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Posted - 2008.04.21 12:54:00 -
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 Originally by: Mynas Atoch
Originally by: CCP Lingorm
*cough cough*
Moon mineral information will not be generated until it goes live on TQ. Just as we scatter the Moon mineral information on Multi and Sisi so that scans there are of no use on TQ.
And as for any other advantage. There will not be much of one. This is new content to support of new content (can't go into details). It is also somewhat of a test for adding regions and such which has not been done before (the Drone regions was already there in the DB, we just had to add the gates to it). Also the new content will be available on Sisi at a later date so that people can look at it there (sans moon minerals).
But the Truesec and gates will be there now in the database, and with BOB's track record do you REALLY think this was wise selectively releasing this to a BOB member despite the commercial arrangement with him? You don't need anyone here to tell you who BOB are and what they have done in this game with every loophole in game mechanics or strategic advantage, yet you are releasing this information in what can only by viewed by those of us you HAVEN'T released it to as giving BOB an advantage. The history of this game shows how they have exploited the tiniest of advantages and developer leaked insight into mechanics in the past.
1) Truesec isn't available from the server. As far as I know, it's actually in your client files; you have to have a MachoNet decompiler to view it. Those aren't hard to make, mind you, but still, I'd guess Serenity was just handed an Excel file.
2) Everyone who plays this game has used every mechanic to its fullest. I've logged out prior to aggro with a freighter. I know others who routinely used warp core stabs on their Vagas (I've never flown the damn things, and certainly not pre-WCS nerf). m0o littered the battlefield with cans; another corp, which may also have been m0o, infamously circle-tanked CONCORD in high-sec. RA and -A- have both done login traps; hell, one of those login traps inflicted nearly 20b in damage on AXE in Impass and was probably the killing blow for our ability to continue to hold it. Several alliances have entire squads dedicated to suicide-ganking. RA still holds TRILLIONS of ISK (in a combination of ISK, loot and OPE's) from bugged Angel 8/10 complexes. GoonFleet had "standings in Local" before the client did, thanks to a client-side hack.
If the mechanic exists, people will push it as far as they can. There is nothing new to this.
One last note, and then I'm done--ignoring for a moment the actions of the one bad apple (about whose ill-gotten BPO's BoB leadership had absolutely no way to know), the only remaining issues with BoB's past behavior fall to communication. I have a simple solution so that everyone may have this level of communication, and it's available right now; I've used it myself many times. Get ready, because here comes the SUPER SECRET BoB-EYES ONLY INFORMATION! If you want to talk to devs, go to ColdFront IRC. If you want to talk to devs on MSN, go to ColdFront IRC and do a /whois.
It's not rocket science, people.
--P
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