Look guys, i think too many omnis leaves game since they can't do shit vs Clans -> FC loses players -> FC loses cash.
     So they want to get some balance in side XP. How to do that? Just ban ppl thanks who Clans have so high side XP, leave them w/o infosystem and w/o warbot.
     Yeah, EVEN if the ban will last only week, in that week Omnis will get many of our bases. And they'll get self-belief, they'll have higher morale. And our leaders will lose respect and confidence.
     Yeah, it's better to ban dozen people than lose hundreds others.

     well... good news... this GM will look into situation now... he told that he will @mail banned ppl in 3-4 hours after he will finish his work...

     We're at the towersite of TLR3 on testlive now, Quality Assurance guys are killing the tower there over and over in a try to reproduce the bug.
     ****** the lead QA guy is reading forums. ***** is here too, but cloaked.

     so whats going on?

     They're (Finally) reading the forums about it...

     And, they are killing the TLR3 site over and over... Now let's hope it works on TestLive too.
Also, I suggested them to shut down the TLR3 site until they fix it.

     The thing is that it also happens on other sites too.
     The very first tower attack I ever took my 21 agent to was just me and some non-PvP people from my org attacking an Aegean site, and we were all ready to place and defend during the 20 mins, but then we placed and it was 75%.
     I didn't know about the exploit mechanism at that time, and now that I do know, I know we didn't do anything like that at that site.

     ***** - excellent news they're finally looking into it and have stopped stonewalling.
     Although this sounds like confirmation it is to do solely with the TLR site, when more than half of us weren't even online.
     Hope they reproduce it, thanks for lettin us know, I'm going mental here waiting on just *something* from funcom ><

     Is it possible this 75% bug only happens at TLR3 at a certain ql CT placed? They're using ql50 CTs now...

     ***** i will tell you the secret of 75% when last blob do: /bow, remove chest, /disco, sit, /lounge, remove left ring, stand, /moon and say in vicinity "SHAZAM!".

     And what about the com manager who said 10 times he got proof all cheated? No way of mistakes

     torn between laughing and crying. : /

[Tower Battle Outcome] Notum Wars Update: Victory to the Omnis!!!
[Tower Battle Outcome] The Omni organization Tower PWNers attacked the Clan FC Quality Assurance at their base in The Longest Road. The attackers won!!

     So did the site go to 75%, do you know? Everything seems to hinge on whether they can reproduce this...

     Went 25% all the time until now... Pray for a 75%

     So de we really deserve all that from our manager?

     Thanks for putting this all in one post *****, this goes in my 6th email (they're getting longer each time). This actually hurt as much as the ban, reading this from an FC employee and then the responses from players who still put faith in what they're told. I guess I can't blame em, as I had similar faith too once, and never wanted to believe FC could do something like this :/
     This guy would be told to pack up his desk where I work for sheer unprofessionalism, given even those of us banned are still in theory paying customers and still entitled to moderator protection from being flamed, defamed and attacked. Yet we get this from the very person who is supposed to protect us.

     No any email from FC here still btw..

     Questions about the testing: Is it actual players, with an actual org, taking down the CT, by doing actual dmg? Is the CT being placed by the org that did dmg, before the 20 minute timer is up?
     Or is it a GM, killing and placing?
     And if this is in fact what this whole thing is about, why were ppl who werent even online at the time banned?

     I suspect this is the fact it is about, because well... if the Game Director comes to take a look at it, half the QA people stand there to watch and place etc, it seems to me this "interests" them...;)
     The people attacking the CT are Funcom people, ARK or employee (I think first?). They are in an org when they kill it. But I don't really know about the 20 mins thing, they don't really want to listen to me....

     They have said that they have proof that we exploited so shouldn't they know how to reproduce this? :p

     All this made my day thanks for sharing guys, what a blast, even more evidences of FC's biased and incompetent staff.

     Sil continuing to post what he's posting is making me feel ill :/
     I noticed he's dodging your direct question *****, he can't possibly have seen any chat logs as they don't exist - not with my name in them at any rate. I wanna see them very badly.
     Still waiting for that e-mail.

     Sounds like they're not planning to give the players any more information than they already posted in the forums. What a load of BS.

     Yay I see their "explanatory" mails are way above the level you guys must be expecting. Nothing here more than on boards. They exploited on LCA timers, cheaters out. Pretty well documented with proofs and alike.

     Do you want me to share the response you got from FC, ****? In my mind it shows just how tenous their "proof" is.

     "We know exactly what they did, its not a bug, it is however a loophole in the mechanics, but that does not mean that exploiting it was condonable. Those suspended knew exactly what they were doing, and got caught. Simple as that."

     YEAH BIG LIE, THATS WHY U CANT REDO IT....
     STOP TAKING YOUR CUSTUMERS FOR MORRONS

     GL with all your froobs account...
     I hope alot of peoples will leave the game.
     Its a great game even bugged. Too bad there isnt any support. SUPPORT you know what it mean?
     You are SUPPORT manager. All you support is a big hole with nothing around.

     What a joke! How do they explain that you attacked another tower right after opening the 'exploited' tower gas to 25% again? Makes no sense.

     they simply not want do real investigation. And sending same emails w/o any FACTS to everybody.

     bump for more support love!

     Ewww, man... Why can't they just admit they were WRONG!?

     I'd be happy enough if they deleted all the posts reguarding the suspended ones as cheaters and exploiters. So far without moderation, it appears as fact.

     I'm rather bemused that they give 10 people a suspension, can't supply us with evidence when we ask for it, or even a real reason why, and then proceed to allude to 'evidence' and guilt all over the forums, and back themselves into a corner... do they think we'll just come back in a week or cancel, suck it up and stfu?
     These chat logs are a complete fabrication, and I will keep asking for them until they admit they don't exist.

     And there was no discussion of any exploit whatsoever so there is no way they have any chat log. They have absolutely nothing but whatever ark lied to the gm about or the gm lied to support about to cover his ass for justifying the bans.

     Just reminded me of how back in my old omni/neutral days we'd sit around on ventrilo and those that were ARKs would do special favors for others on the vent server. Stuff like check pvp points, warp people around, etc. Some of the people that were part of that "vent crew" were higher up in ARK and they're still playing the game on their mains. Mainly *****, ****** and a few misc others on the vent server back in those days, to give you an idea of who I am referring to.

     Why would we, there were no defenders, and in the case of AOD, GV and NemX: We were expecting all of our bases to be live ALL DAY. Heck, I have had weekends when AOD bases were live for 48 hours straigth, that's how much fighting we were doing.

     Haven't been on ao in a while but this doesn't sound new from FC, them giving you proof is very unlikely, I tried for over a month when one of my accounts was banned about 2 years ago. This was the time when there was a mass ban of players including ****, ***, and others. They banned my char because I was on a team with someone who had traded a nodrop. When I asked them why I was banned they would not give me any information on what I did wrong other then the typical message that you all recieved. I sent emails and always talked to the same person no matter where I sent the email. You don't have to break the rule, you just have to know that someone did break a rule or have talked or teamed with them. Don't know if they can do that but they did it to me.

     Logs of planning to attack towers may exist, logs of consipiring to do xyz to get a site to 75% don't.

     I'm very much looking forward to seeing the logs that prove I knowingly engaged in an exploit.

     "As you can very well see, the PQA staff is working hard and testing as they should. That does not change the simple fact that the testing procedure and the results of each test will still not be released.
     "If you are ever fortunate enough to spend some time with any of the dedicated QA employees, you may find out firsthand that they test everything they can imagine. This includes things they know work, do not work, and might work.
     "I applaud the PQA staff for the endless test cycles. Since the exact nature of the procedures and outcome will never be public, they know full well that the work will go largely unappreciated."
1 min later there stands:
     "Any testing procedure requires full documentation of tests just before, during, and after each change to the code. If the primary fix impacts the system in any unanticipated ways, they will have a greater chance to find and fix it again prior to releasing any public/live updates."
     "Sil may be a convenient punching bag, however he is absolutely correct."
they dont know emself what they are doing, thats what they posted after i digged em that they are testing it.