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Ok, so today my girlfriend and I were in Delkfutt Tower, and we were making joke about how on my screen it looked like I was running in front of her and on her screen it looked like she was running in front of me. This of course is common to any MMO, and caused by normal latency, and not lag.
Why do I bring this up, you ask? Because it points out that we were running the same speed.
About ten minutes later, my girlfriend's character starts running faster than me. We figured it was just because her system was lagging and that it was just an illusion.
Sure enough, when another person joined the party, they asked "are you running faster than normal?" Okay, so at this point we test it, and sure enough she was running near Flee speed. Not quite Flee speed, but close. I told her to restart POL/FFXI, then reboot. Still having the problem.
So I tell her to call a GM cause I didn't want her account flagged for speed hacking. Now keep in mind, she did a clean reboot, is playing FFXI with no 3rd party programs (not even windower), etc., etc. I mean, I can look up the process list on her computer and -nothing- out of the ordinary. Plus, she's the only one that uses her computer.
Anyhow, she calls GM, they can see the problem too, and tell her to talk to tech support. What does tech support say? Check video and sound drivers, and make sure the comptuer isn't overclocked, and don't run 3rd party software.
Okay, check, check, check, and check. Newest drivers. Not overclocked, and no 3rd party software. Absolutly nothing. Tech support says if its not one of those things, then there is nothing wrong.
So we decide to see if its just her computer, or her account. I log my mule in and sure enough, I'm able to cross windurst on a level 1 character like a chocobo on meth. She logs in on my computer, and her character is fine.
She calls a GM and [GM]Luminious answers. He says he's putting on her on report for speed hacking. So she asks, "what do I do if it happens again" and [GM]Luminious doesn't answer.
So she calls -another- GM and asks the same question, and [GM]Overnyau says "Regretably, if you call another GM it will be his descion at that point whether or not to take action against your account even if you're unaware of the cause of the problem."
Meanwhile I'm here, looking at her computer and there is absolutly -nothing- at all that I can find. No overclocking, no hacks, no third party programs of any kind, updated drivers, windows update, etc., etc.
So talking to [GM]Overnyau (a really cool guy) he says that he can't talk about the tools GMs use to detect 3rd party programs. So I tell my girlfriend to ask if, without revealing those tools, could he check for her. And he said yes, he would be willing to do so given that she -doesn't- want a hack of any kind.
He's checking her out now, watching her run around her mog house for him, then asked her if he could mover her to Jail to check some stuff out. Mordian Gaol isn't such a bad place if you get a GM on your side.
A few laps around Mordian Gaol and... odly enough... The problem has disappeared. [GM]Overnyau can't find anything though he did (it looked like anyways) have her run some laps while he paced her and possible played with her character some (she appeared to speed up and slow down several times).
My question is WTF?!? Has anyone heard of anything like this before?
UPDATE: So, now that GM has seen nothing happen, its started doing it again. My girlfriend logged on, was playing fine, and she started running fast. Sure enough a foot race through Rolenberry shows her passing people left and right. So she is going to mule off all her borrowed and expensive gil just in case and try calling a GM again.
Talked to [GM]Silvervila this time, and she/he was also very nice and helpful. Though she did say if a file check and reinstall didn't fixed it, that Tech Support is next on the list of people to talk to. Again.
Why do I bring this up, you ask? Because it points out that we were running the same speed.
About ten minutes later, my girlfriend's character starts running faster than me. We figured it was just because her system was lagging and that it was just an illusion.
Sure enough, when another person joined the party, they asked "are you running faster than normal?" Okay, so at this point we test it, and sure enough she was running near Flee speed. Not quite Flee speed, but close. I told her to restart POL/FFXI, then reboot. Still having the problem.
So I tell her to call a GM cause I didn't want her account flagged for speed hacking. Now keep in mind, she did a clean reboot, is playing FFXI with no 3rd party programs (not even windower), etc., etc. I mean, I can look up the process list on her computer and -nothing- out of the ordinary. Plus, she's the only one that uses her computer.
Anyhow, she calls GM, they can see the problem too, and tell her to talk to tech support. What does tech support say? Check video and sound drivers, and make sure the comptuer isn't overclocked, and don't run 3rd party software.
Okay, check, check, check, and check. Newest drivers. Not overclocked, and no 3rd party software. Absolutly nothing. Tech support says if its not one of those things, then there is nothing wrong.
So we decide to see if its just her computer, or her account. I log my mule in and sure enough, I'm able to cross windurst on a level 1 character like a chocobo on meth. She logs in on my computer, and her character is fine.
She calls a GM and [GM]Luminious answers. He says he's putting on her on report for speed hacking. So she asks, "what do I do if it happens again" and [GM]Luminious doesn't answer.
So she calls -another- GM and asks the same question, and [GM]Overnyau says "Regretably, if you call another GM it will be his descion at that point whether or not to take action against your account even if you're unaware of the cause of the problem."
Meanwhile I'm here, looking at her computer and there is absolutly -nothing- at all that I can find. No overclocking, no hacks, no third party programs of any kind, updated drivers, windows update, etc., etc.
So talking to [GM]Overnyau (a really cool guy) he says that he can't talk about the tools GMs use to detect 3rd party programs. So I tell my girlfriend to ask if, without revealing those tools, could he check for her. And he said yes, he would be willing to do so given that she -doesn't- want a hack of any kind.
He's checking her out now, watching her run around her mog house for him, then asked her if he could mover her to Jail to check some stuff out. Mordian Gaol isn't such a bad place if you get a GM on your side.
A few laps around Mordian Gaol and... odly enough... The problem has disappeared. [GM]Overnyau can't find anything though he did (it looked like anyways) have her run some laps while he paced her and possible played with her character some (she appeared to speed up and slow down several times).
My question is WTF?!? Has anyone heard of anything like this before?
UPDATE: So, now that GM has seen nothing happen, its started doing it again. My girlfriend logged on, was playing fine, and she started running fast. Sure enough a foot race through Rolenberry shows her passing people left and right. So she is going to mule off all her borrowed and expensive gil just in case and try calling a GM again.
Talked to [GM]Silvervila this time, and she/he was also very nice and helpful. Though she did say if a file check and reinstall didn't fixed it, that Tech Support is next on the list of people to talk to. Again.
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