I'd suspect very few. Most of us just want to enjoy playing the game and have a fun time.
You'd likely be wrong, just by the Stratics polls where cheaters are under represented they're 25-40%.
UO could already be doing this and this might just be the anti-cheat system.
And some of us have real lives, real work and real family, which is way more important than devoting effort and patience to mindless repetitive tasks in a computer game.
Thats fine, that doesn't make your way any better though and as such, many of us have way better things to spend our time on. Thankfully I don't have to worry about that or cheat to get there, but if I didn't have what I had, then I'd sure go that route no problem and I don't condemn anyone for doing so.
EA haven't released any information on it, From the number of users on certain script sites and just polls that have been around, I'd guess 30-40% of accounts.
If we were betting, I would say, you could easily double that figure. But we would also have to clarify, are we talking active, scripters or are we talking about anyone who fired it up in the last 6 months?
In the spirit of vague replies, I give you:
There are 30-40 TOTAL scripters... and they all have multiple accounts on Stratics and post as often and as many times as possible about how UO will fail if the get banned.
Personally, I think we need some kind of scripting mechanism in UO, I am getting old an I want to save my wrists and fingers (to damn much clicking needed)
If that's the way you feel about it (I understand your concerns on security), you should ensure that you never run any program on your PC that makes an encrypted connection to any server you are not in complete control over.... not just punkbuster...
If the word you are looking for is 'law', then which countries/states laws apply? the ones where the server is based, or the one where the player is based? or the one where the company is based? or all three, or none of the above?
Whatever gave you that idea? Quite a number of husband/wife father/son etc combos have Stratics accounts at the same ip.
You're talking about anti-cheaters and pro-classic shard people, right? Gotcha, they're making lots of accounts.
i believe i have tried to make a new acct a while back cuz i forgot my info and it wouldn't allow me due to isame ip
The game was never intended that people stand around banging on golems and such to learna skill, You are supposed to PLAY the game to learn your skill. (What a concept) And yes, you are supposed to die ALOT as you explore and grow. The ability to "train" on a golem has led to much of the decline in the game IMO. It took me 8 months to GM Magery - why? Because I played the game - I didnt stand around in Haven spamming spells while holding a wand!Yes, because working on skills is so fun. One time I was training ninjitsu and I was "enjoying and having so much fun" watching my character deathstrike a bunny for days and days on end. I had so much fun. Fun fun fun.
That kind of gameplay are a thing of the past, if a time where most people had lots of time to dedicate to those kinds of tasks and the rewards were actually worthwhile get while training.
ah ok ty for clearing that up for meah. It's not the ip address, it's the email address. It won't let you make two accounts with the same email address. Trust me, you can have two accounts at the same ip. My husband sitting at his desk behind me has one
I still pvp on mages who are not trained. I enjoy it, makes it enjoyable.
<laugh> The 'better thing' is to play the game.
QFT.Yes, because working on skills is so fun. One time I was training ninjitsu and I was "enjoying and having so much fun" watching my character deathstrike a bunny for days and days on end. I had so much fun. Fun fun fun.
Yes, actually. It happens almost every time I go out mining or lumber-jacking...
See power gamers, meta gamers, min/max'rs, cheaters (I'm not saying Olcher is a cheater, but he is defending cheating in his post), they all get bored. You know why they get bored? Because they don't play the game. Instead of going out and doing something fun to train that ninja skill, they deathstrike a bunny for days on end, and then complain that skill training is boring... Well, duh!
That reads like a reasonable come back, but it isn't. There are legitimate ways to buy skills in this game, without resorting to cheating. You can buy an advanced character token, in or out of game, and you can buy sots. Your argument reads more like an excuse for cheaters, which is what it actually is.
I am not bored with UO at all, I am having fun in UO. But training skills is mindnumbingly boring. Sure you can buy SOTs and ACTs, but if you want to get to GM-120, they're going to get incredibly expensive real fast.
Nor am I bored, and I am willing to bet that Llewen isn't bored either. Like him, I like to build my characters from scratch, and watch them as they develop, taking on bigger and badder monsters, finding items they need, running when they have to because they got "ganked" by 2 ogres, etc.
I'm sure you are, and in the not too distant future someone who is having an awful lot of fun in UO right now is going to suddenly find they are having a lot less fun. I look forward to that day.
*laughs*
Considering how much he constantly whines about other people, he certainly doesn't sound like he's having fun with how the game currently is.
Fine, that ceased being funny a decade ago. The rest of us moved on. I can go watch characters develop in far better games if that was what I wanted.
Fine, thats your way and I wish you good luck with that. Different strokes for different folks.
I am sure you do...for you its all about whining and ruining the fun for others, not to promote the game.
You already admitted to cheating on several occasions (aka, you admitted to using the search site), so really no point in accusing you of anything.So the old, "Let's destroy his credibility and reputation by accusing him of cheating", didn't work. So now it's a ego trip is it? As Gareth said, "Whatever"...
I fall into this area. I pay $13 a month on five accounts. I want to feel like i am geting something out of my $60 a month even if iam unable to sit at the computor. Working skills and doing other non pvp/pvm relaterd task makes me feels like i am getting my $60 worth. Maybe if i get banned and stop drinking so much i could have an extra $200 to $300 a month. I see a new car in my future.
While I don't agree with your stance on scripting, etc..., I do believe you make a good point here. Every time the designers jump to a new region the older regions tend to be forgotten...and those older regions (mostly Tram/Fel) are where all the training takes place. So now you have any new/returning players training in regions that don't accurately reflect the objectives of the game. How is this a good idea?
As opposed to your devoted effort to mindless and repetitive posting?
