Weekly Server Maintenance
I think alot of us can agree that Game watcher is not effective. I use to play Conquer Online and to help control some of the hacks in that game they would preform server maintenance once per week, which also helps with server lag, making slight changes to certain files the hacks depend on in the game. This would put the work load on the coders of the hacks much harder and less time we would have to deal with them. One patch per month is not enough to keep this game running smoothly. Conquer's servers would be down for 1 hour per week, I think we can handle that for the benefits we would reap from them.
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I wouldnt mind once every 2 weeks. This would be worth it to me, but the question is whether the people who would actually be working on the patches would like to do it every couple weeks
Weekly is not a big deal. They can set it up to be done automaticly in the wee hours of the morning. And if they did actual maint. on the servers it would greatly improve our speeds. The idea behind this suggestion is simply that and to make it much harder for the coders of the hackers to keep their hacks up and running bi or tri-weekly gives them to much time. And z8 can put forth this much effort, which is minimum btw, to improve the satisfaction of the community that actually invests money in this game and plays a clean game. Alot of your hackers will disagree with this. -
I totally agree with Prodiac on this. Once a week would do fine. there would be a lot less hackers in the game because of this.
If you notice after a patch comes out it take what?... a day or 2 till you start seeing the worthless hacks again.
I'm all for getting rid of worthless peeps who can't play the game for what it is.
It takes the fun out of playing when your in a room full of hackers and cant kick them.
people will sure as anything kick a noob before kicking a hack. explain that one. -
I don't think you truly understand how what you're talking about works.
Anyway, What we have going is working. There really aren't as many hackers as you think, and over 95% get banned, and pretty quickly.
X-Trap is getting back in gear finally, and the auto ban system is working great. Also if you did some research, you would know with this patch it's being improved.
This isn't "Conquer Online" things don't work the same. -
Another up side to this suggestion is that it has been said that every time they update game watcher it cost them money. Doing this would make it to where they could update game watcher definitions once per month, saving them money, and could be done by their in house staff in a minimum amount of time.
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I don't think you truly understand how what you're talking about works.
Anyway, What we have going is working. There really aren't as many hackers as you think, and over 95% get banned, and pretty quickly.
X-Trap is getting back in gear finally, and the auto ban system is working great. Also if you did some research, you would know with this patch it's being improved.
This isn't "Conquer Online" things don't work the same.
Wow, no disrespect but, do you play the same game that I do? Because I see one almost every game I play. And I do understand what I am suggesting. And accounts get banned yes, not IP's this does not help the problem, not very hard to make a new account. Like I said I am not trying to provoke you, that is not my intention, I am just trying to get my side understood. There shouldnt be any getting back in gear to it, you guys pay for X-Traps service they should stay on top of their definitions. Of course this isnt Conquer Online, but the basic idea is the same. Updating the files that the hacks depend on once per week would greatly reduce the effectiveness of the hacks. Every Time we get a patch there are changes made to these files, this in turn stops the hacks from working. That fact can not be disputed. What it boils down to is the community is not satisfied with the hack control in this game it is getting way out of hand, for example last night I reported 25 people for using obvious hacks like one shot kill going under the map etc. The current system is not working and is eating the company's profit. I feel that if looked into properly by the server Admins and properly implimented this suggestion will greatly help, give x-trap more time to gather information on the hacks to properly update their definitions, and end with the community being much happier. More satisfied customers leads to more money being spent in the game. As quickly as this game is going down hill I am personally not spending any more money on this game until I see improvents made torward Hack Provention. -
So lots of people think there is not too many hackers.
It is true that we have at least half of the player not cheating.
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If GM can enter the game with some other name, to the pub, you might get tired of saving replays soon. Just see what need to be improve in normal players' way -- This is not my idea.
To depends on something like x-trap is never efficient. The anti-hack is always several step slower, because they need to know how the hack works. After patch, it is just a matter of time that hack become prevailing.
We might need the right to kick opponent players, if we are afraid the kick is abused, just add a button to confirm respawn. It will efficiently reduce hacker's (or hacker supporter's) fun if everyone just choose not respawn. And weekly maintainence for a hour and change some secret to block the hack, if works, is great. -
Wow, no disrespect but, do you play the same game that I do? Because I see one almost every game I play. And I do understand what I am suggesting. And accounts get banned yes, not IP's this does not help the problem, not very hard to make a new account. Like I said I am not trying to provoke you, that is not my intention, I am just trying to get my side understood. There shouldnt be any getting back in gear to it, you guys pay for X-Traps service they should stay on top of their definitions. Of course this isnt Conquer Online, but the basic idea is the same. Updating the files that the hacks depend on once per week would greatly reduce the effectiveness of the hacks. Every Time we get a patch there are changes made to these files, this in turn stops the hacks from working. That fact can not be disputed. What it boils down to is the community is not satisfied with the hack control in this game it is getting way out of hand, for example last night I reported 25 people for using obvious hacks like one shot kill going under the map etc. The current system is not working and is eating the company's profit. I feel that if looked into properly by the server Admins and properly implimented this suggestion will greatly help, give x-trap more time to gather information on the hacks to properly update their definitions, and end with the community being much happier. More satisfied customers leads to more money being spent in the game. As quickly as this game is going down hill I am personally not spending any more money on this game until I see improvents made torward Hack Provention.
IP ban might not work. Many ISP are using the ip pools. And most residential service has no static ip. -
IP ban might not work. Many ISP are using the ip pools. And most residential service has no static ip.
I agree with that, IP isnt reliabe, I am just trying to make a point to Rex. There's always ways for them to get around that stuff. I just want to make it much harder for them to find and keep working hacks. -
Oh and damske is right too! i would say that 90% of hacks come from that zone..i rarely see others hacking (from other zones of the globe). get them their server(only their server) and the rest of us can use others
I've suggested a North American only server in the past, had over 40 pages of support and the MOD ddot closed it. They dont care and wont even give us our own server. I've moved on and can deal with the laggers and waste my time reporting 10- 30 people a day trough a support form, when they should have a report button in the game in the player score list at the end of a match. But for now I would be greatly satisfied to see the maintain their servers and try to prevent them. -
Oh and damske is right too! i would say that 90% of hacks come from that zone..i rarely see others hacking (from other zones of the globe). get them their server(only their server) and the rest of us can use others
Lets not get off topic here. The thread is about Weekly server maint. and wether or not its supported.. -
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I think alot of us can agree that Game watcher is not effective. I use to play Conquer Online and to help control some of the hacks in that game they would preform server maintenance once per week, which also helps with server lag, making slight changes to certain files the hacks depend on in the game. This would put the work load on the coders of the hacks much harder and less time we would have to deal with them. One patch per month is not enough to keep this game running smoothly. Conquer's servers would be down for 1 hour per week, I think we can handle that for the benefits we would reap from them.
+1 for this idea, server might actually stablize for once. -
this would be a great idea, im sure z8 have both the time and the money to put this into place. this really needs to be done because sooner or later the hackers are goin to kill the game and no one will want to buy z8 or play the game anymore, that a shame because people really enjoy this gameI think alot of us can agree that Game watcher is not effective. I use to play Conquer Online and to help control some of the hacks in that game they would preform server maintenance once per week, which also helps with server lag, making slight changes to certain files the hacks depend on in the game. This would put the work load on the coders of the hacks much harder and less time we would have to deal with them. One patch per month is not enough to keep this game running smoothly. Conquer's servers would be down for 1 hour per week, I think we can handle that for the benefits we would reap from them. -
No offense, but its really not. I'm not asking for a weekly patch with new weapons. Have you seen the amount of hackers currently in the game? and do you enjoy that?
you want new weapons every patch?
GREAT
240+ WEAPONS EVERY PATCH!!!!
yes i enjoy it cause they get kicked or banned by other people
(to lazy to send support ticket, l0l's in game report ftw)
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