TenTonHammer: Everquest Hacking

[Harrison]

That post reeks of "I've never raided in WoW successfully."

[Autotune]

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

That post reeks of "I've never raided in WoW successfully."

agreed.

EQ raiding

1st) stand under the dragon
2nd) push button
3rd) /loot

[karsten]

bro I killed that eyeball thingie in ahn quiraj or w/e i come correct

[karsten]

also the point of that post was to denote the fact that me n otto n xzerion are famous on the internet

[Daldaen]

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

agreed.

EQ raiding

1st) stand under the dragon
2nd) push button
3rd) /loot

Classic EQ raiding yep. Later EQ has some baller events that would make WoW players quit due to them being too hard. Demiplane was baller.

[knottyb0y]

But what about the theory that SOE doesn't want to stop hackers as it would mean fewer paying accounts, thus less revenue? I asked Thom about this.

"Wow," Thom responded. "I think that's pretty far-fetched. I have never heard anyone here ever say anything like that," he continued emphatically. "There's never any context of money in association with not fixing an issue

When I read that portion of the article (page 2 of the part 3) I almost fell out of my chair. Any software company that says they do not take money in to context when fixing an issue is a telling a lie. Every decision made on which bugs to fix, which issues to address, whether to crank out a new expansion or fix/ban cheating are ALL based on money. Unless cheaters begin to affect the subscription numbers of EQLive handily (and likely not to happen if the stories of hackers using 8-15 characters simultaneously are true) the issue will always be on the back burner.

This is one fortunate issue with P1999. Since it is not a subscription based service decisions can be made for the good of the community without having to first check with stakeholders and the affect on the money gained.

[Atmas]

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

Classic EQ raiding yep. Later EQ has some baller events that would make WoW players quit due to them being too hard. Demiplane was baller.

I think Rathe Council event took way more coordination than anything I ever came across in WoW and my guild did it without Vent.

On the other hand early EQ raiding was not that complex compared to some of the WoW stuff. Also in the expansions the bosses in group dungeons had strats, not really the case for original EQ.

Overall though you could make it to max level in WoW and not know shit about maximizing your class potential. EQ was the opposite, people who were max level (and didn't buy their toon) had skillz.

[Autotune]

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

people who were max level (and didn't buy their toon) had skillz.

um... lol. RuCereaus?

[Atmas]

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

um... lol. RuCereaus?

It's a generalization, there are always a couple of noobs, but it was never like WoW. In WoW it was hella easy to get max level and I would be in dungeon groups where tanks didn't know shit about tanking, dps didn't know what assisting or waiting for agro was, and healers were pretty much screwed by the former.

I also played on a PvP server, so people knew more about their class. We did RZ in tactics with an enemy guild zoning in selo-speeded, invulnerable SKs to Death Touch our tanks. It could also be that being on a PvP server my groups were pretty much guild only.

[Mcbard]

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

how does being bored make you want to cheat lol?

quit maybe, but cheat?

I'm not really sure about the psychology behind it. It comes from wanting to try new things I think. I tend not to quit things when I'm bored, but rather I try to explore them in new ways or dissect them so that I can learn all of the intricacies. I began doing the same thing on live when I was maxxed out.. my nights typically consisted of warping to [target 0003] and attempting to solo it for fun rather than logging on, seeing no raids happening, logging off sort of thing.

Anyway, my post was primarily in jest to make fun of all the people not only talking about VP in this thread (for some reason), but also for people shouting at the top of their e-lungs "VP ISNT OUT CAUSE SOMEONE HAXXED SO DEAL W/IT". So I countered that with my cynicism by reversing the reason for hacking. See what I did there? [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]