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XIGNCODE DISCUSSION!
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first why deploy a work in progress thing forward to consumers? it doesn't work that way and allows for exploits or serious things such as hacking and computer issues(as such some have reported their SSD died)
second,its a rootkit,it shouldn't hide itself or install itself into drives nor scan everything in the computer
third,there is not a single positive point towards it,why trust them
nothing against you kit,i know you're not at fault here I'm mostly angry and confused about why they choose this route instead of something far more secure
Lots of people ARE bypassing you, just not in the way you intended. After hundreds of posts and days of players voicing their concerns all you'll be doing is writing some FAQ that will somehow magically solve all the problems YOU created in the first place? What a joke.
It just means there's a custom list of programs it blocks... unfortunately, xigncode's capabilities do not extend to the cheats currently used on tera.
+10000
@KitTeaCup
Could you please forward this to the higher ups? This is exactly how the majority of long time players feel.
Also, sorry that you came on to Tera at this time. They probably didn't prepare you for this.
I am hesitant to write a ticket to EME until the FAQ comes out, just in case all my questions are answered. So, a few quick responses while I wait for the FAQ to come out:
1: If XIGNCODE3 were to tell you exactly what information it collected, it would be even easier to circumvent. If it cold be denied admin access, same thing. In order to report detected activities, it must send information out. Therefore, by its nature, it is a program that has free reign to do "something" with our information, and all we can do is hope that "something" is not harmful. As far as I can tell, no amount of work on the program will change that.
2: Even assuming that XIGNCODE3/Wellbia has no intention of abusing the innate access of the program, installing XIGNCODE3 is essentially installing a wooden back door to a steel vault of information. Even if I trusted Wellbia not to abuse that door (which I honestly don't), it's still a security risk.
3: I work on a university-issued machine, and actually cannot install XIGNCODE3 on my machine, as the university-mandated anti-malware blocks it. Even if it could be installed, giving a largely unknown program admin access to this machine is questionable at best.
4: I have no evidence that Wellbia is a trustworthy company. Everything I have seen about Wellbia has described it as "shady", "worse than useless", "incompetent", or "unprofessional and uninformative." I would address my concerns to Wellbia, but after reading their translated ToS, it is made very clear that nobody at Wellbia speaks fluent english.
As a closer (see what i did there?) I will add that I am very happy to hear from EME on this topic, even if I think the response is long overdue. While I don't necessarily expect a direct response to these issues, hopefully whoever is working on the FAQ will see and address a few of them.
I feel bad for KTC...joins the company, looks forward to meeting and interacting with the community...and then this garbage happens. Yeesh.
I did take a look through a usb bootable of partition magic and tried to reformat it but it wouldn't detect by windows once i logged in with a new SSD. The old SSD that got trashed was only 4 months old. I'd post system logs but the trashed drive was the one that held both the game and windows, fresh install. Reluctant to try loading the game again.
Before my old SSd got trashed the only thing that'd change was installing the patch, it took nearly 14 minutes for the game to boot up to the point of the Xigncode graphic showing in the bottom right of the screen, xigncode made it half way through it's on load bar and I got a BSOD that complained of a memory error of some kind and auto reset seconds later. I was greeted with a "no boot drive detected" message. The windows usb stick wouldn't even detect it when i tried to reformat. Not a happy person.
I'm running an i7 2600k, a gtx 780, windows 10 64 bit with most recent updates. if that helps any. 32 gbs dd3 ram.
Players that play on college networks may be facing issues due to the firewalls. More details to come, but it's been notified to Wellbia.
Wellbia is aware of this issue and is working on a solution (ETA TBD) but this is an example of players collaborating with us and Wellbia to improve the experience. Yay teamwork!
I'll make sure to keep letting everyone know what's coming up, and how this type of feedback is the answer!
While is good that there is work being done, the main issue persist: XIGNCODE is more malicious to the users than to hackers and cheaters. Would be nice if we knew with transparency if our PCs are safe, and i mean, personal information and such.
It's a good thing that you're attempting to eventually allow more legitimate players to play tera, however.. you've done nothing to address the fact that xigncode is simply not capable of detecting the cheats currently being used on tera. No matter what configuration it uses, the program is not designed for that purpose. It's not something collaboration with wellbia can fix, because their program isn't capable of it, even if it wasn't bypassed before it was released..
Basically your post just confirms the fears many people have voiced that xigncode is only capable of stopping legitimate players from playing tera, and does not stop any cheaters. in any game it's ever been in. at all.
I for one would appreciate an explanation of why you added a tool that has no purpose other than stopping legitimate players from logging in and worsens performance for those who can still log in.
even tho i don't support it in any possible way i gotta contribute somehow(cus at this point i don't think i can make them change their minds so i pass it up to those who can articulate better arguments)