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Originally Posted by Argh
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TMO has proposed some rule changes that will remove the advantage given from autofiring programs/keyboards.
It is much more likely that we can change/have an effect on this problem through negotiations on these proposed rules, rather than expect GMs to somehow police this. |
those rules were discussed on our officer forums and the problem is they are solving 1 thing but then adding more potential for exploitative behavior
IP exemptions are something that are much more widely abused by the top tier guilds and if we used TMO's suggested rule change, you would see IP exemptions become the new 'form' of Autofire
If their ruleset was altered so that taggers had to be parked further away from spawn points rather than be parked ready to login/tag then we might be getting somewhere
Along with the randomizing of the spawn points then we would have a much more appetizing raid scene.
Simply having your tagger parked at the widely known single spawn location while placing priority of that account being IP exempt, TMO's ruleset does not give the field a fair shake ( much like people currently using Autofire for FTE does not give people a fair shake). I am not stating that TMO would be the only guild to do this mind you, just giving an example of how to exploit their proposed ruleset.
I completely understand that my example of why their ruleset ( if left unaltered ) would not be the norm, and occur every single time....similar to Autofire not being used to gain FTE every single time. However, when deciding on rule changes one must consider all sides including the most extreme cases.
The solution should be something that does not give advantage to use of 3rd party programs and IP exemptions.
Randomize the spawns, trackers cant tag, designate official camp out spots.
Bard-quest? maybe.....
But it would still resemble a 'race'...