In the pirate MMO Atlas, problems have been recurring since its launch in Early Access. While most issues are due to bugs or cheaters, there has now been a special incident. Apparently, unauthorized access to an admin account of the game was gained.
What happened? Yesterday, Lead Community Manager Jatheish announced that there would be a rollback of the PvP servers in North America.
The reason for this is the takeover of an admin account on Steam.
This account was, however, not compromised through a hack, a third-party program, or an exploit.
How large was the rollback? The rollback affected a period of nearly five and a half hours. From the perspective of American players, the rollback was implemented late in the morning.
Any progress made by players on Thursday morning was lost.
How are players reacting? The reactions of players to the announced server rollback were very mixed. Some showed understanding, while others reacted with mockery.
There was particularly ridicule for the takeover of the admin account. If there was no hack or exploit, then the password must have been very simple from the players’ perspective. “RIP Security Team,” wrote the player Port, for example.
Other players are of course complaining that they have lost progress in Atlas themselves.
However, there are also players demanding a much larger rollback. Currently, it seems that cheaters are on the rise and ruining the game for many players.
Over a week ago, the developers promised that an anti-cheat tool is being worked on. If one follows the current threads on Reddit, then it seems that Atlas desperately needs this tool.
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