Weaponsmith Archive

Ok here goes…

I don’t want to expose this to more people who don’t know this yet, but I have found a way to create items without using any resources… Its not perfect but it does work most of the time.

Second I have been told strange things from my customers like:

weaponsmith johndoe can make a kryat laser with two tissue.

I reply no he cant…

Customer replies yes he can, and did…

I reply he must have lied to you…

Customer says humm I don’t think so, then proceeds to spout out some stats that would be impossible to make (ie. Laser carbine on ahazi 384 damage, at 3.3 speed, HAM’s around 60, wound of 17%) from two tissue, oh yea and then he can make you more with 1 tissue each laser…

Humm sounds odd to me, maybe he can just make kick-butt lasers… nope, I have seen a few from the best ws’s in the game and not possible.

Ok so what gives? Well it turns out I have found the answer… you can make a kryat laser with two tissue, and then one tissue each laser after all. In fact you can make 4 or 5 or more lasers with two tissues. I hope not too many people are using this, its cheating and just makes the game not fun to play when if I play by the rules my stuff sucks, but if I cheat… well then I can make 500 damage laser rifles all day long for 2 tissue. I have not and will use this exploit but would like to get it fixed right away, and suggestions to getting that done, other than just /bug in’ it?

BTW- the 3 kryat tissues I dup’d were deleted. I would rater drop WS than cheat in this great game.

PS If by exposing this to the dev’s think they will replace the 100 advanced blaster power handlers that my factory

lost for me…

eldo

PM to Taurin(exploit dev) with exact instructments how to do this see here:

http://forums.station.sony.com/swg/board/message?board.id=Development&message.id=626490

well then maybe I should use this exploit and tell everyone how its done.. at least then most of use would be back on par with each other?

Any thoughts,

eldo

That's a more difficult scruples question that it may first appear. Unfortunately the other poster is quite correct, until these things are public and their effect is widespread, SOE seems to turn a blind a eye. So, on the one hand, to help the players, this needs to be made public (that's counter intuitive as all hell) However, on the other hand, I hate to see anyone who is on the correct side of the exploit thing, reduced to furthering them. Not to mention that if you choose to, you'll want to spread it in game or on another site, as you don't want to be made an example out of. No company that doing a half assed job likes whistle blowers, and by their EULA, they could kick you for spreading it.

In short, spreading would help fix it, but I hate to see you have to spread it!!! I hope you've reported it, and for the first time, SOE corrects something before it's rampant. Even if only to quell posts like ours. =)

The others are correct in saying that you will likely get banned if you post the exploit and they can trace it to your character.

I find this situation to be difficult to handle as well. I am against using or spreading exploits as I have seen and continue to see them ruining games that I like. It is most unfortunate that SOE places us in a position where we have to take such drastic action in order to get things fixed instead of responsibily handling reported exploits. I can't believe that they have adopted a policy of ignoring them until someone gets so fed up with the situation that they post the exploit on a fan site under an anonymous handle in order to get them fixed.

I have to admit that even though I strongly disagree with the notion of using an exploit or trying to get them spread I have become so frustrated by SOE's lack of action over the insane success/krayt stat dupe bug that I am beginning to believe that we should all start using it. I hate the fact that SOE's uncaring and unprofessional attitude towards fixing reported exploits is putting me in a position of having to possibily begin using an exploit in order toforce them to fix it.

Personally I would stick to the moral high ground and let the others dupe all they wish.

I guess it all comes down to your motivation for being a weaponsmith. Did you choose this craft to make millions of credits, or to make the best weapons in the game .... or was it simply so that you didn't have to pay for your own weapons?

If you want to make millions then sell 300,000 scout blasters on the bazaar at 3K each. Kryat dupers will be targetting the uber weapons for their tissue, and will ignore all the lowbie pistols - there is your market!

If you want to make the best weapons in the game - lthen start duping, as your weapons have no chance when compared to a krayt enhanced blasto-deathray special...

If you are the casual player enjoying a little crafting, a little hunting, a little exploration, then ignore the duping as you really dont care what the 12 year olds are lining up for ...

I make a simple comfortable living with my weaponshop, and could care less that my weapons are ; "Do0d, yer weps are not l33t, they suckage" .... let the teenieboppers grow restless and depart to some other game.

you make a good point, and I hate cheaters. I just wish this needn't be discussed, that when cheating occurs, it is reported, the reponsible parties are dealt with, and that it is fixed so it doesn't happen again.

This seems to be too much to ask of SOE however.

I would also say that I hate the idea of being relegated to low end weapons after the grind to master, and let cheaters have the high end.