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Im scared to even log into darkfall forums now - they are banning people at will

celee2222celee2222 Member Posts: 123

Aventurine posted a warning a while ago today about people refreshing and spamming their servers.

the warning stated that youd get a 10 minute block and eventual ban for spamming

now the fact is that the forums are totally un-usable right now due to extreme demand from users and people trying to refresh the shop page incase it opens again.  The devs said they would notify us of any shop opening.  The big problem is that due to the forums being messed up due to lag we wont get that warning so players continue to refresh the shop page all evening.

I received a 10 minute block for apparently spamming and refreshing when actually i wasnt refreshing more than a couple of times evey few mins.  I had onlyh one window open aswell.

so im now paranoid about even connecting to their forums or shop through fear of an IP ban

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  • PyrostasisPyrostasis Member UncommonPosts: 2,293

    they arent banning they are suspending folks for 10 minutes from ACCOUNT page. To prevent folks from opening 30 windows and f5ing over and over again.

    So, just check once every 5 minutes and you are fine.

  • celee2222celee2222 Member Posts: 123

    ok

    thing is i wasnt spamming madly with loads of windows open

    i havent done anything wrong

    i was just refreshing say every few mins cause the forums are pretty much out of action so im not gonna be able to see the notice

  • ryoutouryoutou Member Posts: 40
    Originally posted by celee2222

    so im now paranoid about even connecting to their forums or shop through fear of an IP ban

     

    Sadly, working as intended.

  • celee2222celee2222 Member Posts: 123

    whats that suppose to mean?

    you saying im one of the users spamming?

    i can tell you now that im not

  • MelkrowMelkrow Member Posts: 278

    if you refresh more than 5 times in any 10 minute period,  it's a 10 minute ban.  Pretty simple and fair I would say.



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  • downtoearthdowntoearth Member Posts: 3,558

    only for account page not the forums

  • Adam1902Adam1902 Member UncommonPosts: 537
    Originally posted by celee2222


    ok
    thing is i wasnt spamming madly with loads of windows open
    i havent done anything wrong
    i was just refreshing say every few mins cause the forums are pretty much out of action so im not gonna be able to see the notice

     

    Don't think they did it on the forum, only the shop. But if you refresh 5 times in 10mins, you're banned for 10mins.

    You being paranoid to refresh, is probably what they want. They want people to be very calm with the servers, lol. There's probably a couple thousand people waiting for the damn thing to open right now.

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  • celee2222celee2222 Member Posts: 123

    how do you know its more than 5 times in 10 mins?

  • oakthornnoakthornn Member UncommonPosts: 863

    I hope I see  ALOT of people spamming f5 so they get a 10 minute block. This will make it that much easier for me to finally get my order through!

    So I say,,, GO ahead and SPAM away people! :)

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  • LazzerusLazzerus Member Posts: 99

    Pre-Orders went online at 7:50pm (for my settigns) according to the news fourm time which is in about 10 mins so we might be getting close.

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  • EdaviEdavi Member Posts: 55
    Originally posted by Drvanitus


    if you refresh more than 5 times in any 10 minute period,  it's a 10 minute ban.  Pretty simple and fair I would say.

     

    are you sure about that? I got a ban on my first click of the damn billing page.

    Ive had it open for a week now, and hit the billing link and BAM 10 min ban... tried to log back in 11 min later... it was still blocked

    Nice fix aventurine, you really spent a WHOLE week coming up with this one?

  • BorkotronBorkotron Member Posts: 282
    Originally posted by Edavi

    Originally posted by Drvanitus


    if you refresh more than 5 times in any 10 minute period,  it's a 10 minute ban.  Pretty simple and fair I would say.

     

    are you sure about that? I got a ban on my first click of the damn billing page.

    Ive had it open for a week now, and hit the billing link and BAM 10 min ban... tried to log back in 11 min later... it was still blocked

    Nice fix aventurine, you really spent a WHOLE week coming up with this one?

     

    Sucks to be you. I've clicked on the billing info link several times out of curiousity. No ban for me.

  • LowdosLowdos Member Posts: 644

    Make sure you dont have more than 2 tabs open for the accounts page. I accidentally had, and got a 10 minute suspension for it. Luckily, this was about an hour ago.

  • miagisanmiagisan Member Posts: 5,156
    Originally posted by Edavi

    Originally posted by Drvanitus


    if you refresh more than 5 times in any 10 minute period,  it's a 10 minute ban.  Pretty simple and fair I would say.

     

    are you sure about that? I got a ban on my first click of the damn billing page.

    Ive had it open for a week now, and hit the billing link and BAM 10 min ban... tried to log back in 11 min later... it was still blocked

    Nice fix aventurine, you really spent a WHOLE week coming up with this one?

    The advanced AI bots were stressing this system for a month now..didnt you get the memo?

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  • JupstoJupsto Member UncommonPosts: 2,075

    I thought that was refreshing the account page, not the forums. i've been refreshing the forums alot because they are up and down like a whore atm.

    this is probably the worst customer service i've ever come across.

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  • celee2222celee2222 Member Posts: 123
    Originally posted by Edavi

    Originally posted by Drvanitus


    if you refresh more than 5 times in any 10 minute period,  it's a 10 minute ban.  Pretty simple and fair I would say.

     

    are you sure about that? I got a ban on my first click of the damn billing page.

    Ive had it open for a week now, and hit the billing link and BAM 10 min ban... tried to log back in 11 min later... it was still blocked

    Nice fix aventurine, you really spent a WHOLE week coming up with this one?



     

    this is what im trying to say

    they ban you for 10 mins for not doing anything wrong sometimes

    it also said in the warning that repeated violation resultsd in perma ban so you wont get in at all!!!

    what of the people getting banned when not doing anythign wrong

  • celee2222celee2222 Member Posts: 123
    Originally posted by Lazzerus


    Pre-Orders went online at 7:50pm (for my settigns) according to the news fourm time which is in about 10 mins so we might be getting close.



     

    how do you know that if the news hasnt been posted yet?

  • LowdosLowdos Member Posts: 644
    Originally posted by celee2222

    Originally posted by Lazzerus


    Pre-Orders went online at 7:50pm (for my settigns) according to the news fourm time which is in about 10 mins so we might be getting close.



     

    how do you know that if the news hasnt been posted yet?

     

    IDK either.

  • EdaviEdavi Member Posts: 55
    Originally posted by celee2222





     
    this is what im trying to say
    they ban you for 10 mins for not doing anything wrong sometimes
    it also said in the warning that repeated violation resultsd in perma ban so you wont get in at all!!!
    what of the people getting banned when not doing anythign wrong

     

    It doesnt say u will get a perma ban... however 10 minute bans that keep banning u everytime u try to log on is effectivly the same thing

  • TillerTiller Member LegendaryPosts: 11,549
    Originally posted by celee2222


    Aventurine posted a warning a while ago today about people refreshing and spamming their servers.
    the warning stated that youd get a 10 minute block and eventual ban for spamming
    now the fact is that the forums are totally un-usable right now due to extreme demand from users and people trying to refresh the shop page incase it opens again.  The devs said they would notify us of any shop opening.  The big problem is that due to the forums being messed up due to lag we wont get that warning so players continue to refresh the shop page all evening.
    I received a 10 minute block for apparently spamming and refreshing when actually i wasnt refreshing more than a couple of times evey few mins.  I had onlyh one window open aswell.
    so im now paranoid about even connecting to their forums or shop through fear of an IP ban

     

    Banning doesn’t change the fact that they have server side stability issues with their forums and their game. Sure people may be exploiting this, but this is an issue that should be non existent like in most triple a MMOs. I guess if you’re enough of a fan you can handle it, but everyone on the outside is seriously laughing at how poor of service they offer at the same time charging a premium price. One more strike against the Indie devs. My recommendation is to not put to much hard work into this game because I honestly don’t see this hitting a one year mark.

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  • LowdosLowdos Member Posts: 644

    8pm (GMT) soon, which means it'll be 10pm in Greece. They must be thinking of opening the gates soon.

  • ZsasZZsasZ Member Posts: 208

    Did your corpse get looted when that happened?

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  • LazzerusLazzerus Member Posts: 99
    Originally posted by celee2222

    Originally posted by Lazzerus


    Pre-Orders went online at 7:50pm (for my settigns) according to the news fourm time which is in about 10 mins so we might be getting close.



     

    how do you know that if the news hasnt been posted yet?

     

    No, I ment the pre-orders news posting was at 7:50 (my settigns), not talking about the store opening tonight.

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  • PieRadPieRad Member Posts: 1,108

    i found a way to refresh the site all i want, bypassing their little ban bot :P

     

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  • Bisshop69Bisshop69 Member Posts: 26

    Pfff I cant get into the forums anymore.

    And not that I'm banned, just get "server is too busy" when trying to view a forum. Did they post any news beside the "macro policy" today? Cause I see 1116 users watching the news forum.

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