poiumty said:
So wait, making games multiplayer is bad in part because people aren't allowed to cheat, is that what you're saying?
No, I'm saying that if you set up a game so that cheating is a way to win, then people are going to cheat in any way they can.
Are you willfully refusing to see the issue here or what?
What, I think.
Nobody likes a game with cheaters. Everyone accepts the fact that there will be cheaters in their game, but they also accept the fact that those cheaters should and will be taken care of.
And if the mechanics of the game are such that cheating gets them the goods without all the hassle, then they'll cheat. It's exactly the same problem with piracy. If you have to jump through hoops but someone is willing to look the other way...
Why not..y'know, just reverse it? Cheats are rarely subtle.
Take it from someone who has experience in MMO server administration: reversing a single isolated incident in a sea of logs and database entries, by itself, is an almost monumental task.
Take it from someone with a few decades of programming experience, once you know what function is causing that problem, you can throw all sorts of shit their way. Read the BOfH some more
Only AoE targetting in SWTOR uses hitboxes. The rest is just "use gun on man". So that's not the issue here.
So why is the incoming damage being blocked by the movement change then? Nothing else can be happening to the character model at that point.
But let's say you're right. Lets say that the only legal way to play the game is exactly as how they've set it up. No exploits (which weren't named first), no cheats. Just the Holy Trinity or however SW wants to call it.
Isn't that, at best, a total kick in the face for all the free-roaming world? Isn't that exactly what caused balance problems in every other MMO? The Invulnerable Shamans of WoW? The 51 Monk in Guild Wars? The Dark-Robot Mastermind? The Powerlevelling Sorcerers in Conan?
You do remember the Duped Credits in SW:G? Where illegal coins were given to dancers, who were then banned? And their friends were teleported into space when they complained?
Even if Jedi xxxYODAxxx has spent 5 days powerlevelling by dancing past AT-ATs...what harm has he done? Really?
(And if they've banned certain people, they know who's doing it and how)
Why not just drop him in the Sarlaac Pit? He'd probably have fun dancing his way out of that one.
I used the Buffalo Steak/Tomislav cheat (now redacted) in Team Fortress 2. People are still building teleporters in Warpath's spawn rooms. Should we all be banned for EXPLOITS?
