It's either that we have a login page or we take down the game completely. We don't have many direct solutions to the problem since the "hackening" that took place appears to be directly linked to an issue in the game client itself and not the server, we cannot fix it in a proper way so it works as before. You must understand that we cannot really keep the game running as before either when people could pretty much go on any account if they know how to get by this, we already had this happen once and it caused confusion and abuse of staff accounts and this is just after it taking place for an hour or two.
The login page is to keep peoples accounts used by only those who know what the login information for them are, and avoid abuse that would surely happen. If anyone has a better idea we gladly hear it, but that must be an idea that doesn't ignore the fact that we must have a system close to the login page we have now, we will not leave the game up and online and let any derp go on any account the want in the game.
Users must also understand that we can modify the server side part of the game since that's what we need to run the game so you actually play it online with others people, and of course we can edit the game like any of you guys with mods and fancy sparkles, but as far as actual game updates goes we cannot do anything that requires tinkering with how it works. General was a server sided edit, and if you haven't taken note the function still exists in the actual game, but has been disabled to yet again, lower abuse and problems game wise.
It all makes sense if you give some time to think about it, but it's easy and tempting for some to think the worse. Hopefully this will get thoughts like these a bit out of the picture.
