New World’s biggest foe is not the Corrupted demons that populate the landscape, but instead the scourge of item dupers, which have been wreaking havoc on the game since it launched.
There have been so many New World duping exploits at this point, it’s hard to even keep track of them all. I believe we’re up to 5 or 6 different major ones at this point, with the last furniture-based duping exploit causing Amazon to have to shut down the entire economy of the game before it spiraled out of control, which is not the first time they’ve done that.
But as part of their big new push for extensive communication, they have talked about the problem, what they’ve done to solve it, and its lingering effects. In a new blog post they revealed that:
A first pass at dupers permabanned 1200 players, and removed 80% of duped items and coin from the economy.
A second pass, which took place yesterday, banned an additional 460 players, and they now believe they’ve gotten 98% of duped coin and items out of the economy. The 2% left are from players who duped by apparent accident, but did not repeatedly exploit the mechanic, and were not banned.
Amazon goes on to talk about what this has done to the game, as the perception is that a huge percentage of geared-out endgame players must have cheated to get there. But they say that after all these bans, that’s not actually the case.
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9.1% of level 60 players have at least one 600 GS item equipped.
5.8% of level 60 players have at least one Voidbent item equipped.
Only 2.4% of level 60 players have a full set of 600 GS armor.
These are supposed to be the “legitimate” numbers now that bad actors have been removed, so if you see people at this level with this gear, they should have gotten it legitimately now, and they are not a huge percentage of the level 60 population, as you can see.
Before this, the fate of dupers was somewhat unclear, and the community was rallying to try to get Amazon to permaban them. And that is exactly what Amazon has been doing, and cleaning up their messes after the fact. The economy seems mostly stabilized for now, and while it is probably only a matter of time until the next dupe exploit is found, now players know for sure that you can be permabanned for using it, so it’s probably not worth the risk. A happy ending for all.
TORONTO – Strength in the base metal and technology sectors helped Canada’s main stock index gain almost 100 points on Friday, while U.S. stock markets also climbed higher.
The S&P/TSX composite index closed up 93.51 points at 23,568.65.
In New York, the Dow Jones industrial average was up 297.01 points at 41,393.78. The S&P 500 index was up 30.26 points at 5,626.02, while the Nasdaq composite was up 114.30 points at 17,683.98.
The Canadian dollar traded for 73.61 cents US compared with 73.58 cents US on Thursday.
The October crude oil contract was down 32 cents at US$68.65 per barrel and the October natural gas contract was down five cents at US$2.31 per mmBTU.
The December gold contract was up US$30.10 at US$2,610.70 an ounce and the December copper contract was up four cents US$4.24 a pound.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Sept. 13, 2024.
OTTAWA – Statistics Canada says wholesale sales, excluding petroleum, petroleum products, and other hydrocarbons and excluding oilseed and grain, rose 0.4 per cent to $82.7 billion in July.
The increase came as sales in the miscellaneous subsector gained three per cent to reach $10.5 billion in July, helped by strength in the agriculture supplies industry group, which rose 9.2 per cent.
The food, beverage and tobacco subsector added 1.7 per cent to total $15 billion in July.
The personal and household goods subsector fell 2.5 per cent to $12.1 billion.
In volume terms, overall wholesale sales rose 0.5 per cent in July.
Statistics Canada started including oilseed and grain as well as the petroleum and petroleum products subsector as part of wholesale trade last year, but is excluding the data from monthly analysis until there is enough historical data.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Sept. 13, 2024.
TORONTO – Canada’s main stock index was up more than 150 points in late-morning trading, helped by strength in the base metal and energy sectors, while U.S. stock markets were mixed.
The S&P/TSX composite index was up 172.18 points at 23,383.35.
In New York, the Dow Jones industrial average was down 34.99 points at 40,826.72. The S&P 500 index was up 10.56 points at 5,564.69, while the Nasdaq composite was up 74.84 points at 17,470.37.
The Canadian dollar traded for 73.55 cents US compared with 73.59 cents US on Wednesday.
The October crude oil contract was up $2.00 at US$69.31 per barrel and the October natural gas contract was up five cents at US$2.32 per mmBTU.
The December gold contract was up US$40.00 at US$2,582.40 an ounce and the December copper contract was up six cents at US$4.20 a pound.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Sept. 12, 2024.
