Regarding a Skill Point Gain Issue (Squeenix)

**Infini** · 2010-09-27 07:22

We have confirmed an issue where players may obtain abnormal amount of skill points by casting enhancing or healing magic to the party member. The issue is currently being addressed.

Also we would like to remind that repeating this method intentionally to obtain abnormal amount of skill point is considered as fraudulent behavior. With players who have abused this method, an investigation shall be made and their account may receive penalty including account suspension in case we determine it to be malignant. The investigation is expected to take a while until the completion. For those of you who have abused this method, please report yourself through GM Call. By reporting yourself in, GM will correct the amount of skill point and skill rank you have gained and the penalty to your account will be exempted.

For details on account penalty and prohibited activities, please refer to the following pages.
Account Penalty Policy
http://support.eu.square-enix.com/fa...la=1&kid=56910
Prohibited Activities in Final Fantasy XIV
http://support.eu.square-enix.com/fa...la=1&kid=56909

We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused.

Not even 5 days in and its salvage bans incoming all over again! XD

**Jak** · 2010-09-27 07:29

Been seeing a lot of people do it if it includes a bunch of 15-20+ conjurers stealing my fireflies while a bunch of low levels whack at them. Fuckers.

**Khrno** · 2010-09-27 07:30

They're on top of (some) things now it seems.

**Illek♫** · 2010-09-27 07:41

inb4 bans in a year

**GavinBandura** · 2010-09-27 07:42

lol, does this include duoing mobs as 2 melee and curing your partner for some skill ups, or was it a big exploit? Also, is maint still going?

**hopefulki** · 2010-09-27 07:44

Originally Posted by GavinBandura

lol, does this include duoing mobs as 2 melee and curing your partner for some skill ups, or was it a big exploit? Also, is maint still going?

Yes it's still going on and no, that's normal.. you have to cure to play

The exploit is a lot different, I wont repost it but it's around the forums here.

**hopefulki** · 2010-09-27 07:45

A version update of FINAL FANTASY XI was performed at the following time.

[Date & Time]
Sep. 27 at 5:00 (PDT)

[Affected Service]
- FINAL FANTASY XIV

[Details]
- An issue wherein during Guildleve and Behest, a large amount of skill points can be obtained by casting enhancing or healing magic to the party member has been addressed.

**GavinBandura** · 2010-09-27 07:52

Well yeah, I know curing is part of the game, but for example if 2 people during a levequest allowed a mob to hit them a lot and bounced hate for skill gains from parrying + curing. Is that sort of what they're touching on?

**Sky Red** · 2010-09-27 07:55

We noticed it me and a conj friend when we did leve yesterday and another guy suggested we keep getting hit and let him just cure us untill he run out of mp, glad I said fuck no ;D

**Kurokikaze** · 2010-09-27 08:56

Originally Posted by Khrno

They're on top of (some) things now it seems.

Hopefully they will fix the party skill bug... It's been hurting the partying situation. :/

**Crazyd** · 2010-09-27 08:59

I'm a Conj. and did heal while killing and got XP for it, but I would think that's part of my XP.
If I'm healing for party shouldn't I gain XP?

Maybe it is specifically for certain things, but I really never got more than 50 skills for enhancing party and ~160 skills in a long fight... that seems pretty normal for me. Once I did get an absorbant amount ~400, but it was my quest and I had buff so seems pretty normal to me.

So to sum it up I guess I missed that boat, just hope they don't nerf it too much.

BTW where do I find SE's server down announcements? Beta site let us know when and sometimes how long server would be down.

**Kurokikaze** · 2010-09-27 09:03

My friend gets 400+ just from healing fairly often. In leves he can get close to a 1000. We do 4 star leves a lot with like 5-6 people.

It sucks that while they may not have been abusing this particular method.. Their skill might be nerfed as a result.

**Priran** · 2010-09-27 09:10

gee, SE sure is on top of shit when it's nerfing time

**Lucavi** · 2010-09-27 09:40

Nerfing is always easier than fixing, just like its always easier to amputate a leg than it is to heal it.

**Elcura** · 2010-09-27 09:59

Sometimes it's necessary to amputate, but that isn't the case with nerfs. I have no idea how they fixed whatever's going on. Maybe they capped skill ups so only 1 heal in a fight will net you skill gains, maybe they'll cap skill gains per mob, maybe they'll get rid of skill ups from heals altogether.

I wouldn't compare a nerf to amputating a leg.

Vuitton · 2010-09-27 10:13

All SE has to do is put a cap on the amount of skillgain one person can get per battle. 1000+ rank skills too high? Well slap a limit on that shit like 500-600 max.

**Coren** · 2010-09-27 10:52

There already seems to be a limit you can get from any given mob when you are just stabbing it, but I'm not sure how you'd limit heals.

The easiest solution is to just give a set amount of class skill to everybody in the party every time a mob dies, which would also limit the number of fights that net 0 skill.

**Lucavi** · 2010-09-27 11:10

They need to come out and admit that their system is flawed and just gather up all the skill by everyone at the end of the battle and distribute it evenly. Its not a perfect system, but its better than this. Healing and buffing no longer provide skillups, so you're going to see nothing but nuking (with resists, woo!) and missed dart spam coming from mages.

**Priran** · 2010-09-27 11:14

Originally Posted by Lucavi

Healing and buffing no longer provide skillups

hahaha, oh wow

**Elcura** · 2010-09-27 11:18

Originally Posted by Elcura

maybe they'll get rid of skill ups from heals altogether.

I fucking hate myself right now.

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