Sleipnir wrote:Nox wrote:i never used overbanking personnaly, i have a nice bank, but i helped ppl doing that, and i dont see it as cheating, its a way for ppl that dont have a big bank to get what they want, being a spy lvl, anti lvl whatever
i know if i wanted spy lvl 30 i would need to do this, and i would with no probs, cause i dont think its cheating
You know, in the old days we used to sell weapons to buy spylevels if our banks weren't big enough. You don't need overbanking. It's just a cheap way to cheat yourself around the naq you would lose in selling weapons. I'm hoping Forum will eventually come around to this one like he did with the turn brokering, which was the same thing and was also fixed.
Here's another question. The game allows you to trade resources between accounts as long as they're not on the same IP. So if I use a proxy to make a couple multi's to increase my income, since the game doesn't prevent it, I'm allowed?
Well..actually...
November 25, 2005
Updates on Main Server only at this point
Advanced notice: Web Proxy Servers (aka anonymous proxy servers)
These will soon be disallowed for accessing the game. They are a source of cheating and avoiding the rules. Whenever there are reports of 'hacking' into other accounts, etc, these are involved.
So -- eventually some or all access via these proxy servers will stop. Regular 'workplace' or university proxy servers will be fine -- it is just the web proxy servers that will be affected.
The rules specifically state it is illegal, and action will be taken as such. I see no such steps with over banking, even though it is well known people do it. It only helps the smaller players anyway...
Also, I found this in there:
A warning for those with multi accounts, autobankers, and other forms of cheating. We (myself and game admins) have put scripts, tools, manual checks, and other devices in place, and are devoting the time to using them, to elminate those cheating.
(If you were not aware, every single action you take in game is logged - attacks, training, armory buy&sell, transfers, market buys, logon/logoff, banking, spying, etc -- 27million records worth over the last few months.)
A large number of accounts have already been suspended, and more are found and suspended each day. If you have multi accounts, or are using other methods of cheating, this is a warning to delete the extra accounts, and/or stop cheating in general. For those that willingly stop, it will be easier in the end. It is still not decided if any of those caught will be made public, or if the account will simply be left unaccessible to the cheater, or if once punished, it will be left at that. That decision is to be made by the Game and Site Admins, and you must trust it to be fair and the best course for the game.
I also noticed a few references to hacking, and how it was illegal, so that pretty much shoots down your idea that stealing resources would be alright...
