Nothing in life is FREE

[MattThomas08]

Except those free weapons in the store right now. What's up Gree? This is (not really) gonna be a tough one to clean up.

It's about to be Walmart up in here with all these rollbacks.

[Smarty Pants]

Say wuh???

[Gingeasian]

seems to be an IOS bug

[Smarty Pants]

sweet baby jesus its like christmas!!! im unbeatable!!!

[WatchingHowie]

Holy crap!

[CohibAA]

Thanks GREE. Now everyone can be a GoTTi!

[Guisseppe17]

Lmfao i love you gree

[Gingeasian]

Say wuh???
there is a gun called AR Machine Gun with 889 attack and 479 defense which you can buy for free and get as many as you want

[scottmac112]

DELETE! DELETE! NOTHING TO SEE HERE! :cool:

EDIT: Waited too long with the reply to the OP.

[Dipstik]

Well it shouldn't be that hard to fix... They're new items, so there's no legitimate way to have them. They better get cleaned up though.

Tempted to buy 500 of everything and go beat on lupo quick, but I won't.

[montecore]

Droid, lower left, gun. Three melee. One car. I'm just going to open a ticket and have the handful I bought removed and I assume Gree will make them all disappear from your inventories at some point too.

[CohibAA]

there's no legitimate way to have them.

Buying them in the store seems legit to me. After all, we all know most items are overpriced... why not a few underpriced?

:p

[Gingeasian]

technically isnt everyone who is buying hundreds of them exploiting a glitch which is against TOS

[montecore]

Buying them in the store seems legit to me. After all, we all know most items are overpriced... why not a few underpriced?

:p

I can't call anyone a glitcher/hacker for buying something in the equipment store at the price Gree set. But I do expect them to pull them from everyone's inventory.

[candyson]

Buying them in the store seems legit to me. After all, we all know most items are overpriced... why not a few underpriced?

:p
It's very legit, like the messed up PvP prizes.
Whoever doesn't participate is setback a ton.

[candyson]

technically isnt everyone who is buying hundreds of them exploiting a glitch which is against TOS
What if we didn't know it was a glitch, and thought Gree was being nice

[Gingeasian]

What if we didn't know it was a glitch, and thought Gree was being nice
come on seriously? be reasonable i mean Gree nice?

[Steve0]

Droid, lower left, gun. Three melee. One car. I'm just going to open a ticket and have the handful I bought removed and I assume Gree will make them all disappear from your inventories at some point too.
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If the issue has since been resolved, please feel free to disregard this email.

[Dipstik]

It's very legit, like the messed up PvP prizes.
Whoever doesn't participate is setback a ton.

So what you're saying is that the game pretty much reset for everyone whos on RIGHT NOW because 95% of the stuff we've earned so far is meaningless, and those who don't log in in time to get the glitch might as well quit.

Sure... Seems legit. You're an idiot.

[montecore]

Thanks for contacting GREE Support! We apologize for the delay in reply to your initial ticket request. Please let us know if you are still experiencing an issue in-game, and if so please feel free to reply to this email. One of our specialists will be happy to assist you.

If the issue has since been resolved, please feel free to disregard this email.

I LOLed.

Do you think they will deduct the gold cost of these items from any bonus we were due, like they did when they sent out all the gold by mistake?

[KYXR]

**** I shouldn't of bought 400.oh well legit to me because it was in the store and I bought it what are they going to do ban me for having an iPhone and playing the game. It is their mistake.

[ballzini]

Thats retarded, they better take them away.

[Steve0]

I LOLed.

Do you think they will deduct the gold cost of these items from any bonus we were due, like they did when they sent out all the gold by mistake?I don't care as I don't buy gold cant take what they don't have.

[Ragmondino]

They will just drop stats on them to 1/1 or 0/0 like they did with the mossberg I think it was

[Jules Winnfield]

Sure is gonna be fun to look at the stat increase for a little while...

[CJ54]

Yeah, we saw this. We will be correcting this as quickly as possible.

[Tommy_K]

well i'm only a level 192 and i got attack by tam a while back during a pvp event.

if my news goes back far enough i WILL get my revenge :P

[Ragmondino]

You still won't be strong enough.
Will be about 2-2.5mil short

[lordsagacity]

Yeah, we saw this. We will be correcting this as quickly as possible.

I'm interested in how Gree will clean up the mess they caused.

[assisi805]

It's on android as well.

[Dipstik]

Easy. They're unique items so far. They remove all copies before re-adding them to the store at the correct prices.

[Ragmondino]

They may or they may nerf the stats like I said. They've done it before so we know its something they are actually doing correctly.

[AliKat]

Nerfing the stats will allow the inflated stats to show still... They need to remove them from everyone's inventory please Gree

[OBAMASMAMA]

It works from droid too. Well, Obama is gonna buy his mama some nice cars :)

[TenderPlacebo]

They can either nerf them, make them 0/0 or maybe remove them, either way they have to go.
I think they were suppose to be the new crate items, 9 items all together, 3 each with similar stats and one super rare: Urban Assault Armor.

I think they had a long weekend over at Gree HQ.... After the whole war debacle they are a bit tired me thinks!!!

[jmeijer]

Someone is going to get fired at Gree HQ..

[candyson]

Someone is going to get fired at Gree HQ..
No, someone will be getting a promotion

[OBAMASMAMA]

No, someone will be getting a promotion

Well, now it's time to take revenge on all the people that I really hate.

[zwiswoo]

Either you should buy these items or you should make sure you're collecting every building the moment it's ready. Because till they nerf them you're easy prey for anyone who does have the weapons..

[Ragmondino]

Nerfing the stats will allow the inflated stats to show still... They need to remove them from everyone's inventory please Gree

How does that work? If they nerf the stats then no the inflated stats won't show because they will of been nerfed..

[the_brein]

Gree is pretty quick to fix things in player's favor.

[OBAMASMAMA]

This is almost like the purge...

[CohibAA]

Yeah, we saw this. We will be correcting this as quickly as possible.

So that means they are not just a gift, like the Streen Incinerator? Bummer.

What's the plan to correct them, so we know what to look for if it works or not?

[Dipstik]

Gree is pretty quick to fix things in player's favor.

Nothing about this is good for players.

[Legen...dary]

Set the stats to 0/0 and leave them in the inventory as a permanent mark of shame... change the item ID number and re-issue with the correct cost, or put them where they're supposed to be. I'm guessing boss items? LTQ items?

[Tommy_K]

Gree is pretty quick to fix things in player's favor.

and how is this in a players favor?
any efford or cash put i this games is virtually nullified by this. i'm only actually buying these thing for the screenshot :P

[Thethreefires]

I bought a couple but decided to stop kinda hope they roll this back though thanks (btw way this my first post :) but i have read the forum for awhile)
Have fun fixing this this it probably won't be easy

[Gingeasian]

Gree is pretty quick to fix things in player's favor.
And what about the people who are unfairly robbed by people who normally wouldnt be able to beat them

[CJ54]

As soon as they are out of the store, we will be removing them via script from inventories.

[teo]

Good. Many have bought/borrowed them just to avoid getting robbed while they are in effect. The sooner they are gone the better

[Holicaholic]

They'll need the weapons like the did the Mossberg back in the day. For everyone who has "bought" these weapons; have fun while it lasts, tomorrow they'll all be 1/1

[Senator McCarthy]

I am loading up to rob Gotti's LOL and maybe Montecore

[Thethreefires]

Thank you CJ i feel like a cheater but i must get revenge on the people who alway taunt me and attack for no good reason sorry if this is bad but... Well they kind of earned the revenge then reset the item i want to play legit and not cheat

[CJ54]

Thank you CJ i feel like a cheater but i must get revenge on the people who alway taunt me and attack for no good reason sorry if this is bad but... Well they kind of earned the revenge then reset the item i want to play legit and not cheat

Yeeeah, just remember that if you attack someone you will end up on their newsfeed when this is all over...

[bald zeemer]

It certainly was interesting getting red/greened by a gotti who I'd attacked 30 minutes before with a 2mil stat advantage...

[Tommy_K]

agree teo

4070

But that screenshot is worth all those clicks :P

[Jerle]

Incoming nuke. May take a little bit for all the items to vanish but starting now.

[C Rebels]

Nice fix........ Im heading to the bomb shelter now :cool:

[Thethreefires]

Yeeeah, just remember that if you attack someone you will end up on their newsfeed when this is all over...

Well yeah but I had just past they're stats and wanted to give them a little tap so yeah and just wanted a little fun because they where a bit annoying to me
Btw way i sent a ticket in for this

[StutenAndy]

Incoming nuke. May take a little bit for all the items to vanish but starting now.

thank you for fixing this quickly, what about the people not using the forums?

is it possible do give a splash screen and a little explaination what happened on your end?

just for those who missed the glitch but got robbed/attacked by people who used it for a quick advantage.

they login in 2 hours and see a red wall, visit them and they are weak again, another flood of tickets could be avoided by informing all players. oh and a few goldbars along with would everyone like im sure :)

[LisaM]

Ah this was fun, I bought a bunch and took a screen shot - it'll be my motivation for getting my stats increased legitimately! :D

[lucky83]

Good. Many have bought/borrowed them just to avoid getting robbed while they are in effect. The sooner they are gone the better

That's what i'm doing right now.

[the_brein]

It's a shame they weren't this effective in fixing all the syndicate issues last week and during war. Seems they quick when it's in the players favor.

[GravyTrain]

I was looking at them thinking I should leave them alone and bam! Someone I have been playing tug of war with and winning comes and takes 600k from me.........I need 1000 of each to protect myself!

[Gingeasian]

It's a shame they weren't this effective in fixing all the syndicate issues last week and during war. Seems they quick when it's in the players favor.
Once again how is it fair to those who were robbed and lost money because of this glitch

[out of names]

should i buy them

[MoarKrabs]

should i buy them

Do it and screenshot it for memory's sakes. That's what I did. :D

[STLGORILLA314]

Cheaters never prosper.

[Deadwater]

Once again how is it fair to those who were robbed and lost money because of this glitch

That's what I am wondering. Maybe some loyalty gold will come their way.

[AliKat]

As soon as they are out of the store, we will be removing them via script from inventories.
Awesome CJ thanks for keeping us informed... Yes I grabbed 500 of the top stats melee & armor to try & protect myself cause I was starting to get pummelled... Thanks to those douche bags who kindly left me their link, cause when stats are corrected Karma will get you

[Gingeasian]

Cheaters never prosper.
Are you sure because the Gottis were still top 25

[cheesy]

Cheaters never prosper.

You do realise you're in the crime city forums, right?

[Idiosyncrasy]

Will a boss event be occurring before these items are nuked?

[Gingeasian]

Will a boss event be occurring before these items are nuked?
Obviously not they are getting rid of the ASAP

[jayrok]

I'm jealous...you better go on robbing sprees with those new items before gree deletes them from the game altogether. That's real crime city...Donegal Brawlers, rotten to the core.

[Legen...dary]

As soon as they are out of the store, we will be removing them via script from inventories.

So the reason you haven't done this to the people who rob me with their 500 Doomsday Frags or 500 Extreme Humvees is...?


2 x 6RP scratchers + fights x 20RP + robs x 20RP = total possible RP
If (total item RP cost) is greater than (Total possible RP) then (empty inventory).
...half the RP hacker problem fixed, right?

[cheesy]

So the reason you haven't done this to the people who rob me who have 500 Doomsday Frags or 500 Extreme Humvees is...?

Good question. I guess they have enough gold limited edition items to go with their frags.

[SC4R]

HEY! I bought these fair and square.

[scottmac112]

HEY! I bought these fair and square.

Thank... you.

[morinmoments]

well i'm only a level 192 and i got attack by tam a while back during a pvp event.

if my news goes back far enough i WILL get my revenge :P

I admit, that would be funny, but beware of retaliation

[Idiosyncrasy]

Obviously not they are getting rid of the ASAP

As soon as possible does not always mean soon.

[scottmac112]

As soon as possible does not always mean soon.

I haven't been able to get in for about 10 minutes so I'd assume they've got some big-ass SQL queries running right now purging the items, and thus saturating the servers.

[KYXR]

Server has gone down for me anyway.

[andymac106]

They're gone now. From the store and my inventory

[budman68]

So another Gree screw up. Wow not even a week.

[Idiosyncrasy]

They will take our inventory, but they will never take our screenshots!

[Antheus]

....kindergarten game ....Gree is OK......we are the idiots......

[Mrbojangles155]

It's not our fault gree messed up. I like how they are "quick and on it" but they can't even get an event to start up properly or on time. That's not too much to ask for.

[TZora]

They're gone now. From the store and my inventory
they're gone but why are my stats still inflated? my stats are still 150k more than what i originally had ... SEE .. proves my earlier post. this thing is gonna go long way :D

[Randolph]

So we all stole some weapons from the inventory mistake isnt that what they would expect from us crime city criminals :-)

[KYXR]

Is there anyone else who can't connect?

[MattThomas08]

So the reason you haven't done this to the people who rob me with their 500 Doomsday Frags or 500 Extreme Humvees is...?


2 x 6RP scratchers + fights x 20RP + robs x 20RP = total possible RP
If (total item RP cost) is greater than (Total possible RP) then (empty inventory).
...half the RP hacker problem fixed, right?

My thoughts exactly...seems like not a lot of work.

[Im Jahova]

They took all the weapons and stats away from me and some of my syndicate members finally after not being able to connect.

[Lurker]

I can't connect


Is there anyone else who can't connect?

[CohibAA]

Is there anyone else who can't connect?

Yes, been happening off and on for about half an hour now.

[TZora]

my inventory still has those weapons and my stats are still inflated ... which means, anyone who bought those items, they're still in ppl's inventories .. gree *facepalm*

[CohibAA]

So the reason you haven't done this to the people who rob me with their 500 Doomsday Frags or 500 Extreme Humvees is...?


2 x 6RP scratchers + fights x 20RP + robs x 20RP = total possible RP
If (total item RP cost) is greater than (Total possible RP) then (empty inventory).
...half the RP hacker problem fixed, right?

You should probably draw a picture to help them understand.

:cool:

[Nostalgia 4 Infinity]

Nope, Gree was startlingly swift to address the free weapons aberration ........ Hmmm, may they be so quick to attend to other issues.

[Jerle]

Believe it or not, this particular class of issue is WAY easier to address than most we deal with on a regular basis, seeing as all the items were new.

Very narrowly dodged a bullet, if any had been re-used this would be way harder to undo.

[spenlunc]

Lived like a Billionaire before dying like a beggar :P

[CohibAA]

Better lucky than skilled, I suppose.

LOL@GREE

[Mrbojangles155]

Believe it or not, this particular class of issue is WAY easier to address than most we deal with on a regular basis, seeing as all the items were new.

Very narrowly dodged a bullet, if any had been re-used this would be way harder to undo.

Yeah you guys reuse weapons because you're not creative and with as much money as you make off of gold sales can't you get people that know what they are doing to resolve our issues. You'd have happier customers that wouldn't get so mad all the time.

[Madsonovich]

Sigh...two day old camper account will have to make due with the screenshot of his fleeting Level 4 75k+ stats...too brief...

[Icecauldron]

Everyone is on a robbing / attacking spree all of a sudden

[Legen...dary]

I, for one, welcome our new anyone gets to rob anyone mini-events. Keep it up, GREE. That was fun.

[Mrbojangles155]

How come you're letting the cheaters run around all over the place yet you're so quick to address this?

Good question. I have an answer. Because they don't care about us. Simple as that man. Makin all that money and can't maintain a game properly

[MattThomas08]

Yeah you guys reuse weapons because you're not creative and with as much money as you make off of gold sales can't you get people that know what they are doing to resolve our issues. You'd have happier customers that wouldn't get so mad all the time.


Good question. I have an answer. Because they don't care about us. Simple as that man. Makin all that money and can't maintain a game properly

I don't really see what all the fuss is about with reusing weapons. Who cares really. Most people couldn't tell you what weapons they do or don't have other than MAYBE their top few or major modifiers. I'd prefer them put effort into a smooth running game than drawing up pretty new pixels for me every few days.

You seem really disgruntled. Why do you keep playing? Must be hard being so negative all the time.

[Legen...dary]

How come you're letting the cheaters run around all over the place yet you're so quick to address this?

no, nothing here... just thought that deserved to be asked again and again. If it weren't for the hacked Syndicate IP bonuses, Top250 would have cost us at least $100 less. Kinda feel robbed of what we paid for. Even playing field and all...

[Jules Winnfield]

How come you're letting the cheaters run around all over the place yet you're so quick to address this?


Believe it or not, this particular class of issue is WAY easier to address than most we deal with on a regular basis, seeing as all the items were new.

Very narrowly dodged a bullet, if any had been re-used this would be way harder to undo.

...1+1=2...

[hawkeye_9]

agree teo

4070

But that screenshot is worth all those clicks :P

Good Lord...2B stats??? That still must have been a lot of clicks/taps

[Mrbojangles155]

I don't really see what all the fuss is about with reusing weapons. Who cares really. Most people couldn't tell you what weapons they do or don't have other than MAYBE their top few or major modifiers. I'd prefer them put effort into a smooth running game than drawing up pretty new pixels for me every few days.

You seem really disgruntled. Why do you keep playing? Must be hard being so negative all the time.

I really enjoy the game and I just want to call them out on everything they mess up. I want it to be fair and for all the times they have messed us over in game

[thousandproof]

Except those free weapons in the store right now. What's up Gree? This is gonna be a tough one to clean up.

It's about to be Walmart up in here with all these rollbacks.


Well someone has told them about the glitch because now there is a message that pops up stating they are currently under maintenance for the next 30 minutes. Went & logged back in & they have all been removed. Ugh. It was good while it lasted

[LisaM]

As a former programmer I totally get this. Like I said before, this was fun. I knew Gree would catch it. I totally loaded up so I could screenshot my crazy stats. This would have been awesome on April 1st ;)


Believe it or not, this particular class of issue is WAY easier to address than most we deal with on a regular basis, seeing as all the items were new.

Very narrowly dodged a bullet, if any had been re-used this would be way harder to undo.

[STLGORILLA314]

Games back up on iOS. Lots of people still have the free items though.

[Issaquah]

Nothing fixed here.

[jessi]

They told me in a ticket they can't transfer or take anything from your data. So how are they going to fix this problem ? If they can't transfer data for there mess up when I lost account and had to start over and get nothing for inconvenience but when they mess up and put free stuff in store and ppl buy it they take it away. I bought them fair and square.

[forward]

I wondered why I got lit up so bad today. This is embarrassing, but not as embarrassing as the real time, effort and money I've put into this game. Banked my cash, created Funzio IDs and going into retirement for now.

[Antheus]

Believe it or not, this particular class of issue is WAY easier to address than most we deal with on a regular basis, seeing as all the items were new.

Very narrowly dodged a bullet, if any had been re-used this would be way harder to undo.

Gree engineering .....?.?....engineering what.......?......all these screw ups.....thank you but ...no thank you...just change your description before entering this forum.....we are very sensible people here ....we are in the business of buying gold for nothing .....get rid of this pompous attitude....

[one man gang]

They told me in a ticket they can't transfer or take anything from your data. So how are they going to fix this problem ? If they can't transfer data for there mess up when I lost account and had to start over and get nothing for inconvenience but when they mess up and put free stuff in store and ppl buy it they take it away. I bought them fair and square.

GREE lied......

[Mrbojangles155]

GREE lied......

Of course they lie. They lie all the time ignore you and when you actually have a problem run circles around you until you finally give up. Support staff is a joke. That is if they ever decide to email you back. Quickest response was 3-4 days later. Slowest was 2.5 weeks.

[TZora]

see .. everybody loves Dipstik and his booty :rolleyes:

[Antheus]

....dipstick..? .....that d...another ghost in the machine ?....google clue...starts with K.....🐋

[Doriselva]

being at 1.4 att was great while it lasted

[TZora]

anyway, i just logged into the game after an hour break .. i still see the items in my inventory and my stats are still inflated. i wonder if i did wrong to not buy 500 of those top items .. hmm lemme think, opportunity strikes and only fools don't make the most out of it .. sigh!

[TZora]

gree, please fup next time when the boss event is going on .. everyone will beat the boss all the way to level 40 :)

[Mrbojangles155]

gree, please fup next time when the boss event is going on .. everyone will beat the boss all the way to level 40 :)

Remember it's 50 now bro :(

[TZora]

yea bro, feel so sad for you bro, my condolences for you bro :(

[the_brein]

Believe it or not, this particular class of issue is WAY easier to address than most we deal with on a regular basis, seeing as all the items were new.

Very narrowly dodged a bullet, if any had been re-used this would be way harder to undo.you guys get pretty mad when we rag on you. And I get it. No one likes to get slammed. But you guys keep shooting yourselves in the foot. This may be an easy fix. But it seems (and I do mean seems) like you guys don't put forth the effort commensurate with our monetary investments. I mean how can this be an easy fix. How can gold bonuses get credited exactly after a war, and not during a war, Without fail. How come all aspects of financial gain run well, yet crap out on the user side. There's a point I'm trying to make here, but I may have lost my train of thought.

[MichelleEvelyncc]

Anyone know what those weapons were? I'm seeing someone with hundreds of urban assault armors (something like 1700/2100) and other stuff I don't remember seeing in the store. But I only took a quick look.

[bald zeemer]

Yea, that armor, then a gun with 800-odd attack, and a melee with about 600 IIRC.

[TZora]

Anyone know what those weapons were? I'm seeing someone with hundreds of urban assault armors (something like 1700/2100) and other stuff I don't remember seeing in the store. But I only took a quick look.
a couple of screenies to soothe your eyes :)

http://imagesup.net/?di=113757735741

http://imagesup.net/?di=0137577357312

[MichelleEvelyncc]

Thanks. Well, I guess they're not gone for everybody yet.

[SnortleGrunter]

Sort it out gree, just been robbed by a Lvl 51 with 600k+ att

[Rastas]

No, someone will be getting a promotion

hahaha that was gold!

[Spaden]

this is just dum... get it fixed.

[Nostalgia 4 Infinity]

Nerfing the stats will allow the inflated stats to show still... They need to remove them from everyone's inventory please Gree

Yep.........

[SnortleGrunter]

My pal has just told me gree have deleted the weapons. Can anyone confirm?

[MattThomas08]

My pal has just told me gree have deleted the weapons. Can anyone confirm?

Most people have had them removed. There are reports of some stragglers till, but they've mostly cleared it up.

[SnortleGrunter]

Most people have had them removed. There are reports of some stragglers till, but they've mostly cleared it up.
Thats good to hear! Thanks...
P.S... I love your contributions to this site!

[CCB-STIG]

It's also on android urban armor 1,275 att and 2000+ def

[Deuces914135880]

most have them removed but some still have them.
the ones who still have them are all android players from what I hear...
fix it gree, it cant be that hard!
the fact that you are able to top off your screwups by making bigger ones every time is both scary and rediculous

[TRAZ]

Everyone had free Fight Club stats? LOL..that was a riot to watch....everyone drunk on power.

[djl]

What if we didn't know it was a glitch, and thought Gree was being nice

I sent in a ticket informing them that they had forgotten to include any Explosives in the free items.

[Wang]

Isnt it patched now?

[spenlunc]

I saw one of my rival [who attacks me frequently] still having the armor and weapons.

Please clear it so that it will be REVENGE time for me.

[Dipstik]

Lol... Wang.

[Zepson]

I sent in a ticket informing them that they had forgotten to include any Explosives in the free items.

:D:D:D Keep an eye on the store then, free explosives coming soon...

[The Fonz]

Isnt it patched now?
I know it is for iOS users, but a couple of people on my Rivals List still have the equipment this morning (not sure if they're Android users, or just haven't logged in since yesterday evening for the data update). Here is one player's partial inventory (as of this morning; level 39 with 400K+ A/D):

http://i42.tinypic.com/2a5nk05.png

http://i43.tinypic.com/2h2p6s0.png

[ICEme]

Can you reinstate the glitch for a little longer. The Gottis around me are finally able to beat me. I want those free items as well. Someone tell them you only need 500 of them (or 508 if you have some mafia bonus items).

[Mrbojangles155]

Can we get the items back for a boss event ? Please and thank you :)

[Assault and Flattery]

I think it's pretty clear at this point, but these weren't meant to go out for free and have since been removed from everyone's inventory.

[Gatorade]

I think it's pretty clear at this point, but these weren't meant to go out for free and have since been removed from everyone's inventory.

And when you you be giving me back the millions that were robbed by players on inflated stats because of your foul-up?

[Rodimus]

I was wondering why a player with 6K atk went through my 45K def yesterday. Checked his hood and didn't see anything out of the ordinary.

P.S.
NULLS are bad m'kay