@Chori You obviously did not read the full thread through, or any of my other recent posts. Just one more person who only reads or understands 10% of what is out there, jumps to conclusions and sees what they want. Come back when you can make an intelligent argument or have something constructive to say about the thread.
You seem to have missed the fact that I started that paragraph with a declaration that I am biased and recognise that. I then provided my opinion. You seem not to have read my response to your point in my last reply. Your making a big issue of that rather than providing interesting or well thought out debate is what's funny.after being called out for being biased and for put in line all the other bugs that people didn't get sanctioned for, in an attempt to either derail responsibilities of the player away or save face of the people that did this is pretty funny. You are biased since the minute you decided it was worth making a thread at the current state of the game and specially after these last few days episode of ESO Bugs galore.
You're entitled to your opinion as am I. It is very obvious that your response did not contain anything of value that benefits this discussion, and just serves as another personal attack for whatever reason you have in doing so. It's perfectly fine for you and many other people not to like me, though if you don't like what I wrote, then perhaps providing a well structured and intelligent response would be a better way to contribute rather than simply attacking me with nonsense.And last, calling other ppl's argument not intelligent or not constructive just because you don't like what its been written doesn't make you look very smart either.
Once again you make faulty assumptions.I find it very funny that you think since its not specifically written "you should not abuse or exploit a bug on BB mine to gain advatanges over other players" on the terms of service, that you are right condoning players for it.
If you discover a situation in which you are rewarded in a manner that is greater than it should be, immediately report it as a bug and cease all activities related to gaining that reward.This would make sense, though as we've seen historically, this type of scenario has been allowed by ZOS. It is thus reasonable to continue gaining that reward until such time as it is patched, changed, or a statement is made by ZOS regarding it - as has been done by many players many times previously.
Cooperating with members of other factions to increase AP gains outside the scope of normal combat (including but not limited to players fighting, taking resources, towns, outposts, and keeps) is not allowed.
@Chori You obviously did not read the full thread through, or any of my other recent posts. Just one more person who only reads or understands 10% of what is out there, jumps to conclusions and sees what they want. Come back when you can make an intelligent argument or have something constructive to say about the thread.
To address your comments:Nobody disagrees with you there. The question in this particular case is applying the definition of exploit and to what severity it should apply - if at all. Go and read the thread again. Someone already responded about that.If someone exploits a bug in the game they should be sanctioned, period.You're making an assumption. Read my response on that point a few posts up.That's how it should be, not this condoning attitude of ohhh but they did this and that so I should be able to do the same or do something similar in other cases.Based on what standard? How can you define a punishment for playing in this way, as compared to all the other things? My point on this matter is that a set of standards needs to be identified to put all the different types of issues in perspective.I am talking about our most recent issue, because this is something that needs to be dealt with now aside of whatever hotfix they already released.So from that perspective, using TriggerX to set all your regen to 20% higher, keep major and minor ulti regen active all the time, give you unlimited roll dodge, and the ability to walk through walls should have the same punishment as walking to a resource, taking a flag, stepping aside, waiting 45 seconds, and taking the flag again. You're definitely showing your lack of common sense here.I am not derailing the topic, you are derailing your own responsibility on the matter by trying to put on a comparison line to other issues, which again they should be treated equally and sometimes even worse.Apparently you didn't notice that I was the one who posted publicly about this at the start.If you exploited or abused a bug be a man and own to it.I personally don't feel that they did anything wrong, and rather than let the trolls and hotheads blather on about perma-bans, I've decided to debate intelligently for one side of the argument. You've apparently not ever taken a debate class.. You might want to try joining a debate club - it's a lot of fun!If your friends did it too, then don't condone it and be the better player.I've clearly stated my opinion. I ask that ZOS take a position either supporting or against my opinion. Every opinion is biased. You might want to think before spouting off more nonsense.You ask ZOS what are their PvP rules but you mention on the thread you are biased because you know your friends exploited/abused a bug in game to obtain an advantage over other players...like..***?One more piece of evidence supporting the fact that you didn't read the thread, and just jumped on a bandwagon.Your whole thread is like the media propaganda trying to put people's sight away from the current issue by blaming or naming older issues.Once again - try reading the original post in its entirety. Then think a bit. Then maybe you might understand that your response made you look rather foolish.Your whole thread is like the media propaganda trying to put people's sight away from the current issue by blaming or naming older issues. You must work on CNN or RT or somethingClever people are capable of thinking before they talk or write, tend to look up or research facts before formulating their opinions, and don't make generalised assumptions based on faulty information.fact is clever ppl don't buy what you spill
ZOS_GinaBruno wrote: »Short answer is DKs likely won't be seeing a ton of changes before we go live; this class is still quite powerful (as it should be being a tank), even after some of the adjustments we've made to other classes and abilities.
Now I'm really starting to hope ZOS comes down hard. It's bad enough that you seem totally unrepentant for engaging in an obvious exploit. Bad enough that you make these thinly-veiled forum arguments in an attempt to save face / skirt whatever action ZOS decides to take.
As I recall, this isn't the first time you've been the center of questionable methods of getting AP. I had no reason to question your integrity then, but now I'm starting to think Sypher may have been on to something.
For a friend who is at work:I'd like to take this opportunity to remind many of you how you and your friends all used nirnhoned knowing that it was behaving outside of what the devs intended, how you used dual maces knowing it was bugged, crafted TBS sets to give you multiple mundus, crafted Hist sets to give yourselves perma-dodge chance, stacked Shuffle to get your dodge chance up to 90%, chained or gap closed into outposts by targeting guards, abused the camo hunter bug to 1-shot people, abused the viper bug to get up to 4 simultaneous procs to 1-shot people, and I'm sure I'm forgetting many more common ones that we've seen over the years. Kilandros and some of the rest, you don't have a leg to stand on complaining about people who did something that doesn't affect other players' enjoyment of the game and even then for only about one day instead of for months. I disagree in principle with flipping a flag, but it is very important to note that it is FAAAAAAAR more benign compared to bugs, exploits, and unintended game mechanics that affect combat.I just wanted someone to put the hypocrisy in check because no one had done it yet. CE is a high horse we can all get on, but getting on a high horse over extra ap given all of those historical exploits doesn't help. The argument should focus on zos' position and response. That BS is just derailing the thread.
Now I'm really starting to hope ZOS comes down hard. It's bad enough that you seem totally unrepentant for engaging in an obvious exploit. Bad enough that you make these thinly-veiled forum arguments in an attempt to save face / skirt whatever action ZOS decides to take.
Someone else who misinterprets.. Is this a guild-thing for you guys?
Facts:
- I was the one who reported this on the forums yesterday morning, announcing that we had a group who went to BB Mine for an hour, made 200k+ AP, and explained what was happening.
- We had an awesome time being social and chatting, made some new friends in zone, explaining to everyone what was going on.
- I then spent the day working.
- I have more than 40 million AP between my toons, and all the achievements in PvP, so AP means nothing to me. Couldn't care less about making more of it.
- If there were to be a roll-back of AP, an AP penalty, or any other repercussion for making more AP than we should have made, it makes no difference to me.
- I am totally unrepentant for starting this yesterday morning.
- I firmly believe that though the method of making AP is not in the spirit of the game, it was not against the rules / ToS.
- I advised everyone per my legal interpretation of the agreements we make with ZOS that as long as nobody used that AP to get emperor over someone who was not there, the ToS would not be violated as nobody would have a clear advantage over other players in doing so.
- A whole lot of people are passionately pushing for bans or extreme action to be taken for this making of AP.
- I love debating & arguing.
- I'm having a lot of fun debating with them.
- When people attack me, I respond intelligently and usually pick apart their arguments showing how they are wrong - if I can.
- Most people, when on the receiving end of such a response, tend to make themselves look foolish by saying the same thing again in slightly different words, as your guild-mate did. This is why I so loved debating with @Anazasi as he would make intelligent responses back to me.
- I'm still having fun!
As I recall, this isn't the first time you've been the center of questionable methods of getting AP. I had no reason to question your integrity then, but now I'm starting to think Sypher may have been on to something.
Now, would you like to debate any particular point that I've made in any particular post or response, or would you like to continue with innuendo and unsubstantiated statements?
On the topic of "questionable methods" of getting AP, you should look up my post on how to make AP a few weeks ago. There was a whole discussion about that.
We could also get back to the point of the original post, which was trying to get an official response regarding what is and is not allowed.
ZOS_GinaBruno wrote: »Short answer is DKs likely won't be seeing a ton of changes before we go live; this class is still quite powerful (as it should be being a tank), even after some of the adjustments we've made to other classes and abilities.
For a friend who is at work:I'd like to take this opportunity to remind many of you how you and your friends all used nirnhoned knowing that it was behaving outside of what the devs intended, how you used dual maces knowing it was bugged, crafted TBS sets to give you multiple mundus, crafted Hist sets to give yourselves perma-dodge chance, stacked Shuffle to get your dodge chance up to 90%, chained or gap closed into outposts by targeting guards, abused the camo hunter bug to 1-shot people, abused the viper bug to get up to 4 simultaneous procs to 1-shot people, and I'm sure I'm forgetting many more common ones that we've seen over the years. Kilandros and some of the rest, you don't have a leg to stand on complaining about people who did something that doesn't affect other players' enjoyment of the game and even then for only about one day instead of for months. I disagree in principle with flipping a flag, but it is very important to note that it is FAAAAAAAR more benign compared to bugs, exploits, and unintended game mechanics that affect combat.I just wanted someone to put the hypocrisy in check because no one had done it yet. CE is a high horse we can all get on, but getting on a high horse over extra ap given all of those historical exploits doesn't help. The argument should focus on zos' position and response. That BS is just derailing the thread.
I still don't get why people keep bringing up other bugs and exploits. Fact is people abused the bonus ap that BB mine was giving even thought it was a bug, there are multiple videos of them clearly trading the flag for ap gain. Even though some of you don't think this really hurt or affected anyone else doesn't really matter. It was bug that was abused so something should be done.
We all know zos should've done much more in the past regarding other exploits, but they didn't. Yes it is their fault for allowing the mindset of exploits being okay to used, but they never said that they were okay. People abused bugs at their own risk, many got away with it and some got banned. There is no reason why zos shouldn't punish these players. Saying "I use this exploit because in the past others used worse ones and had no consequences, so it makes it okay for me to use this one" is just wrong.
There is no reason why zos shouldn't punish these players. I'll also state what I did in another thread, I'm not asking for perma bans and this isn't personal. I don't care if you, my friends, or anyone else exploited. There are risks to abusing bugs and the people who decided to abuse them should be prepared to have consequences regardless of how big or small you think the exploit is.
What *I* and a few others are trying to debate (and this thread was derailed to such) is whether any punishment is due for the people that made AP that way.
kevlarto_ESO wrote: »
I was at a gamed stop the other day there were three people talking about ESO, two of three were talking about don't waste your time in ESO it is nothing but a bunch of cheaters, I spoke up told them a few good things about the game but had to admit cheating and exploiting is pretty bad and goes unchecked for the most part or it seems that way.
@Glory What I'm doing is debating on behalf of all the people who went to BB mine, and there were hundreds (at least). I view things very pragmatically. There's no justification or excuse making as some people seem to emotionally respond based on their own morals. It's simple - I enjoy debating and arguing. This is a great point to debate, and other than a lot of people saying, "it's wrong" I have not seen a reasonable argument as to why it is wrong or who it hurt. I welcome a good debate... It's too bad @Anazasi agrees with me on this.
pragmatic
adjective: dealing with things sensibly and realistically in a way that is based on practical rather than theoretical considerations.
synonyms: practical, matter-of-fact, sensible, down-to-earth, commonsensical, businesslike, having both/one's feet on the ground, hardheaded, no-nonsense
@Chori You obviously did not read the full thread through, or any of my other recent posts. Just one more person who only reads or understands 10% of what is out there, jumps to conclusions and sees what they want. Come back when you can make an intelligent argument or have something constructive to say about the thread.
To address your comments:Nobody disagrees with you there. The question in this particular case is applying the definition of exploit and to what severity it should apply - if at all. Go and read the thread again. Someone already responded about that.If someone exploits a bug in the game they should be sanctioned, period.You're making an assumption. Read my response on that point a few posts up.That's how it should be, not this condoning attitude of ohhh but they did this and that so I should be able to do the same or do something similar in other cases.Based on what standard? How can you define a punishment for playing in this way, as compared to all the other things? My point on this matter is that a set of standards needs to be identified to put all the different types of issues in perspective.I am talking about our most recent issue, because this is something that needs to be dealt with now aside of whatever hotfix they already released.So from that perspective, using TriggerX to set all your regen to 20% higher, keep major and minor ulti regen active all the time, give you unlimited roll dodge, and the ability to walk through walls should have the same punishment as walking to a resource, taking a flag, stepping aside, waiting 45 seconds, and taking the flag again. You're definitely showing your lack of common sense here.I am not derailing the topic, you are derailing your own responsibility on the matter by trying to put on a comparison line to other issues, which again they should be treated equally and sometimes even worse.Apparently you didn't notice that I was the one who posted publicly about this at the start.If you exploited or abused a bug be a man and own to it.I personally don't feel that they did anything wrong, and rather than let the trolls and hotheads blather on about perma-bans, I've decided to debate intelligently for one side of the argument. You've apparently not ever taken a debate class.. You might want to try joining a debate club - it's a lot of fun!If your friends did it too, then don't condone it and be the better player.I've clearly stated my opinion. I ask that ZOS take a position either supporting or against my opinion. Every opinion is biased. You might want to think before spouting off more nonsense.You ask ZOS what are their PvP rules but you mention on the thread you are biased because you know your friends exploited/abused a bug in game to obtain an advantage over other players...like..***?One more piece of evidence supporting the fact that you didn't read the thread, and just jumped on a bandwagon.Your whole thread is like the media propaganda trying to put people's sight away from the current issue by blaming or naming older issues.Once again - try reading the original post in its entirety. Then think a bit. Then maybe you might understand that your response made you look rather foolish.Your whole thread is like the media propaganda trying to put people's sight away from the current issue by blaming or naming older issues. You must work on CNN or RT or somethingClever people are capable of thinking before they talk or write, tend to look up or research facts before formulating their opinions, and don't make generalised assumptions based on faulty information.fact is clever ppl don't buy what you spill
@KisoValley What was the vmol exploit? I don't pay very much attention to PvE things lately.
Darnathian wrote: »Zos has stated they are discussing what actions are to be taken correct? So whats the point of debating.
KisoValley wrote: »@KisoValley What was the vmol exploit? I don't pay very much attention to PvE things lately.
Could get out of map. I'm sure you can imagine the possibilities once you are out of map. There was a video which blew the whole situation up, but it had been going on for months beforehand. Zos fixed it a da or 2 after the video became public.
ozimoon3rwb17_ESO wrote: »Well the 'Moon DiE Tick' is not an exploit, its simply a way to reward a guild member, it breaks no rules. This notion that I only used it for myself is also very wrong. All of my guild benefited. And one thing is for sure, I never used that technique to get my first and hardest Emperorship on AB. That was pure grind mixed with super bat! Made up a 5million deficit and then held Emperor for 39 days and it took a cheat to dethrone me
@Crown you guys weren't just trading any resource--you were trading a resource that you knew to be bugged and yielding far more AP than it should have been. If you can't discern the difference between exploiting an intended mechanic and exploiting a bug, then no amount of forum posting in the world will help you figure it out.
KisoValley wrote: »@KisoValley What was the vmol exploit? I don't pay very much attention to PvE things lately.
Could get out of map. I'm sure you can imagine the possibilities once you are out of map. There was a video which blew the whole situation up, but it had been going on for months beforehand. Zos fixed it a da or 2 after the video became public.
I recall someone talking about the Dromathra skin being easy to get.. Was anyone able to do this or only those who could gap close through a wall or some such?