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Thread: Power-up Slicing BUG? or Working As Intended? SOE PLEASE RESPOND
One of the Four Horsemen of the Smuggler Apocalypse! 
Smuggler_Caylin wrote:
Well, not exactly the response I was hoping for, but I hope it became abundantly clear through that experience that powerup slicing is considered an exploit and is not to be done.
Actually no, it has not made anything abudantly clear. On the contrary is has exacerbated the situation.I have yet to understand why someone from SOE cannotclarify this. Why were these threads deleted with no explanation? Yes, the discussions were a bit heated, and possibly some players have taken offense that me and others refuse to accept thier beliefs as concrete evidence of proof of the rules. OBVIOUSLY someone is reading these. Answer the question.
Is using powerups in the slicing of weapons an exploit? Its EASY! yes or no. Surely someone in SOE knows the rules of the game.
As of this writing I have but one Official SOE response to my query..."These rifles were sliced with what some players are calling a "powerup slicing" exploit.
SOE Representative...."I have inspected your rifles, and they are legal."
Ailuu wrote:
Actually no, it has not made anything abudantly clear. On the contrary is has exacerbated the situation.I have yet to understand why someone from SOE cannotclarify this. Why were these threads deleted with no explanation? Yes, the discussions were a bit heated, and possibly some players have taken offense that me and others refuse to accept thier beliefs as concrete evidence of proof of the rules. OBVIOUSLY someone is reading these. Answer the question.
Is using powerups in the slicing of weapons an exploit? Its EASY! yes or no. Surely someone in SOE knows the rules of the game.
As of this writing I have but one Official SOE response to my query..."These rifles were sliced with what some players are calling a "powerup slicing" exploit.
SOE Representative...."I have inspected your rifles, and they are legal."
We've had issues going on just as long as this that have never received a response. Actually there are some that have been around longer than this.
We have yet to get a yes or no onthem as well. Don't expect one here. Don't take a CSR's word in about 80% of all situations. We've had plenty of problems with them.
The threads were not deleted for the debate, they were removed for explaining an exploit.
Smuggler_Caylin wrote:
We've had issues going on just as long as this that have never received a response. Actually there are some that have been around longer than this.
We have yet to get a yes or no onthem as well. Don't expect one here. Don't take a CSR's word in about 80% of all situations. We've had plenty of problems with them.
The threads were not deleted for the debate, they were removed for explaining an exploit.
The thread on the Bria Trade Forum, while getting a tad off topic in no way had any sort of explanation of how to do this type of slicing.
As far as CSR's being unreliable sources, 80% of the time. They are the Game Masters of SWG as assigned by the company that makes the game. Whether you agree with their rulings 20% of the time or none of the time, it does not make their decisions any less "Official."
Still waiting for an answer SOE. Comeon, you can do it.
SickOfRegisteringJustToRead wrote:
Ailuu
SOE rarely comments on anything and almost never admits to exploits. The fact that threads are being deleted is as good of proof as we could ever expect (or will likely get).
I agree that it would be very easy to say yes or no but that is obviously against their policy regarding the issue...
Besides, the Smuggler Correspondent has stated that he was told it was not intended (maybe in different words). I see no reason for Smuggler_Caylin to be dishonest about it. You should believe it as well...
Assuming the threads were deleted proves anything is in fact, ludicrous. I have opinions and assumptions of why they were deleted also, but those assumptions and opinions PROVE nothing.
There have been no allegationsthat Caylin is being dishonest. Your attempts to turn a simple fact finding search into a personal attack will have to be used on someone else. As I have stated in this thread, I have conflicting information on this matter and am simply looking for a ruling from SOE, not your opinion on what you think it is, not your assumptions on what you think it should be, and certainly not any of your accusations.
Kwambus wrote:
When slicing normally a power up is removed, thereby implying its not supposed to be there during the slice. Therefore if a weapon is sliced in some way with a power up on, it can logically be deemed an exploit.There ya go, is that simple enough for you?
With regard to your rifles; if they were sliced with a power up applied they are not "legal" in the game, and that's that.
Again, these are merely your opinions on the matter. And while they most assuredly are just as important as any other opinion or assumption, they in fact dictate no stated rules of the game and are simply your thoughts and interpretations of what is NOT being said by SOE.
What in fact has been stated by SOE is that my rifles are in fact, legal. Thereby making your second comment completely false.
Ailuu wrote:
Is using powerups in the slicing of weapons an exploit? Its EASY! yes or no. Surely someone in SOE knows the rules of the game.
As of this writing I have but one Official SOE response to my query..."These rifles were sliced with what some players are calling a "powerup slicing" exploit.
SOE Representative...."I have inspected your rifles, and they are legal."
You have only been told that your rifles are legal, not that this 'trick' to slicing is not an exploit. Maybe the smuggler who intended to use this exploit while slicing your weapon didn't know how to do the exploit correctly, or somehow messed it up?
In this case your weapons would be legal and you can keep on using them. Your CSR said nothing about whether the method supposedly used to slice them was an exploit and you have no way of knowing if the exploit was even carried out successfully by the smuggler who intended to do it.
The best thing you could do is report the smuggler you took the weapons to as suspected of trying to use an exploit and stop worrying about it.
lisasdarren wrote:
You have only been told that your rifles are legal, not that this 'trick' to slicing is not an exploit. Maybe the smuggler who intended to use this exploit while slicing your weapon didn't know how to do the exploit correctly, or somehow messed it up?
In this case your weapons would be legal and you can keep on using them. Your CSR said nothing about whether the method supposedly used to slice them was an exploit and you have no way of knowing if the exploit was even carried out successfully by the smuggler who intended to do it.
The best thing you could do is report the smuggler you took the weapons to as suspected of trying to use an exploit and stop worrying about it.
First comment: I had a 173-400 T21 sliced to a 233-560. This was definitly done using powerups in the slice.
Second comment: I have repeatedly stated that I told the CSR the rifles were sliced with a technique players called something like "Powerup Slice" Exploit.
Third comment: SOE has in no way informed me that what was done is an exploit. They have in fact told me the rifles are completely legal, AFTER they were informed of the slicing technique. At this time, there is nother to report about the smuggler.
Thank you for taking the time to try and help