Just wondering if anyone has any interesting stories to tell about you or someone you know who was hacked and ended up better off in the end.
I got a co-worker and good friend of mine started playing WoW towards the end of TBC. He put a lot of time and effort into gearing, and unfortunately, his Mage was not only hacked, but stolen and transfered to another account (key loggers are a mofo eh?). While heavily a pisser, it turns out the hacker was using his mage as a banking hub for selling gold (im guessing cause he has ports and can get to buyers quickly). he recovered his character yesterday.
gold before hacking 3k - after hacking 17k...
He also ended up with around 12 cardinal rubies, 4 primordial saronite, 124 frost emblems and a plethora of other high end items and loot.
He quickly told the GM that there must be a mistake, and that he barely had any of this pre-hacking. The GM's response: Keep it as an apology for it taking 3 weeks to recover your character.
Also, was told that if he felt like the items were hot or dirty, to just delete them.. needless to say, hes a good freind, and Im about to have a few prime saronite, a couple gems, and 2k gold waiting on me as a thank you for getting him into WoW. freakin score.
Quite possibly the luckiest WoW player to date.