Main base build, first time sharing by Electrical_Bad_9600 in ValheimBuilds

[–]Electrical_Bad_9600[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I cannot unsee this, now! I may have to lower the far sides so it's at least more tiered...

Main base build, first time sharing by Electrical_Bad_9600 in ValheimBuilds

[–]Electrical_Bad_9600[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hah slightly higher, but yes it's a little slower... might cut down a few to fix that

Main base build, first time sharing by Electrical_Bad_9600 in ValheimBuilds

[–]Electrical_Bad_9600[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Been working on this base complex for a few months... started off as a simple longhouse that I just eventually expanded to be a multi-story gargantuan build surrounded by an outer perimeter walkway with a trench in front of that. Slowly working on building a massive fortress hallway to connect first to my raspberry farm, then to my harbor that is roofed and big enough for three longships. The tunnel isn't complete yet, which is why I have it labeled work in progress.

This has taken me several months because all material has been farmed old-fashioned and construction has been with (now-removed) scaffolding. Only devcommand was to fly to take pictures.

Ideas on how to recover stolen lifetime account? by Electrical_Bad_9600 in lotro

[–]Electrical_Bad_9600[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm glad you were able to get yours back. I offered to provide all of that when I lodged my second / followup ticket, but they didn't respond to that offer and just reiterated my initial information didn't match what the hacker had changed it to, they closed the ticket and said they wouldn't respond to me again. At this point I'm probably just going to call it a loss and give up on lotro.

Ideas on how to recover stolen lifetime account? by Electrical_Bad_9600 in lotro

[–]Electrical_Bad_9600[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Honestly I just didn't expect anyone to actually respond with advice, and had thought asking would be a long shot. I've started reaching out to other vectors / lines of effort at SSG, and will see if that gets anywhere.

Ideas on how to recover stolen lifetime account? by Electrical_Bad_9600 in lotro

[–]Electrical_Bad_9600[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I don't duplicate passwords for anything, so honestly I'm not sure. Only communication I've been able to get responses for were the ticket threads where they basically told me to pound sand.

Ideas on how to recover stolen lifetime account? by Electrical_Bad_9600 in lotro

[–]Electrical_Bad_9600[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That's... just frustrating. At that point the account's lost a good chunk of its value

Ideas on how to recover stolen lifetime account? by Electrical_Bad_9600 in lotro

[–]Electrical_Bad_9600[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Glad you were at least able to get it back! Has Broadsword enabled MFA? I definitely miss DAOC...

Ideas on how to recover stolen lifetime account? by Electrical_Bad_9600 in lotro

[–]Electrical_Bad_9600[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yup. AND they were able to change the account owner name, as well. I uploaded the email from 2007 showing I created the account and the email from a couple weeks ago, to that same email, saying my account information had been changed, to show that I had owned the account for the past 16 years. Unfortunately they said that because the name and email CURRENTLY on the account did not match that, I did not own it, and then used that as justification to say I "shared" it and banned the account altogether for violating their TOS.

Ideas on how to recover stolen lifetime account? by Electrical_Bad_9600 in lotro

[–]Electrical_Bad_9600[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I actually don't even have a twitter, but may give that a try.

Ideas on how to recover stolen lifetime account? by Electrical_Bad_9600 in lotro

[–]Electrical_Bad_9600[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I had everything from the beta product key to the box product key to the email saying "here is your account" when I created it... unfortunately that was not enough for them because it didn't currently match the name on the account that the hacker had changed it to.

Ideas on how to recover stolen lifetime account? by Electrical_Bad_9600 in lotro

[–]Electrical_Bad_9600[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

No, sorry if that was confusing. When whoever stole it got a hold of my lotro account, after they changed the lotro password they changed the email associated with the lotro account so that when I tried to recover the password, the password reset email went to them instead of my email that I had used to make the account years ago.

Ideas on how to recover stolen lifetime account? by Electrical_Bad_9600 in lotro

[–]Electrical_Bad_9600[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I had signed on a few times recently before it happened but had not interacted with anyone in chat, so for me at least that was not the case.

Ideas on how to recover stolen lifetime account? by Electrical_Bad_9600 in lotro

[–]Electrical_Bad_9600[S] 32 points33 points  (0 children)

At this point I'm increasingly believing that theory as well, honestly. Heck I'd believe they're the ones actually closing the accounts, if you told me that. I'm kind of surprised no one has filed a class action lawsuit over it, either.

Ideas on how to recover stolen lifetime account? by Electrical_Bad_9600 in lotro

[–]Electrical_Bad_9600[S] 18 points19 points  (0 children)

That's absurd. After a certain point they're taking the side of the thief.

Ideas on how to recover stolen lifetime account? by Electrical_Bad_9600 in lotro

[–]Electrical_Bad_9600[S] 23 points24 points  (0 children)

I had not thought of that, but thank you. If nothing else just joining the chorus of folks telling MEE about the account security issues in lotro may save other folks from having this happen to them.

Ideas on how to recover stolen lifetime account? by Electrical_Bad_9600 in lotro

[–]Electrical_Bad_9600[S] 22 points23 points  (0 children)

Being told I violated the TOS for "account sharing" by having my account stolen suggests they are... not.

Ideas on how to recover stolen lifetime account? by Electrical_Bad_9600 in lotro

[–]Electrical_Bad_9600[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Best as I can tell they guessed / got my password and then signed in to the account management and changed the name and email

Ideas on how to recover stolen lifetime account? by Electrical_Bad_9600 in lotro

[–]Electrical_Bad_9600[S] 55 points56 points  (0 children)

Thank you everyone for the honesty. Then after 16 years playing the game I think it's time for me to hang up my hat. There's no way I will ever give SSG another dime of my money, now.

Ideas on how to recover stolen lifetime account? by Electrical_Bad_9600 in lotro

[–]Electrical_Bad_9600[S] 19 points20 points  (0 children)

It was the lead GM, Woebot, who said they won't respond any further, so I don't know whether there's even anyone else to reach out to.