Persistent World Griefers

[Legacy_Quilver]

               

Totems and Teaparties wrote...

Oh and all of the above is moot if you have 'enforce legal characters' checked, but I'm 99% sure most servers don't.

By the way, just to point out how people can be wrong despite strong feelings (99% certainty). This is incorrect. Most servers do have ELC checked.
               
               

               

                     Modifié par Quilver, 14 mars 2011 - 11:13 .
                     
                  

            

[Legacy_Fellanor]

               I think we may have just had a visit by them, on AVLIS.
               
               

               
            

[Legacy_Bosgald]

               I know of them, and I think they're hilarious (and awful).
               
               

               
            

[Legacy_PurpleDragonKnight]

               They've most definitely been hitting Arabel lately.
               
               

               
            

[Legacy_Guest_Calabask_*]

               Bosgald being the ring leader. If anyone from Bioware is about, I wonder if it would be possible for them to ban him from these forums?
               
               

               
            

[Legacy_Guest_Calabask_*]

               And I'm quite serious about that. I have the logs to prove it. '>
               
               

               
            

[Legacy_SHOVA]

               Why ban him from here, has he done something against these forum rules?
               
               

               
            

[Legacy_Guest_Calabask_*]

               I would suspect harassing a community would be something that's bannable. And a violation of TOS.
               
               

               
            

[Legacy_lordofworms]

               thank you all for the clarification, I personally have not had the misfortune of this kind of scenario but I would imagine (my PW being hardly populated with player count) it wouldn't even be worth it to them.

but Thanks, info is knowledge!
               
               

               
            

[Legacy_TSMDude]

               

Quilver wrote...

Totems and Teaparties wrote...

Oh and all of the above is moot if you have 'enforce legal characters' checked, but I'm 99% sure most servers don't.

By the way, just to point out how people can be wrong despite strong feelings (99% certainty). This is incorrect. Most servers do have ELC checked.

Of the 9 servers that have joined our group 4 have it checked and 5 do not. It is 50/50.

As for the peeps who have joined and have been vetted i thank you so much for the wealth of info given to us about this griefer who has posted here twice now , and I look forward to seeing more of you join to help combat this tool who started this in 2006.
               
               

               
            

[Legacy_SHOVA]

               One of my favorite ways to make sure they cant come back to a PW, is to put their cdkeys, and IP in the on enter script. If the offending CDkey, or IP logs in, it autoboots them. If any need the code, let me know, I am happy to share.
               
               

               
            

[Legacy_Thayan]

               As Bosgald can explain to us all in detail, he and the others with him eventually get around the dual CD Key/IP Address bans too.
               
               

               

                     Modifié par Thayan, 15 mars 2011 - 07:16 .
                     
                  

            

[Legacy_TSMDude]

               It is not too hard to do to be honest and why we are trying to do it the way we are by sharing details and such like.
               
               

               
            

[Legacy_Jenna WSI]

               

Thayan wrote...

Quilver wrote...
I've been killed by griefers numerous times. They often come in a team of maxed-out barbarians, and they can be quite effective against low-level characters.

I can confirm this has happened as recently as several weeks ago in Thay for example. While we are learning and adapting to try and counter these trolls before they get this chance, it also pays to educate your playerbase to *not* accept party invites from players they do not know and *not* respond to Tells from said players asking where they are at. Simple stuff, but it can be somewhat effective in saving a newbie from a griefer.

I have to respectfully dissagree. I love seeing a community that is welcoming and helpfull to new people. I think it's better to reemburse a player that suffered a loss from a griefer, than turn to a method of prevention that includes a negative impact on someone who is usually not a griefer.. but just a new player. Of course, it all depends on if the old players are willing to deal with the reprecussions.
               
               

               
            

[Legacy_Thayan]

               So on your way to school get in the car when a stranger stops and offers to give you a ride?

Gotcha.