News
Posted: Jan 24, 2010 18:01Hello Uthgard community. There are some news we would like to tell you.
Item Usage
There was a bugfix to item usage via quickbar. You can't use items anymore by just clicking them on the quickbar or by just hitting the appropriate key.
Like on live you need to press the USE key first (see /keyboard, default should be 'u').
Alternatively you can place the effect icon (the one you see in the bottom when rightclicking the item) in your quickbar and use it directly. Or just rightclick the item and type /use.
Also, you cannot equip items from your backpack via quickbar anymore.
Evern Loot
There was a small bugfix to Ethereal Drakescale Band and Luminescent Drakescale Band dropped by Evern in Old Frontiers. They are now rings, not bracers. If you still got the bracer version you can trade it in via /appeal.
Xmas Quest Tokens
New NPCs joined the capitals to trade in your quest tokens from the winter market.
Darkness Falls Monsters
Several mobs had their positions updated and/or fixed to be live like. A misplaced purple nightmare near the Midgard shredders was removed and players can now pass the area again, like before.
Account Hijacking
During the past weeks we had a few account hijacking attempts. Unfortunately some of them were successfull. Most of the accounts that were hijacked had the same login data on other freeshards. One of these freeshards seemed to have an unencrypted login database.
Usually the passwords for all accounts are saved encrypted. This means if you enter a password like "pancake" it is saved as "fc5930a6007fef9b7d998f205417e671" in the database. Everytime you log in, the password you have entered is encrypted and checked whether it matches with the saved hash in the database. If encryption is deactivated in a server's database, the passwords are saved as plain text and can of course be read. Please do not use the same login data on other servers.
However we have reacted to the hijacking attempts in two ways: We have banned the hijackers and we have developed a safer system for password and email changes. As you may have noticed, you will no longer be able to change your password as long as there is no email address set for your account.
As soon as an email address is set, it is not possible to change the email address or your password like it was before. If you want to change one of them, a confirmation email is sent to your email address. After you have confirmed your request, you can make these changes effective.
If you have lost your account due to the hijacking issue, please use our account recovery form. Please note that it is always way easier and safer to recover an account, if an email address is set. This is the only fast way of identifying you as the account owner.
Item Usage
There was a bugfix to item usage via quickbar. You can't use items anymore by just clicking them on the quickbar or by just hitting the appropriate key.
Like on live you need to press the USE key first (see /keyboard, default should be 'u').
Alternatively you can place the effect icon (the one you see in the bottom when rightclicking the item) in your quickbar and use it directly. Or just rightclick the item and type /use.
Also, you cannot equip items from your backpack via quickbar anymore.
Evern Loot
There was a small bugfix to Ethereal Drakescale Band and Luminescent Drakescale Band dropped by Evern in Old Frontiers. They are now rings, not bracers. If you still got the bracer version you can trade it in via /appeal.
Xmas Quest Tokens
New NPCs joined the capitals to trade in your quest tokens from the winter market.
Darkness Falls Monsters
Several mobs had their positions updated and/or fixed to be live like. A misplaced purple nightmare near the Midgard shredders was removed and players can now pass the area again, like before.
Account Hijacking
During the past weeks we had a few account hijacking attempts. Unfortunately some of them were successfull. Most of the accounts that were hijacked had the same login data on other freeshards. One of these freeshards seemed to have an unencrypted login database.
Usually the passwords for all accounts are saved encrypted. This means if you enter a password like "pancake" it is saved as "fc5930a6007fef9b7d998f205417e671" in the database. Everytime you log in, the password you have entered is encrypted and checked whether it matches with the saved hash in the database. If encryption is deactivated in a server's database, the passwords are saved as plain text and can of course be read. Please do not use the same login data on other servers.
However we have reacted to the hijacking attempts in two ways: We have banned the hijackers and we have developed a safer system for password and email changes. As you may have noticed, you will no longer be able to change your password as long as there is no email address set for your account.
As soon as an email address is set, it is not possible to change the email address or your password like it was before. If you want to change one of them, a confirmation email is sent to your email address. After you have confirmed your request, you can make these changes effective.
If you have lost your account due to the hijacking issue, please use our account recovery form. Please note that it is always way easier and safer to recover an account, if an email address is set. This is the only fast way of identifying you as the account owner.
might be possible in the future