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Nobody was on last night, was kind of weird.
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01-04-2012, 09:25 AM | #1667 |
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We've heard of many a bug and exploit in MMOs over the years, but sometimes there comes along one special case that is so entertaining you can't help but wonder if some mischievous developer planned it on purpose.
Such is the case with Star Wars: The Old Republic's latest glitch, where players busting a groove actually affects combat. According to several sources that confirmed this, by typing /getdown during combat (a dance move) enemies attacking you will be continually interrupted -- including bosses. Perhaps the bad guys were so amazed that players could do the moonwalk that they become stunned out of awe? If you're hoping to wield your incredible dance powers for either the light or dark side of the Force, know that BioWare is fully aware of this exploit. Considering that the studio removed all mentions of the bug on the forums, we can assume that a fix is coming to the game sooner rather than later. [Thanks to Kaizlu for the tip!] [UPDATE: The Reverend Shaw Moore has arrived in SWTOR and accounts are being banned for getting down. Accounts taking advantage of this bug are being sanctioned with the explanation that the offending characters "participated in abusing game mechanics to prevent enemy NPCs from targeting the user", and that "dancing is currently not permitted outside of special Dance Zones."]
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01-04-2012, 09:25 AM | #1668 |
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01-04-2012, 10:23 AM | #1670 | |
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01-04-2012, 10:28 AM | #1671 |
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Yes, and they really are apparently banning people for it.
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01-04-2012, 10:32 AM | #1672 |
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HTF would they know? Do they have ninja GMs watching over everybody?
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01-04-2012, 10:33 AM | #1673 |
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I have no idea.
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01-04-2012, 10:33 AM | #1674 |
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From what I saw on another forum, they're also banning people for looting in areas above their level. It was some specific area that was referenced, but I don't actually play the game so can't remember what area.
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01-04-2012, 10:34 AM | #1675 | |
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People have also been exploiting the Ilum open world area by running in low-level alts (usually republic side alts, it's imperial guilds doing this primarily) to capture points and then taking them back with their mains. (or something to that effect) |
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01-04-2012, 10:35 AM | #1676 |
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It shouldn't surprise me after more than a decade in the genre that people will exploit whenever possible, but it still does.
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01-04-2012, 10:35 AM | #1677 |
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This is why you shouldn't be able to roll both sides on a server. Dumb as shit.
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01-04-2012, 10:36 AM | #1678 |
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01-04-2012, 10:36 AM | #1679 |
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I'm sure it's pretty easy to do a find/grep on people typing /getdown during combat or to have it notify GMs whenever someone is typing /getdown while in combat.
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01-04-2012, 10:38 AM | #1680 |
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Well, that would be on you. When I wanted to try out the Horde in WoW, I had to roll on a different server, IIRC. World PvP can get messed up in a thousand different ways when you can roll on both sides.
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