Hello everybody,
I have upgraded Legacy to the newest version of our forum software, Woltlab Suite Forum.
This changes quite a few things and improves the workings of Legacy.
Should you encounter any issues, feel free to let me know.
- Kevin
Posts by Iaerah
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so... really consider IF you want to do a name trade and IF you want to include a third party.
The risks for this are indeed very high, and that is a risk that the buyer and seller need to take into account thoroughly before trying to do such a trade.
We will not be able to help, intervene, vouch or clarify anything that happens due to a character name trade. All risks belong solely to those participating in the trade itself.
This is a very high risk transaction and everybody involved should know this.
We also don't vouch or work together or even list any trade moderators, as this is also a risk you take while doing a transaction.So if you do this, keep in mind, the stakes are high.
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I can hardly imagine that a forced character rename would be monetized, specially not with this wording.
Just feels to me like regular anti-chargeback language: if you charge your money back, your account will be locked, until you provide payment again.
The wording sounds like when you agree to buy something, but you haven't paid for it, you won't get access. Which sounds logical to me. -
allowing this was poor judgment in the first place, the fact that it is 'allowed' gives these trades a seeming level of legitimacy that nobody can actually guarantee. so as soon as something goes wrong it makes legacy look bad. and even if there are no Terms of Service that could somehow be interpreted to forbid this (which i have not checked), i highly doubt that Anet likes to see this, given their history of making everything more accessible and less exclusive/expensive.
ArenaNet has in the past stated that as long as only in game currency is used, they will allow such trades. This is a grey zone at best, and people looking into trading characters names should know this.
There was quite a discussion between our team members to decide our stance on this. In the end, the decision was made to allow this, as long as ArenaNet doesn't change their stance on this. We don't offer any support should things go wrong - but this is always the case. We offer a platform but are unable to intervene in the game itself.
That being said, I felt it is important that trades like this - that are going to happen anyways, whether we allow them or not - have a place to happen on. If we don't allow them, that doesn't mean that trades like this will not occur, they might just move to shadier places.
Legacy is one of the biggest trade platforms for Guild Wars and sometimes that means that we need to offer a place for things that deviate from the base line, like character name trades are.Because, to be honest, I don't really like the idea of selling a character name either, but the decision about allowing such a thing falls on the shoulders of ArenaNet and from all we could gather, they seem to generally be okay with it as long as only in game currency is being used.
If we see - or get a report about it - that real life/non game currency is being used for these trades, we will obviously take action against that.I hope this clarifies our stance on this.
Kevin
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Since they literally advertised about no subscription yesterday and mention it actively in the trailer for mobile, I doubt that a subscription is going to come.
More likely just broadly worded for if a payment fails/is charged back, I would guess.
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Just an update, I'm a bit behind with the trophies due to the health issues of my mother - I want to make sure these trophies embody the spirit of GuildMatchr and I don't want to rush these, but they be coming!
I'm sure others feel the same, take all the time you need.
Your mom is way more important than pieces of flair for our profiles.
Thanks Looney, I really appreciate this
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Just an update, I'm a bit behind with the trophies due to the health issues of my mother - I want to make sure these trophies embody the spirit of GuildMatchr and I don't want to rush these, but they be coming!
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I see you all have had a lot of fun with matching!
It is time for me to reveal the possible candidates in GuildMatchr! A total of 35 matches were possible:
- Mad King Thorn
- Gum Drops, The Royal Steed
- Palawa Joko
- Dhuum
- The Underworld
- Undead Lich
- Prince Bokka the Magnificent
- A Grentch (who it seems found no matches!)
- Koss
- Vekk
- Zhed Shadowhoof
- Master of Whispers
- Prince Rurik
- Grenth
- Varesh Ossa
- Gwen
- A Jade Bow
- A dolyak
- Brother Mhenlo
- Eve
- Cynn
- Danika
- The Jade Sea
- An afflicted monk (who it seems also found no matches!)
- Margrid The Sly
- Emperor Kisu (I think he didn't match either?)
- Lukas Vasburg
- Nika
- Norgu
- Lo Sha
- (the urn of) Lady Althea
- A devourer
- Some undead
- Shiro Tagachi
- The Celestial Ministry
- Livia
- Ghostly Her... wait a minute, that one wasn't in the list but was found by someone...
I would like to thank all of the candicates who signed up and found their true love! Congratulations, for the matches made by GuildMatchr are eternal and infallible.
At least until next year...GuildMatchr will remain online and might even see some more improvements over the year and perhaps some more candidates!
This has been an amazing journey and I loved seeing you all share your matches!Trophies are a manual task and I'll start handing them out soon.
- Kev
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In these cases, please let me know what provider you use and perhaps your IP-address (https://whatismyipaddress.com) - that allows me to search if our security tools have accidentally banned your IP for some reason - this does happen.
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Can you show us some of the ones we didn’t get? This was super funny! Well done
Well, feel free to keep trying
Any match you share here will be given a trophy, even if you already got a match.Now, Bibi Rocksberg is on a roll to try to uncover more matches (and has shown me in a private conversation), so I won't spoil everything here right now - part of the fun is finding the matches, after all. Bibi Rocksberg found about 9 more candidates so far, so almost all of them have been found now!
But my favourite match has been found and I'll gladly share that one here, as found by Bibi Rocksberg - the rest of the matches are for Bibi Rocksberg to share.
This has been my favourite April Fools joke so far, and I am glad all of you like it as well
Now, for some more questions/answers:
- Is there a time limit for posting results?
Not really, though I will start handing out trophies on the 14th of April or around that period. If you post a result later, I might not notice it immediately.
I have to assign the trophies manually.- Will GuildMatchr be taken down at some point?
No, GuildMatchr will remain online. It was designed to be standalone and as such can keep running for quite a while without issues.
Also, this is way too fun to bring down.- Will you reveal all the candidates at some point?
I might reveal the matches end of April... perhaps.- Can someone get more than one trophy?
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There are a lot of options that never were shared, only about 50% of the options were actually shared here... now, the algorithmn is never wrong, ofcourse.
Also, I am worried about how the most occuring match was Palawa Joko. You all are scaring me...
Feel free to give some feedback about this joke and I can't wait for next years joke! -
I was waiting for this one to pop up
The best one still hasn't popped up, though
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Happy to have a dungeon.
But very OP devona (with max armor at level 20), max purple weapons and inscriptions (wtf?) I'm not a fan of...
ANet has enough data points to see what the influence of it on pre-searing and the game is. If it has a too great impact, they will absolutely intervene.
But shaking up the foundations of pre-searing is not necessarily a bad thing: it's been essentially exactly the same since the introduction of the Vanguard quests way back and it opens the doors for new challenges and content down the line in pre-searing.
Those challenges would also bring new rewards with it and there is still a lot of place to add new rewards and meaningful changes to pre-searing. I wouldn't mind to receive a new (perhaps exclusive) armor set for pre-searing, for example.
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Btw, can you just keep trying over and over
until you get the result you want,
or does only the first attempt count?
It would be a little disappointing if you could just keep trying forever
until you get the match you desire...
The algorithm is always right, even on multiple attempts
Feel free to do the test multiple times, who knows who you might encounter.
There are many others that haven't been shared here yet.
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That's not a bad!
(actually, sorry, but since I had to translate it manually and it was getting on my nerves, I just picked the first answer every time :D)
No worries - each time you run the test you get a selection of questions (there are more questions than you can see in a single test) and the order of the answers is randomized...
So the Algorithm, which can't fail, finds that your ultimate love is Livia!
I also love seeing so many different matches coming up - there are more matches that are yet to be shared here...
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Please create a print screen of your match and share it here - you will be rewarded a trophy with your match!
Disclosure: GuildMatchr has been partially created with the usage of AI assisted tools, mainly in terms of front-end code.
We have not uploaded nor provided any AI tool with references or images that are copyrighted.GuildMatchr is not a commercial project and will not and never be monetized.
All of the GuildMatchr created matches have been provided by human hands.
Next to AI tools, we also utilized an army of Grawl to help set up and guard our servers.
While building this tool, copious amounts of Asuracake have been consumed. -
Dear adventurers,
For too long, the heroes of Tyria have faced its greatest challenges alone.
The Flameseeker Prophecies did not address this. Kormir offered no guidance. We could not wait.
Guild Wars Legacy is proud to announce GuildMatchr — Tyria's first and only compatibility matching service, backed by years of research and a proprietary algorithm of considerable power.
The content cannot be displayed because it is no longer available. (Click the logo or the image below to visit GuildMatchr and find your true love!)
Answer 13 questions. The Algorithm will analyse your responses, cross-reference your adventuring record, and determine your perfect match from Tyria.
We are not revealing who the candidates are. That is for the Algorithm to decide.
All results are final. Compatibility scores are binding. The Algorithm does not negotiate.
Click here to visit GuildMatchr and find your true love!
Post your result card in this thread to claim your official GuildMatchr trophy as well as a trophy for your match (this is a manual process and trophies will be assigned in a week).
Your destiny awaits.
— Guild Wars Legacy Staff
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That is really strange, do you get an error or a message or anything?
Nop, just the page not loading at all
That might point to your operator having landed on the blacklist... are you able to load https://guildwarslegacy.com/m-index.html on your phone or not (when it Legacy fails to load on your phone)?
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I can’t load the website anymore on my phone if I’m not connected to wifi.
Was fine one week ago
This issue is back
That is really strange, do you get an error or a message or anything?
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Sad that ArenaNet hasn't found a solution to the problem... Think we used to be able to report bots in the past but I was already on the verge of quitting by then...
That system was actually broken for a lot of years. They did fix it a few years ago.
But combatting botting in a game is hard, people will always find a way around it. It's not that ArenaNet didn't try, but even games like RuneScape have a huge issue with it.
Ouch... So it's difficult to know if we are actually contributing to the bot-mafias by making in-game purchases for items, consets, zkeys, etc...
The biggest impact you can have here is simply never buy things for real money on websites. That motivates and funds them to continue doing it. As long as there is demand, people will do it.
That's why for example you have the option to buy/sell gems in GW2 for real money/in game currency. That demand is always going to be there, but in that way, you can at least "control" it somewhat.
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most items you see on legacy are from bots. even or especially the rare ones.
Unfortunately, we don't have a way to detect if something is botted, and if we could, it's "easy" to just pass it through and sell it via-via. ArenaNet really needs to tackle this.
While I would love to have a better way to police this, the reality is that we aren't the Guild Wars police because we don't have the tools to do so... but that's a whole different discussion.The only way to stop bots, in the end, is by not purchasing from them.
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Looks like reforged broke GWs neck. Look at compass. eee fully dead. Just 1 afk person with me.
As someone who hails from Europe, the European servers have been dead for 15+ years, everybody just plays on the USA servers. GW1 is lag insensitive enough to not be an issue.
That being said, Embark Beach has never been a good measure for how busy the game is. Kamadan or Pre-Searing Ascalon are a way better measure.
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Last time they actually added new content (as in: new cosmetics) was in 2015 with the Balthazar weapons. It was mentioned back in the day that it was a huge challenge to get the art tools up and running again.
I can imagine if you actually want to create new content, getting those tools working, making concept art and turning those in actual in game items, that would probably take a few months to get it done right the first time.
That is if you want to actually create new content, that is.But I expect that the GW1 team has more up in their sleeves that they haven't shared, yet.
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well they did say that they were still working on getting the tools back to a usable state. but yes the reforged momentum seems to be over
I think Reforged got way more attention than they expected and they have put out more content in a short moment than I had expected them to do.
However, scaling up to really create new content, that takes a while. They already added things that I would consider to be real content, like a new quest.
I expect more like that is coming and I am pretty sure that new content will bring back players and boost the game up again.It is absolutely normal for hype levels and momentum to die down a little between (content) updates, that happens for every game. It is all about how new updates bring back players.
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I just tested the new links for today, these all work correctly, while previously they would have broken.
So this should now be properly fixed.
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There were indeed some bugs in the script, I have modified it and added a few more fixes (like for today, it broke on Naga Hides, as the wiki expects Naga Hide).
That should now all be fixed :-)!
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Legacy also has a lot of issues with bots, we get a LOT of extra traffic lately and it is one of the reasons we had to move to a beefier server.
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Today, another wave of messages were sent out concerning users that were detected to be using multiple accounts. The detection and taking action against these is an ongoing thing which we will continue doing.
The usage of multiple accounts, especially in the Xunlai Marketplace, has a negative effect for everybody and thus isn't allowed.
- Kevin
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It works better now (for me)
I just tested and it’s working well for me too now when I am on cellular and not WiFi… wonder what changed?
I have no idea what could cause this. I'm working on improving things, but none of the monitoring tools I use have reported issues or downtime. So it's strange that this keeps happening...
I am going to do some changes tonight, can you let me know if you encounter the issue in the next few days?- Kev
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What prevents people with perma banned accounts from opening a new account?
Are accounts tied to a specific IP address? Forgive my internet workings ignorance/
Nothing can stop a determined user from creating a new account. We aim to find out when someone does do that, though.
There are technical checks that we use, which can include IP addresses, but there are also other checks. You'll have to excuse me being vague here, though - I can't fully explain how the technical checks work because that would just help to dodge them.But it's not only technical checks that we use, there are a few methods we use.
But let me be absolutely clear; we will never be able to catch 100% of the users doing this. That is also not the goal of us. What's most important for us is the health of Legacy - and the game - in the long run.
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I think it's a really cool website and tool! It's really cool that the community is coming up with cool new tools and solutions again, that's something that only benefits all of us.
Legacy itself will also get some cool updates in the near future, but honestly, things like this just make me happy!
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Hello everybody,
As you might have noticed, we have increased our checks and enforcement against users of mutliple accounts. This has always explicilty been stated not to be allowed in our rules and remains true.
However, over the years, we have noticed that there was a group of users that was suspected of using multiple accounts on Legacy for a multitude of reasons, including manipulating selling/buying threads.We have heard your concerns loud and clear. Many of you have reached out to us, expressing frustration about the impact of this on the community and how difficult it made to deal with the Xunlai Marketplace.
This is a direct response to the messages that you, our community, have sent us. Legacy is a special place and we want to keep it a good and useful resource for many more years.
Due to this, I want to clarify what our rules are about multiple accounts and how we are dealing with them.
The rule
A user is allowed only one account. There are very few - if at all - legitimate reasons why a user should be allowed another account.
From our experience, secondary accounts are overwhelmingly used for disruptive behaviour, such as manipulating threads, bidding wars or circumventing bans.
We do not tolerate this, and we never will.Actions we can and will take
If we detect that someone is using multiple accounts, be it via technical, behavioural or other measures, we will contact the user in question directly.
It is not because we detect you using multiple accounts, that we will automatically ban your accounts. We will always contact you once we detect this and put forward these options:1. Merging accounts
We have the option to merge accounts, which takes two or more accounts and merges them into a single surviving account. One account will remain and all the posts, messages, conversations associated to the other accounts will be merged into the remaining account.
This is our preferred solution for mosts cases, as it preserves the activity and contributions of both accounts.
2. Banning one or more accounts
We will give the option to ban one of more accounts to your choosing and allow the continued usage of one of the detected accounts.
The other accounts will be banned. The banned accounts can not be recovered later on.
3. Explaining why an extra account might be needed
If you believe you have a valid reason for maintaining a second account, you may explain your situation. In general, we deny these requests, but we will consider exceptions on a case-by-case basis.
- If approved, only one additional account will be allowed and no further exceptions will be granted. These accounts will be linked to each other in our system to avoid further warnings to be sent out.
- Approval is at our sole discretion and will require clear and compelling justification. I, Iaerah, have the final say in whether this exception is granted or not
What to do you when you are contacted?
- Be specific and transparant
- Vague statements or general claims (e.g., "my family uses the same computer) will not help your case. Provide detailed, verifiable information - such as names, relationships or evidence of independent usage if you claim the accounts belong to different people. Explain to us why the accounts might have been flagged.
- If you have additional accounts beyond those mentioned, disclose them immediately. We will often withhold some details and leave these for you to fill in - failure to do so will in general be very harmful to your case.
- Be honest
- If you've used multiple accounts, admit it. We prioritize fairness and honesty can lead to more lenient resolutions (e.g. merging accounts instead of bans).
- Attempting to mislead or withhold information will result in stricter consequences, including permanent bans.
- Cooperate fully
- Respond promptly and respectfully. If you need clarification, ask - we're here to help resolve the issue.
- If you believe there has been a mistake, explain why with concrete evidence.
- Avoid retaliation
- Reporting posts or users that call out your behaviour will not help your case. It will only escalate the situation and may lead to further action against all of your accounts.
- Choose a resolution
- Clearly state your preferred option (merging, banning or explaining). Delays or refusal to engage will result in a decision being made for you.
- In general, you will have 7 days to resolve the issue before we ban all affected accounts.
In general: we want to support and maintain a healthy community. Cooperation and honesty are the best way forwards.
Things to keep in mind
- Transprancy is important. If you are contated about multi-accounting, honesty and cooperation will work in your favor. Attempting to mislead or manipulate the process will result in stricter consequences. We do not contact you as a punishment, but as a way to resolve this situation.
- Appeals: if you disagreew ith a decision, you can appeal once by contacting me through scribe@mail.guildwarslegacy.com. However, appeals will only be considered if new and verifiable evidence is provided.
- Community impact: multi-accounting harms the integrity of Guild Wars Legacy. It undermines trust, distorts and disrupts the marketplace and creates an unfair environment for everyone. We enforce these rules to protect the community.
- Ongoing enforcement: we will continue to monitor and refine our detection methods. Repeat offenders will face permanent bans without warnings.
If there are any further questions about this policy, how we handle things or any other things you might want to ask, feel free to ask them.
Kevin
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DNS_PROBE_FINISHED_NXDOMAIN error for me just now.
Had to swap over to google, was using cloudflare.
Was caused by an issue with moving over to BunnyCDN. The root cause has been fixed by them now.
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Lord Kraken - Elite Trader D - you can report this post, but I know that Lord Kraken is a duplicate account from you.
I'm done playing.
Not a problem, but would be nice if the rules applied to everyone in the same manner. So when countless others get banned for making comments and bids and others don't you can hopefully see were the frustration comes from.
You gained my attention as this has gone beyond the scope of normal moderation. I typically do not handle the day-to-day thread moderation that happens here in the Xunlai Marketplace, as I function as the escalation path.
When I intervene, it is because a line has been crossed.Let me put this straight:
- The accounts Lord Kraken, Elite Trader D and Trader of the Mist have been confirmed as being double accounts of the same owner.
- This is a violation of our policy that states that a person may only have a single account.
- You have then reported a post that correctly called you out for using another account, and putting doubts up about how our moderators apply the rules.
- As a result, all three of these accounts are permanently banned.
Attempting to manipulate the reporting system to silence legitimate criticism will not be tolerated.
I trust our moderator team to apply our rules fair and consistently. I have informed you about that your accounts were identified, and I have reviewed your responses, but your explanation did not line up.
If you have an issue about how rules are enforced, the appropriate action would be to address them privately and respectfully - either with the moderator that handed them out, or by messaging me.I take violations seriously, I heard a clear call for more strict and better handling of users with multiple accounts, and we are focussing on this. I will always handle in the way that is the best for Legacy.
Please keep reporting things you see as an issue and we will review it and take action as required.Now, that's enough side-lining for this thread, let's get back to bidding.
- Kevin
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Bro forgot to get back on his actual account when bidding
Dragon's Breath Wand q9 Fire - 6a
Platinum Wand q9 Illusion - 5a
Lord Kraken - Elite Trader D - you can report this post, but I know that Lord Kraken is a duplicate account from you.
I'm done playing.
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That could indeed be related - what action did you take, what messages did you get? I haven't encountered issues myself yet, so please give me all details so I can go ahead and see what goes wrong.
Kevin
just a loading circle popup when on the website, main page or whatever else, and it loads for some 10s of seconds and the error popped up. also the site wasnt really working/loading properly
edit: also the site is now working only intermittently, the latest post side window and notification (-time) isn't updating. and i also got that same error as a whole page instead of just the windows on top of the website
Strange, do you get any error messages/ID's that I can use to check the control panels?
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is this related, from like 5 minutes ago
That could indeed be related - what action did you take, what messages did you get? I haven't encountered issues myself yet, so please give me all details so I can go ahead and see what goes wrong.
Kevin
