2011-04-24, 02:39 AM
It's a little bit safer that way.
It means if you are playing in a public place, or even in private but with other people around (your siblings? a visiting friend?), and leave the computer for a moment, the only character compromized is the one you're currently on. These other people can't switch to your other chars and clean off mules as well.
Furthermore, there used to be a hack that let the hacker hijack your server connection when you change channels. Again, in this case, the character you were playing on is in the hands of the hacker, but at least other characters on the account can't be touched if the hacker doesn't know your PIC.
Granted, Nexon should be working on preventing such security holes instead of burdening us with extra passwords, but at least it's something.
It means if you are playing in a public place, or even in private but with other people around (your siblings? a visiting friend?), and leave the computer for a moment, the only character compromized is the one you're currently on. These other people can't switch to your other chars and clean off mules as well.
Furthermore, there used to be a hack that let the hacker hijack your server connection when you change channels. Again, in this case, the character you were playing on is in the hands of the hacker, but at least other characters on the account can't be touched if the hacker doesn't know your PIC.
Granted, Nexon should be working on preventing such security holes instead of burdening us with extra passwords, but at least it's something.