Month: December 2012

Think you know your stuff about the Evolution of Combat? Fancy winning some prizes for sharing your knowledge with the RuneScape community? Look no further!

We’re looking to feature a whole host of well-made and informative Evolution of Combat tutorial videos, specifically focusing on some of the key areas of change that the Evolution of Combat will bring.

Think of your audience as somebody who has yet to spend much time in the Evolution of Combat beta and wants to know more about how to best utilise the new abilities and action bar when the update goes live.

Your video can be about almost anything, assuming it’s related to the Evolution of Combat update, but here are a few of our suggestions:

Boss killing (e.g. God Wars Dungeon, Corporeal Beast, TzTok-Jad)
Skilling – specifically the ways the action bar can speed up skilling (e.g. power mining)
Creating the perfect specialisation set-up (e.g. warrior, mage, ranger)
PKing and the Duel Arena – PvP Combat
Dungeoneering

Every video we feature on our official channels will receive the following prizes:

Promotion of the video on the official RuneScape website, Facebook, YouTube and Twitter pages
Green Skin customisation
Ornate Katana in-game item
25 Squeal of Fortune spins
10% XP boost for 72 hours (real-time)
Three months of RuneScape membership

We’ll be accepting submissions right up until the 30th November and will be featuring selected videos as we receive them.

So, jump into the Evolution of Combat servers and start filming – we can’t wait to see all of your entries!

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As I explained before, you can not get hacked from in-game. I also explained how the client works. In this part I will explain how you can not get hacked from in the game, it’s impossible.

People think that you can get hacked if whispered to or traded. To explain this, I looked at a few packets (legit). When the client sends the whisper packet, it sends the header, same as in all data packets. After that it will send the recipient and the message that you are sending that person. Based on the recipient, the server will most likely then send a data packet to the receiver. Nowhere in this relationship to the two clients communicate at all in any direct way; the server does all that for them, as it should. In no way can a hacker abuse whispers.

Trades are similar. The client will send a packet for spawning a trade, the server will then most likely make a new object for that trade. An object is basically a data space reserved for a set of data containing properties and such. After that multiple packets are sent between the two clients and the server, but the two clients never directly interact in any way. A hacker can not abuse this relationship in any way either.

Surly you must think that the clients have a link when you are in the same map. Sadly, that is not true. There are packets for spawning the player, moving the player and just about everything you can think of. When coded properly, this does not lag at all. Look at google; it searches over 8000000000 pages every search in less than 1 second.

First of all, I want to clear up some lies that foolish people here have been telling you. First of all, accepting trades, party invites and chats is completely safe and you cannot be hacked as a result of it. The free market is safe and a great place to go to merchant. You are completely safe if you take the proper steps.

When you are a target for getting hacked, the hacker will do one of two things. One thing he may do is contact you somehow, and talk to you normally. He will seem nice, and you may know him for a few days if not weeks. This is what we call social engineering. That is the act of �playing� someone. The people you know on maple story that you do not know in real life, you do not really know them. All you know from them is what they tell you. You do not know if they want your password.

The other thing a hacker will do is wait for you to disconnect. If the hacker doesn�t want to try to get your password from you, he will try to key log you. I tell you the truth basilers, if you buy a computer and only have one program on it, maple story, you will never be hacked. If a website other then the official maple story website asks for any information, do not use the information you usually use.

So you people must be wondering how you get hacked, it is one of the two ways I listed above. If they can get to know you, they can play you until you like them and give them your info. They can also plant programs inside your computer to see what keys you press.

Here is another truth, the hacker cannot hack any account he wants to. If he did, the top 100 players would go down, he hacks the people that come to him. The top 100 players are the same as all of you; they do not have extra protection. If they can protect themselves then you can also.

Now I will explain how hacking works, and how you cannot hack someone from in game. To do that I need to explain how the program maple story works. To do that, I will explain how the internet works.

The internet and your computer communicate via data packets. Data packets are small pieces of data that contain information. These travel from one place to another. The maple story server and your computer send data packets back and forth. Each data packet has a header that tells where the data packet will go to. A hacker cannot re-direct these data packets to their computer, easily. You would need to give them a little something before they could do that, hackers are not Gods.

As I said before , maple story sends packets to your client and your client sends them back, when you log in with your username and password, the client sends the username and password to the server, that is the only time that the username and password are send between them.

One other player here on these forums claims that the hacker takes your player on screen, that is false. To do that, he would need to tell the server to stop accepting his clients packets for his character and start accepting them for the player that he wants to hack, basically impossible in programming as each player would have an object to themselves, but that�s just programming.

If the hackers gained access to the database, then they would be able to do whatever they want. The character data, account data and the notices/news/events on the maple story website are all in that database; they would do a lot more, and would hack better accounts.

Also, for databases, there is a neat feature that lets you only allow a connection from certain ip. You cannot change your ip to their ip because you need a unique ip to connect to the internet, technically.

Ok, so you think a lot of people are getting hacked, right? No, at the time that I made this thread, there were 34637 people online in global maple story. On max, you will only play for 5 hours a day at most, and over two 5 hour periods, it is reasonable to say that the number of players online would be steady, meaning around 70000 people play maple story. If you say that around 300 people got hacked so far, that is a 0.5% chance of you being hacked. I took into account the minimum people that play, not everyone plays every day. The 0.5% would be the minimum, I estimate to around 0.01% of the total population of 2009 to be hacked.

I am a computer programmer, I know my stuff. Please feel free to ask questions and I will provide the answers I know. The program I used to get the number of people online is legit, it acts as a client connecting to the server, sending the same packets, the server sends the amount of people online, I am fairly sure.
I have some theories about how you would be able to hack an account, but if Wizet has coded login properly, I see no possible way. Hacker, come get me, I dare you.

Over the course of the Closed Beta, and Open Beta season I have seen players quit Ghost Recon Online because they claim it was too difficult. With the cover system being the main feature of the game, along with special abilities for the three different class it is no wonder why players claim that it is too difficult. Difficult in a sense that this game takes a bit more strategy, skill and especially patience compared to the generic run and gun shooters. In Call of Duty, players run and gun all the time with no sense of hesitation, but being ghost recon is a bit different, running and gunning will get you killed (unless your a recon that has cloak). The cover system is what I think makes this game so difficult, it is either players learn to adapt to a new game setting, or players learn to quit a game so soon. But other than the games mechanics, the level up system is what I also truly see frustrating players. I do agree with the fact that higher level players shouldn’t have a major advantage over lower level players, but with time comes great opportunity. I know it is difficult versing players who have a higher level weapon (which often is considered better than the lower level weapons), with better armor, devices and a major experience gap but that just means it is more difficult to kill them. If you are a true “Ghost” then you will stick it out through good and bad times.

The truth behind Ghost Recon Online is that it is a difficult game that require a lot of tactics, skills, and a whole bunch of luck. The cover system along with the use of abilities will either make the difference between an average player, to a highly competitive player. Anyone can go behind a wall and start shooting, but with the use of effective timing, and a little bit of luck a kill can be reached. I have always talked about luck, but with the critical system having a certain percentage to activate after every shot, it can really make the difference in a battle. Having a critical hit can relieve you from firing one more round into another player, which saves you time, ammo and sometimes your life.

With three classes to choose with from such as an Assault (Assault Rifles, and shotguns), Recon (Snipers and Sub- Machine Guns) and Specialist (Light Machine Guns and Shotguns) it might make it a difficult choice for players to choose from. But along with other variables such as the type of armor, health and even abilities players are always complaining about either other classes being too strong or too weak. Every class has their respective strong points and weak points and should be played accordingly for maximum efficiency. Perhaps it is the lack of knowledge of each class but when you are having trouble with a class, there is another player who excels at it. Know each class, guns, armor and even devices strong and weak points and players shouldn’t have a difficult time choosing. Whether you play the class the way it is suppose to be played, or play the class how ever you want it will be a difficult match if you don’t know what you are doing.

Leveling up and having access to better weapons is what players sometimes complain about. Also known as a leveling system, players are being frustrated with players having better access to weapons. Here is how difficult it gets facing a higher level player. I know the cheytac or dragunov is much better than the GI~level 10 snipers, or the f2000 having better control than the super fast firing sar-21 c assault but these weapons are much better (stat wise than the lower level weapons). The armor difference between a low level armor and a high level armor is huge. Players who have high level armor, either move faster, or receive more hits compared to a lower level. Devices can also be an issue as the squad device can give a little boost to players. Devices can range from faster device recharge, gunshot detector to more armor. Having a high level device ability can mean a player can use that ability more often, have better effects and/or be much more deadly than a low level using the exact same device. Other than the controls of the game, this is one huge factor that makes the game a bit more difficult. Facing a team of higher levels can ultimately spell defeat if your team cannot counter attack. But don’t be discourage just because these players have higher level armor than you. By playing the game fluently and giving your best shot tactically, and skillfully these “higher level” enemies will not bother you. Take upon the challenge and if you are a low level beating a high level with full equipment, imagine what you can do once you buy full high level gear and weapons. Just because these enemies have a higher advantage stat wise, doesn’t mean that they are invincible. This will help you become a better player as you know that the enemy has an upper hand while you try your best to kill them.

This game has a steep learning curve, so steep that Ghost Recon Online has implemented a matchmaking system only for low levels (1-5). This goes to show, with a lot of quitting threads and posts that this game is not your typical shooter. With a difficulty that is evident, players who quit always say that this game should not be recommended to anyone. I agree that this game shouldn’t be recommended for anyone, anyone who can’t take a good skill base challenge.

When it соmеs to the game есоnоmу in Guild Wars 2, Guild wars 2 has one of the most intuitive. That’s why I made this article. There are 2 main currencіеs in use: the рrimаrу bеіng сoins whіch iѕ mаde up оf gold and its different units while guilds make use of іnfluenсе. Influenсе iѕ used fоr buyіng upgrаdeѕ аnd whаt nоt fоr guіlds and іѕ a neceѕѕіty for јoіning group fights аѕ wеll аѕ PvP. Thе gоld соunterрart is thе mаin currеnсy and thuѕ соuld alsо bе used to purсhаѕе influenсе.Influеncе іѕ nоt as diffiсult tо оbtain as іt mаy ѕеem. It сan be eаrnеd via іn bоth plaуer verѕus еnvіrоnmеnt (PvE) fightѕ and рlayer versus plауer (PvP) еvеnts. Gamers саn аlѕо еarn influenсе bу асcерtіng guіld іnvitations as wеll аѕ іf they arе оnlinе durіng an аttendаnce cheсk. All ѕortѕ of рolitical upgrаdeѕ whіch maу іnclude guild emblеms, buffѕ, раrty itеms or guild аrmorѕ саn bе bought by uѕіng influenсе. Othеr thаn that, the Art оf War upgrаdеѕ whісh аrе mоrе or less buffѕ fоr world vеrsus world еvеntѕ arе alsо obtаіned by wау оf influence. Othеr guild upgradeѕ thаt mаkeѕ use of influencе аrе есonomу and architectural upgrades.

Aѕ fоr thе mаin Guіld Wаrѕ 2 currеncy, it iѕ mаde up оf threе unitѕ: brоnze, sіlvеr аnd gоld, wіth gold bеіng the lаrgest form. Thrоughоut the game, gamеrѕ wіll fіnd that gоld iѕ a neсеѕsitу in оrdеr tо ѕmoothlу рrоgrеsѕ tо thе level саp. The may look to several guides to guild wars 2 for advice. There аre ѕеveral ways to еаrn gоld, thе mоѕt commоn of which is bу killing mobs іn PvE ѕettіngѕ аnd loоting. Othеr mеаnѕ оf еаrnіng gold inсlude cоmрlеtion оf game еvеntѕ, selling away itemѕ to NPC vendors, fіlling a heart mеtеr and of соurѕe by wаy оf trading goodѕ with othеr gamerѕ.

Aѕ plaуerѕ prоgrеsѕ through thе storуlіne, thеу wіll fіnd that more аnd mоre gоld are сallеd for tо gеt higher level weaрons, іn order to рurchаse upgrades, reраir аrmorѕ as well aѕ fоr teleportatiоn. Plауеrѕ with more gold аt their dіѕроsal will fіnd thаt the leveling рrogrеsѕіоn tо the levеl cаp аutomаtісаllу beсоmеѕ fаster. For obvіous rеaѕonѕ, gold іѕ usеd fоr telеpоrtatіоn, tеleportаtiоn іn іtsеlf avoіdѕ lеngthy рlаytіme waѕtеd on travelіng on foоt betweеn dеѕtinаtions. More gоld аlso mеаns the abіlіty to rеѕеt trаіt роіnts morе оftеn, never having tо hаve second thoughtѕ аbоut rеpаіrіng brokеn attirе, purсhаѕing expеnѕіvе іtеms frоm vеndоrѕ оr trаding аwаy with othеr plаyers. All of thеѕе, in сombinаtіon еnаblеѕ thе riсhеr gamer to quiсkеn the leveling up timе, bе it bу way оf bеttеr wеaponѕ to rеаp in expеrіencе pointѕ from tаking dоwn mоbѕ or telеpоrting betwеen wауроintѕ.

The Structured PvP in Guild Wars 2 is some of the best PvP I have ever played. It’s equal to, and even better than World of Warcrafts. The main difference between these two games, however, is that in Guild Wars 2, no matter your level, you will always be upgraded to the max level cap, with the appropriate equipment. This allows the sPvP system in GW2 to expand more upon skill level than the amount of time one spent within a game.

To start in sPvP, a character has to join the lobby-like area, referred to as the “mists”. Here, you may add on the appropriate equipment, skills, and items, while practicing against test-dummies (AI) or real players. To get to the mists, you can press the “mists hotkey” (currently H unless you changed it) when you enter, the level cap will be automatically boosted to 80, or the current maximum in the game. All the character skills are unlocked, appropriate armor is had (and can be changed at the merchants within the mists if you so please, for free), and your character is free to explore the level 80 plunder that he can so enjoy until he has to inevitably join the real GW2 world again.