Guild Wars 2 devs addressing account hacks, bots
The ArenaNet dev team has been spending a lot of time on Reddit recently discussing Guild Wars 2. Now, a list of issues with the game and the status of fixing said issues has appeared on the site.
ArenaNet is going to great lengths to ensure the quality of the game experience in Guild Wars 2, including disabling key features to combat the rising number of account hacks and provide ways for players to secure their hard-earned gear and cash.
The dev team took to Reddit again to explain issues with the game and what they are doing to fix them. The post explained that email authentication for password changes is in the works to aid in account security to battle the growing number of account hacks seen since the game launched. The developer believes the hacks are occurring because of emails and passwords stolen from other games and trojan horses placed on victimized computers. In-game mail was also disabled to prevent the looting of hacked accounts..
An issue with the party and guild system and the overflow world feature is also being addressed, while the developer also announced plans to immediately start the three-day banning of "casual" botters. A second offense could result in a permanent ban. It was also revealed that trading post feature was in maintenance and still being tested.
An ArenaNet developer was on Reddit earlier this week talking to players about why it was suspending accounts, including providing specific examples of chat or name abuse.
ArenaNet co-founder Mike O'Brien told Time that the player enjoyment trumps game sales: "If we got to a point where sales continued to be off the charts, and it threatened the experience that players are having with the game, then we'd just turn off sales."
Be sure to follow our playthrough of the game with our ongoing Guild Wars 2 diary series.
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The ArenaNet dev team has been spending a lot of time on Reddit recently discussing Guild Wars 2. Now, a list of issues with the game and the status of fixing said issues has appeared on the site.-
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It not a big deal, really its not necessary at all. Basically all you need is a regular password, a issued password from the company and a user name.
As for changing your password as long as the request is sent to your email and they issue you a renewall password(GUID like, note this will not revoke your old password) which it is required to enter for the password change request( in the UI to change your password) and is also usable to login to the system(duel purpose for forgot your password req) then your chances of getting hacked is close impossible or rather no worth it for a hacker.
The only reason people get hacked in my opinion is week passwords or stolen data that has the password and data that is not encrypted properly.
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Its not hard to Google --> http://us.battle.net/support/en/article/battle-net-authenticator-faq not on my priority I guess.
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I understand the value of the accounts. A password long enough to resist brute force attacks is vulnerable only to a) insecure storage/handling by the service provider and b) a compromised client system. I'm willing to accept the chance of one of those things happening so long as it's confined to a single service when it does.
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No, it's for everyone. This is about minimizing the risk of a compromise and two factor authentication remains one of the best ways to do it even if you have good password habits.
Good password habits will prevent your stuff from being compromised due to other web services being hacked, but won't protect you if you get some kind of trojan or keylogger. Unfortunately, the only way to completely protect yourself from those is to never connect a machine to the internet, which you've obviously not done if you're playing an online game.
Virus scanners, firewalls, and "good browsing habits" won't necessarily protect you from them, either. Fresh releases of MMO's are also prime targets for this shit, so two-factor authentication should be a given.
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I think you get notified if someone even tries to change the password, I had 6 emails yesterday morning that someone was attempting to change my password.
As long as you can still login to your account they weren't successful in changing it.
I created a new email account and generated passsword after that.
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