[dev1083]Abolition of IP check system

[Xenor]

I can't believe people are calling that a "minor" inconvenience. It's a huge pain in the rectum to have to change your password every time you login if you're on a dynamic IP ISP. Making your game a pain in the rectum to login to is not smart, especially in XIV's current state. It pretty much forced me to use the security token which is just as much a pain in the rectum as having to change my password each time.

I should also point out that forcing people to change passwords that often makes it very insecure as people end up having to write passwords down in Notepad or on paper. I had to do that with my university e-mail account because they forced us to change it every three months that by the time you remembered it you'd have to change it again.

Never in my 13 years of using the internet have I had an internet account accessed by an unauthorised person. It boils down to common sense when creating passwords and downloading files off the net. This should be OPTIONAL. There is no argument here. The only way people are getting in my account is if someone launches a PSN style attack on the SE servers and it's down to SE to secure those.

[Xatsh]

I can't believe people are calling that a "minor" inconvenience. It's a huge pain in the rectum to have to change your password every time you login if you're on a dynamic IP ISP. Making your game a pain in the rectum to login to is not smart, especially in XIV's current state. It pretty much forced me to use the security token which is just as much a pain in the rectum as having to change my password each time.

I should also point out that forcing people to change passwords that often makes it very insecure as people end up having to write passwords down in Notepad or on paper. I had to do that with my university e-mail account because they forced us to change it every three months that by the time you remembered it you'd have to change it again.

Never in my 13 years of using the internet have I had an internet account accessed by an unauthorised person. It boils down to common sense when creating passwords and downloading files off the net. This should be OPTIONAL. There is no argument here. The only way people are getting in my account is if someone launches a PSN style attack on the SE servers and it's down to SE to secure those.

Not everyone uses firefox though, every other web browser is not safe.

FFXI hundreds and hundreds of accounts where being stolen by keyloggers that where being planted on fan sites. Not one of the known virus programs where catching any of them.

Get one of those it does not matter if your password is "UncleBoB or asdfODP194VADAMMDIOE439348ZH" you would get hacked either way.

And while this may inconvenience someone, trust me having to deal with SE to unlock it... yea unless you where absolutely in love with this game it would make you quit in a heart beat. (you have to remember having the orriginal codes is not enough for SE to unlock the game, you have to get a notarized form and wait 3-4 weeks for them to act on it)

As others said get the token if you plan on playing for any duration of time, if not remember major corporations get hacked everyday through powerful firewalls. Your PC's security in the end is pointless if a hacker finds a loophole. The I never been hacked things is just that, you are lucky you are not really safe though.