Weaponsmith Archive
Thread: Cheaters: devs need to fix the exploit
i play on starsider and im a well know crafter there.
in the last few weeks i had to deal with 2 cheating weaponcrafters, they use the bug/exploit to add, for example, adv vibro unit dmg to normal vibro units(so super dmg and low speed), or advanced barrels dmg with normal barrels speed. This is an Easy exploit, i can do it too, but obviusly i dont want to and i dont want to tell you how to do it. Anyway i made 2 tickets and i got 1 wpsmith banned and 1 "informed" by the csrs to stop using it.
Today another wpsmith, one of the best of the server also without using the cheat, advertised his weapons clearly made with the exploit....
As much as we would all like exploits to be fixed, posting about them is only going to attract the attention of those who didn't know about it already, thus propogating the problem, not a solution.
PM exploit information to Taurin. Posting it here will not get it taken care of any faster.
Previous correspondent and a lot of other people have reported this exploit in /bug and PMs to Taurin for over two months and the only response we've ever seen is "we're working on it".
staryu27 wrote:
i hope Logix could help a bit in fixing the issue... gathering info, sending to devs...
PM me with more details and I will make a post in the Correspondent forum ASAP.
Teiresias-Tempest wrote:
Is it possible to use this exploit on accident? I'm a relatively new weaponsmith, but the other day I created a republic blaster with significantly higher stats than I've seen on other vendors. (somewhere around 70-114 2.3spd) I wasn't paying attention when I made it so I had assumed it was just an amazing success in the initial combine. Any thoughts?
Depending on the available materials, the Republic Blaster, without enhancements, can go as high as 215. I don't think your combine is the result of the exploit.
This is interesting, since I suspected a smith or two on my own server doing something out of the ordinary. I compared my weapons made with some of the best resources on server to theirs on their vendors and there was deviation from mine by a lot in both speed and damage, and I could not figure out why. I thought perhaps components were to blame, but mine also are made with high quality resources.
...of course I lack proof that they are using exploits so can do nothing about it and since I am a relatively new smith on the server. For now I can only do my best and hope customers still buy from me, since my stuff can be seen by normal combatants as sub-standar when compared to the other better weapons...
We've got a tool doing it on ahazi too
This is a 3 month old exploit
This seriously needs stopped now