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Originally Posted by Supaskillz [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Kitchen timers are tough to use for every mob. Even people who time phs and room pops are disciplines player who make good group members. Automating this does detract something imo.

Your're missing the point, and that point is that log parsers have been around for 15 years. This isn't some new menace that ahungry has created that is now threatening our server, it's part of the game. And it's not anything to worry about because all log parsers can do is make things you can already do slightly easier ... in this case, pressing the "start timer 1" button for you when you kill mob X, vs. you having to alt+tab and click that button yourself (because presumably you're using a timer program that lets you run multiple timers, and not a literal kitchen timer).

Originally Posted by Supaskillz [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Can they stop you from using programmable keyboards? Hitting a number of the keyboard is all the software would have to do. Does not have to interface with client at all, not sure if this is allowed or detectable if not, but I hope it's not allowed.

How about we do a little experiment: go buy a programmable keyboard use it for a bit, then come back here and tell us how it went. You'll need to create a new forum account though, because the one you're using now will be banned after you use a prohibited cheat program ;-)

Less sarcastic answer: yes they are detectable and bannable. I don't know exactly how the devs do the detection (I can think of a few ways myself), and I doubt they'd tell us, but that's a good thing because you want to keep the cheaters on their toes.

Originally Posted by Supaskillz [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I think map feature doesn't cross the line for most people, but more and more features are possible. Are we sure anything that just uses log info is acceptable?

Yes we're sure. Numerous members of the staff, including Lord Rogean himself have stated so on multiple occasions. Some people (*cough* chewie, Sorceror, Hawk) just can't take no for an answer.

Originally Posted by Supaskillz [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I doubt any of this would make me quit or that I wouldn't even use it, but at some point some of the classic intent could be lost by the classic technicality that logs were available.

Lots of classic intent has already been lost; you can't suck the knowledge of how to acquire an OT Hammer via Puppet Strings from peoples brains, so as a result P99 will always have way more OT Hammers than was ever classically intended. Nobody likes this fact, but there's nothing we can do about it, so we all have to settle for a P99 that has "the closest possible classic mechanics" even if that means not having the closest possible classic intent.