Sunday, June 1st, 2008
Issue: 76   Editor: Nyxxiful


Federal Bank Deposit Bug Mikachu
Banking your money is something virtually every player does. For some, it is something that is done every once in a while. For others, it is their main source of income. The three percent interest that is gained every 24 hours can provide you with quite some money. Because of the interest you can gain if you bank your money, it is annoying for some, if not all, players that a bug has been signaled in the Federal Bank.

What actually triggers the bug is unknown. However, it is known what it does. The bug simply makes your money disappear. If affected by it, the money will vanish if it is put on the Federal Bank. The counter will start counting down, starting at 24 hours as usual, but the account will be empty.

With no Game Forum Sticky or Announcement to warn players for this bug, most players might not be aware of this danger. A Moderator who responded to the Help Desk ticket said: “We have had several reports regarding this. In the form of tickets as well as posts in the forums. As Mods at this point in time we do not know the cause of this "bug" nor have we actually confirmed that there is a bug.” The ticket further referred to the fact that an Administrator needed to review the matter. In order to determine whether or not there really was a bug.

To find out if there was one, questions were sent to Sabin. He quickly responded and confirmed there was, indeed, a Federal Bank Deposit bug. Furthermore he assured me that the Elite Guard is working very hard on “isolating and fixing the bug.”

One might ask, is it safe to bank your money? The answer to that question would be that it depends on the risk you are willing to take. At the moment, only a small number of players seems to have been affected by this bug and the majority of the players still safely banks their money every 24 hours. The chance that your money will magically disappear appears to be small. Yet, a player should consider the possibility that his money might disappear. So far, the only reports of the bug concerned large amounts of money. This might mean that low amounts of money are safe from it. On the other hand, it might not. Whether you bank or not is up to you. Just keep in mind that there is a bug.

To further aid the Elite Guard in isolating and fixing the bug, all we (the players) can do is create a Help Desk ticket if this happens to you. Same applies for all questions regarding this bug. Report it, and hopefully that will help the Admins to isolate, and quickly fix, this bug.