First let me point out a question in the Game “HELP” section which is highly pertinent to this thread.
Q: HOW DO I DELETE OR RESET MY ACCOUNT?
A: We do not currently offer that service, but we may add this feature at a later date.
LEADUP INFO:
I have recently been attacked by another player with the in-game name of . As it was an unfamiliar game name (but familiar group) I took a look to see if I could work out who it was.
When reviewing their stats it was obvious that the player was not a legitimate player IF I am to believe the information within the game Help files as stated above:
First attack they were at Level 133 with the following stats.
Missions 3
Fights W/L 1070/0
Raids W/L 520/0
Allies 441
A/D 390885 / 297427
IPH 416
Money 3297838402
Base Area Approx 14 Squares:
Obvious first question was how someone could be at Level 133 (465505XP) with so few interactions?
ONLY LOGICAL ANSWER:
Based on later reviews of the players profile they “started” at or close to Level 130 and their XP has progressed normally from there.
Suspect Units in Inventory:
A check of their units revealed they had “purchased” 282 sets of LE’s (later increased to 565 ish) but this is not what caught my attention. I observed that this player had the top units from crate events #1,#5,#9,#10,#11,#13 several of the top awards from the Elite events, units from the top 250/500 in the auction events and both the units from the contest events (Profiteer and Elite Commander).
However they had NONE of the sub-units associated with those events (apart from the latest Elite event which appears to have played out normally).
1070 attacks were not sufficient to have merited the awarding of the Elite Commander unit so how does a “legitimate” player possess one?
416 IPH is certainly not enough to have been awarded the Profiteer event unit which required a minimum IPH in excess of 138,000 for under level 100 and 367,000 for over level 100. Add in that given their small base size it is highly doubtful they could have gotten their IPH up to these levels in any case. How do they legitimately have this unit in their inventory?
How do they legitimately possess a “riptide runner” which is the 20 hit rare drop boss loot from the maps with only 3 missions completed and required units which they do not possess, let alone having the buildings to unlock those units?
I did take note of the 405 “Sea Destroyer” indestructible units in their inventory as I remember a particular player with this precise number of units; however they were last seen at Level 200 with Special Ops ranking. There were additional high stat Gold units in the inventory that also looked familiar however these can often be purchased from the after battle screens.
Reason for reporting player as suspicious:
Considering the explicit statement that resets are not possible and observing the various anomalies I reported the player as a Gold/Money/XP hacker.
I received the usual response about investigating.
Now as the player is still around (attacked again) I asked a reply question and enquired if this was an account set up for a special purpose, no response.
The obvious conclusion is the player has been deemed “legitimate” by Gree.
Therefore I have submitted this set of questions to the Support team in relation to this player.
1. How can a player be at level 133 with only 1590 XP related interactions? This means they received an average experience of approximately 300 per attack or raid which is around 15 times higher than the maximum XP that can be gained by a genuine Level 133 player.
2. How can a player have the limited (500 only) unit awarded for the Elite Commander event when the minimum number of attacks required to be awarded the unit was higher than 1070?
3. How can a player with a base size less than 16 squares have been able to get the Profiteer event unit (1000 total awarded)? The IPH for the sub level 100 was 138k and the Level 100 plus group was 367K.
4. How can a player with 3 missions completed (and having 2x Desert Soldiers and 1x Desert Leader clearly indicates what map the missions came from) have in their unit makeup a Riptide Runner which is the rare drop Boss Loot from the Inner City Canal map and requires twenty hits to achieve the chance at such a unit?
5. Follow on to question 4. How does a player have in their unit makeup a loot item which they do not have either the prerequisite buildings or any of the mission pre-requisite units?
6. How does a player have ONLY the top prize from various box/crate events and NONE of the sub units which must have been awarded for them to legitimately hold this unit in their inventory?
7. Has your Company at any time received a request from a legitimate player to reset their account OR to close out one account and transfer units and funds to another account?
8. Has your Company at any time permitted a player to start (or restart) a game at a level higher than level 1?
A Legitimate Player?
If I had to guess at this identity being held by a legitimate player then first “suspect” would be Stephen (Speedump) with a reset account, second would a “General Insane” reincarnation, with the third possibility being that a member of P.U.N is also an employee of Gree.
But this does not avoid the simple fact that NO player can possibly have all the special items this player has (my guess would be less than a dozen players hold this specific set of special units) and be a legitimate game player WITHOUT having had an account reset which means that Gree has a serious ethics issue as they have permitted some players to reset accounts whilst explicitly stating this is not possible in the Help files directly linked to the game.
If a player has requested and been permitted to amend an account then that is fine SO LONG AS THIS OPPORTUNITY IS OPEN TO ALL. If not, then it is little more than Gree permitting what I would define as "selective hacking" of the game in that it PERMITS some people an advantage closed to the majority of game players.
The only other conclusion I could come to is that the Support team is utterly incompetent in identifying hackers and cheats.
I await their response with a keen interest...........
Originally Posted by mickymacirl
