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Originally Posted by EnderWiggin
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Disappoint. Was hoping there would be some sort of erotic adultery story in this thread.
This is an elaborate justification in disguise. Change your ip, start again. Don't cheat.
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If that's what you gleamed from this then it's my fail. It's not a justification, I cheated and account was suspended. I think the GMs were extremely lenient to be quite honest and if there were less people doing it then I'm sure it it would have been instant perma-ban. The fact that so many were caught shows how widespread it had truly become.
The post was mainly to explain to those asking why someone would cheat, and what exactly were the cheats being used. I just provided that from my experience. People can hate on it all they like, I provided info that many were wondering.
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Originally Posted by Solter
Well.....I appreciate the effort it took to write this. The guy spent some time on it and if it helps him feel better about it...it's all good. But I must say, if these guys wanted to make EQ "easier" then why not just play live. That's why I'm here and not on live because SOE gimped the game. If you were looking to camp mobs for uber drops and used a cheat then this means you were more interested in the drop than the game and/or the satisfaction that comes with a successful camp. Again I say why not just play live. If you just want the drop you can buy plat on live with real $$ and have all the uber gear you want. I'm not hammering you. I've done stupid shit in my life and getting busted always sucks. Pick yourself up and roll on big river....
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Again, my point was that for 95% of the game and rare mobs out there, the cheats didn't really provide any advantage. I camped the AoF with my character for 8 hours to get my first Rubicite BP, just like any other person at the time had to. Enduring breath, ultravision, see invis and tracking didn't provide any extra help in this situation and the majority of other situations in the game. Didn't help for Lower Guk spawns, Sol B, etc.. It also didn't help me gain any levels because like everyone else I had to kill said mob the same number of times. I doubt most players have to rely on tracking to find a good spot to kill the same mob 1000x times. The only way this could benefit someone is if they abused the free EB to level in Kedge Keep, though with the horrid pathing I doubt this would have been profitable.
Where it DID help was rare mobs that spawned in different ways than in live. And I dare say some of you out there have probably indirectly benefitted from these "cheaters" whether or not you want to acknowledge that fact or not. If someone used ShowEQ to figure out a rare spawn cycle then passed that knowledge on then you have benefitted. If you didn't figure out Quillemaine, AC in Sro, Petrafin, etc.. on your own and were given that information from someone else, then there's a good chance it was a "cheater" who initially shared that information. I would know, I personally passed on all of my knowledge to anyone who asked me because my goal wasn't to be selfish with my advantages. If someone asked me about any spawn that I personally knew about that was different from Live, then I spilled the beans.
Now given that, if you did personally spend the time to figure out these spawns on your own then I applaud you and will say if anyone, YOU have a right to be upset.
Perhaps I should petition in game (well in 2 weeks when i can log on again), and list the names of people who I know have benefitted from this information or any new players over the last few months that I've given out items, plat and the benefit of my buffs and overall help?
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"Sorry but we're going to have to roll back your exp by this amount due to the assistance of a known haxx0r! Oh and that Pegasus cloak you have, ya we're taking that away since you were told about how to make Quill spawn by another haxx0r!".