Arc-Mage Posted May 4 Share Posted May 4 So how much does it take to go from bending the rules to exploiting them? Camping Adamastor for a day? Maybe over the weekend? Four days? A week? Being constantly offended doesn't mean you're right, it just means you're too narcissistic to tolerate opinions different than your own. With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility. Let's Go Crack a Planet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rudra Posted May 4 Share Posted May 4 Dumb question: How does someone camp Adamastor? He can only be summoned once per hour. And if you know when he was last summoned, you can be there for the next one. I'm missing something, so please explain it to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arc-Mage Posted May 4 Author Share Posted May 4 Join a TF. Turn on AoE. Stand where Adamastor spawns. Walk away for days. Being constantly offended doesn't mean you're right, it just means you're too narcissistic to tolerate opinions different than your own. With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility. Let's Go Crack a Planet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rudra Posted May 4 Share Posted May 4 Adamastor doesn't just spawn though. He has to be summoned by the players. I get what you are saying though. Being able to AFK fight Adamastor while others summon him, farming him for merits. Yeah, I agree that is an exploit. Thanks for the explanation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biostem Posted May 4 Share Posted May 4 (edited) Does being in a TF disable the AFK detection process, or is the player using some other method to bypass that? If so, that seems like more an an issue to be addressed, which would also alleviate the issue in the OP... Edited May 4 by biostem Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rudra Posted May 4 Share Posted May 4 (edited) 33 minutes ago, biostem said: Does being in a TF disable the AFK detection process, or is the player using some other method to bypass that? If so, that seems like more an an issue to be addressed, which would also alleviate the issue in the OP... Being in a TF, like a Flashback arc/mission, disables the game from detecting AFK on that character, yes. Edit: My guess is this was implemented so that if the team leader had to go AFK for a long while for any reason, (s)he wouldn't come back to find (s)he had to log back in the game only to find someone else as the new lead and the TF completed without them. Or at least no longer the team lead and so unable to read the story of the TF. Just a guess though. Edited May 4 by Rudra Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheZag Posted May 4 Share Posted May 4 Adamastor doesnt spawn, he must be summoned with a click. That means a player is physically present to click the button or has set up an auto clicker or some other form of bot program. If someone is physically at their computer every hour then they are within the rules. But botting for even a single kill would probably be an exploit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuggestorK Posted May 4 Share Posted May 4 2 hours ago, Rudra said: Being in a TF, like a Flashback arc/mission, disables the game from detecting AFK on that character, yes. Edit: My guess is this was implemented so that if the team leader had to go AFK for a long while for any reason, (s)he wouldn't come back to find (s)he had to log back in the game only to find someone else as the new lead and the TF completed without them. Or at least no longer the team lead and so unable to read the story of the TF. Just a guess though. It was once in the game (an error/bug) if u logged out u could not get back into the TF, to circumvent that, this function was activated. Its kinda obsolete at its current state unless i miss some point . Former Player on Server: Protector, Guardian, Virtue, Liberty, Freedom, Union and Defiant (Hero Side) and part Time Infinity Justice, Pinnacle, Victory (Villain Side) Currently Reunion is the Main Server Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saiyajinzoningen Posted May 4 Share Posted May 4 maybe when adamastor is summoned he can do a very very wide pbaoe knockback with a mag of like 25 so campers get knocked away and can't farm it? 1 Its easy to criticize a suggestion but can you suggest an alternative? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheZag Posted May 4 Share Posted May 4 11 minutes ago, Saiyajinzoningen said: maybe when adamastor is summoned he can do a very very wide pbaoe knockback with a mag of like 25 so campers get knocked away and can't farm it? I doubt it could be afk farming, it would have to be botting. Adding a knockback would just have the botter add fly, target adamastor and follow macros to their bot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saiyajinzoningen Posted May 4 Share Posted May 4 1 hour ago, TheZag said: I doubt it could be afk farming, it would have to be botting. Adding a knockback would just have the botter add fly, target adamastor and follow macros to their bot. good point. i remember in the olden days enemies would have the ability to knock off your toggles (so we know its already coded) make that part of the Adam's Alpha strike? Real players know to back away when he's summoned afk/bots wont. Its easy to criticize a suggestion but can you suggest an alternative? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uun Posted May 4 Share Posted May 4 If you're not on a team, is there a threshold for what percent of the damage you need to do to get the merits? I thought it was 10%, but maybe that's just for the badge. Uunderdog - Radiation/Radiation Scrapper | Uundertaker - Radiation/Dark Corruptor | Uun - Martial Arts/Invulnerability Scrapper | Uunison - Gravity/Storm Controller | Uuncola - Ice/Temporal Blaster | Uundergrowth - Plant/Martial Dominator Uunstable - Super Reflexes/Staff Fighting Tanker | Uunreal - Fire/Time Corruptor | Uunrest - Dark/Tactical Arrow Blaster | Uunseen - Illusion/Poison Controller | Uuncool - Cold/Beam Rifle Defender | Uunderground - Earth/Earth Dominator Uunknown - Mind/Psionic Dominator | Uunplugged - Stone/Electric Brute | Uunfair - Archery/Trick Arrow Corruptor | Uunsung - Dual Pistols/Ninja Blaster | Uunflammable - Fire/Nature Controller | Uunflappable - War Mace/Willpower Brute Uundead - Dark/Dark Tank | Uunfit - Water/Martial Blaster | Uunwrapped - Dark/Dark Dominator | Uunchill - Ice/Kinetics Corruptor | Uunpleasant - Energy/Energy Stalker | Uunbrella - Radiation/Radiation Sentinel | Uunsafari - Beasts/Traps MM Uungnome - Nature/Seismic Defender | Uunsavory - Poson/Sonic Defender | Uunicycle - Broad Sword/Shield Scrapper | Uuntouchable - Illusion/Time Controller | Uunferno - Fire/Fire Tank Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheZag Posted May 4 Share Posted May 4 Just hit them for merits, 10% of damage is for badges only. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrandX Posted May 4 Share Posted May 4 This isn't something I would really care about. I mean, if someone actually went through all the effort to do that...*shrug* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rudra Posted May 4 Share Posted May 4 Wouldn't Adamastor's location at the top of a rise/platform prevent a bot from auto-targeting him when knocked down from the platform? If the KB is enough to send someone in PBAoE range off the platform regardless of where they are on the platform, wouldn't that suffice? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arc-Mage Posted May 4 Author Share Posted May 4 It depends entirely on the toon. Have Stone Tank with Root and Mud Pots and you are good to go. Have a Master Mind with fly and you are good to go, etc Being constantly offended doesn't mean you're right, it just means you're too narcissistic to tolerate opinions different than your own. With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility. Let's Go Crack a Planet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost Posted May 5 Share Posted May 5 Just report the person. If the GMs care, they’ll do something about it. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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