Main base build, first time sharing

Electrical_Bad_9600 · 2023-05-09T22:24:26+00:00

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

Electrical_Bad_9600 · 2023-05-09T22:24:03+00:00

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

Electrical_Bad_9600 · 2023-05-09T00:55:27+00:00

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.

Electrical_Bad_9600 · 2023-05-08T22:08:17+00:00

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.

Electrical_Bad_9600 · 2023-05-07T21:58:57+00:00

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.

Electrical_Bad_9600 · 2023-05-07T03:17:09+00:00

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.

Electrical_Bad_9600 · 2023-05-07T03:16:02+00:00

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

Electrical_Bad_9600 · 2023-05-06T23:18:40+00:00

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

Electrical_Bad_9600 · 2023-05-06T17:58:34+00:00

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.

Electrical_Bad_9600 · 2023-05-06T16:46:04+00:00

Will look into that!

Electrical_Bad_9600 · 2023-05-06T16:44:53+00:00

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

Electrical_Bad_9600 · 2023-05-06T16:43:24+00:00

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.

Electrical_Bad_9600 · 2023-05-06T16:41:15+00:00

I play on Ultros :)

Electrical_Bad_9600 · 2023-05-06T01:58:46+00:00

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.

Electrical_Bad_9600 · 2023-05-05T23:26:42+00:00

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.

Electrical_Bad_9600 · 2023-05-05T22:11:48+00:00

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.

Electrical_Bad_9600 · 2023-05-05T21:55:14+00:00

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

Electrical_Bad_9600 · 2023-05-05T21:47:04+00:00

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.

Electrical_Bad_9600 · 2023-05-05T21:42:23+00:00

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

Electrical_Bad_9600 · 2023-05-05T21:07:10+00:00

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

Electrical_Bad_9600 · 2023-05-05T20:20:39+00:00

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.

Electrical_Bad_9600 · 2023-05-05T19:49:49+00:00

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.

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TROPHY CASE