[0.82] Personal Identification Codes

Bday requirement removed, only PIC is used to delete characters...

Eww. lame.

Well, There are ways of a little prevention with hacking, make your pic, so god darn long and make it so that it makes no sense to anyone else than you, also a very Extreme solution can be to move to a less populated world, as you can see ppl from yellonde have less chances of being hacked than the ones in scania (Im not saying this will prevent you from geting hacked, but it may probably make the rate lower)

OT: this patch is just too Lame

I'm already feeling more secure with this change. Sure it's a bit annoying but I'd rather have a small annoyance rather than the complete agravation of being hacked.

Hey, you can have both! As long as the hacking issue is on Nexon's side, unless you use the strategy of locking your account with special characters you're not safe.

People support this because they think that their accounts weren't secure before. The problem isn't on the people's end, it's on nexon's. If nexon secured their database so the hacking epidemic is over, then your account is pretty much as safe as with a pin and password before.

By the way, did anyone else notice that wegot some mob and map data? I mean, Fiel didnt put up anything new, but Can someone clarify me what this is/could be?

If it is the setup for KS ulu city or neo city/tokio

then awesome

Hey, you can have both! As long as the hacking issue is on Nexon's side, unless you use the strategy of locking your account with special characters you're not safe.

People support this because they think that their accounts weren't secure before. The problem isn't on the people's end, it's on nexon's. If nexon secured their database so the hacking epidemic is over, then your account is pretty much as safe as with a pin and password before.

Of course, I already agree with you on that. I'm not lowering my guard until I know for sure the problem is completely stopped. My only references are forums such as this site and to a much lower degree Basil. If trends start to look up then I can start saving on my power bill yet again xD

By the way, did anyone else notice that wegot some mob and map data? I mean, Fiel didnt put up anything new, but Can someone clarify me what this is/could be?

If it is the setup for KS ulu city or neo city/tokio

then awesome

We got absolutely NO data in this patch, aside from the PIC-related UI images.

Sorry didn't read the whole thread..

Your birthday is just an 8 digit code really, so the PIC with up to 16 chars is superior to birthday.
But in reality, who is going to do a 16 char password???It takes so long to type it in using a softkeypad...if it was typed on the normal keyboard then perhaps...I think most ppl are going to just do 6 chars.

this thing would be better if they left ur old pin and left the bday. that way it would be almost impossible to hack.

Sorry didn't read the whole thread..

Your birthday is just an 8 digit code really, so the PIC with up to 16 chars is superior to birthday.
But in reality, who is going to do a 16 char password???It takes so long to type it in using a softkeypad...if it was typed on the normal keyboard then perhaps...I think most ppl are going to just do 6 chars.

I did 16 chars. I'd rather not take chances with my account security.

I really wish they kept in the birthday...and even the pin. That would have made accounts nearly impossible to hack. PICs are nice since they're practically impossible to crack, but if a hacker somehow gets a hold of it, they can completely wipe out your account.

Honestly, they should've left the pins and birthday req. in as well. Cause it really only takes 10 seconds max to type in a pin and maybe 20 seconds max to type in a birthday code. And plus, how would you ever forget your own birthday (unless if you used a fake one)? I know some people will disagree with this because it's "too much" to remember and type.

Have any of you been hacked before? And those of you who were hacked, did you tell anybody your password/ find a keylogger on your computer? This recent string of hackings was due to a breach on nexon's side. If they store the PICs somewhere else, bravo. Still, at least make it an OPTION to enter your PIC using a keyboard.

Fine tuning. The system's still new to us so that means there's room for it to be tweaked. Let's not get hyped up over nothing now. There's always a chance of change.

Hey, did anyone notice Nexon removed the Guest login?

Hey, did anyone notice Nexon removed the Guest login?

I never saw the point in it anyway.

...now if only i could get the pin...
damn.

EDIT BY FIEL: No buying hacks, and no selling them. kthxbai

So uh... PIC of iiiiiii anyone? There's a fairly good reason when I was suggesting security improvements none of my suggestions were "omg make the PIN longer and harder to type". Security by making me unable to log on certainly works but it's not very profitable.

Might be annoying, but more security would be better if they kept the birthday too. Just tested the PIC on a newly created dummy character to see if you delete a character using only the PIC, and you can...

So basically, only a PIC is needed to wreak havoc and delete characters on an account. Be careful who you give your account info to, INCLUDING run hosters for Zakum,HT, CWKPQ, etc runs... Wish they kept the birthday to delete characters.

Question, any map changes in the data o.o?

Question, any map changes in the data o.o?

Nope.

Question, any map changes in the data o.o?

Nope.

I think I know why he asks; the patcher is taking a little longer at the map.wz as well as the mob.wz. Im rather surprised at the size of this patch for all that it contained. Makes me wonder if they added some stuff but were able to hide them from Fiel.