Human Force-joining as owner... Wildcard please help

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Two days ago on ''EU-PVP-Official-TheCenter365'' a human force-joined our tribe in the early morning for NA, this human was able to 'kick' everyone out of tribe... well not exactly. Once he joined the tribe, every structure turned to enemy while keeping the tribe name and all players would maintain rank/admin/owner in a tribe with the same name. This would lead to our base being wiped by the tribe "Gang Gang" on the server directly after. The effect of this catastrophe can all be seen on the Chinese equivalent of twitch - https://www.douyu.com/6804087 - Hundreds of hours of combined work were lost to this cheat/exploit. As you see in the video you can see the aforementioned effects of this human. Along with that i'll have to find the video but all the players were teleported to the Blue Ob of this center as well. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=StMulaoSgWA

As I write the same cheat is being used on ''EU-PVP-Official-Ragnarok188', a human joined tribe.. we lose ownership of all our structures/dinos. This happened after we stopped an attack on 188 Desert Plat by 'Gang Gang' as well, less then 1 hour prior. here are some more in-depth videos on the effects of this human on 188.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9BhfcD65hPE&feature=youtu.be

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O9dkz7uC_hg&feature=youtu.be

https://gyazo.com/ee7cba552df75cab7408b7de913afe1e

https://gyazo.com/b1ab02dd48d37bdbd2e171642ccf66f2

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Human joining tribe, logs are cleared once he joins

No Beds show up, even though it gives the notification of someone joining tribe

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This without a doubt is game-breaking and demotivating to all players of Ark. Wildcard must act on this as soon as possible, unlike my last post I do not blame wildcard as it has only been two days since these events have been taking place. Still we wish to have 365 Rolled back to an earlier save where the human did not take ownership from us and to have 188 ownership reestablished today. Thousands upon thousands of hours are put into these bases, the community wish not to lose them. Remember this can happen to ANY TRIBE in Ark. Thank you please up-vote to raise awareness <3

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wildcardced 5 years ago

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What I can say about this incident is that this incident and incidents like these are being investigated and part of a larger initiative to deal with some of the rampant cheating, exploits, duping, and meshing we've seen trending on official servers. Technical solutions are just as important as active enforcement.

I understand the frustration with the perceived lack of action and attention to these matters. I understand you want solutions, as do we. There's been a lot of discussion internally on proper procedure for enforcement, escalation, response time, and prioritization. The enforcement team and the procedures we had 2 years ago was sufficient for the landscape, but that isn't holding true now.

No excuses here, its a problem and I hope to have some clarity on these things soon.

wildcardced 5 years ago

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BomTradyGOAT

Thank you for the response Ced, is there anything that can be actively done about the tribe on 188? That is one of the oldest Land Bases in Ark and there is a huge war going on. Now they are impacted by some sort of GodMode/Dev Client Wizard who has split the tribe, put them as allies making it impossible to defend.

Is there a way the server can be locked down until the issue is resolved?

I know that enforcement is actively looking at the situation. I can't get into details 1. Because I don't know them and 2. It's not proper etiquette but when/if action is taken I'll be sure the community knows (generally) what action was taken and what to expect going forward.

wildcardced 5 years ago

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RyanIsMegatron

Can you at least roll the server back to the point where there was no PVP and they had there tribe? At least that way the war can continue.

While it's a possibility, I haven't heard anything of the sort yet. At the moment, enforcement and QA are still doing some investigation and discussing options.

Edit: For clarity anything is possible and I don't want to rule out anything for the simple fact of having to go back on my word.

wildcardced 5 years ago

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terrencetodd

What I know is that hacker on GG side is decompiling Ark and he knows every step you do on client side :-/

It's the sad reality of the business. Staying one step ahead of the latest exploits/hacks is challenging. There will always be new methods, new dupes, new exploits, new ways to mesh. Which is why the response is just as important as finding a way to prevent them.

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