Comments on: Just because you can, doesn’t mean you should. http://www.kiasa.org/2010/02/05/just-because-you-can-doesnt-mean-you-should/ Just these guys, you know. Sun, 12 Feb 2012 02:42:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Brian 'Psychochild' Green http://www.kiasa.org/2010/02/05/just-because-you-can-doesnt-mean-you-should/comment-page-1/#comment-3974 Brian 'Psychochild' Green Sat, 06 Feb 2010 03:12:59 +0000 http://www.kiasa.org/?p=3450#comment-3974 The problem is that it's not always obvious what's a legitimate tactic and what's a bug. This is something that LotRO had to deal with with the "hard modes". There were a lot of tactics that were pretty much exploits, but since players had to figure out the fights to qualify for hard mode, they tried all sorts of different things. They eventually fixed some of the issues, but I think they took a reasonable approach and understood that some bugs are going to show up. Obviously, there's more sides to the story here. And, Ensidia gets enough hate directed at it for being a high end guild anyway. So, the truth will probably never be all that clear, unfortunately. At any rate, I think developers need to be careful about what is an exploit and what is a legitimate tactic. Especially with new content, any problems are going to come to the forefront when there's intense competition. The problem is that it’s not always obvious what’s a legitimate tactic and what’s a bug. This is something that LotRO had to deal with with the “hard modes”. There were a lot of tactics that were pretty much exploits, but since players had to figure out the fights to qualify for hard mode, they tried all sorts of different things. They eventually fixed some of the issues, but I think they took a reasonable approach and understood that some bugs are going to show up.

Obviously, there’s more sides to the story here. And, Ensidia gets enough hate directed at it for being a high end guild anyway. So, the truth will probably never be all that clear, unfortunately.

At any rate, I think developers need to be careful about what is an exploit and what is a legitimate tactic. Especially with new content, any problems are going to come to the forefront when there’s intense competition.

]]> By: Melmoth http://www.kiasa.org/2010/02/05/just-because-you-can-doesnt-mean-you-should/comment-page-1/#comment-3973 Melmoth Fri, 05 Feb 2010 14:21:56 +0000 http://www.kiasa.org/?p=3450#comment-3973 Or "Oh, the Uoomanity!" as Martin Sheen would say. Or “Oh, the Uoomanity!” as Martin Sheen would say.

]]> By: Ysharros http://www.kiasa.org/2010/02/05/just-because-you-can-doesnt-mean-you-should/comment-page-1/#comment-3972 Ysharros Fri, 05 Feb 2010 12:32:02 +0000 http://www.kiasa.org/?p=3450#comment-3972 Oh, the humanity! Oh, the humanity!

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