Smuggler Archive
Thread: Ceterum Censeo .... Exploit Hotfixed ! YEAH ! (I wont bug you anymore :-)
Anyway, I think the best fix for powerup slicing is to make the item break if the slice is finalized and there happens to be a powerup on it.
- Solutions:
- Remove Powerup *before* calculating the increase given by the slice on the last step.
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The powerup Slicing exploit is slowly getting out of hand. I dont know about you but I have been told repeatedly now by customers and weaponsmiths that if I do not use this exploit they will take their business elsewhere. And its getting old rejecting every third job, especially when these are jobs are worth a hundred normal slicing jobs. And no, you wont find these people stating "use the Powerup exploit" following procedure XXXXXX in spatial .... they just tell you "I want a 30%+ damage job and here are all the parts you need !". Not to mention that I am not the type to report people to the CSRsfor wanting the best slice they can get.
The annoying thing is ... honest non-exploiting smugglers arelosing MILLIONS because a serious bug/exploit has not been fixed for A YEAR NOW !!!
You wont get any high end Krayt/Gorax/Enhancement weapons to sliceanymore - which usually meant that you get 100 k+ tips for getting a high damage slice. You wont get any contracts by WS anymore that are into the business of selling 1000 item factory runs of high end weapons ALL with 30%+ damage slices - a contract that is worth 1 million plus ! When you state that these results can only be achieved by using a known exploit you are been laughed at and they point out that after one year of no player banning despite massive abuse of this exploit (and the massive amount of other exploits in the game that are not bug-fixed) that it is unlikely that any actions by the CSR would follow and that they will just find other, more willing smugglers.
So - in the words of the old Cato that reminded the Roman senate repeatedly that Carthago needs to be destroyed - I say :
The Powerup Slicing Exploit needs to be destroyed/hot-fixed/corrected .... OR made known to all to level the playing field until the smuggler revamp is done.
Ceterum censeo Powerup Slicing delendam esse
Have fun
Novarider
Message Edited by Erillion on 10-08-2004 05:33 PM
Erillion wrote:
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Simple solution:
Make it legal, or close the exploit...
NOW!
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Amen !
Making it legal would solve the problem of letting the smuggler choose type and percentage of slice, but would make Master Smuggler even more useless.
Have fun
Novarider
Ceterum censeo Powerup Slicing delendam esse.
I do not want to depend on a power-up to do my job.It's bad enough I can't make upgrade kits myself without going for AS or WS. Being able to choose damage/speed and encumberance/effectiveness should be a natural ability.
50k was the price i quoted,
100k was the amount i would have gotten if i p-up sliced.
my responce?
/addignore
/denyservice
yeah, i turned down 100k. what's more important, the money, or the fact that i will not assist in helping someone cheat?
IT'S a FREAKING EXPLOIT! GET RID OF IT!
two smugglers are standing outside /genericstarport
client walks up to smuggler A, with an offer of 10 stunbatons, at 5k each (50k)
Smuggler A aggrees
before trade begins, client tells smuggler they will double the price if they p-up slice.
Smugler A refuses.
client goes to smuggler B.
smuggler b was spamming "Guarenteed slices, 30%+, l33tuber-FS skills(yeah, i know, it's a dig, but we're gonna see that soon enough /sigh)"
client makes same offer to smuggler B
Smuggler B accepts offer
client pays 100k for exploit
clear enough for you?