I don't mean this to be a slight against zenimax because I recognize the merit of banning cheaters but back when there was rampant speedhacking and exploits in Asheron's Call, no one got banned..
Turbine, in those days, assumed the philosophy that players should do everything that was possible for them to do and part of the joy of the games they created was pushing the limits of the software to find out what was possible.. they can't ban people for their mistake and creating a game where cheating was possible was THEIR mistake...
This is an example of how far of a departure, from the philosophical roots of the MMORPG industry, the modern development standard has taken.
Yeah that sounds like a terrible experience sorry. Game dev spin on laziness.
I don't mean this to be a slight against zenimax because I recognize the merit of banning cheaters but back when there was rampant speedhacking and exploits in Asheron's Call, no one got banned..
Turbine, in those days, assumed the philosophy that players should do everything that was possible for them to do and part of the joy of the games they created was pushing the limits of the software to find out what was possible.. they can't ban people for their mistake and creating a game where cheating was possible was THEIR mistake...
This is an example of how far of a departure, from the philosophical roots of the MMORPG industry, the modern development standard has taken.
Yeah that sounds like a terrible experience sorry. Game dev spin on laziness.
it would have been far easier for them to ban cheaters.. what they ended up doing was rewriting a large portion of their server code and implementing systems to prevent cheating... You are an example of how far of a departure, from the philosophical roots of the MMORPG consumer, the modern gamer has taken.
I chose the Xfinity speed test because it does not reveal my ISP.
Originally posted by adam_nox Does this include the players who got max level in a matter of hours?
Can you give specifics of what you are referring to or simply talking out your backside? If you are referring to the European player that got max level in 17 hours, it was legit. His guild helped him power level with the mage AOE on mobs. Though it sucks.....it's a reality of todays modern MMO's.
-Rig
Former GM and associate game designer for SOE and Square Enix. (2001-2008)
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Yeah that sounds like a terrible experience sorry. Game dev spin on laziness.
it would have been far easier for them to ban cheaters.. what they ended up doing was rewriting a large portion of their server code and implementing systems to prevent cheating... You are an example of how far of a departure, from the philosophical roots of the MMORPG consumer, the modern gamer has taken.
I chose the Xfinity speed test because it does not reveal my ISP.
Can you give specifics of what you are referring to or simply talking out your backside? If you are referring to the European player that got max level in 17 hours, it was legit. His guild helped him power level with the mage AOE on mobs. Though it sucks.....it's a reality of todays modern MMO's.
-Rig