EVE General Discussion

Is it possible for GM's to remote into your account, while it is active, take control of your ship and actually make the propulsion fire, lasers/weapons cut off, and maneuver your ship?

I have, strangely, had this happen a great deal this month, where, without me even touching the mouse or key board, my ship will break away from asteroids im mining and begin to fly away on there own. I have also seen it change direction and even had lasers cut off for no reason at all, while I have always, without touching it, watched it begin to move away on its on and change directions.

I know in WoW, it is possible for a GM to remote in, watch you, "hijack" your character and even take complete control of them, making them move on their own.

If it is, how would I go about reporting this type of corruption and harassment?


Thread title changed to be less insinuating. ISD Ezwal.

also scanb your damn pc for virus' you might of picked up a remote program.

But send a mail ti IA or security@ccpgames.com

My first suspect would be a flaky mouse, then a flaky keyboard.

I keep a cheap ($5 Dell optical) spare mouse that I ONLY ever use for testing. It has shown that on average a mouse lasts me about 2 years before one breaks in some fashion, and I am not a big gamer.

Keyboards tend to last me a lot longer, and I prefer super-clicky Cherry MX "Blue" keys (actually, I wish these were even more clicky, like "buckling-spring" switches) that drive most other people insane.

No, it is not.

According to the GM team such a thing as direct character control is not possible. I asked them.
Characters can be moved (teleported) in specific situations but only with the explicit approval of the player given in advance.

Taken the above into account ,it is highly unlikely someone else is purposefully interacting with your character against your wishes while you play. It is far more likely you are facing a technical issue like for example the one suggested above by Paranoid Loyd.


Edit: Feel free to mail Internal Affairs, but I would like to request that you change the thread title to be less insinuating toward the hard working GM team.I have changed the title myself. ISD Ezwal

Is this thread really happening?

Yes, **** tinfoil hats, it's time to go full Faraday cage.

Thank all of you for your opinions and information.

While I do not have remote mouse or keyboard, they are a couple years old, I use an optical mouse.

I will see to replacing them next time I get paid and if it continues after that, I will contact internal affairs and see if they will investigate the matter and neutralize the problem, if any.

Also. Is it possible for someone to send a link, in game, via EvEmail, with a link that can be used to hack your password or is that only possible on the boards?

In the course of a mining cycle the laser will randomly cut out and come on hitting another spot on the roid it should not not have I ever heard of a laser turning off (ie stop cycling ) unless your ore hold is full. Your ship will bounce off a roid if you have your ship approach the roid it will bounce then head away and then re approach the roid

This is your mouse's way of telling you to stop AFK mining.

We could have had so much fun with this thread