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Gameforge censoring the truth and silencing the players again
2013-04-24 17:22:09
There was a heated debate recently over the well known lower drop rates we have in Europe compared to the US NC version, here:

http://board.en.aionfreetoplay.com/board23-aion-the-game/board26-general-discussion/14450-gameforge-why-do-you-lie-to-us-to-make-more-money-doh/index6.html#post156820

Few users started posting their results matching my tests (http://rainy.ws/2013/04/23/european-drop-rates/), specially evident today with the shugo instance.

The mods as usual banned a few users and locked the thread with their usual lies and no more replies allowed: "Droprates in NA and EU are the same".

mafia
small update
2013-04-24 21:56:54


  • Added support to recognize enchant stone success rates for euro client with US data pack.

  • Updated hacker lists, including cross-server names.


Gameforge staff clueless about the game, can't even check server logs
2013-04-25 13:47:25
Got this from a friend earlier. He was simply asking for the new arena times GF specifically set after the recent update, they should know.. right? seems not.

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Furthermore, they don't even check server logs for hack reports or anything, while they claim they do, there is more than enough evidence they don't: they always ask for screenshots and videos even for reports about insults, if you don't send a screenshot they say they can't do anything, but won't admit to not having the skills to check the server logs. As it stands, 3v3 and chaos arenas are completely immune to cheaters.

"We don't have a clue", priceless.

2013-03-14 - 20.18.01 ~ capture

 
small update
2013-05-02 06:10:51


  • Restored full telemachus asmodian hacker lists.


NC US server prices
2013-05-05 06:07:38
Related:

http://rainy.ws/2013/04/23/european-drop-rates/

http://rainy.ws/2013/03/28/how-gameforge-destroyed-servers-economy/

Difference US/EU


  • Mboost27: 150k / 1-1,5kk

  • Mres14: 120k / 1-1,5kk

  • Crit17: 220k / 1-1,5kk

  • Atk5: 350k / 1kk

  • Silence gs: 80kk / 160kk

  • L90: 6.4kk / 10kk

  • L95: 11.3kk / 16-20kk

  • L100: 15kk / 30kk

  • L110: 18kk / 40-60kk



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1.8 beta
2013-05-14 02:56:20

  • Removed hacker warnings

  • Removed most of the blocked players, with some exceptions


New feature (BETA): triggers feature has been improved:

You can now setup various actions to trigger when found in the log, and the window does not need to remain open unlike was the case before.
Possible actions:

  • Tray warning message

  • Play MP3 file

  • Flash tray button


You can set this up to play a sound for example when you are silenced in PVP, simply select the mp3 file for every action you want to trigger. You can observe the various messages from the log with the Raw log window (tools/capture raw log) to further extend your list of triggers.

2013-05-14 - 03.13.53 ~ capture ~ Triggers

2013-05-14 - 02.49.17 ~ capture ~ AddEdit Trigger

 

 
User emails
2013-05-18 11:56:37
Subject: French community feels bad

Hello,
I'm an Elyos on Urtem server.
I just wanted to warn you that on the French forum, players become increasingly aggressive against Gameforge.
Some players try to put pressure on Gameforge
Link articles in which players strike action on games to change company policies

You can Try to read these Topics :

http://board.fr.aionfreetoplay.com/board23-aion-le-jeu/board24-discussions-g%C3%A9n%C3%A9rales/13700-un-petit-quelque-chose-a-m%C3%A9diter/

http://board.fr.aionfreetoplay.com/board23-aion-le-jeu/board24-discussions-g%C3%A9n%C3%A9rales/13691-instance-shugo-canon-et-parcho-vitesse/

http://board.fr.aionfreetoplay.com/board23-aion-le-jeu/board24-discussions-g%C3%A9n%C3%A9rales/12154-des-bots-des-bots-et-encore-des-bots/index10.html

Players are tired of seeing that Gameforge does nothing they want to Try to make a "sitting" in Poeta like the Chinese aion players

in some topics Eoghan our CM not even answer questions from players ...
hackforge reviews
2013-05-21 14:59:13
http://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Gameforge-Reviews-E509818.htm
Hackforge staff: "our computers have viruses"
2013-05-28 14:30:42
What hope is left for our accounts security when the staff themselves admit to not being able to secure their own computers? They have mod and admin powers to manage your account, with the forum and game account being linked and the same.

Then someone gets their game account hacked, and the staff is quick to point fingers elsewhere "our systems are safe, you probably got trojans or bought gold or used hacking apps", while it's more than apparent for already 15 months of "service" their systems are the most unsafe I've ever seen in the history of mmo publishers.

2013-05-28 - 14.25.58 ~ capture ~ [Mazui]_Hyouka_-_11.5_[3C10E2F9] - MPC-BE x64 - v1.1.0.1 -dev

http://board.en.aionfreetoplay.com/board23-aion-the-game/board24-help-questions/15087-10-rootkits-detected/

 

Look also what this guy said, pure technological wisdom
don't install Java unless you really need it. That whole thing is just a big mess. Someone can even mess up your registry entries through that.

I don't think I've read such a nonsensical noobish rubbish comment like that for a very very long time, this guy screams of "I know as much about computers and stuff as a rat". This is one of the support staff banning forum and game accounts under "multi-accounting" offenses, none of which he was ever able to prove to anyone.
Small update - Pando "Media Booster"
2013-05-29 11:41:37


  • Small patch with some small bug fixes

  • Added a check on start-up for US Aion's "Pando Media Booster". This program is required by their launcher whenever there is a patch to the client, and stays installed after the update, stealing bandwidth from players' computers without their knowledge. ARM will now always check for this on start up and give a warning to the unaware players.



Needless to say, you should uninstall this after every update, through control panel, programs and features, locate "Pando.." and uninstall.
Coming soon, 1-click Jp Crit font installer
2013-05-31 09:01:06
Many users asked me for this, so here it is, I'll post a patch in a few days with this.

It works for American, European (English) and Russian clients. If you play Korean/Chinese/Japanese and want your client supported as well, please contact me as I will need some info about your Aion files for that.

German/French clients won't be supported, switch to English please.

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1.82
2013-06-01 17:31:31
Jp fonts patch mentioned in the previous post, fully tested and working without issues.

European region support is only for English. If you are using german or french client you can contact me for assistance to switch to English.

To use the tool, use the menu Tools/Install Japanese Crit Font.
Donations
2013-06-04 15:34:20
If you'd like to donate for ARM but can't afford rl money, you can also send me kinah in-game to the character "Hikari" in the EU server Telemachus (Elyos).
If you are in the US, I play also a char there, in Tiamat (Elyos), you can send kinah to char "Armdonate".
small update
2013-06-06 07:40:28
Improved blocking of cheating apps.
In-game surveys, US NC vs Hackforge
2013-06-13 02:30:38
Hackforge:

Spams users with in-game surveys to direct them to their cash shop, most times without any special event or bonus, just a reminder that they can buy stuff at the shop. This while the European version managed by hackforge has a subscription fee (through gold pack, 10 euro), is Pay-2-win, allows hackers and botters, has nothing you could call customer service, GMs who play the game abusing their powers, their staff keeps threatening and banning users in the forums for no good reasons and behave like a dictatorship built by their abusive practices, showing a complete lack of respect towards the players who pay for their wages.

2013-06-10 - 20.30.55 ~ capture ~

NA Aion:

Sometimes gives a survey to remind players about the Atlas feature, which is free, through which they can claim lots of useful and free rewards like manastones, dyes, enchant stones, some beginner pvp jewels: http://gameguide.na.aiononline.com/aion/atreian#ElyosPath
At the same time, they are comepletely free, no hidden subscription, great support, polite and kind mods and customer support staff who treat players as people.

2013-06-13 - 15.55.33 ~ capture

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Something goes wrong with the servers, reboot, some bug etc, what do they do?

Hackforge: one or more of the following:

  • Deny any issues

  • Blame it on the players

  • Ignore it

  • Threat and ban users who complain in the forums

  • Give absolutely no reward

  • Take no responsibility

  • Find any worthless and ridiculous excuse why it happened


 

NA Aion:

Polite message from the staff and a little reward

2013-06-13 - 02.14.54 ~ capture ~

 

Where do you wanna play?

 
patch
2013-06-17 14:48:05
Fixed some issues with "log stream error".
Gold Pack serves no purpose
2013-06-21 23:14:35
Back a year ago when Hackforge acquired the European Aion userbase, they said something like "gold pack will prevent bots and goldsellers etc", implying the system would prevent that and also provide the support staff for it and a better customer service. The GP costs 10 euro/month ($13).

I see our money is put to good use preventing botters and goldselling, and not just inflating their income with this bullshit model, the worst in the entire history of Aion publishers: pay-to-win + required subscription + botting + goldselling + no GM staff + no customer service.


Content language and comments moderation
2013-06-25 16:29:12
Just a couple things I think need to be clarified after some of the recent moderated comments in this website:

  • Posters with fake email address are very likely to be flagged as spam and removed.

  • Comments in a language other than English will be also removed, if you want to reply on the case of the french GM please do so in English.

4.0 Japanese voice pack
2013-06-26 13:02:19
You can get it here: https://mega.co.nz/#!zkQDhKxQ!OXOj1CFTQhmrQqnjuJSUXCuRou8OwkX4xsdgUtdgiTY

And read here on how to install it: http://rainy.ws/misc-stuff/
Aion 4.0 English patch notes
2013-06-26 15:36:32
http://static.ncsoft.com/aion/store/PatchNotes/AION_Patch_Notes_062613.pdf
Aion languages
2013-06-27 02:08:22
Hackforge anounced today they will be translating the game for spanish, italian, polish, turkish, ..

I will not be working on having ARM run with these clients, as has been the case for french and german.

ARM will remain working with only English clients, although it will still work with others if you use the North American Aion data pak files. Translations for the program are also not planned, there is no need to translate software when it's available in English.
Update
2013-06-27 03:29:43
Patched ARM to correctly launch NA Aion's 4.0 (both 32/64 bits) and Hackforge 4.0 PTS.

Support for bard/gunner will be added soon when I have a chance to test both on my own to parse all their skills.
1.83 and 4.0 data.pak
2013-06-28 16:04:40


  • Updated the items database with the new 4.0 client data (US names).

  • Removed links to AP table (no longer accurate) and siege times.


You can also download the new data.pak for EU PTS here: http://rainy.ws/misc-stuff/ (updated, old one wasn't working)
Gameforge says it's ok to hack/cheat (as long you got money for shop)
2013-07-05 15:43:47
Recently there was a case of.. once again some hackers in Telamachus from criminal country Dubai, these guys spend a fortune in the cash shop, so GF looks the other way and lets them use cheats as they please, going even as far as unbanning other hackers on request.

So recently 2 of these guys self-owned themselves by replying to hack accusations against them in the forums, saying like "everyone hacks.. look.. we frapped some hackers, so it's ok, but we don't hack, but it's fine to do so", in their own videos they forgot to turn off 360 degree radar hack, so everyone saw that and had a good laugh:

2013-07-05 - 15.32.54 ~ capture

 

So this was reported and the guy was apparently banned for a couple days and then free again. There is now a long thread in their forums about it, which is complete bs. The mods just say the same crap "hackers are permanently banned, hacks are not allowed, don't lie" bla bla, while threatening and banning users for bringing this situation up. Support also downright ignores the issue, even Vian who's usually sorta helpful among the staff won't do anything either but the usual replies "we can't share any info about this, no hacks are not allowed" bla bla, I guess he's bound by contract to lie in support tickets and has no choice.

The hacker now goes around saying crap like "it's only an addon, I didn't know it was an offense, so I promised I won't use again and they unban me", ooooook, so now it's "add-ons", not hacks! :D

 

Ah well, nothing really new, but this needs more awareness amongst EU players to stop supporting this joke of a company that catters only to cheaters and scum.
The price of immunity at hackforge
2013-07-07 17:14:08
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related: http://rainy.ws/2013/03/21/bribes-corruption-and-gameforge/
How to run ARM with different regions (NA/EU etc)
2013-07-08 18:33:20
People often ask me how they can run 2 ARMs at once for NA/EU, or simply keep the settings separate from each other, here's how:

  • Make a shortcut of the ARM executable. If you have UAC on, it's preferable to use a folder outside Program Files (copy the exe to somewhere else)

  • Edit the shortcut (r-click, properties)

  • Add " /portable" to the commandline parameters


Now everytime you launch ARM with this shortcut, it will use a different "AppData" folder where the exe resides for the settings, which will be separate from the normal one, as if you were using it in another computer.

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1.85
2013-07-08 18:39:03


  • Initial support for Bard (not 100% tested)

  • Support for Cleric new 4.0 skills



Support for other classes will be added when I have access to lvl65 chars of the other classes. If someone wants to lend me their account for testing, use the contact form with the login details.

Gunner support is not planned for now.
how to buy hack immunity with hackforge
2013-07-12 16:26:04
[16:06:38] x: a friend got his account unbanned by writting a petition about purchasing 50 euros in aion coins
1.86
2013-07-14 03:29:36


  • Support for 4.0 sorc skills (not 100%)

  • Added Help/4.0 Maps.. here you can see all the teleport routes in Katalam and Danaria, siege times, Bases info etc



arm4

 

arm4
1.90
2013-07-17 09:38:37


  • Added setting to remove "world chat" window, enabled by default, when you launch Aion from ARM (tools/start)

  • Full gunner support, 100% skills tested

  • Added ID to the 4.x maps tool (help/4.x) and now you can move the window by dragging the pictures or the bar