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Sunday, November 09, 2008
How to Use and Install Warhammer Online Addons
Warhammer Online addons is a great feature that was developed to enhance a player’s usability. With addons and mods they can customize their entire interface just the way they like it. It can even add additional features that EA Mythic did not create. A player can customize their user interface to their own preference. Warhammer Online addons are often mistaken as hacks and cheats but they are actually not. They are actually fully supported by the publishers. EA Mythic created an API system which allows for players to build addons. A player with some knowledge of programming can easily create their own addon and customize all of their user interface as well as other parts of the game. Even without any knowledge of the API or programming, a player can still easily take advantage of addons already created and use them like they were their own. To install an addon you’ve downloaded, all you simply need to do is navigate to your Warhammer folder which by default is located at C:\program files\Electronic Arts\Warhammer. Once there you may need to create an interface folder followed by an Addons folder inside the interface folder. If these directories are already created then you do not need to worry. The addon files you’ve downloaded are usually in a zip or rar format. If this is the case, you’ll need to download Winzip or Winrar to extract the original files. Once that is done, just copy your addon you’ve downloaded into your addons folder. Once you start the game your addons will be active. Beware when downloading an addon that requires you to run the file. There is never an addon in .exe format. These are usually viruses and Trojans used to steal your Warhammer Online account and password. Also note that some addons may be out of date due patches released by EA Mythic. Always make sure you have the most up to date version of the addon you are using. Another thing to remember is that some addons may have special slash commands that can be used in the game chat interface. You will need to refer to the manual of your addon for more information. There are over thousands of addons already created that players can use. Some popular ones are map mods. You can find locations of mobs, items, a loot table, quest locations, NPCs and much more. Auctioneer is also another popular addon which records and analyzes data from the auction house. It keeps track of every item sold in, the price it went for, the average price, the minimum price, the maximum price and much more. There are also many great mods to help RvR and PvE battles. Damage meters are great to help measure the amount of threat generated on a mob. This helps keeps aggro on the tank. Every player is required to synchronize their meter together in order to determine how much threat is being generated and passed around. Healers and high damage dealers will need to watch this meter to make sure they do not pass the tanks threat towards a mob. There are also many small Warhammer addons that can be extremely helpful. Some addons may tell you when your morale bar is full and ready to be used or when an ability becomes available after a cool down. Some addons even gives you a signal or notifies you that your health bar is low or your action bar is low so that you can take action to run, heal or whatever you think may be best for your situation. If you have been playing the game for over 2 weeks and yet still have not installed an addon then you are simply missing out on cool features that will make your life easier. From over thousands of addons and mods to choose from, I’m sure there is at least 5 that will suit you and improve your game play.
Posted at 02:30 am by tilamiles
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Benefits of a Warhammer Online Wiki
Wikis are great sites to collaborate information, even for Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning. There is a ton of information in the world of Warhammer Online; over 20 different scenarios, four thousand quests, thousands of items, NPCs and much more. A War wiki is a great place to centralize that information and build a great informative community to help other players. The wiki relies heavily on the Warhammer Online community to develop its growth and accuracy of information. Every person who visits a Warhammer Online wiki has access to edit, delete and contribute information to improve the content. It is a forever growing entity that continues to be developed by the owners and visitors. Every edit is logged in case of abuse or the previous edit was better and can be reverted. You can see as each page develops and the entire history of how it evolved. Volunteers and staff are required to monitor all the information inputted from the community to assure it meets guidelines and are of quality and not just spam. If you’re unable to find the information you’re looking for at the time you visit, you can always check back at a later time or if you found what you’re looking you can always share it on the wiki. There is a discussion page on each content page which acts as a forum. You can request for updates, information, add comments or just chat away. You can find direct help from other members as you would on a forum. We all know how popular Wikipedia is. They are the world’s largest encyclopedia. Their information is great but there are certain topics which are not covered in depth. With a game like Warhammer Online, their world is huge and forever changing. Patches are released approximately twice a month with new content and changes to the current environment. Without the help of a large community it does become difficult for a wiki to have the most updated information unless they have a large amount of volunteer writers or staffs who contributes to that information as well. Wikis have their own built in search engine for you to find the information you need but like most things in life, it is never perfect. Broadening your search term or using different spelling variations may help with what you’re looking for. For example, instead of searching for “beginning quests for Chosen” you can instead search for “quests” and see what links become available to you. Wiki engine uses a rather different engine and many people may have trouble finding the information they’re looking for even if it is available. An alternative is using the most popular search engine Google as a medium. You can search the specific site followed by the information you’re looking for. An example would be “site:domain beginning quests for Sorcerer”. Down to the core, wikis are a great place to find and exchange information. With a great team behind the wiki would be a good start but with a large community helping it can be the best source of information for Warhammer Online. If you find something useful in a wiki then give a little back to the community who gave you that information. Become a “good internet citizen” and share your wealth of knowledge. You will be recognized in the community and will receive great respect and help when needed.
Posted at 02:29 am by tilamiles
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Tuesday, September 16, 2008
Benefits of Running Multiple Warhammer Accounts
If you own a very
fast computer such as a duo core 2.4 GHZ with 2 GB of ram and a really nice
video card, you can probably duo log an additional Warhammer Online account
at the same time. By running two or more accounts you can have many benefits
at your side. You are able to tackle down quests that are a little more
difficult for solo, take down harder mobs, farm more Warhammer
gold, and even swap around different characters to play when you
are bored with one. There are a few types of classes that
can be mixed as 2 to create a really strong team. To break things down, the
most common classes of any MMORPG includes a heavy tank, a healer type of course,
the range damage dealer such as a caster or archer, a melee damage dealer, a
support class with crowd control abilities, minor heal abilities or buffs and
usually the least wanted class are the sneaks such as a stealther type. The
most commonly build up of a duo usually pairs with a healer / support with a
tank, melee or a range damage dealer. Every group, whether
it’s a group of 2, 5 or whatever numbers it may be it requires a healer or a
support class. The healer is more or less the heart of the group and should
be kept alive at all times. If your healer is dead, you are more or less
going to go down as well. Secondly you would of course need to deal damage;
tank, melee or caster dps would do just fine depending on the situation and
what your plans are. Playing 2 accounts is rather much
easier than you would probably think it is. It is ideal to set up both
clients on windows mode and have a very comfortable key setup. The “follow”
command is your best friend. That will be first and most important command
you will need to move 2 different characters around. My 2 most favorite
combinations include a tank with a healer and a caster with a support class.
I sometimes even mix tank with a caster as well. A caster with support combo
can take down large piles of mobs faster but tank with a healer can take out
much higher level mobs, usually good for bosses or special encounters. For an
even faster killing you can go with double damage
dealers. Leveling 2 characters at the same time isn’t much
slower than leveling 1 alone. Sometimes you can even level faster on certain
games and situations. Another major benefit is if you are out in a RvR group,
you have the many classes available to fill what your group needs. Sometimes
your group may only have 1 spot left and they need a specific class to fill
that spot. Running multiple accounts, you have the variety of options
available. If you can afford an additional $10 to $15 a month, I would surely
invest my money into that second account. If you want to play different
classes, you can level 2 at the same time instead of leveling a new 1 over
and over again. Keep in mind, with 2 different accounts, you can farm Warhammer
gold much faster and sell those gold to other players to cover your
account fees.
Posted at 09:11 pm by tilamiles
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Dungeons and Dragons Online Wizard Race Guide
In Dungeons and
Dragons Online a wizard can be very fun to play if you know how to properly
utilize their skills and abilities. They have a large variety of spells that
you can choose from and it must be chosen effectively. They have the
advantage of range but their most fatal flaw is their defense and close
combat. They lack the armors that a warrior or tank type can wear. Unlike
most MMORPGs, the
wizard is more than just a high burst damage class. To begin, let’s figure
which race would be your choice. In DDO, the humans gain
an extra Feat at first level which is useful to all classes. The extra feat
can be used on toughness for extra hit points or dodge. A wizard class needs
a lot of boost on survivability. Dwarves start with +2 to constitution and a
-2 to Charisma. Con bonus gives you extra HP and adds to concentration skill
which will help a wizard cast while being attacked. The Cha penalty will not
hurt too much on a wizard class. Dwarfs also get a +4 bonus to Balance skill.
A dwarf is ideal for pleasure and roleplay but not for stat wise. Elves begin
with +2 Dexterity and -2 to Constitution. A well played wizard should not get
hit much in melee combat so the extra the Dex will be very handy when it
comes to avoiding traps and spell effects. Another defensive stat. Elves also
has a weapon proficiency as well as immunity to Sleep and resistance to
spells such as Suggestion and Hold Person. Elf is a very strong choice for a
wizard class. Halflings get a +2 to Dexterity and a -2 to Strength. The Str
stat does absolutely nothing for the wizard class. They also receive a +1 to
AC as well as a stealth bonus. Halflings are also a good choice as they are a
sneaky, small and good for party support. Warforged gets a +2 bonus to
Constitution and -2 to both Wisdom and Charisma. Losing on Wisdom would hurt
the most. Wisdom reduces the ability to shrug off many enchantments as well
as their general resistance to many spells. A Warforged wizard gets Repair
spells which you can use to act as your own cleric and damage dealer.
Warforged wizards are not exactly the best class but can also have their
benefits, especially when it comes to solo play. Versatility
and knowledge are a wizard’s strong points. Play with your strengths and
weakness and everything about your spells function in order to master a
wizards true potential. You need to be able to understand how certain spells
may have different effects on different type of monsters, learn how to kite,
how much damage you deal to each mob and how many nukes it will take to kill
that specific mob before it reaches you into close melee combat. A well built
and well played wizard and be the difference between victory and victory
against an overwhelming battle in DDO.
Posted at 09:11 pm by tilamiles
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How The Secondary Market Erupted in MMORPGs
Diablo 2 and
EverQuest has been the earliest games in which players were able to trade
gold, currencies, items, accounts, guides and even a power leveling service
was introduced. EverQuest was the first massively multiplayer online game
introduced while Diablo 2 was the first role playing game that supported a
small multiplayer function through the Battle.net system. Both games provided
a very unique coop play while Diablo 2 was the only game that offered some
type of player vs. player function. EverQuest was released
on March 16th, 1999. The game itself is almost a decade old with over 5
different expansions along with a newer release of EverQuest 2. EverQuest 2
was released November 8th, 2004. EverQuest has been a popular game for lots
of fans even as of today. EverQuest 2 players all have the desire of gold to
purchase items that will enhance their characters and improve their game play
with out having to spend that much time doing the boring stuff to get the
gold. Even as of today, the original EverQuest is just as popular as many of
the MMORPGs available now. Diablo 2 was released on June
29, 2000. That is about 1 year after the release of EverQuest. If you’re
wondering what happened to the original Diablo and why is it not listed is
because the original Diablo did not have much support nor game play compared
to the second release and at the point of the release of the game many
players did not have efficient connections to the internet. Battle.Net has yet
even become popular. In Diablo 2, gold contained absolutely no monetary value
at all. There was not 1 highly demanded item that players can use to make
trades, instead they had to barter in trade channels using what Diablo 2 items they
have and what items players needed. There were a few items in mass quantities
that were able to be used as a form of currency. These items were known as
Stone of Jordan and the many different types of runes and charms in the
game. The gold and items were so difficult to obtain that
there was a huge demand from players, especially those players who are not
able to contribute as much time as others. This has created a high demand for
the gold and items that were needed to enhance their character. They want to
be able to play the game at the maximum level they can with their friends and
others who are able to contribute more time. Because of this demand, many
players has created either dupes or hired another gamer to do their farming
and getting them the equipment and gold needed. In Diablo
2, there were many bugs, loop holes, dupes and exploits that sellers have
used to obtain these items of high demand. Farming them was simply just too
difficult as the drop rate on some of these items were next to impossible.
They have even created bots that will automatically move their characters and
kill mobs or bosses and loot the items dropped. In EverQuest and EverQuest 2
these bots, hacks, dupes and exploits were banned quickly as there was a lot
more staff watching over the game. This required the attention of low labor
manual hack and slash grinding. Many Chinese players entered the market and
provided the gold farming at low cost. Overtime more and more joined and the
currencies has gotten cheaper and now everyone is purchasing them to save
time in their life while yet being able to enjoy the game to the fullest.
Posted at 09:11 pm by tilamiles
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An introduction Guide to Warhammer Lore
Warhammer Online was
created as of a result to another Dungeons and Dragons tabletop type of game
where players can control their units to rage into war. Warhammer in its
original form has became extremely popular fast in which many books has been
published, a role playing game was developed, computer games, jewelry and
much more. The Warhammer world
is based on how our own planet exists with some minor adjustments. You can
actually tell where each continent would exist and look as if it had gone
through an ice age. It is an old world of our own. The most fearsome battles
are held in the Northern Empire of Man and the Dwarfs. Even the Elves
themselves find Chaos and makes business in the Old
World. The Dwarfs Empire was the largest of its side of
the World as well as their power and wealth. Unfortunately their power was
weakened by Elven treachery. The Greenskins took them during their fatal
state and merged through the great defensive walls of the Dwarfs. The war
lasted through centuries and both races have suffered. The dwarfs were forced
to flee their home but yet determined to to reclaim what they have lost. The
war continues for these 2 feudal races. The Chaos is the
most evil of all races. The Empire has always been the target of the Chaos.
They are what can only stand between the Chaos and the destruction of the
whole world. Time and time again the Empire has defended and won the battles
but the Chaos grows stronger within each battle. Their victory is not much to
be glorious of as their wounded and deaths were mourned throughout each
upcoming war. The Dwarfs and High Elves alliance are united because of the
hard battles that they have to face. United and known as the forces of Order,
they vow to diminish the Evil. The war between the High
Elves and the Dark Elves was an ancient civil war that goes further back than
anyone could possibly even remember. The stories of the tragic war have gone
through many chapters, but however, Malekith the Witch King of the Dark Elves
was the rightful heir to the throne of the High Elves. The High Elves
disallowed that fact to be as Malekith was too corrupt and unworthy to rule
over their race. Malekith was determined to take the rights of the throne and
had led to long battles caused by the flames of
Asuryan. In Warhammer Online:
Age of Reckoning, each race has so much hatred which will cause the war to
passionate, fierce and desperate. The Dark Elves and Green Skins side with
the Chaos to take down the Order in the new upcoming massively multiplayer
role playing game. Do you have the evilness inside you to side with the Chaos
or are you the righteous person that believes the good will always
prevails? Either side you go with, put
on that armor and pick up a sword and shear some blood in WAR.
Posted at 09:10 pm by tilamiles
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Easy Basic Warhammer Starting Tips
Warhammer Online is
another massively multiplayer online role playing game which will require
lots of learning and adapting. Like most MMOs available, each game has their
unique game features and styles. Warhammer Online is very similar to Dark Age
of Camelot and World of Warcraft. It offers unique quests and missions that
you are required to complete along with high end raids and dungeons. The
distinct difference between Warhammer Online and any other massively
multiplayer online role playing game is that is has a realm vs. realm system
which almost no other game has. The race to hit the max level and the best
equipments to defeat the opposing faction is on. During
your game play, always make sure to always have room in your bag for loot,
weapons and armors fully repaired. The last thing you want is to have to head
back to town to repair and wasting time in your travels. If a mob drops some
nice loot and you’re out of space would be a killer on your gold. Why would
you want to chuck away something because you’re out of space and a really
nice item had just dropped? Don’t forget to bring some potions and stock up
on consumable items to aid you in your long battles. Don’t forget to always
these things checked and ready before leaving any
town. Always grab every mission, quests and kill tasks
whenever available. Often, quests you
grab can be completed nearby, some which includes kill tasks. If you are
already grinding on a specific mob, chances are there’s a quest that will
revolve around them. In addition, many quests yield great rewards. Some of
these rewards include lots of bonus exp, unique items, weapons and armors
that can greatly help you through the leveling process. Biggest benefit of
all they may even offer you WAR gold
that you can spend on whatever you like. Once you’ve hit
the second chapter of Warhammer Online, pick up a profession as soon as
possible. Grabbing a trade skill will help you earn extra gold and benefits.
If you grab a gathering profession you can gain extra resources and items
that you can sell to earn Warhammer gold.
If you pick up a crafting profession, you use items you loot and craft them
into useful pieces to aid you on your journey. There are potions, powders and
other magical items that can be crafted which will give you buffs and other
benefits. Quest and level with friends or guilds. It’s
always good to travel in a group as you can aid each other when needed. There
are many different classes that can offer different benefits. A class can
take lots of damage has weak attacks, a caster on the other hand would be the
opposite. A healer is always efficient to keep the tank healed up and ready
for battle. Having an area of effect class is always beneficial as well as
you want to be able to kill large groups of mobs with a few powerful blows. A
group effort will yield more exp on kills than on single kills. If you’re in
trouble a friend is always available to help. Plus, wouldn’t you find it
boring playing a game alone than with a friend?
Posted at 09:10 pm by tilamiles
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Warhammer Online Farming Guides
Players selling
guides for massively multiplayer online role playing games are becoming more
and more popular each day. Warhammer Online is the newest game and players
are trying as hard as possible to push out the quickest guide to sell to
players. If you really think about it, can another player possibly know that
much more information than another that they can charge another player an
overpriced $19.99 just to read their guide? The game is
too early for any player to really develop any guide that can contain that
valuable of information that another can offer considering the game has yet
to even be released. Why pay for information when many sites even provide
that information for free. Majority of the information these paid for guides
are scraped off other sites, blogs and forums and combined, compacted and
reworded to become their own guide. As the game is set to
be released on September 18th many players will be pushing hard to level
their characters as fast as possible as well as farming as much gold as they
can on the process. Warhammer
gold is valued the highest during the start of the game when every
player is striving to get as much of it as possible into their own
hands. Some good pointers that will give you a bit more
advantage over another player, pick up a profession and complete as many
quests that is convenient and within your reach. Picking up a trade skill
early on the game can give you a big advantage, especially a gathering
profession. A gathering profession such as butchering, scavenging, magical
salvaging or cultivating can grant you great bonuses during your early
journey. By utilizing all your resources early in the game and continuing it
will yield rewards later on the game. Rather than achieving the max level
then going back to level up your profession you can gain all that benefit and
sell your extra resources while leveling your character up. Completing
quests as you’re grinding on mobs to level will increase the benefits.
Chances are if you are killing a specific mob in the game, there is also a
quest that will tell you to do the same. Why not kill those mobs and complete
the quests at the same time and reap additional rewards. Many quests will
provide you with additional exp that will help you level faster. Some other
quests can also offer gold and special items such as potions, powders,
weapons and armors. By getting these items through quests you can save your
gold and not have to purchase them yourself. Along with that fact, the
rewards also tend to be much better than the quality that you are able to get
anywhere else within your level. These are some very basic
tips that can definitely give your game an extra boost. Keep in mind that
there really isn’t a guide worth paying for at this early on the game unless
it’s an official guide from EA Mythic themselves. Save your cash and use free
WAR farming
guides and leveling guides. At this point they are just as
effective.
Posted at 09:10 pm by tilamiles
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Will Warhammer Online Gold be Available for Sale?
Many Warhammer
Online players in the open beta or the head start program are already
impatiently waiting for sellers to carry Warhammer gold. When a game is first
released it usually takes an average store about 2 weeks before they are able
to supply any type of gold. Even if the store has them by then, it would not
be in high abundance for the entire market and the price for the gold itself
would be pretty hefty due to the high demand. It is obvious having more gold
than another player in the game can yield great benefits, especially when you
are in a realm vs. realm situation. Your goal is be able to maximize your
gears quick and head out and destroy your
enemies. Warhammer Online is currently the most highly
anticipated massively multiplayer role playing game for the last 2 years.
Experts expect it to be a great battle against the current king of MMORPGs,
World of Warcraft. World of Warcraft currently holds 10 million subscribers
world wide. Warhammer Online is expected to have close to half that
population. At this point, Warhammer Online is still a long battle away but
has a great advantage going their way. The advantage
Warhammer Online has is the long history of a successful MMORPG in the past,
Dark Age of Camelot. Dark Age of Camelot has dropped in subscriber base
heavily over this year, but we’re almost certain those players will be moving
to the new Warhammer game. Another great advantage is that Warhammer Online
will have a realm vs realm system that World of Warcraft was unsuccessfully
able to create. World of Warcrafts player vs player system could not compare
to what Dark Age of Camelot has and what Warhammer will enhance to their
previous system. World of Warcraft gold prices will
probably not be able to drop down too much anymore as many of the current
Chinese farmers will be moving to a new game to profit off of. You can expect
Warhammer Online to have a great market for the Chinese farmers. That will
also include an abundance of Warhammer
gold that will be available for sale. Mythic has never quite been
fully against players selling their currencies, at least not for Dark Age of
Camelot plats. We hope Mythic also now known as EA Mythic will be just as
lenient towards players that are interested in purchasing and selling War gold. Even if
they should be against players selling, Chinese farmers will yet continue to
provide gold to players as it is difficult to constitute and prevent their
actions. There are many Chinese farmers that uses illegal
techniques of obtaining gold but yet there are always some that will follow
the game and will only use legal methods of grinding for gold. Beware of who
you purchase the gold friend. Often, the lower the price, the riskier it is
to make that purchase. Always choose a more prestigious store over a store
providing a cheaper price. Use services your friends have used to avoid
risking your account getting banned.
Posted at 09:09 pm by tilamiles
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World of Warcraft Gold Exploits Explored
There are many
websites available that claims they have all the exploits to World of
Warcraft, all the dupes, the hacks and tricks that can make you all the gold
you need in the game. Do you honestly believe that is possibly true? First
things first, an exploit is a bug in the game that players can utilize to
give them some sort of advantage. Some may yield great benefits and bonuses
while some may possibly do almost nothing. Hacking a game with 10 million
players is rather quite tough; Blizzard would obviously have a very large
development staff in order to create an environment for that many players. So
the question again is, why do these sites claim to have such exploits or
hacks? There are numerous reasons why these sites may claim
or even have them available. Many players get greedy when a site claims they
have a World of Warcraft gold dupe that can make them 1000s of gold within
minutes. Imagine, if you had found a site that claimed they can get you a
1000 gold in a minute, wouldn’t you want a piece of that? The average player
can only obtain about 100-200 gold per hour. You would be filthy rich in
World of Warcraft and can buy anything you want or need. Along with that,
gold itself has monetary value. 1000
wow gold is valued at about $25.00 in real dollars. Making $25.00 a
minute isn’t too bad eh? That’s $1,500 in 8 hours, wouldn’t you think a bit
fishy? Why would some person you don’t know give you that type of valuable
information? So you must wonder what benefits do these
sites have? Well, there are a few different type of sites that offers these
World of
Warcraft exploits. The most popular of them all are the ones who
will charge you for them. The average site would charge by subscription and
you have access to all their exploits, tricks, cheats, hacks found. Usually a
yearly subscription instead of monthly, how often does one really find a new
exploit and is able to charge the same amount for a small new addition?
Another method they use is they proclaim they have this godly hack or
whatever they’ve just found and is selling it for the famous “$24.99 but if you
act now, only $12.99” or “get it now before Blizzard patches it”. Majority of
these are just plain scams, they are more than likely to have already been
patched or has never even worked. If they do work, they are probably not as
efficient as they claim to be. Then there are those sites
that are offering them for free. They go on and on about how good it works
and there is no purchase necessary. Free to download and use. Noticed, the
word “download”? Yes that’s right, download. You’re looking to download a
hack but instead you get hacked yourself. You lose all your precious World of
Warcraft gold and valuable belongings you have worked hard for because you
got a tad greedy and wanted it all. There have been many players who have been
scammed by downloading hacks and exploits. They infest your computer with
backdoors, Trojans and sometimes just a bunch of pop ups that will harm your
computer. Yet if you are lucky, there are a small handful
of sites that are honest and will provide you with the free hacks and
exploits you have been searching for. Usually these tricks they offer does
not provide much of a benefit or does not give much benefits and Blizzard
probably figures there are a ton more important stuff that needs work on than
these small fixes. Either way, exploits are illegal and you may get banned if
caught using them. If you should decide to use them anyway, at least get
yourself a virus scanner and avoid having your account stolen.
Posted at 09:09 pm by tilamiles
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