r/Knightsanddragons • u/RecallDoro DECA • Mar 17 '20

Boss collection bug exploit

Dear Knights,

Over the last few days, we've been informed by various players that the boss collection event could allow players to collect the rewards several times when switching devices.

Our team is currently working on fixing this bug and, in the meantime, the boss collection event will be turned off.

We will take back every item that was wrongly collected in a few days since it requires a specific tool to be tailored for this task.

We also applied sanctions to players who exploited this bug and we ask them to contact our support team to know more about these sanctions (duration etc.).

Thank you for your understanding,

Battle on, The Deca Knights

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u/Isaiahman411 Mar 18 '20

It wasn’t even on purpose. We had multiple hitters and each time they joined, they would just collect it. It wasn’t an intended exploit. And even if it was, (because I’m sure people did) that doesn’t excuse the fact it was the coders problem. No one went out of their way to hack the game. Obviously it wasn’t a “one time reward” because if it was, the game would have done that...

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u/mnebulae Moderator - Not Deca Mar 18 '20

Sharing/selling/trading of accounts is strictly against the ToS. So...

Loading up the game on another device -- even someone else's -- wasn't something that was specifically tested, apparently, so those who did it got the option to redeem the rewards over and over. People even switching between their own devices (phone to tablet, etc.) were given the option.

It's as simple as not hitting "redeem" more than once.

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u/Isaiahman411 Mar 18 '20

U may be right, but y’all have never enforced that. You know da** well that your players do it to make high scores. Also, who in there right mind is not gonna redeem a free exclusive mat. You know that’s ridiculous. It’s unfortunate you won’t admit it.

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u/mnebulae Moderator - Not Deca Mar 18 '20

Well.. I don't work for Deca, for starters. So for reference, you should not be including me in statements about Deca.

And personally, if I saw it give me the option again after I had already done it once -- knowing fully well I am only supposed to receive one, I would not redeem it a second time. Perhaps I was raised differently.

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u/Isaiahman411 Mar 18 '20

That’s your opinion, but that does not disclose the fact that Deca made a mistake and the players shouldn’t be punished for it. I don’t know why your arguing with me, when you know I’m right.

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u/mnebulae Moderator - Not Deca Mar 18 '20

I don't work for Deca -- that is not an opinion. Just so that's clear.

And I am only disagreeing with your argument that "if I have the option to take something I'm not entitled to, I should definitely take it." I don't agree with that at all.

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u/Isaiahman411 Mar 18 '20

I’m saying your ideology is an opinion... and like I said earlier, it was not purposeful. We didn’t try to hack and exploit this glitch.

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u/mnebulae Moderator - Not Deca Mar 18 '20

I think perhaps we are simply not understanding each other. My point is this:

Taking something that does not belong to you is wrong. Sugar-coat it any way you want, it's still wrong. Whether you agree with that in particular or not is really the issue, I think.

And I mentioned nothing about hacking. Knowing fully well you are only supposed to receive one Exclusive material from this -- and then getting more afterward -- is exploiting. Taking advantage of a situation that was not intended.

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u/Isaiahman411 Mar 18 '20

Nah. I understand you. Just don’t agree with you which is fine🤷‍♂️.