Why they Messed up the Patch !!

[maggers]

Was there a server restart? 10/05/04

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The answer is, unfortunately, yes. There were some exploits that were found that caused a severe inbalance of the game and we had no choice but to reupdate the server than may have caused some rollbacks

We have implemented some fixes that will assure that this never happens again. We apologize for any inconvienience this may caused you.

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[Eshin]

Is it April already?

[maggers]

Is it April already?

Lol no it was an Official post by an Admin

Here is the link >> http://ryzom.com/forum/showthread.php?t=2335

[mallory]

Jeez- servers were up 5 minutes and ppl found a severe exploit in that time?!

Sidenote- hope whatever they did to prevent the exploit still means this patch should fix the lag...

[Eshin]

Well, one rollback to my general direction, yes please. Nothing like a good 'ol rollback, no sir. Sheesh. Now is a good time to pray for you god or just cross your fingers or whatnot folks..

[lawrence]

I've posted an update on today's patch and the related issues here: http://www.ryzom.com/forum/showthread.php?t=2130

[ayne31]

Re: Update on current Server Issues

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All servers are now available again. We have implemented a row fixes, which should improve overall server performance and decrease the amount of "stalls" and client disconnections. We will be monitoring the servers closely to check for any remaining performance issues.

During today's patch, our team had to perform a database rollback in order to deal with character save problems, which occured close before we took the servers down for the patch. The rollback varies between 30 minutes and 2.5 hours for characters, who were logged in to the game before the patch. The character saving system has been revised with today's patch (which is why we had to leave the servers down longer than previously announced) to prevent this from happening in the future.

Sorry for the mess guys. I can assure you that all responsible programmers have been group-slapped adequately. They would like you to know they're truly sorry for the inconvenience this has caused.

I dont find anything about an exploit in there ....?

[shrike]

There was one, though. Involving guild HQ and money.

Anyway, I am probably the only one which was pleased by the rollback - a secondary char of mine made an error when buying crafting plans which was removed by the rollback

[lawrence]

Some characters didn't save, while others did. That was the problem we had. Of course a side-effect of this problem was that some things could be exploited. Quite an ugly side-effect indeed... but as previously stated, the character save system has been revised to make sure it won't happen again.

[ayne31]

There was one, though. Involving guild HQ and money.

Can you direct me to the thread where this was officially announced? I happen not to give much about rumors.

And I am glad once more i seized playing last weekend.