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Thread: last ditch being used as a first strike -exploit-

dustinss5
Thu Jun 30, 2005 8:25 am
#105

What gives you jedi the nerve to whine about such things when you have stuff like
1.Kashyyk
2.Houses

shutup and play






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OrionSeven
Thu Jun 30, 2005 8:27 am
#106






WookieOgre wrote:


BH's using the excuses such as "the BH just used superior tactics" is about as stupid as saying the special is an exploit.






lol, Anyone else remember when almost every Jedi had Feign Death?


I remember the Jedi using the word "tactics" to describe that one, too



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Eskie
Thu Jun 30, 2005 8:50 am
#107



dustinss5 wrote:
What gives you jedi the nerve to whine about such things when you have stuff like
1.Kashyyk
2.Houses

shutup and play



What gives you BH the right to generalize all Jedi? Maybe there are Jedi who dont use Kashyyyk or Houses because they also think its not the right route to take?
Complain about Kashyyyk and Houses all you want if you feel they are exploits, Jedi have every right to complain about BH using exploits.



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IFTK421
Thu Jun 30, 2005 9:51 am
#108

Slapping a pet for an insta incap then using LD is an exploit.



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AltharXXX
Thu Jun 30, 2005 11:06 am
#109

LOL. It's not an exploit.


The devs made it so LD no longer incaps you for a reason.


An exploit is something which gives you a sure fire win. For example having 4 friends spam your target with a command that pops a window up on their screen no matter what. Right after they start spamming you attack. There is nothing the target can do to defend themselves.


Maybe LD is the new 'combat medic' template of nOOb pvper BHers, or just for laughs on jedi knight attacks.





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JCWeeble
Thu Jun 30, 2005 11:17 am
#110



Aura
Valor
AI
Force Armor
Defender 4400
PSG
Ranged defense food
Ranged defense clothing


Any combinationof these things would help to mitigate away the damage done by the initiallast ditch. The Smuggler/BH has a 50% chance of missing. If you are at Saber xxx4 you have a 20% chance to block it (25% at MLS). Throw on Valor, and that goes up to 65%. Thats a 50-80% chance of the shot not damaging you at all before it even comes out of the gun. It also takes the BH down to 1 health, so afterward you can incap him if you so much as fart in his general direction.


If you survive the initial hit, that's a dead BH. Every time. If you pay attention to your surroundings and prepare well, every time you see an unfamiliar doton your radar, you'll survive the tactic and kill the BH. I think that the LD strategy is a good one because it punishes the grinding jedi for not being aware of the people around them...


You should know a BH is coming for you no later than when they're 256m away from you. If you arent grinding with your radar out to 256m and watching it intently for BH's, you deserve to get killed. if you are AFK grinding, you deserve far worse than anything the BH can do to you.


You want to grind on the trails, fine... Grinding on Kashyyyk does not absolve you from having to be aware of what's going on around you. Just because the BH can't use droids, doesn't mean they wont look for you there. Always mindful of the world around him, a jedi is...


I don't think that LD is an exploit. Grinding jedi has become a lot easier recently, but it doesn't mean that jedi are allowed to be lazy in their grind and not care about whether or not that blue dot on their radar is coming for them or someone else in their group.


I've seen a lot of people on these boards say its an exploit and cite the "no 1 shot kills" statement from the devs... Let me tell you about a 1 shot kill.. A 1 shot kill Pre CU came from a 2600+damage rifle while you were standing around fully buffed with 80% armor on... If you are standing there with no potential armor or defenses up.. You should be able to be 1 shot. Youre a jedi. Youve had a target on your paddy robes since the day you ignited your training saber.. You have a responsibility to yourself to act like it.


What I'd like to see, is show me 1 (one) post from ANYONE with a red name that says that this is an exploit. ONE. Know what? You cant do it... Know why? Cause its not an exploit. Credit duping was an exploit. Double slicing was an exploit. People got banned for doing it. There were tons of warnings on the forums and in game not to do it. Show me one place where any devs say that its an exploit, and i'll let you call it an exploit all day long. Until then... I'd call it an "unsavory tactic". By definition, BH's are supposed to use whatever means necessary to get their bounty and even using *gasp* unsavory tactics.


Timit, we said it on the starsider forums, you bring the argument here, we'll say it here. Not paying attention while grinding is not an excuse to call a perfectly legitimate smuggler shot an exploit.


All this argument is going to do is get Last Ditch nerfed, and the smugglers don't need that.. They've been hurt enough over the last 2 years.

Message Edited by JCWeeble on 06-30-2005 02:20 PM



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dustinss5
Thu Jun 30, 2005 1:14 pm
#111


Eskie wrote:


dustinss5 wrote:
What gives you jedi the nerve to whine about such things when you have stuff like
1.Kashyyk
2.Houses

shutup and play



What gives you BH the right to generalize all Jedi? Maybe there are Jedi who dont use Kashyyyk or Houses because they also think its not the right route to take?
Complain about Kashyyyk and Houses all you want if you feel they are exploits, Jedi have every right to complain about BH using exploits.




It can go both ways, genius. What gives you Jedi the right to Generalize us Bounty Hunters? Not all of us use Last Ditch as a first strike.

Think before you post, Jedi.

by the way, even if we did use first strike, it's perfectly legal. You can't tell us when to use our specials.

Message Edited by dustinss5 on 06-30-2005 01:15 PM






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Eskie
Thu Jun 30, 2005 3:22 pm
#112



dustinss5 wrote:

Eskie wrote:


dustinss5 wrote:
What gives you jedi the nerve to whine about such things when you have stuff like
1.Kashyyk
2.Houses

shutup and play



What gives you BH the right to generalize all Jedi? Maybe there are Jedi who dont use Kashyyyk or Houses because they also think its not the right route to take?
Complain about Kashyyyk and Houses all you want if you feel they are exploits, Jedi have every right to complain about BH using exploits.




It can go both ways, genius. What gives you Jedi the right to Generalize us Bounty Hunters? Not all of us use Last Ditch as a first strike.

Think before you post, Jedi.

by the way, even if we did use first strike, it's perfectly legal. You can't tell us when to use our specials.

Message Edited by dustinss5 on 06-30-2005 01:15 PM




When did I generalize Bounty hunters? I said any bounty hunter trying to use last ditch as a first strike is trying to exploit. Thats exactly the subgroup of bounty hunters I wanted to address, I never said anything like "all BHs are exploiting".

To the smugglers who came here saying LD should not be nerfed - I fully agree with you. I dont mind LD a single bit, and I dont mind if it is used during a fight.
This only thing I do mind is BHs picking up Smuggler 4xxx to get that special, and then artifially lowering their health in order to be able to use LD as a first strike.
I am really sorry for Smugglers, because their profession seems always to be dabbled in by BH and Jedi alike for their specials, which tend to be powerful since smugglers dont have a lot of combat abilities, so the ones they have are great.
I am not calling for a nerf on LD, I am saying its use as a first strike by BHs dabbling in Smuggler needs to be addressed.



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sicknut
Thu Jun 30, 2005 3:32 pm
#113

last ditch is ment to be used when near death... If i reach you and iam near death there is nothign wrong with me using LD on you because the move is ment to be used when near death.


Its like a warrior who fights his way through a bunch of monsters and when he reaches the bosses roomall he has left is a sheild but is to weak to get up[ close to the boss so he throws the sheild which happens to kill the boss then the boss comes back to life saying "sorry but you exploited the use of ur sheild."


Now if a player found a way to get off a powerful last ditch while maintaining full health through some bug then that would be exploiting but if a near dead players finaly finds his targets and uses last ditch all he did was use an ability he has at the right time.


Also i belive last ditch doesnt all ways kill the target you just got unlucky
Leatherneck_of_Alderaan
Thu Jun 30, 2005 3:36 pm
#114






DarkVader9 wrote:

Ok i am going to have to say this in cap lock and pretend i am a jedi playing my alt bh.


GO TO THE SMUGGLERFORUMS YOU STUPID REBEL JEDIE I HATE YOU ALL. I GOT DECAY AHHHHHHHHHHHH GO TO HELL.


I sound like a whining jedi don't i ?






Unlike many aspects of the game, whining isn't limited to a single profession or handful of professions.




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DarkVader9
Thu Jun 30, 2005 3:50 pm
#115


That was a joke and Last ditch ain't a bh special. anyone can use this on any profso go post in every forums then and leave us bhs alone.


I know everyone whines but why blame bh for last ditch is it not even a bh move it is a smuggler so this post should be in smuggler not bh forums i go fix it now.


Post here at this link that i made


http://forums.station.sony.com/swg/board/message?board.id=smuggler&message.id=199035

Message Edited by DarkVader9 on 06-30-2005 03:58 PM



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Golrok
Thu Jun 30, 2005 4:08 pm
#116

if you get killed byLD becauseyou want to hang around staring ata wounded BHwhen you should have been supicious then you get what you deserve. your simply being outsmarted stop crying nerf and watch your backs next time, like dont hangout all stupid at the spaceport in the middle of groups of BH and then cry when you get outsmarted by one.

Eskie
Thu Jun 30, 2005 4:41 pm
#117



DarkVader9 wrote:
That was a joke and Last ditch ain't a bh special. anyone can use this on any profso go post in every forums then and leave us bhs alone.
I know everyone whines but why blame bh for last ditch is it not even a bh move it is a smuggler so this post should be in smuggler not bh forums i go fix it now.
Post here at this link that i made
http://forums.station.sony.com/swg/board/message?board.id=smuggler&message.id=199035

Message Edited by DarkVader9 on 06-30-2005 03:58 PM




It aint a BH special, but BHs are the only ones being able to use it as a first strike, which is what this whole complaint is about. Nobody is complaining about LD being used in general, only about BHs being able to use it as a first strike. So BH and Jedi boards are the only relevant boards for this issue, since it can only be used as a first strike by non-SF BHs on Jedi marks.



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Light Jedi Padawan
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