Hi.... Dear people and noobs...Okay, and also those super pro ones...
Anyways. Today this poor noob found something strange in the server Zodiark, but... Have to say that I wasn't the only one who found it, THE WHOLE SERVER came to watch this hilarious thing.
I know there are thousand bots around, but this goes further than that, it seems like either if Square Enix would create themselves characters just copy pastying code lines and adding the same gear and stuff... Or someone would have hacked them and do so...
- Look at the symbols, they all have the plant symbol of new players, and ONLY new players can use those.... (80 hours was it it? Could someone with 80 played hours, or rather, an army of them have all those items already?)
- They are just too much, this goes too crazy even for a massive multiboxing...
- They all have the same items, Animus weapon, soldiery gear, high allagan ring....
Video uploaded to youtube: http://youtu.be/OIpzaI7RLsU
I just want to know if... It was a crazy strange not-announced weird event or... Perhaps some strange error, or... Super hacker or... Geez... Nya?
PS: Maybe it is just my imagination, but it seems I posted it bad or something because couldn't find it again after doing so. Or if it is because I'm doing something bad by posting it please send me a tell and I won't post it at all and I'll apologize for it.
How will Square Enix explain... THIS?
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10-17-2014, 09:55 AMAdrian74How will Square Enix explain... THIS?
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10-17-2014, 09:56 AMElazu
These are created for the fan fest events by Square Enix.
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10-17-2014, 10:00 AMDefendPopPunk
Is there a fan fest going on now? Not the Las Vegas one, but a different one? I'm asking because all of their names start with "Event."
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10-17-2014, 10:04 AMAdrian74
I also wondered something like that because the "event".... But... Didn't get any announce like that so it is confusing and everyone in the server is still wondering what's that for, if it is made by the team or just some hacker.
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10-17-2014, 10:05 AMVelox
If that's not SE testing something, someone has hacked the game to a point where he/she can freely distribute gear and levels to characters. Having full control like that is jokingly called "god mode" because developers use it for testing purposes. Either this is SE or someone gained access to the developer settings.
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10-17-2014, 10:08 AMAdrian74Exactly what I thougt too... It goes beyond boot or stuff like that, it seems like if someone would directly got an access to the databases and codes and just overwrite there whatever he/she wants... The weird stuff of this is that if SE would be the one doing it... They'd probably announce there's an event going on instead of confusing people?Quote:
Originally Posted by Velox
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10-17-2014, 10:08 AMSanghelios
There are 96 of these Eventplayers in total. 72 of them will be used in Frontlines, while the other 24 will be used for a 8 vs 8 vs 8 Match.
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10-17-2014, 10:12 AMAdrian74What are they? Temporal accounts given to players randomely in the servers? NPC moved by the team going on there?Quote:
Originally Posted by Sanghelios
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10-17-2014, 10:15 AMRavno
Lol, for one second i was thinking that Prepared was back on FFXIV.
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10-17-2014, 10:29 AMZaikenIf they get access to the Database and enable "God Mode" Why would they just stop at Animus Weapon and one single piece of High Allagan Gears? From looking at it, you notice everyone have the same gear. An Animus and one accessories of High Allagan piece. Mostly it for an upcoming event like the Fan Fest or getting ready for them for some Primal Challenge or contents.Quote:
Originally Posted by Adrian74
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10-17-2014, 10:38 AMlogicallysynced
They had these same names for the Extreme Primal Challenge during the 40-Hour Livestream - so I do think this is fan-festival related.
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10-17-2014, 03:11 PMZReport
It is Fan Fest related. With every event like Fan Fest (E3, Gamescom, FATE in Tokyo, etc) with a large enough venue, they create and gear these specific characters for special battle content so players can either try out the game or play 15 min challenges to try and win some Real Life swag (T-shirts that say "I beat <Insert Primal or Fight Here>", stuffed toys, artbooks etc). They are on live servers so they can be interacted with, but use specifically made queue systems if needed.
Every time they are created they typically have the highest level armor available so that it aids in streamlining the fights and gives everyone even ground. -
10-17-2014, 07:00 PMArcticFang
Oddly enough one of them spoke too. We said something about it being a bot convention and joked that one of the bots had to have cleared t9 to get the high allagan ring, and one of the "Event" characters (a miqo bard) said "indeed". He never spoke again. Was odd. But yeah, has to be fanfaire characters. Was on Goblin server too.
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10-17-2014, 07:13 PMAmiantos
I went to TGS and we used characters just like those but we were locked to i90 myth gear for the Ramuh fight. So like others said probably characters for fan fest event.
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10-17-2014, 08:39 PMDoctaruRavenbe
As everyone is pretty much confirming: These are Fanfest characters for use by people at the Vegas Fanfest for the trial challenges etc.
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10-17-2014, 08:46 PMAdrian74
I'm sorry but I don't know anything about that weird fan festival...
Could someone explain a little or basically confirm if this was an event? I'd appreciate an answer of the community managers since I'm not the only one that was confused by this strange and not announced weird event that happened in Zodiark, Western Thanalan - Horizon's aetherite, people was puzzled.
I have to say it has more logic to think it was some kind of event than a super hacking, indeed, but still, many people confused and without a clear answer of the team about it there.
(If I'd be the GM realizying such an event I'd use the special channel in-game for advising about it [Not everyone watches forum and lodestone] Or I'd give some kind of Square Enix identification to the event names, for example creating names people wouldn't be able to register, using brakcets or symbols... "[Event]PlayerC Three" or "*E*PlayerA Four" for example. -
10-17-2014, 08:52 PMHysterior
I don't want to be rude but... they all have "event" in their name... so...
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10-17-2014, 08:54 PMAdrian74
I think I could create right now any character with such a name as "Eventc Four", that's why the confussion in the server.
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10-17-2014, 08:54 PMMiitanHave you been living under a rock for the last 6 months?Quote:
Originally Posted by Adrian74
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10-17-2014, 08:56 PMNoshpan
Just something to point out: the little green sprout symbol next to a person's name is a bit misleading. All people can gather is that the character is "new". However, when they implemented this feature, it ended up marking the majority of my characters as "new" even though I have had made them nearly a year ago.
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10-17-2014, 09:00 PMAdrian74Pe...perhaps... I should tell the moggles to put a moggle mail closer to my temple nya.... I swear didn't receive the invitation?Quote:
Originally Posted by Miitan
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10-17-2014, 09:00 PMArtiste
With 80h of playtime, I can do the story quest, if I dont read the text and watch CS (60h of running)
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10-17-2014, 09:11 PMElazuSeriously?Quote:
Originally Posted by Adrian74
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10-17-2014, 09:16 PMAshgarthhttp://www.troll.me/images/futurama-...or-serious.jpgQuote:
Originally Posted by Adrian74