Hey guys,
I was thanked for bringing something to your attention in another post, and though this one is much more complicated and took some time to write up, I figured I would push my luck. I wrote this one more like a report to keep info organized... Im afraid it might open up a can of worms.
Server: 24/7 Suez server
Date: Tues Oct 28th
Time: 11:15 PM EST
Suspects: ("Fallen" Clan) Z242Pilot, ("Fallen" Clan) Sixer9682
Admins Online: mjHudson, CTFalcon
Basically, these guys where blowing the consoles through walls. Working together, they would glitch the consoles each game. After the second game of them doing this I called them out on it. Several other players on my team backed me up. I was working defense in corridor 2 when consoles 2 and 4 above me blew simultaneously without our defense ever being breached.
The two suspects admitted they were doing it. They called it "Exploiting the shields" and said it was the only way they could get by the nade spam in the corridors. I told them that nade spam occurs on every server and its no excuse for cheating. They claimed it wasn't cheating and continued to do this each round.
At this point I sent a whisper to mjHudson who replied that if they did it again he would kick them and asked for their names. I reported their info but when they did it again no kicking happened. I then whispered CTFalcon about the situation and got no reply whatsoever. mjHudson later said that he knew of a way they were getting through console 4's shield wall that was letting them blow 4 and 2 right below at the same time with RDX, but it wasn't considered cheating.
At this point after the 3rd round all the players on my team were getting very frustrated including myself. Many of them left, I took some notes about what happened, and left as well. There was no way to defend against it without moving most of the team to titan defense and due to the limited people on the server at the time, that would have eventually led to a loss by silo destruction anyway. It was a lose/lose situation.
Bottom Line:
If this is, in fact legal then why have I never once seen this before? I have played this game since its release and never have I seen people get through the upper corridors shields. Such a shortcut would be, by definition cheating as the game is designed with progressive goals. The lower consoles must be taken out before the upper ones. No one said it would be easy, thats why assaulting the titan is not the recommended way to win the game.
And I am not alone in thinking this. Everyone on my team was shocked not only by this exploit but by the nonchalant way the exploiters where defending it. The admins online either went back on the decision to kick them or didn't respond at all. For weeks I have been playing on your server and have been impressed by the way you handle all manners of issues during the rounds. Your admins seem level headed and fair. Lets get this situation resolved so we can get back to playing the game the way it was meant to be played.
-Mutineer
I was thanked for bringing something to your attention in another post, and though this one is much more complicated and took some time to write up, I figured I would push my luck. I wrote this one more like a report to keep info organized... Im afraid it might open up a can of worms.
Server: 24/7 Suez server
Date: Tues Oct 28th
Time: 11:15 PM EST
Suspects: ("Fallen" Clan) Z242Pilot, ("Fallen" Clan) Sixer9682
Admins Online: mjHudson, CTFalcon
Basically, these guys where blowing the consoles through walls. Working together, they would glitch the consoles each game. After the second game of them doing this I called them out on it. Several other players on my team backed me up. I was working defense in corridor 2 when consoles 2 and 4 above me blew simultaneously without our defense ever being breached.
The two suspects admitted they were doing it. They called it "Exploiting the shields" and said it was the only way they could get by the nade spam in the corridors. I told them that nade spam occurs on every server and its no excuse for cheating. They claimed it wasn't cheating and continued to do this each round.
At this point I sent a whisper to mjHudson who replied that if they did it again he would kick them and asked for their names. I reported their info but when they did it again no kicking happened. I then whispered CTFalcon about the situation and got no reply whatsoever. mjHudson later said that he knew of a way they were getting through console 4's shield wall that was letting them blow 4 and 2 right below at the same time with RDX, but it wasn't considered cheating.
At this point after the 3rd round all the players on my team were getting very frustrated including myself. Many of them left, I took some notes about what happened, and left as well. There was no way to defend against it without moving most of the team to titan defense and due to the limited people on the server at the time, that would have eventually led to a loss by silo destruction anyway. It was a lose/lose situation.
Bottom Line:
If this is, in fact legal then why have I never once seen this before? I have played this game since its release and never have I seen people get through the upper corridors shields. Such a shortcut would be, by definition cheating as the game is designed with progressive goals. The lower consoles must be taken out before the upper ones. No one said it would be easy, thats why assaulting the titan is not the recommended way to win the game.
And I am not alone in thinking this. Everyone on my team was shocked not only by this exploit but by the nonchalant way the exploiters where defending it. The admins online either went back on the decision to kick them or didn't respond at all. For weeks I have been playing on your server and have been impressed by the way you handle all manners of issues during the rounds. Your admins seem level headed and fair. Lets get this situation resolved so we can get back to playing the game the way it was meant to be played.
-Mutineer