Had 2mill in account and woke up with 100k and missing items?????????

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Originally Posted by PerrythePlatypus

Or just stop using the internet like a total derp.
Iv been playing mmo's for 11 years, havnt been hacked once. You can keep your token which is just a cash grab, aimed at the less tech savy.
Hell the word "hacked" isn't even used correctly 99% of the time. Someone got your password =/= hacked.

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since when was offering something for FREE a type of "cash grab"?

Gotta hate Mondays, right? Anyways, sorry about your lost OP :x

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Originally Posted by Pandastirfry

since when was offering something for FREE a type of "cash grab"?

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I think he's referring to the physical one you can buy.

How would they sell his gear on the market if it had been used? One you use something it becomes bound to you. Nor would any hacker go through the process of selling his gear to a vender for an extra few gil and leave him with 100k. If he did get hacked, they have got to be the dumbest hackers in history.

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Originally Posted by jdnyc

http://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodest...acter/1558423/

Looking at your stats...how did you level 5 of the crafting classes to 50 without having to level mining and botany as well?
Your combat classes are lower level as well.
I'm just starting to get into crafting/gathering myself and wondering how you had all the gil needed to purchase the required mats.
Curious if there's something I'm missing. My impression was that you either had to buy the stuff if it was available, have someone trade it with you or go farm it yourself. Well you obviously couldn't of farmed the higher level stuff, so how did you do it? Would love to know. :)

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i had my char since beta capped at level 20 weaver had about 50k before the launch..from there buy low sale high..was one of the first 50 weaver on server(i think that i am) and i spent hours staring at the market <------this made me millions

yeah, I'm sorry, but I smell a Doth Protest Too Much...

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Originally Posted by Darken

How would they sell his gear on the market if it had been used? One you use something it becomes bound to you. Nor would any hacker go through the process of selling his gear to a vender for an extra few gil and leave him with 100k. If he did get hacked, they have got to be the dumbest hackers in history.

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i just hit 50 on my alchemy.and didnt crafting anything,so my gear wasnt bound,i just did the prep on getting those alchemy gear ..cause i can make them myself

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You were most likely hacked. Change your password immediately to something unique to FFXIV, and make sure it's complicated. Do not share it with anyone at all. You'll also want to scan your computer for key loggers and make sure your antivirus is up to date. Someone else definitely got into your account. Also check your email to make sure it's not hacked, you may want to change your password there too. It's possible they hacked your email and were able to get into your account that way.

Download 2 free programs called Wise Disk Cleaner and Wise Registry Cleaner. Run them nightly. Get a security token (software or physical). Change your password. Choose a phrase, like a short quote or song lyrics, instead of a jumble of numbers and letters.

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Originally Posted by seekerofpower

Download 2 free programs called Wise Disk Cleaner and Wise Registry Cleaner. Run them nightly. Get a security token (software or physical). Change your password. Choose a phrase, like a short quote or song lyrics, instead of a jumble of numbers and letters.

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Also replace random characters with numbers that can simulate the place of said character (leetspeak)... These are more secure than just alphabetical passwords. Also , mix in some Capitals.

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Originally Posted by Altheras

You were most likely hacked. Change your password immediately to something unique to FFXIV, and make sure it's complicated. Do not share it with anyone at all. You'll also want to scan your computer for key loggers and make sure your antivirus is up to date. Someone else definitely got into your account. Also check your email to make sure it's not hacked, you may want to change your password there too. It's possible they hacked your email and were able to get into your account that way.

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thanks i think i did that =p

This is from the Lodestone . If you don't want to click the link, go to the Lodestone and search under News> Notices> Warning Concerning the Security of your Account . If you go from the lodestone front page it is stickied under Special Notices.
Post Date: 09/10/2013 7:15 AM
[Important] Warning Concerning the Security of Your Account

Info you should know regarding compromised accounts/protecting your account is there. Also if you plan to apply for an account rollback and report your account as compromised, you can do that and info is at your SE account page.
Good luck to you.

Buy less gil

And this is why you should never go to sleep...never.....

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Originally Posted by Hansolo823

i had my char since beta capped at level 20 weaver had about 50k before the launch..from there buy low sale high..was one of the first 50 weaver on server(i think that i am) and i spent hours staring at the market <------this made me millions

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I normally dont troll, but if your level 50 without crafting anything then that means your buying all your stuff... Being at level 25 on all my jobs now, this could cost a pretty penny if I didnt craft my gear not to mention running out of leves... You sir must have been buying gil SE caught you took your equipment because it was purchased illegally and luckily for you left you with some cash... Feel glad you didn't get banned for life... And its not being hacked its being cracked... Hacker is a term that was given to coders because they hacked the keyboards where crackers was the name given to people who crack passwords and security...

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Originally Posted by PerrythePlatypus

He bought gold. Then they "hacked" him. If that's true ( the logical conclusion) then he deserves every bit of frustration.

I wouldn't know, as I havn't looked into it because I have no use for it. It's not always free, and it will cost you shipping and handling.

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That's not really the logical conclusion. A very popular method of getting trojans on gamer's PCs to steal their data is through ADs on websites related to the game they are playing, or the website is hacked in order to infect people. I have no doubt gil buyers can and do get their data stolen from the very websites they visit to buy gil, but it's hardly the leading cause to game accounts being compromised. The real REAL leading cause is using the same password for several services because you don't want to remember a dozen passwords, or because you don't want to fool with the hassles of using protection.

Also token is now free via iOS or android devices via download. Using a token is a nice last line of defense if somehow someway another person gets a hold of your login data. Unless you are using a password along the lines of this: r1A0n2D9o3M8m8R5pQ4sSs then you need to be using a security token, FYI to anyone whom it may concern, as far as I am concerned.

i wouldn't think hackers would wait around to sell your items on the market wards. I`d take a guess and say you had a girly fit and rage quit

Greetings Hansolo823,

We have read through this thread and feel that your account may have been compromised. As others have stated, we suggest you contact support center to get this resolved. You can reach it by going Here and selecting "Contact Us" at the bottom of the page. Fill out the fields, submit it and we will get back to you as soon we can.

Good luck and have fun!

My theory with situations like this is that RMTs are intentionally trying to kill the market for legit crafters, hindering their ability to make gil and increasing demand for RMT gil.

This is why you see lots of farm items in mass quantity listed for 1 gil on the MB (when any rational person would obviously just npc them for 1 gil if that is all they were worth). I suspect this is also why they took your expensive items and sold them cheaply on the MB - to crash the prices.

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Originally Posted by Philotreu

Greetings Hansolo823,

We have read through this thread and feel that your account may have been compromised. As others have stated, we suggest you contact support center to get this resolved. You can reach it by going Here and selecting "Contact Us" at the bottom of the page. Fill out the fields, submit it and we will get back to you as soon we can.

Good luck and have fun!

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While your trying to ban the account/s that stole from him, you should ban the OP for obviously buying gil. How do you level a crafting class with out a gathering one?

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Originally Posted by PerrythePlatypus

While your trying to ban the account/s that stole from him, you should ban the OP for obviously buying gil. How do you level a crafting class with out a gathering one?

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Very easily?

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Originally Posted by PerrythePlatypus

While your trying to ban the account/s that stole from him, you should ban the OP for obviously buying gil. How do you level a crafting class with out a gathering one?

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not saying he didnt buy gil, but i leveled alchemy to 50 without ever touching a gathering class. you just have to be smart about what you're crafting. i also bought finished hq turn ins for leves for cheap on the MB. it can be done without breaking you.

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Originally Posted by PerrythePlatypus

While your trying to ban the account/s that stole from him, you should ban the OP for obviously buying gil. How do you level a crafting class with out a gathering one?

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by buying the mats from AH at 1gil each?
after all that's the gathering mats value from lvl 1~45.. at least in my server.
and the rare nodes are 500g each, well until next patch that is.. then there will be too many lvl 50 harvesters for that to also give any income at all.

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Originally Posted by LethalE

not saying he didnt buy gil, but i leveled alchemy to 50 without ever touching a gathering class. you just have to be smart about what you're crafting. i also bought finished hq turn ins for leves for cheap on the MB. it can be done without breaking you.

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Yea, I leveled Alchemist to 50 without any gathering skills. I'm almost lvl 50 Cularian and although I have level 37 Botantist, all the mats I used were bought...very cheaply. Cheaper to buy than to actually gather.

If I would hack an account I would leave them soem charity backups of at least 50k Gil. Just to mog them lol.
Sadly SE doesn't do rolback. Contact support that is the right place for it

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Originally Posted by Sixmp

OP did you question the Wookiee?

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Sooo happy Halloween is right around the corner, otherwise it'd be a looooong 202 days till the next legit reason to go all Jedi lol

You got robbed!

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Originally Posted by ChrysaorUSon

You have to buy gil from those gil sites to even get off the ground in crafting, so don't even lie. Unless! You are farming hella hard and shit, you will buy gold from gil sites. You don't got to lie to the public!

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not too mention his weaver is 50 and amongst other crafting class's are at 50 with his gathering class's less then 22 and his main at 38

http://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodest...acter/1558423/

looks like he visited a gold seller to me. No way he would have enough gold to make 5 crafting class's lvl 50 by normal means

maybe even a power leveler or non legal macros/scripts

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Originally Posted by gintoki88

not too mention his weaver is 50 and amongst other crafting class's are at 50 with his gathering class's less then 22 and his main at 38

http://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodest...acter/1558423/

looks like he visited a gold seller to me. No way he would have enough gold to make 5 crafting class's lvl 50 by normal means

maybe even a power leveler or non legal macros/scripts

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Wow low lvl Botanist and Miner? He muz be god in making Gil and making his crafting to LvL 50. LOL.

*offers hugs & hot tea* I hope you have a better day - & change that password! :)

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Originally Posted by Hansolo823

why would i need to buy gils..i was one of the first crafter on the server...

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Yes, and you was so pro that you could do anything. Lame excuse, now you learned your lesson, change password and do not make it repeat again.

still don't know why a big lot of people still don't have authenticators/tokens

Are they new to mmorpg or something? its one of the first things you do when you set up an account.

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still don't know why a big lot of people still don't have authenticators/tokens

Are they new to mmorpg or something? its one of the first things you do when you set up an account.

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They dont have smartphones :rollseyes:

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Originally Posted by Taeyeon

They dont have smartphones :rollseyes:

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Na they do just not smart enough to use it. even so if they really don't which i find it hard to believe in this day and age, they should dish out the less then $10 to buy a token.

most people get hacked because they use the same password in more than one place. Part of the problem is that people tend to have lazy minds and do not want to have to remember hundreds of different passwords. Here is a trick that will help you a LOT.

Pick 6 random alpha numeric characters, mixed case, like nU73zK. Now, pick a place to do a 2 character insertion, say in this case, between the 7 and the 3. From then on, just customize the password to match the site you are on with a 2-character symbol. For instance, google mail can become nU7gM3zK. FF14, since you use a SquareEnix account, can become nU7sE3zK. Your uberporn site becomes nU7uP3zK. You get the idea. Vastly more secure than using leetspeek, dictionary words, or writing things down... and definitely better than using the same password everywhere.

It looks like you got hacked and I hate to say it but you most likely deserved it. There's really only a few possibilities here.

1) You used a password that was easily cracked through a bruteforce/rainbow table/dictionary attack.
2) Your computer was infected by a keylogger/rootkit/RAT.
3) You used the same password multiple times (some sites store passwords in clear text).
4) You gave someone else your password.
5) Your story is bullshit and you made it up to elicit attention.

tl;dr Don't blame SE when the fault is all your own.

I got an email from SE just the other day saying my account had suspicious login attempt activity and was locked. Changed my password and good to go, nothing touched.

token / one time password ^.^

if you report it to s/e you will get your stuff back....after they ban your account for 2 weeks to a month!

Got to admit, leaving 100k on the account after hacking it to make it look like a GM intervention is.. clever. In an awful sort of way.

But yeah if stuff was sold instead of just deleted there's no way that wasn't a hacking incident >.>