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Anabaric
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Posted - 2014.09.23 20:22:00 -
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This really needs a response from a GM with a definitive answer to the exploit situation. Community Manager www.Battleclinic.com @battleclinic Loadouts + Killboards + Forums Twitter @anabaric_eve www.the-bastards.net Recruitment: OPEN |
Anabaric
The Grumpy Bastards The Bastards.
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Posted - 2014.09.26 13:55:00 -
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Doominator wrote:Can someone just answer the question being asked here... Is this titan fair game? And what is CCP's definition of "inside"
Not empty quoting.
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Anabaric
The Grumpy Bastards The Bastards.
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Posted - 2014.09.29 12:17:00 -
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@CCP, You really need to make an open clarification about this issue.
There is still no official statement about bumping a ship that is partiality outside of the POS shields.
We all accept that deliberately exploiting the server mechanics to get a ship inside of the forcefield is an exploit, either by bridging/jumping a large amount of ships to a cyno lit directly on the target POS's forcefield, or by using an absurdly fast ship to penetrate the POS field prior to the server tick throwing it out.
Everyone agree's that these are exploits and should now deserve warnings/bans.
However that is not the issue on the table, the issue comes from the tactic of bumping a ship which for whatever reason is not entirely inside the POS forcefields. Various situations like this occur on a daily basis, without clear guidance we all risk crossing an invisible line that doesn't seem static from what has been suggested previously in the loose explanations of DEV/GM staff.
If a ship/titan or otherwise is partially out of the shield but unlockable I can still interact with it's hull by hitting it with another ship. If I bump the ship far enough out of the shield so that I can lock, fire, board & steal is that classed as an exploit?
We can't use the "un-interactable" test as it's possible to use (interact) a titan bridge from well outside of a POS field whilst the titan itself is "safe" inside. It is also still clear from other threads (mining bumping) that normal bump tackle/bumping is an acceptable policy elsewhere within the EVE universe, so is it now unacceptable in terms of POS mechanics?
The ban itself isn't the issue now, the issue is clarification of the rules. Can you (CCP) explain the rules so we can learn NOT to break them by using a mechanic that is known to be perfectly acceptable elsewhere within the game.
The rest of us would like to learn from the transgression, rather than get caught out and banned by what is now an extremely gray area. Community Manager www.Battleclinic.com @battleclinic Loadouts + Killboards + Forums Twitter @anabaric_eve www.the-bastards.net Recruitment: OPEN |
Anabaric
The Grumpy Bastards The Bastards.
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Posted - 2014.09.30 18:13:00 -
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I think you're pretty safe to bump it out as long as the pilot doesn't petition.
Downside I think it is now standard practice to petition all Titan losses, just in case some random GM got laid the previous night. Community Manager www.Battleclinic.com @battleclinic Loadouts + Killboards + Forums Twitter @anabaric_eve www.the-bastards.net Recruitment: OPEN |
Anabaric
The Grumpy Bastards The Bastards.
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Posted - 2014.10.02 15:53:00 -
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Thank you for the clarification, see that wasn't hard was it.
*put's pliers away*
Now that it's confirm unacceptable (exploiting) to interact with a titan from OUTSIDE of the POS field, when the titan is unlockable (thus effectively making all POS/bridge titans unkillable). I think you also look into the other potential exploit / unfair game mechanic which allows titans to interact with ships OUTSIDE of the POS field whilst themselves being protected by the same.
IE: Bridging through the shield.
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