ZyNfrix wrote: ↑Fri Oct 13, 2017 9:55 am
Just wanted to pop in and ask if anyone saw the article from PC Gamer in response to the Mirian hack. I found it enjoyable to read, and the ethical point they put across. I especially loved the comments that completely supported the use of cheat engine in this way
. I find it amusing that only now that it potentially affects their micro transaction income that it is a "big deal".
Awesome table btw, I still intend to keep using it and hope you keep up the good work.
Edit: Ha, i just googled this and found out that many articles have been written including from IGN and venturebeat. Also, here is the URL for the PC gamer article for those interested.
I saw the article too. PC Gamer has put out 4 or more stories this week about loot boxes and seem sort of neutral about the concept (not sure if that's just to attract views?), but I was surprised they would do a full article on the engine.
On one hand I plan to use CE to gain extra Mirian and gems to make my own experience more fun and also to "stick it to WB." I guess I'm just more worried that having CE specifically mentioned in PC Gamer/Polygon/Games Journalism articles will make it more likely that WB either works extra hard to patch out any exploits with aggressive updates or if they will take extra punitive measures on any CE game editing.
I agree with previous posts that any Mirian editing we do to our games should probably be when we have a firewall enabled (so there is no active detection of using the table or CE) to be safe. And not to give yourself an unreasonable amount for your playtime or game progress.
Do you guys think WB's response will be" (1) aggressive patching, (2) Banwaves, (3) isolation of suspicious accounts from multiplayer (like Konami did with MGS V's FOBs), or something else?
Will this be a "get in an exploit the hell out of it before it gets patched" or a "stay under the radar and be cautious and slow" ?