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Posted - 2010.11.03 20:55:00 -
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 Originally by: BinaryIdiot
Wow, many of you folks are really stupid.
The TCUs were destroyed during the downtime. The TCUs setup by others in the same period were not destroyed until enough folks petitioned them AND it was done two hours after the downtime ended (so they were able to take advantage of them for a bit).
CCP claims that this new rule is also retroactive. Do you have ANY IDEA how many alliances have used this in the past? If CCP was truly going to apply this retroactively, there would be thousands of systems lost as this was a huge game mechanic when patch downtime occurs.
Not only that, but CCP keeps iterating that this is only TCU related. I'm not sure why using timers and patch downtime in other situations (like, timing a POS to come out of reinforcement during downtime or dropping many other types of structures) is perfectly acceptable but, as of the past few days, TCUs are not allowed.
This is even more ridiculous because a GM actually has an ALT in IT (the same GM that destroyed all of the TCUs). Very suspicious that these TCUs were immediately destroyed by a GM who has an IT in the space where they were dropped and yet nothing happened to anyone else who dropped TCUs at the same-time until a few hours after downtime.
So basically, they're at fault for not seeing the others when dotlan was flooded with 14 new systems? I doubt CCP would have done anything if 1-2 systems were claimed after downtime. Yes, downtime was abused pre-Dominion for POS timing and that sort of thing, but you could still do something about it when the server came back up. With 14 systems to SBU and shoot at for hours...that's a different story.
I think what crossed the line was what I highlighted in my previous point. There is a difference between timing reinforce timers for downtime and a TCU onlining. Abusing the extended downtime so there was nothing anyone could do about the onlining TCUS (unclaimed systems or not) was what CCP saw and thus took action against.
As for the other TCUs...they were likely taken down later because it went unnoticed. Yours would have as well if you grabbed maybe 2 systems. But hey, let's all whine about an obvious flaw in the game mechanics that provide unfair advantages shall we?
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