When is the new server with jewels opening? Also what will the name of the server be? Been holding back on playing cuz I don't wanna have to restart on the fresh server after lol
Heroes is online for testing. We will be moving the database over to the new host later this afternoon. Now that we have the jewels shop finished it's just a matter of finishing up the website, doing final testing and then we're ready for the full launch. I'd say by this weekend we'll be ready to post a fixed date/time for the official launch.
Pretty boring from a player perspective but we're loading up on player security features before launch. The most recent addition is what we call a HWID whitelist system. If you've ever used Steam you're probably familiar with how it works.
Players can turn on HWID Whitelist through the website control panel. Turning it off requires email confirmation (if not you could turn it off just using id/pw which would be pointless). Turning it on will warn you that if you do not have access to your email inbox you may be locked out of your account.
During player login it will check if your account has HWID whitelist enabled, if so it will then check if your computer is already validated. If it is then you log in with no changes. If not then it will disconnect you with a message saying "Computer is not authorized to use this account. Please check your email account to validate". Note: It will only send an email once per 10 minutes per computer - this is to avoid email spam from players who don't read the initial login error message. When generating a new authorization it of course generates a new email key to avoid the old messages being used to authorize the account.
Your email will contain a validation link with a single use token. Clicking the link will allow you to add a name for your computer to track it in the future. You may now log into the game using this computer without any further warnings.
By logging into your account manager you will see a history of login attempts for your account (IP address, Computer Nickname, Timestamp) as well as being able to revoke a computer from using your account.
Short version is that when logging in on a new computer with the option enabled, you must validate you are the account's owner by checking your registered email account. This is to help avoid issues with players who fail to keep their account details secret as well as to offer enhanced security options.
