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Offline ~SJ~ Griffin

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come on....
« on: January 21, 2010, 06:24:48 AM »
So today while playing i noticed quite a few people with the name "NO DRIVER"....after the devs fix the bug that was making the no driver tag appear on vehicles being piloted this is how we repay them? By trying to exploit it? I mean its not a horrible thing, but it certainly can help. I was tricked a few times when a LRM-partisan is sitting still hundreds of meters away with the NO DRIVER tag. I ignore it and then get blasted with missiles. This just seems like a really cheap thing to do. Off subject: Does anyone know how big, in meters, the grid squares are on the radar?
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Re: come on....
« Reply #1 on: January 21, 2010, 06:30:02 AM »
Hah....
I was playing with that exact guy... Just double check dude... or better yet give him a little test and shoot the shit out of it, if it explodes... no one in it.... if it moves then explodes... he was in it.
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Re: come on....
« Reply #2 on: January 21, 2010, 08:07:35 AM »
Yeah, caught me out too with that.

Dishonourable freebirth scum.
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Offline AndrewOsis

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Re: come on....
« Reply #3 on: January 21, 2010, 08:27:14 AM »
I played that guy had a good match.
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Offline Serafina

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Re: come on....
« Reply #4 on: January 21, 2010, 09:20:27 AM »
Quote from: Virt on January 21, 2010, 08:07:35 AM
Yeah, caught me out too with that.

Dishonourable freebirth scum.

It's called camoflage.

And false flag operations are not illegeal - so what?  ;D

Nice idea there - but hardly gamebreaking, since players should catch that trick pretty fast (and it can only be done by one player/server anyway).
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Re: come on....
« Reply #5 on: January 21, 2010, 02:11:52 PM »
no, its a douche move.
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Re: come on....
« Reply #6 on: January 21, 2010, 02:44:30 PM »
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Re: come on....
« Reply #7 on: January 21, 2010, 02:50:20 PM »
I remember in Planetside people would do the same thing but put CorpseOf in their name. Worked for about a day, then we just shoot anything. Considering in our game you get points regardless, there's no reason not to drop a salvo on him anyway.
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Re: come on....
« Reply #8 on: January 21, 2010, 02:56:21 PM »
I agree OP. It is a 10 year old kids move to try and exploit the map by what i consider "cheating". Anyone who logs in as No Driver is a Coward and a cheater period. You are doing it to get an unfair advantage against the other team. I should not have to waste ammo against a no driver mech to see if it is legit. Play the game fair or leave.
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Re: come on....
« Reply #9 on: January 21, 2010, 02:59:26 PM »
Quote from: Defender on January 21, 2010, 02:50:20 PM
Considering in our game you get points regardless, there's no reason not to drop a salvo on him anyway.

But this is only true if he is alone.
If I charge towards, lets say an Atlas with a clearly designated Pilot and a SCat with "No Driver" I won't shoot at the obviously empty SCat, for every single bullet will be needed fighting the Atlas.

And if I knew both were manned I wouldn't have attacked in this situation in the first place
« Last Edit: January 21, 2010, 03:08:14 PM by DFDelta »
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Re: come on....
« Reply #10 on: January 21, 2010, 03:06:22 PM »
It made me laugh.  It's a beta to boot.  The more these types of things are pointed out early in the testing the better our chances are of having them blocked down the road.  That's stuff I would never think to do but glad someone is now while the full attention of the devs are on the game and not later in a ladder match or something.
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Re: come on....
« Reply #11 on: January 21, 2010, 03:10:00 PM »
Fix proposal:

Hard-coded autokicker of anyome called "No Driver" built into the server app :3
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Re: come on....
« Reply #12 on: January 21, 2010, 05:21:37 PM »
Quote from: Alexander on January 21, 2010, 03:10:00 PM
Fix proposal:

Hard-coded autokicker of anyome called "No Driver" built into the server app :3

A simpler fix would be to change the targeting color of any vehicle without a driver. So instead of having a red box around it, an unmanned mech would have a grey box. That way, a person named "No Driver" would still show up red, and thus manned.
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Offline RalenSharr

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Re: come on....
« Reply #13 on: January 21, 2010, 05:26:59 PM »
Quote from: Virt on January 21, 2010, 08:07:35 AM
Yeah, caught me out too with that.

Dishonourable freebirth scum.

Arrogant clanners do it too. He was playing possum and I just wasted him. So much for his "honor"
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Re: come on....
« Reply #14 on: January 21, 2010, 05:28:11 PM »
Quote from: Alexander on January 21, 2010, 03:10:00 PM
Fix proposal:

Hard-coded autokicker of anyome called "No Driver" built into the server app :3
Quote from: Clownmite on January 21, 2010, 05:21:37 PM
Quote from: Alexander on January 21, 2010, 03:10:00 PM
Fix proposal:

Hard-coded autokicker of anyome called "No Driver" built into the server app :3

A simpler fix would be to change the targeting color of any vehicle without a driver. So instead of having a red box around it, an unmanned mech would have a grey box. That way, a person named "No Driver" would still show up red, and thus manned.

Either one of these sounds like a really good idea.
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