Making Ulu-Duku and Skell a lvl 30+ map to avoid hackers

Today i found someone on Discord talking about that his buyers got killed by a hacker, then i remembered when 2 months ago my buyers was getting killed by a hacker 3 days in a row



So i thought that making those maps only restricted to lvl 30+ players would help at least to make it way harder to a hacker just come here and mess with leechers
i cant think in a scenario where a lvl 30- char would be interested to enter on ulu besides a hacker (HB/Haste mules are at least lvl 40)

Lmk what u all think about that (Also i have no idea if this suggestion is hard or not to implement)

 

I think it's a feasible idea, similar to the Elnath maps.

 

I mean... If they could hack they'd just hack to level 30 so kinda pointless in my opinion...

 

it would take them longer than just having to hack through maple island.

If they use damage hack in order to level up quickly, they'll be spotted faster than vaccuming mobs, or so I'd assume.

 

atleast that will take them time, right now they just come back 3 mins after being banned... plus i dont see reason why not to restrict flying to CBD or Leafre for over lv30. what would you do there before that?

 

I agree with you there, I think that those zones entirely should be locked to lv 30+, including via telerock (so they won't go around it somehow).

I just checked in CBD and it seems the lowest level mob is 28(?), no reason someone under 30 (even tho lv 23 can get exp here) should be in cbd.

Leafre is even more obvious why as they're even higher level than that.

 

I think the entry limit can start from Ulu maps, not necessarily the whole CBD.

 

I don't agree with this change because I have a level 8 mule planted in ulu to scout for open maps. :|

 

This might fix it. Won't know until it's tried. I would say raise it even higher but "mules" I guess?

I hope it is done and we won't know if it works unless it is done so no point in arguing if it will work or not. Words.

 

I mentioned whole of CBD and Leafre as I thought they could restrict the usage of the plane / telerock, and I'm not sure if they're able to restrict a map by it self, but restricting an NPC might be possible.

 

They would just bot to the level requirement and then go hassle you or just go harass people in other maps for attention.

 

I realize how frustrating it is as it is hurting my livelihood in game too, but I don't agree with this proposition.

I think the discussion in the other thread is a better solution, like reintroducing the ~gm command.

Please don't hurt my level 8 scout mules around the world on this band-aid solution

 

Just to mention that we already got some "band aid solutions" on the server, like the restrictions on smega, apr and gacha

 

Sounds like a good band ait, but what about other low level maps?

 

Royals does not need any bandaid fixes, last I checked it's been bleeding out for the past 5years, and even more so in the past 2-3. What it needs is a complete overhaul (which yes I acknowledge is being worked on), and this is why I'm quite adamant on this suggestion. The very nature of these trolls actions is time wasting to begin with, what more is a minor inconvenience in terms of gaining a couple of levels? Or even worse, they could (and I am pretty positive they can) bypass the level restriction entirely.

 

I think most of us would agree that the best solution is the implementation of an auto ban system and more active GMs.

But knowing this is not possible at this immediate time, due to manpower, schedules of the staff members and needing more time to polish up the auto ban system.

I think this is a good backup idea at the mean time, I would even go on to suggest to increase the level requirement to level 70 and include prerequisite of completing certain quests, needing certain items to enter similar to Temple of Time.

As my professor always say "Never let perfect be the enemy of good". This would delay the process the hackers's pace of reaching a stage of being disruptive, reduce the number of victims and increase the hackers chance of being caught especially if their aim is just cause disruptive behaviour. I have yet to catch any hackers using instant level hacks, so I assume they to still have to hack normally to get there. We can always update or remove the changes later.

Lastly, the MOs and traits of the these hackers are the same, usually have a staff member or more proactive players in their IGNs, claiming their recording their actions while hacking etc I suspect they are probably one individual or a small collective group.

 

good idea

 

The lowest level mob is Biner, and he's lvl 18. and the quest clear the rubbish is a lvl 15 quest. So no, I'm personally against completely locking CBD to lvl 30+, if its possible to lock only ulu city then sure but all of CBD is just pointless overkill to handle a new type of hacker.
And wouldn't telerocks be able to basically skip any sort of lvl limit on an area?

 

From what I read telerocks aren't able to tele to temple of time

But thats probably different from what I thinking of

 

In the past, they did work, but was coded to not work. Thing is, these areas are locked via quest, idk if it would work with a level lock. Only the devs know tbh