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Im not sure I know exactly what this is, if my guess is correct it means you can put 3 modules into this cocket cluster then the socket cluster only takes one module slot but has 3 modules in it, am I right? So a probot could have potentially 6 modules instead of 2? I thought i heard someone saythat a probot with 6 modules was a exploit but If what I say here is correct then it is not an exploit at all!

Thanks for helping a DE noob, pretty much got everything figured out now except this.

It is an exploit, TH said so. Although the Cluster fits into the General Module Socket. It was not meant to fit into the General Module Socket. It was meant to fit only in a General Module Cluster Socket

Its ok for the adv. R3 to have 2 clusters and 6 modules, all other droids would be an exploit.

I have a hard time accepting the term "exploit". Exploits get fixed. For months, the Devs didnt even know whether it was intended or not. It is now labeled as a bug. TH didnt say exploit, he could have. He didnt.

Still will be happy to see it go.

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Lonkley wrote:

I have a hard time accepting the term "exploit". Exploits get fixed. For months, the Devs didnt even know whether it was intended or not. It is now labeled as a bug. TH didnt say exploit, he could have. He didnt.

Still will be happy to see it go

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Actually, the term exploit is used to describe the use of a bug for ones own benefit. The issue itself is a bug; however the moment that it is used to stack modules or used in a droid that is not designed for a cluster module, it becomes an exploit. Think of the bug/exploit relationship as present and past tense verbs.

on an off note, i laughed last night because I tried to make an R3 w/ Item 6 and Food/Chem and I figured since the cluster works in general, a general should work in a cluster. Nope. Id just never had anyone order an R3 with less than 3 modules before

Lonkley,

I have a feeling that's the way it's 'supposed' to work. Intentionally hampering the final droid by putting a single module into a socket cluster would not bother me in the slightest. Someone just got their boolean logic wrong somewhere. This would allow any 0/0/0/3 DE to manufacture R2s with SOME level of function.

Oh im not saying it shouldnt be like that. I know thats the way its supposed to be.

I just find it funny that it actually worked that way. Its interesting to see how exactly its broken.

IMO anyone who's made an exploited droid should have their account banned for 1 week per droid.

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MachineZed wrote:
It is an exploit, TH said so. Although the Cluster fits into the General Module Socket. It was not meant to fit into the General Module Socket. It was meant to fit only in a General Module Cluster Socket

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To be precise, what TH said was that stacking GDMSCs was a bug. He never addressed putting them in non-cluster sockets.

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GnomeAd wrote:

To be precise, what TH said was that .........

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*** /emotemumbles something inaudible under a gag ***

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GnomeAd wrote:

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MachineZed wrote:
It is an exploit, TH said so. Although the Cluster fits into the General Module Socket. It was not meant to fit into the General Module Socket. It was meant to fit only in a General Module Cluster Socket

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To be precise, what TH said was that stacking GDMSCs was a bug. He never addressed putting them in non-cluster sockets.

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Re-read the question that was posed and answered.

There's the part in the question "as well how they fit into a droid".