BF3 PC Servers Under Constant Assault By Server Crashers

[south0fheaven]

Battlefield 3 PC servers have been under constant assault by server crashers for the past month. Why is nothing being done about this it's a old exploit that EA refuses to patch and with the amount of accounts (dozens) it should be very easy for EA to trace back the credit card used and ip address to the person or persons doing this. With consoles servers being shut down soon there will be a huge influx of new PC players and they won't have any servers to play on if this continues. Trace the credit card purchases and file a formal complaint against whomsoever ISP is being used. The server owners have detailed records of what accounts are being used with ip addresses for all of them, a script is being used to rotate these accounts used to crash the servers.

We even know who it is and what location the person is from why can't EA figure this out do you really want to kill BF3 that bad? All the information can be easily provided and has been proven irrefutably that it is indeed dozens of accounts being used by the same person.

[danisoff]

Hello @south0fheaven,

Unfortunately, this has been happening for the past year on a regular basis. Nothing much has been done.

Best regards,

danisoff

[EricYih]

This problem needs to be dealt with as soon as possible!

[south0fheaven]

This person is literally a server crasher along with other members in their platoon, well known by the community. This is not name and shame it is a irrefutable fact that anybody who runs a server knows exactly who this person is and banned this account along with dozens of others. EA will auto ban for a word they don't like in a profile yet let people like this destroy their games and do nothing about it. Beyond disgusting behavior for a company that is still selling Battlefield 3 yet refuses to do any sort of maintenance to stop a problem that has existed for years.

[Edit: Link to player page removed - ElliotLH]

[ElliotLH]

Hi @south0fheaven I have removed the link from your post as it went against the "no name and shame". Please do not identify people you suspect of breaking to ToS here, as action may be taken against you if you do.

While I appreciate that this is not a solution, all you can do is report them to EA directly with any evidence you have collected.

[south0fheaven]

Ask you a question?

The time it took to edit my post where I literally linked a well known server crasher that can be verified by multiple server owners could you have not just forwarded that link to someone that can actually address the problem? There are many well respected members of the BF3 community that can verify this information and that person linked should be ashamed of denying access to we the players that paid for this game and have enjoyed it for so many years.

Instead of looking for reasons to be offended would be better for everyone if EA actually did something positive for the Battlefield community not censor us or ignore well known issues that have been going on for many many years.

[lII_LuX_III]

This person and his friends have literally been around for over 8 years, they had a server back then which [Removed] up the global stats for the whole game and yet EA did nothing against this. They have been reported a dozen times. Nothing happened. EA is a joke of a company. Their last battelfield games are a joke of a game. I know you are just a volunteer moderator and its even more sad EA doesnt let professionals do this task and help the community.

[Edit: Swearing removed - ElliotLH]

[ElliotLH]

@south0fheaven You can report the server to EA directly. The guide below explains the process (in this case it would be the EA Help route):

https://help.ea.com/en-gb/help/faq/report-players-for-cheating-abuse-and-harassment/

However, I feel that I do need to point out that calling out EA staff and/or volunteers and discussing forum moderation is also against the rules.

[south0fheaven]

We understand that you are a volunteer moderator and appreciate the help you can give to a player on a relevant topic but I did not ask for you personally to get involved. Nor did I choose for you to censor me either, instead of addressing or forwarding the concern onto a person that can actually do something about it you chose to involve yourself.

Since you seem to be concerned about some arbitrary "rules" on a game help forum as you mentioned I would think a person/persons that are commiting felonies across multiple countries borders by exploiting a well known issue that EA refuses to address or fix is a little more important then some pixels that make up a word on a imaginary place called the internet.

Anyway have a good day sir.