue for now.

MrBloodworth · 2012-12-29, 12:16 PM

Originally Posted by Beerbeer

That's the same kind of attitude Sony has: arrogance and ignorance.

It's obviously served them well to-date.

In what reality would a development company ignore something like this? That's got to be the most retarded conclusion I have ever read.

Combating hacking is an ongoing process, and its not as prevalent as some try to make it out to be. Some gamers, need some real perspective, its ridiculous some of the accusations. Pure Fantasy and ignorance.

Pro tip: Just because someone made another post on the forms, does not make time go faster.

Beerbeer · 2012-12-29, 12:23 PM

Originally Posted by MrBloodworth

In what reality would a development company ignore something like this? That's got to be the most retarded conclusion I have ever read.

Combating hacking is an ongoing process, and its not as prevalent as some try to make it out to be. Some gamers, need some real perspective, its ridiculous some of the accusations. Pure Fantasy and ignorance.

Pro tip: Just because someone made another post on the forms, does not make time go faster.

That's great. Another factual post that belongs in politics.

Frotang · 2012-12-29, 02:01 PM

Im not going to pretend to understand how server crashes occur but its hard to ignore the multiple times our outfit has entirely crashed while almost capping a base where the enemy is putting up some resistance but not organized. We all re log and get back to the area and low and behold the enemy faction has surmounted a sizable and organized re secure effort and the base is lost, this happens on almost a nightly basis. Now it could be coincidence but it could be some tom foolery going on! An outfit mate was stating that its possible to overload the server in a certain area and have that "node" crash. Not sure if that's possible in this game but in pretty sure it was done in PS1 by placing hundreds of boomers and overloading the server, that is one reason why they made limits on explosives placed eventually.

bpostal · 2012-12-29, 02:10 PM

Originally Posted by Frotang

Im not going to pretend to understand how server crashes occur but its hard to ignore the multiple times our outfit has entirely crashed while almost capping a base where the enemy is putting up some resistance but not organized. We all re log and get back to the area and low and behold the enemy faction has surmounted a sizable and organized re secure effort and the base is lost, this happens on almost a nightly basis. Now it could be coincidence but it could be some tom foolery going on! An outfit mate was stating that its possible to overload the server in a certain area and have that "node" crash. Not sure if that's possible in this game but in pretty sure it was done in PS1 by placing hundreds of boomers and overloading the server, that is one reason why they made limits on explosives placed eventually.

I would imagine that the server logs, when something like this happens, are rather unique.

Beerbeer · 2012-12-29, 02:18 PM

The reason for my cynicism is that I remember in beta people posting and warning about hackers and exploiters. I'll be honest, I was a skeptic back then and assumed Sony had something planned BEFORE the game was released. I just couldn't imagine they would allow it to happen.

Those posters were right and I was naive at the time. Can't remember who they were or even if they still post here, but they hit the nail on the head.

And by Sony "ignoring" the issue though either not caring or incompetence is arrogance and ignorance one way or the other in my book.

MrBloodworth · 2012-12-29, 11:52 PM

Originally Posted by Beerbeer

The reason for my cynicism is that I remember in beta people posting and warning about hackers and exploiters. I'll be honest, I was a skeptic back then and assumed Sony had something planned BEFORE the game was released. I just couldn't imagine they would allow it to happen.

Those posters were right and I was naive at the time. Can't remember who they were or even if they still post here, but they hit the nail on the head.

And by Sony "ignoring" the issue though either not caring or incompetence is arrogance and ignorance one way or the other in my book.

Then your book needs to be rewritten.

Show me a game that has no hacks, nor anyone posting about the impending apocalypse of hacking while its in beta, and ill show you a game that was never released.

Obviously, hacking is simple to solve, they just don't care!

Pro tip: Just because someone made another post on the forms, does not make time go faster.

Beerbeer · 2012-12-30, 12:01 AM

That's a good response, but I've never seen so much overt hacking, either in-person or blatantly advertised, like this game.

In all my hours playing cod, moh or BF, I've never personally witnessed as many hackers as this game, and considering the time comparison is years versus one month, that says something.

But continuing being ignorant.

MrBloodworth · 2012-12-30, 12:07 AM

Did I say there are no hacks? Nope. However, the assertion that they do not care, is beyond retarded.

That's not ignorance, that's called being real. Instead of a hyperbole fairy.

Beerbeer · 2012-12-30, 12:10 AM

Re-read my post. Caring and being incompetent is the same thing as not caring, because both produce the same results.

Really, those other games probably had a better deterrence than this game and I say that out of experience (see above).