Defense missing

Updates to the game are performed for the betterment of the community as a whole and this exploit was a big one. Yes, there are a few players who decided to take advantage of this exploit and their accounts shall be effectively reduced to ruins if for some reason they are unable to rebalance their bases correctly. The fact that a few subs on older never enacted "the ability to sell" or "upgrade" is an unfortunate byproduct, but correcting a 7 year old exploit across 100+ servers far outweighs 50T of Tib on a random sub somewhere. Resources that should have been spent upgrading bases. I feel you, but the exploit was much greater than your world.

The updates may stop the exploiters from using loop holes to gain an advantage. But these kind of restrictions, Are changing the game in a detrimental way. You may think its an improvement but this kind of upgrades are slowly killing off the game. Its just another in a long line of changes that have effected established worlds.
Players that have remained on old server for many years, Have assisted other to gain a badge. Which helps keep them still in the game. Thus being there for future world being launched.
Over night this half considered patch has just killed off many sub accounts that were being used to assist
many low level accounts to finish their game.
Your mistaken if you think this will only effect a few sub accounts. And as for my resources i believe that my concern when and if i chose to spend them. Stealing them off us isn't a way you should be considering good customer service.

Less than 1% were affected and the exploit has been known for 7 years. I suggest you reread the EULA, where it states with crystal clarity in multiple locations this style of game play is disallowed. These accounts getting wiped off the map was the least of the owners concerns since they qualified for deletion/ban. The alternative solution was far more amicable; simply 'disable' the defenses as a slap on the wrist and a wake up call.

> @rushhhhhh said:
> Anyone looking into this?

After spending hrs trying to reach a solution and speaking to 3 EA Advisors, nothing was accomplished. I just kept getting bounced around from one dept to another, ignored or placed on hold for long periods. I have played this game for several years and it stings knowing that nothing will come of it. I recommend anyone who spent cash, such as myself, to file chargebacks with either paypal or credit card issuers . All I was offered was a 15% discount code off my next purchase but who in their right mind would waste money with EA ever again after this when they will just steal it right back thanks to these site issues ?

EA advisors, despite their title, do not have the access to the game to accomplish anything. The support for the game is provided by Envision Entertainment via these forums.

"6TheGhost7;c-2049645" wrote:
> @rushhhhhh said:
> Anyone looking into this?

After spending hrs trying to reach a solution and speaking to 3 EA Advisors, nothing was accomplished. I just kept getting bounced around from one dept to another, ignored or placed on hold for long periods. I have played this game for several years and it stings knowing that nothing will come of it. I recommend anyone who spent cash, such as myself, to file chargebacks with either paypal or credit card issuers . All I was offered was a 15% discount code off my next purchase but who in their right mind would waste money with EA ever again after this when they will just steal it right back thanks to these site issues ?

Can't tell if you're trolling or simply that naive at this point. You and others were exploiting a known game bug (violation of TOS / EULA), the game was patched to repair said game bug and notifications to the community were provided months ago as a warning. You got caught with your pants down and lost a few bases. You shall not be compensated, rewarded or have your bases restored.

The 15% coupon EA offered is pretty standard and a general customer service offer available to anyone that calls in. No one is investigating anything. Chalk it up to an learning curve and game on!

After a little testing - there is a bug!

A level 1 unit in NOD or GDI with no repair building is disabled, a level 2 or above is not. I've been able to reproduce this (except GDI air as I've not progressed far enough) on Tib38.

Edit:
Not all worlds have the bug, but many I've tested do. I can confirm GDI air does happen -is disabled- the same as other units) http://prntscr.com/mmce4i

Offensive units should only be disabled if the command center is below unit level or missing.

It may be the best script yet.

Full descriptions of DHQ and DF:
Arsenal -> Base -> Defence HQ
Grants Defence Points and sets maximum level of defence structures and units. Unique building (cannot be placed next to other unique buildings).
Arsenal -> Base -> Defence Facility
Access to defence structures and units. Repairs defence structures and units for up to 70% of hitpoints lost during last attack (efficiency decreased with structures / units above Defence Facility level). Unique building (cannot be placed next to other unique buildings).
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So, DHQ Grants Defence Points and sets maximum level of defence structures and units.
And thats it. Nothing more.
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These descriptions must have been what the game designers gave to the programmers. And they originally implemented it correctly according to the descriptions.
In this game you are allowed to sell buildings. So when defence reaches level 65 you sell DHQ. Acccording to the description, it is now useless.
This is NOT a loophole or a game bug. It is just doing as the DHQ description says.
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Then an upgrade changes the function of DHQ, but you don't change the desciption to reflect the changes.
That is a blunder by EA.