Category: War Thunder

War Thunder – Ban Wave Follow-up

~ Veroxx

From Scarper himself:

Recently we blocked user accounts who turned out to be using fraudulent Steam DLC keys (originally purchased using stolen credit cards). These purchases entailed financial loss for our company as once the fraudulent transaction is discovered and reported, we and Steam not only have to refund the full price of the DLC to the rightful owner of the credit card, but also we are liable for chargeback fee. All gaming companies do not treat such fraud lightly and will act accordingly.

Fraudulent purchases like this can be made directly through Steam and also through private means such as third-party websites. In the latter case the scammers purchase the keys from Steam using stolen cards and then resell them at significantly lower prices elsewhere. Users who purchase these keys from the scammers are actually harming developers instead of supporting them and encouraging the fraudsters, as described above. Whilst players have content on their accounts that has been acquired through illegitimate means (fraud) they are susceptible to an account ban. This is what happened.

However, we do give the benefit of the doubt that most players may be unaware and ill-informed and do not understand the harm that they inflict. Some of these users may have actually made legal purchases in the past. So, although obtaining fraudulent content is a serious breach of the EULA and Terms of Use, on this occasion only (we will not do it again) we will settle on revoking the fraudulent purchase and instigate a ban for two weeks (from January 12th) instead of permanently. Please be more careful in future and don’t become the victims of scammers.  

Please note that this applies only to accounts that will not show a negative Golden Eagles balance as a result of revoked purchases. Otherwise you will need to cover the difference before having your access to the game restored by making a request  by making a request to our customer support.

Thank you. o7

War Thunder – Steam Account Ban Wave

~ Veroxx

The Internet erupted with a potential “Gaijin fucked up again” scenario. For all those who don’t know, some people suddenly woke up with their accounts locked all of a sudden.

The problem – Kinguin. Yes, we all know those key markets. Sometimes you get the deal of a century, buying a game for a fraction of the official price, but this comes with a risk. There is absolutely no way of verifying if the key wasn’t procured in a fraudulent or outright criminal way. And this is exactly what happened here.

Some, let’s say ‘alternative businessmen’ bought Steam packs for War Thunder using a fraudulent method, most likely stolen credit card data, and then they fenced (let’s not jump around the bush here) the keys to Kinguin. Everything would’ve been fine and dandy if not for the fact that Steam got the cards reported, and the keys were revoked. Why did Gaijin ban the accounts?

Quoting Scarper, head community manager.

“We have to ban because the accounts of the players go into the red, we cant control that, we cannot differentiate between mr daft purchaser and mr crook purchaser. It really isnt easy to resolve. We offer unbans (not actually legally obliged to do so). But we are the bad guys. Yes we have to make money, but it doesnt mean we are greedy.”

And this is the offical post by gromvoiny on the WT forum.

“Recently there was a wave of fraudulent purchases of War Thunder DLC in Steam, and the keys obtained through such illegal means were later resold on third-party websites.

Based on report from Valve, we deactivated all such keys which weren’t used yet, and revoked all items which were already activated. The offending accounts were frozen and have to contact support following this guide https://support.gaijin.net/hc/en-us/articles/200071051-Your-Account-Was-Frozen-8111000E-

Please wait for support reply and don’t create several requests – you’re only slowing down the process this way.

A reminder – purchasing game content anywhere outside official channels (Gaijin Store / Steam / Humble Bundle / Gameflier / PS Store) is againt EULA and may lead to account ban. Be more careful and don’t be fooled by fraudsters.”

According to the posts on reddit and the forum, you can get your account unbanned if you offer a solution yourself.

This really isn’t something unheard of, by the way. Yay back in the past, the Polish auction site Allegro was flooded with cheap premium items for WoT. The situation was identical – people buy the goods en masse, but suddenly HURR DURR ACCOUNT BANNED. Only way to get it back – pay up. Reason – same as here.

War Thunder – Dev Q&A 10.01.2018

~ Veroxx

Q: Do you have any plans to split the Ki-200 into the Army and Navy versions to expand the Japanese 8.0 Lineup? The Ki-200 currently has skins for both the J8M and Ki-200. All that is needed is the aircraft’s cannons to be changed. The model is correct for both. The Army Ki-200 has Type 5 30mm cannons whilst the Navy J8M has Ho-105 30mm cannons. This would really help grow the Japanese rank 5 with little work needed.

A: We have doubts about the need for such an extension of the  Japanese aircraft tree for the 5th rank. In update 1.75 we added the more interesting Saber F40 version and we find it more interesting.

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