The Furious Angels
FA Discussion => General => Topic started by: ReReminiscence on January 29, 2012, 01:14:43 am
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http://www.reddit.com/r/swtor/comments/p13qt/white_saber_crystal_is_on_live/ white crystal confirmed on live
Turns out this was obtained via an exploit
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Nice find!
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http://www.reddit.com/r/swtor/comments/p13qt/white_saber_crystal_is_on_live/ white crystal confirmed on live
Screen shot with date and dead boss or it's fake.
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http://www.reddit.com/r/swtor/comments/p13qt/white_saber_crystal_is_on_live/ white crystal confirmed on live
Screen shot with date and dead boss or it's fake.
My thoughts exactly.
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It's real. How do I know? Because a mod came in and removed a couple of posts that were flaming but didn't lock/delete the thread for being a troll. If it was untrue, the mods would have locked it for flame-baiting.
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http://www.torhead.com/item/eotDb3H/advanced-white-hawkeye-crystal
For those of the skeptics you're probably right, it probably just came from a lockbox, and someone said it drops in Kaon
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What I've pieced together
1. World boss drop
2. Involves "game mechanics"
3. Did a lot of research to figure it out
I sent a PM to the guy to see if we're on the right track trying to find the Queen of Sands. It may be BS, but it's the best lead we currently have.
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IT'S CRAFTED! Zoomed in on his screenshot from his forum post, looked at the chat log, found this: http://i.imgur.com/faiAv.jpg
ALSO
http://i.imgur.com/A21EG.jpg
looks to be the same as the dead man map on illum location wise.
I foudn this as well
http://img708.imageshack.us/img708/4425/screenshot2012012814223.jpg
it looks like he has the magenta with him and more ice but why more ice if he already has on in invintory ??? ~ cue dramatic music ?~
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http://www.ustream.tv/channel/lol-by-britzius
He's streaming for the next hour for proof. So it does indeed exist. As to whether he's leading people on a goose chase is debatable, but I think if it was a regular drop on a new flashpoint, he wouldn't be the only one with it by now.
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^ lol already linked every one in TS T
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IT'S CRAFTED! Zoomed in on his screenshot from his forum post, looked at the chat log, found this: http://I.imgur.com/faiAv.jpg
ALSO
http://I.imgur.com/A21EG.jpg
looks to be the same as the dead man map on illum location wise.
I foudn this as well
http://img708.imageshack.us/img708/4425/screenshot2012012814223.jpg
it looks like he has the magenta with him and more ice but why more ice if he already has on in invintory ??? ~ cue dramatic music ?~
Shaking my head at you. That second link you posted... That's how you get the Magenta crystal.
I wouldn't repost everything someone else post's on Reddit.
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-.- im posting what I find and until its is 100% proven that's for magenta it's still a possible lead.. it by no means points to the mountain for the high altitude buff soo
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someone mentioned the Hoth WB.... screwing with people or not, it would fit with what this guy was thinking.
I'm still not sure why you think this is relate to the queen of sands thing. What lead you that direction?
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-.- I'm posting what I find and until its is 100% proven that's for magenta it's still a possible lead.. it by no means points to the mountain for the high altitude buff soo
Did you bother to look at it, or even read it? Because it points to the Highridge Mount, and talks about the buff.
It fully describes the method of how to get the magenta crystal.
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The link with 3 maps is making referance to the other map to see if there was a correlation to dismiss the said map. yes ONE link does talk and IS for teh magenta crystal but i wasnt posting it as a oh this is for white its make to make a conection or to dismiss a conection between the two.
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http://www.reddit.com/r/swtor/comments/p13qt/white_saber_crystal_is_on_live/c3lzvr9
Some new delopments and info from a req guildy
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Yeah, and people from the same guild are saying you need to contract womp-rat fever, kill the three vendors in Outlaws Den, and then jump into the Sarlacc Pit.
They be trolling.
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Yellow Dev post of the forums (http://www.swtor.com/community/showthread.php?t=245809&page=33) - AllisonBerryman
We've done some investigating and discovered that CatchDeathwalker did not obtain the white crystal through legitimate means in the game. Right now, we're removing the crystal from his possession, and we're going to have some more information for you as soon as possible about this situation (but don't worry, we won't post any spoilers!).
We apologize for not responding to this thread sooner, but we needed to investigate the issue before commenting.
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Hah.
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Funny shit right there.
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heh!
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Told you I did.
Strong with The Force he is not.
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Guys... the white crystal is not available in game yet...
From the Senior Online Community Manager
Right now, it is not possible to legitimately obtain a White Lightsaber Crystal in the game through any gameplay method. In the future, it will be possible to legitimately obtain. When that day comes, we'll let you know so you can go about obtaining the crystal for your characters.
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Guys... the white crystal is not available in game yet...
From the Senior Online Community Manager
Right now, it is not possible to legitimately obtain a White Lightsaber Crystal in the game through any gameplay method. In the future, it will be possible to legitimately obtain. When that day comes, we'll let you know so you can go about obtaining the crystal for your characters.
Who was quoted as saying that?
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From the Senior Online Community Manager
http://www.swtor.com/community/showthread.php?p=2337461#edit2337461
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Just for the lulz:
http://www.reqguild.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=2424
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Stephen Reid.
Best post on reddit..
In the end, I suppose Catch...
glasses
...was the one that got caught.
(YEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAHHHHH!)
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http://www.pcgamer.com/2012/01/30/star-wars-the-old-republic-players-hunt-for-rumoured-white-lightsaber-crystal/
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I'm going to quote Catch...
"Want some toast with that jelly?"
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http://www.reddit.com/r/gaming/comments/p3m9a/swtor_catch_and_the_white_crystal_saga/
He's kind of mad, i think.
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So how did he get it?
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Wow, just reading this after two days of racking my brain. Imagine the time people wasted over this.
Seems like he wanted the publicity all along.....he definitely has it now. I am curious to know exactly how he acquired it.
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Not sure, don't really care. I am not going to go out of my way for something that hasn't been officially released yet. My guess would have to be deep in some exhaustion zone.
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Interesting... "did not obtain it through legitimate means"... what the hell does that mean?
He hacked the client? I mean.... surely the crystal is available in game or not. If he didn't get it in game (through whatever clever process), then he hacked it???
Or do you think they are suggesting that it is in game, but shouldn't be available to get yet ... which I doubt .... but that would mean that it was BW's fault?
I am confused.
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Based on the fact Stephen Reid said it was something the ordinary player wouldn't stumble upon, it could be glitches in the game, tears in the map, unaccessible areas slipped into (by whatever means)
Catch has gone everywhere this crystal is mentioned to point out he didn't hack the game. Admittedly his word is mud. But, I would say he used many a set of exploits and glitches in the game to obtain it, and he did it knowing full well he was doing something he shouldn't.
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I'm thinking hex switches client side that wernt varified by the server allowing you to turn any item into any other item provided you knew the hex code of said item. If this how he did it epic faux pas on biowares side as potentially anything that exists in the serverside item database can be spoofed client side. MXO had this problem to the point where you could switch abilities hex codes to give you admin abilities.
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Not to add to his growing infamy, but he's uploaded this. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gtxjAEW2Exc
I urge you not to waste the 10 minutes I did watching it though. I will give a brief summary of what he claims he did. It should be noted he is protesting his innocence to such a degree it further stinks of lies. He's knows full well Bioware won't say much (if anything on the matter) and he's trying to win the public over.
1. He killed the three vendors in Outlaws Den for the Expertise Buff
2. Then attacking the Well-fed Womprat he contracted fever.
3. He gathered some friends and went to kill Gargath.
4. He looted the crystal off Gargath. Note, he claims not to have been in a group when killing Gargath, thus no one knew of the drop besides him
5. The crystal disappeared from his inventory on the way to his ship
6. He submitted a ticket asking what happened
6.5 Some stuff about him trolling another user.
7. Bioware CS contact him and give him item back
8. Presents item to the world
9. Major crap-storm
10. Bioware enter and put end to it all
11. Whines and moans about Bioware.
About 5 minutes into his "story" he shows some "emails" from Bioware. In no way are they proof of what he says. Afterall, how hard is it to fake an email?
For me this issue was put to bed the second Alison Berryman and Stephen Reid stepped in. But, if you ever needed more proof, you just need to look at Catch's "story". It is obvious the story has been created after the fact. A quick excuse made up in the hopes to make people believe what he did was real. But it just doesn't make sense. I mean, where is the link between Outlaw's Den and Gargath? Why would you fight a world boss without being in a group? Heck, is that even possible given the buffs and alike those things have?
Furthermore, in comments on Youtube and PCGamer he tries to add more details but they fall flat. Such as, he was in a group for Gargath, but dropped (he argues that is what caused the drop). But then, surely if he dropped group, why did he get loot?
Now, I realise I'm perpetuating it by actually following the story, but I hope he disappears as quickly as he appeared. He apparently only has a 7 day suspension, after which I hope to god everyone on the Republic side keeps their eyes peeled for him on the battlefield.
Heck, I'd put a bounty on his head if I had credits on that server, if not just purely for his awful behaviour in both obtaining the crystal and the aftermath.
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<.< Using an old as hell name on Youtube, he got this response from me (keep note that I was one of the people who spent damn near 3 days hunting shit down and kept a close eye on the SWTOR forums as well as his guilds forums).
So... In all of your posts to your guild and in SWTOR forums you state, "It's just a game." Now you make a huge huff about being banned and gloating to the world about this item.
Now I shall quote you... "Would you like some toast with that jelly?"
Build a bridge, cry a river and get the fuck over it dude, it's "just a game with virtual items of no monitary value"