Squad Leader Archive
Thread: well it was bound to happen...
Message Edited by Ackehece on 03-05-2005 11:49 AM
irott wrote:
That post is gone.
Its been taken care of.
very good to hear... is a worrisome development is all I can say.
Fixing the range on SL abilities is only one step, we have many more to take.
irott wrote:
True, but a SL can be used in the same situation.
I understand that but the original poster implied that it WAS in fact an SL. Rumor mongering and misleading implication are what start problems and frustration in the player base.
Besides, these sorts of scripts have been in use for weeks if not months that I have seen. What makes them now more threatening to SL as a profession?
majorslappy wrote:
irott wrote:
True, but a SL can be used in the same situation.
I understand that but the original poster implied that it WAS in fact an SL. Rumor mongering and misleading implication are what start problems and frustration in the player base.
Besides, these sorts of scripts have been in use for weeks if not months that I have seen. What makes them now more threatening to SL as a profession?
he edited the message ...
The threatening part is not that it was being done (though that is bad for the game) but that it is a change in the methods of advertising the service- they are now actively advertising that they have a bot for solo grouping. It is a change in Modus Operandi. The post suggested that they would be advertising like the buff bots do in the cities and on the forums and that would of course demean the need for SL's even more - I have no problem advertising if I am atk but advertising that you can get the benefits I give without being atk (in fact afk) is just wrong. It is nice to see he removed some of the hyperbole.
Basically the threatening idea is the same- it reduces the value of being a squad leader again - something we have worried about for a long time but has been getting progressively worse as of late and with active advertising of Solo Groups it will only get worse.
Ackehece wrote:
majorslappy wrote:
irott wrote:
True, but a SL can be used in the same situation.
I understand that but the original poster implied that it WAS in fact an SL. Rumor mongering and misleading implication are what start problems and frustration in the player base.
Besides, these sorts of scripts have been in use for weeks if not months that I have seen. What makes them now more threatening to SL as a profession?
he edited the message ...
The threatening part is not that it was being done (though that is bad for the game) but that it is a change in the methods of advertising the service- they are now actively advertising that they have a bot for solo grouping. It is a change in Modus Operandi. The post suggested that they would be advertising like the buff bots do in the cities and on the forums and that would of course demean the need for SL's even more - I have no problem advertising if I am atk but advertising that you can get the benefits I give without being atk (in fact afk) is just wrong. It is nice to see he removed some of the hyperbole.
Basically the threatening idea is the same- it reduces the value of being a squad leader again - something we have worried about for a long time but has been getting progressively worse as of late and with active advertising of Solo Groups it will only get worse.
And once again, I ask how this is solely the territory of the SL. This demeans and devalues every profession that can be played AT or away from the keyboard. I don't like AFK playing anymore than the next person, but this post makes it sound like SL is the only profession affected. It's a bit narrow a view.