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JoeGonsales The technical and reputational damage here is immense. Even after a fix, how do you restore trust? A rollback will anger those who got (and spent) free stuff. Not rolling back destroys the game's economy. A no-win scenario. This will be a case study in live-service security failures. Reply
moon2 Ah in fairness, no one is going to be actually annoyed at a rollback. Those who got 27 bajillion in game currency definitely expect it's going away. A rollback is a straightforward win for everyone. The reputational, technical and (probable) fines stemming from the breach will be the bigger issue. Reply
LordVile JoeGonsales said: The technical and reputational damage here is immense. Even after a fix, how do you restore trust? A rollback will anger those who got (and spent) free stuff. Not rolling back destroys the game's economy. A no-win scenario. This will be a case study in live-service security failures. Remove any currently held and gift everyone a token amount Reply
HyperMatrix Wish they had done it to Battlefield 6 instead. Still banned for no reason and awaiting a response to my appeal for over 30 days. Reply
Amdlova Pvp online games? It's a big no no… Cheater on a Pve game sucks but Pvp It's madness. The last online game I have played PVP It's quake 3 at milennials ago. Reply
thisisaname moon2 said: Ah in fairness, no one is going to be actually annoyed at a rollback. Those who got 27 bajillion in game currency definitely expect it's going away. A rollback is a straightforward win for everyone. The reputational, technical and (probable) fines stemming from the breach will be the bigger issue. Indeed no one is going to be surprised if "27 bajillion in premium in game currency" worth millions in real world currency gets removed, but they might get annoyed. Reply
moon2 Getting into an argument about semantics is not worth it. Just pointing out that "people will get annoyed if they don't get to keep hacked currency" is a silly argument however you want to dress it up 🙂 Reply
DS426 I just don't feel bad one bit for Ubisoft. Terrible ethics, work culture, treatment of gamers… you light enough fires and something big is liable to burn up. Reply
qwertymac93 Telling someone to reset their password now is likely not only a waste of time, it may be impossible. As is the recommendation to "stay offline". Firstly, the game itself is offline right now: players don't have a choice. Secondly, the hackers have administrative backend access, they don't need you to be online to mess with your account. Do you think Ubisoft needs you to actually be playing the game for them to ban you or add items to your account? Thirdly, If everyone tries to needlessly reset their Ubisoft password when there's no evidence the Ubisoft primary service has been breached (only the Rainbow 6 Siege game servers have been confirmed), the servers will just get overloaded and the resets might not even go through. In all likelihood, the breech will be found, the game will be rolled back, and everyone will get some free trinkets as a mea culpa for the downtime. Reply
thisisaname moon2 said: Getting into an argument about semantics is not worth it. Just pointing out that "people will get annoyed if they don't get to keep hacked currency" is a silly argument however you want to dress it up 🙂 Yes it is a silly argument (I was going for a statement :giggle: ) that people would get annoyed if they do not get to keep their hacked currency but people get annoyed for very silly reason, some even get unreasonably angry. Reply
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