https://gw1wiki.ezgame.cc/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=ArenaNet%3ADeveloper_updates%2F20080318 2026-10-17T23:17:05Z Revision history for this page on the wiki MediaWiki 1.39.17 https://gw1wiki.ezgame.cc/index.php?title=ArenaNet:Developer_updates/20080318&diff=14409&oldid=prev 2008-05-29T23:18:24Z

<p><a href="/wiki/Developer_Updates/20080318" class="mw-redirect" title="Developer Updates/20080318">Developer Updates/20080318</a> moved to <a href="/wiki/ArenaNet:Developer_updates/20080318" title="ArenaNet:Developer updates/20080318">ArenaNet:Developer updates/20080318</a>: namespace import</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>== [Dev Update] Changes for New Accounts – 18 March 2008 ==<br /> <br /> Over the last several months, there has been a significant increase in issues related to real-money trading of Guild Wars gold. Players have noticed increased spamming of gold advertising in the game. ArenaNet and NCsoft have noticed, behind the scenes, a major increase in account fraud that is directly related to the attempt to acquire and sell gold and items.<br /> <br /> With ArenaNet and NCsoft banning over 5,000 bot accounts per week, the real-money trading (RMT) companies have a constant appetite for new accounts. One way they obtain new accounts is by making fraudulent purchases using stolen credit cards. We have anti-fraud measures in place to catch and terminate such accounts, but there is a window of time in which these accounts may be used for botting and RMT sales. For any one account this is a small problem, but multiplied by 5,000 accounts per week, it becomes a large problem.<br /> <br /> Today, we will be putting a change into the game that will help address this issue. For all newly-created accounts, there will be a 24-hour period in which the characters on that account cannot trade or drop items on the ground. This will affect new accounts that are made once the update goes in; existing accounts are unaffected.<br /> <br /> It’s important to say that players will still be able to obtain [[gold]] and [[item]]s from [[quest]]s and other non-trade means. They will be able to store items in [[inventory]] or through the [[Xunlai Agent]]s. They will simply need to wait one day before trading with other players.<br /> <br /> For more information about why and how ArenaNet protects the game from RMT companies, please read our [http://www.guildwars.com/support/rtm/rtm-en.php Policy on Real-Money Trading].<br /> &lt;noinclude&gt;[[Category:Developer Updates|20080318]][[Category:News|20080318]]&lt;/noinclude&gt;</div>

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