Account hacked. Came out on top?

#1 - April 7, 2013, 4:23 p.m.

Okay, so I played the game quite a bit for the first couple of months after it’s release, lost interest at around level 63 or so, and stopped playing. Just a few nights ago, I decided to come back and play again. When I went to log in to start the download, I found that my account had been hacked, and had to go through the process of having it returned.

Upon getting my account back, I found that my main character (Warrior) was no longer level 63, but level 80. Not only was I 80, but I had a full level-80 green set, with a yellow weapon. I also had around 500 Heavy Moldy Bags in my inventory, and was in the middle of Cursed Shore.

The downside to this, was that my character was completely stripped of all previous property and gold. All I had was the green set and those 500ish Moldy Bags. It kinda worked out in the end, as I opened all of the bags and sold all of the contents to get some gold back.

Should I put in a ticket to see if I could get all of my previous property back?

Gaile Gray

#18 - April 8, 2013, 4:26 p.m.

Teracide.5137:
Orc Slayer.2780:
Teracide.5137:
cargan.5689:
Probably should have opened the ticket before opening and selling the items you found after getting your account back.

Ok games are a different set of laws but i was thinking hey my car was stolen got it back there was all this stuff in the boot that wasnt mine so i sold it.

Well this is why I’m curious as to whether or not I should put a ticket in. If they decided to remove the gold gained from the bags, and give me back what I previously had, I might end up on the losing end. I’m really not sure as to what I actually had before I stopped playing. It was quite a while ago.

I am pretty content with getting a free level 80 though.

So instead you post it on the forums which the moderators read. Think about the consequences of your actions.

I’m not too worried about that. I highly doubt an ANet support rep is going to ninja-reroll my account without me making the request personally. I don’t think they read through the forums just so the can find people to roll back.

The rollback seems to be a “once per lifetime” thing anyway. With limitations like that, it sounds more like they treat it as a one-time butt-saver rather than a function to screw you over if you get hacked and manage come out on top.

So I was scanning the forums, trying to see if I could find anyone to ninja-reroll and…

Ok, not really.

Under the circumstances you’re fine to keep things as they are. After all the post-hack activity, I don’t think you’d qualify for a roll-back anyway. So I believe you’re good to go.