Exploits in PlanetSide

cHaM · 2003-11-12, 12:27 AM

[Edited by Admin. Not everyone needs to cheat]

krayons · 2003-11-12, 12:56 AM

I agree they need to fix cheats not ignore it and have half the population using cheats and expoilts

Hamma · 2003-11-12, 01:03 AM

I'm going to remove this post because everyone doesent need to know about these exploits, however I will fire off some emails. If these were deleted Im sure it was for good reason, they dont need everyone and their mom using these exploits, same reason I removed them.

Hamma · 2003-11-12, 01:07 AM

Just sent some emails, I'm sure they will look into them if they have not already.

cHaM · 2003-11-12, 01:20 AM

Thanks for the support. I don't want people cheating either, I just want them fixed. I figured if everyone knew about them than they'd have to step up the pace to fix them.

-cHaM
el33t

Phaden · 2003-11-12, 01:24 AM

Yeh, some of them i kinda had noticed, the first ones being, but not amything substantial. But who knows, better off without them.

DramaticFanatic · 2003-11-12, 06:30 AM

What type of exploits were they? EXP exploits? Killing exploits?

Veteran · 2003-11-12, 07:07 AM

I don't know if SOE knows this or not, but exploiters are really hurting their game. Hang a few exploiters (and their accounts) out to dry and let the honest players get some small sense that there's a sheriff somewhere in town.

infinite loop · 2003-11-12, 12:39 PM

Originally Posted by Veteran

I don't know if SOE knows this or not, but exploiters are really hurting their game. Hang a few exploiters (and their accounts) out to dry and let the honest players get some small sense that there's a sheriff somewhere in town.

Wrong. That's exactly the wrong thing to do. The problem is alot of people are using these, like me, and don't even know or consider them to be exploits. The most trivial one listed is something that has worked in every fps game that I can remember playing. I've thought this is simply how the weapons work, and have never thought of it as an exploit. So if it truly is, it's news to me, and will be to ALOT of players. Banning them would be a surefire way to kill the population in a hurry. Don't get me wrong, mostly these things need to get fixed, but banning the people using them would pretty much kill PS.

DoomWarrior · 2003-11-12, 10:10 AM

Has anyone seen the auto tank re-load one? i have had a vaneguard blow my reaver out of the sky firing shot after shot with almost no space in between each one fired

Marsman · 2003-11-12, 12:01 PM

Folks, if you have discovered an exploit, please do not post the specific method of achieving the exploit. Tell us about it yes, but not exactly how to do it. Please put the specifics in a PM to one of the admins and we'll be sure to forward it to SOE. As Hamma said, it doesn't help to inform the community how to achieve an exploit - it is helpful to inform the community that it exists and what it looks like so we all can be on the lookout for it. Let's spread education and information about these but not encourage their practice.

flypengy · 2003-11-12, 12:43 PM

I have to disagree with the one about the MA rof increase... doing what he described causes a severe COF increase.

Veteran · 2003-11-12, 12:50 PM

If you're exploiting, you know it. Don't give me any crap that it's a 'harmless' exploit. The exploiters club consists of people who consider themself too elite to play by the rules, and the exact right thing to do is throw a torch in and burn it down. You're wrong if you think most players exploit. You don't think aimbot users should be banned? That's really weird.

infinite loop · 2003-11-12, 01:45 PM

Originally Posted by Veteran

If you're exploiting, you know it. Don't give me any crap that it's a 'harmless' exploit. The exploiters club consists of people who consider themself too elite to play by the rules, and the exact right thing to do is throw a torch in and burn it down. You're wrong if you think most players exploit. You don't think aimbot users should be banned? That's really weird.

No you misunderstand what I'm saying. I definitely think aimbot users should be banned, as well as any other cheater. What I'm saying is that I don't agree that one of cham's listed exploits is really an exploit. I think it's working the way it's supposed to. Single-click firing your weapon SHOULD give you better accuracy and control, and that's what it does with the MA weapons in PS. I've done this with every fps I've ever played, and don't understand why it would be considered an exploit. I'm saying that if they ban everyone who uses this particular method, that they'll be banning a large percent of the population, which would be bad.

That said, I don't think it's right to ban someone for using something that the game allows. Using a third-party piece of software or doing something to otherwise manipulate the game is cheating, and should be punished. I just don't personally see anything wrong with "exploiting" something that the game allows for. If it's such a problem, then it should be fixed, but not by punishing the people who do it.

Hamma · 2003-11-12, 02:00 PM

I got word back that they knew about some of the issues but not others. They have been passed on to the folks who are in charge of these things and are being looked at. And like mars said just toss a PM or Email to one of us and we will tip off SOE. I have told them about numerous expoits and I will continue to do so.

SOE cant watch every forum unfortunatly. So we do everything we can to help out with issues like this.