Why can't it have some sort of phone number verification to set up an account? This way if a hacker gets banned, they'd have to go through the hassle of getting another phone number.
The way it usually works is that it authenticates through text. So you give it a # and it sends you a text with a code in it.
And a lot of players will be turned off by something like that. PS2 is not that great of a game that people would jump through such hoops to play it.
Good lord. Just give them your birth certificate, blood type, SSN, drivers license, Credit Information, and Home Adress while we are at it. Seriously, why are you so willing to hand your private information over to a company who has 0 interest in keeping it safe-guarded?
Not everyone people believe is hacking or using cheats, is actually a cheater. And if the amount of the ridicolous accusations me and others in my outfit and squads have received are anything to go by, this went WAY overboard with the accusations. Because thats the way today. Thanks to Facebook and Social Media, everything has to be a glasshouse. Makes you wonder why people actually don't build glass houses, and lock their doors so no everyone can come in and take a stroll through their house. Not to mention that if you would value your privacy and personal information and don't want everyone to know what you are thinking 24/7 something is wrong with you and you are a dispicaple person. A shut-in that has no friends, family or a life. So yeah, why don't we have them send someone home to you, and install the game for you. Each time you want to log in the SOE representive has to be present, to ensure you not only don't cheat but also don't abuse any unfair advantages, glitches or other stuff. To make it even easier. Have SOE set up gamerooms, which you go to. In which SOE controlled computers allow you to play Planetside. Those computers all have the same internet connection speed, the same Framerate and essentially the same hard and software. To ensure no advantage or differance between the players. K/D Rating and gameplay will be monitored by SOE employees and artificial handicaps introduced to the players based on their skill level. Making sure everyone has exactly the same skill level and experiance. Or even better yet.... we close down Planetside 2 for the public and just watch it on Youtube as Planetside 2 Devs stream it.
SoE would never lose our personal information oh wait http://www.psu.com/a011514/SOE-hack...ion-accounts-may-have-been-compromised?page=0
Not if the system is one where say I put in my phone number, it texts it, and I enter the code which it texted it, deleting the account resets the phone's 1 entry, but banning the account bans the phone from ever being used again... And with a system which can pick out false numbers (such as skype and google) it can be very effective in theory...
Oh no.. I don't want that to be done.. I hate giving up even more information to people just to play a game.. Why can't it just be the IP of the PC?
IP banning is usually effective enough. I hope that's what they do. Sure, people can get a new IP through IP-changing software but for most griefers or hackers it's not worth the hassle.
An IP ban is usually enough, there shouldn't be any need to give game companies our souls. P.S. Is Azure Twilight another one of those gay vampire movies?
