iceQ

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Lol, sorry I don't have time to deal with getting a pic, but someone named iceQ has 3 characters above lvl 300 (hulk, spidey, and ares), is the leader of the "dc alliance" (I found him through looking at an alliance ranked near mine), and I just thought I would mention it.

IceIX, someone who didn't realize that is a 9 and not just the letter X must be a fan, as that while setup is mighty trollish. What happens to his alliance as he clearly cheated to get it all?

ngoni

Here's the screenshot:

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I am impressed that someone would do something ridiculous like that, but it's true. Here is a pic. Let the ban hammer fall.
http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n57 ... 5efe11.png

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You know what would be great? If no one in that alliance get any alliance rewards. It would make them think twice before joining an alliance like that again. I doubt you are the only one who noticed that, yet people don't seem to mind joining an alliance like that. If I were D3, I would send a 1000 ISO bonus reward to the first player who sends a ticket about a hacker.

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More proof the devs do everything possible to ALLOW hacks keeping the server without the most elementary sanity checks.

Not unexpected but not any less shameful.

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I just checked this out as well. They are the alliance in front of mine in the Simulator. He is the only commander of that alliance as well. It's ridiculous that this is possible to happen. You would think they would have something in the game where a little bell went off when a player broke a thresh hold that is not supposed to be broken.

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I want a level 332 Ares.

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Narkon wrote:

I am impressed that someone would do something ridiculous like that, but it's true. Here is a pic. Let the ban hammer fall.
http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n57 ... 5efe11.png

Looking at your pics that adybaby guy is pretty ridiculous as well.

JamieMadrox

How the hell do you even do that? Even with hacks and cheats shouldn't the game make it impossible to raise a character's level above it's highest limit?

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Justdangit wrote:

Narkon wrote:

I am impressed that someone would do something ridiculous like that, but it's true. Here is a pic. Let the ban hammer fall.
http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n57 ... 5efe11.png

Looking at your pics that adybaby guy is pretty ridiculous as well.

I found out about him a few hours before the end of a tournament and sent a ticket, but I have no idea if they did anything. I doubt the game checks any of the character stats, which makes the game a hacker's playground. We keep calling the players who use cheats "hackers", but the truth is that the game is so open right now, even a child can hack the game.

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Does the game actually allow stats to grow beyond level 230? Health? Did he actually benefit from this beyond 230?

pmorcs

Seems like the PC version was a bad idea. At least while it's in the same universe as less hackable platforms.

over_clocked

^ Ugh!! While the most cheaters come from the PC platform, the majority of the PC players are not cheaters. You can ask IceIX about that.

Twysta

I play on PC

And from the looks of Narkon's screenshot so does he

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Ghast wrote:

Does the game actually allow stats to grow beyond level 230? Health? Did he actually benefit from this beyond 230?

Yeah, although whether they could enter any tournament without being detected is another thing. Here's some of the stats:

Hulk - level 383 (5/3/5)

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health: 25988 HP
damage: red = 158, green = 177, black = 138

Thunderous clap: 2717 damage + 8 tiles + green AP/2 tiles destroyed
Smash: 5670 + 473 for each green remaining (above 10) - level 4 does 6143 + 591
Anger: hits allies for 197, enemies for 394

Ares - level 332 (4/4/5)

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health: 20100
damage: red = 168, yellow = 147, green = 189

Onslaught: 784 for each green AP (min 6)
Rampage: Cleave for 2848, or 5695 if he is below 25% of max hp
Sunder: Deals 7538 damage to enemy + 3350 to himself. Countdown tile does 2513 damage + 2722 healing.

Spiderman - level 373 (3/5/5)

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health: 15000
damage: yellow = 173, blue = 135, purple = 154

Web bandages: Heal for 1918 per web tile
Purple protect tiles probably block 150-200 without any web tiles & much more with them.

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Twysta wrote:

I play on PC

And from the looks of Narkon's screenshot so does he

Yeah, I only play on PC. I still find it incredibly stupid to use cheats in a game even if it is as simple as we assume it is with MPQ. What is the point of doing that? People play a game in order to experience the progress, not reach the end game (unless it is story driven). If I don't want to spend money and I notice I can't play the game without spending, I will just go the next game. It is that simple.

Anyone who has used even once a walkthrough to solve a riddle in an adventure game knows how hard it is to stop using it afterwards every time you get stuck. It is the same with hacks and cheats. Someone may claim that "I only used it once to open some slots so I didn't throw the covers", but the truth is that after you do it once, every time you get frustrated with the game you will go back to the cheats and every time it will be easier for you to rely on them. Soon all fun is sucked out of the game.

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charlesjbarry wrote:

How the hell do you even do that? Even with hacks and cheats shouldn't the game make it impossible to raise a character's level above it's highest limit?

Of course it absolutely should.

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Looks like this iceQ player single-handedly paid for all the roster slots for his alliance too. No prizes for guessing where the HP came from.

When they ban him, I hope they disband the 20-man alliance and move these people into 5-man ones rather than leave yet another commanderless alliance funded by cheats. As far as I know, the other cheater alliances I reported are still around - Brasil FTW, French Corp and possibly French Army and Grom are the few that I know.

See thread on commanderless alliances (viewtopic.php?f=7&t=5424)

And speaking of more cheater alliances: see Thud who came to recruit on the forum. (viewtopic.php?f=16&t=5524&p=97408#p97408).
They have a single commander who supposedly paid for all the slots but only have 1* characters that are not even maxed. More likely than not, that current commander is clean and the hacked account has "left" the alliance.
I've reported the alliance but I certainly hope D3 would put in more effort on this. I'm starting to get tired of stalking cheaters when D3 doesn't seem to be taking concrete actions on their end.

Arogntbastrd

bughunt wrote:

Spiderman - level 373 (3/5/5)

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health: 15000
damage: yellow = 173, blue = 135, purple = 154

Web bandages: Heal for 1918 per web tile
Purple protect tiles probably block 150-200 without any web tiles & much more with them.

SPIDER-MAN NEEDS TO BE NERFED! : P

Also, sweet ****! I can't imagine there are a ton of alliances where one person buys almost all the slots. I'm not a developer but I assume they have a way to keep track of how much hp people have bought/earned in tournaments. If they spend more than they've earned or bought in game...let me check my math. Yes, that should be suspicious. The devs should strike down with great vengeance and furious anger those who attempt to poison and destroy my brothers.

Blades be with you

The Finn

bughunt wrote:

Hulk - level 383 (5/3/5)

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health: 25988 HP
damage: red = 158, green = 177, black = 138

Thunderous clap: 2717 damage + 8 tiles + green AP/2 tiles destroyed
Smash: 5670 + 473 for each green remaining (above 10) - level 4 does 6143 + 591
Anger: hits allies for 197, enemies for 394

Only 26000 hp? 1/10, would not use.

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Cute... wonder why he stopped at lvl 383. I would have went lvl 999 unless that was too "obvious"