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There is some way to end up in trammel as a red. I accidentally did that once long time ago. Think it was when I was killing npc vendors in trammel before they changed it or when someone counted me when I was in trammel. Normally, you're supposed to be ejected into fel. For some reason, however, I wasn't. Unfortunately, when it happened to me reds were still getting wacked by guards for simply being in the guard zoneThis is still currently going on, picture taken about 5 minutes ago on Atlantic, picture has not been edited or cropped at all. how is this possible? I have never heard of a red being able to get into a non felucca area.
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So you can stand afk at Luna bank too?Seeing all those people... Damn I need to move to Atlantic.
lolSo you can stand afk at Luna bank too?
There's actually more ways than you know about. At least one. Some are fixed, then un-fixed somehow, fixed again, un-fixed again.....This happened on GL a few years ago, it is definitely an exploit as it takes concerted effort to pull off. Yes, I know how its done. No, I'm not going to tell you. Yes, the devs know about it.
As to those who consider this harmless, it may well be under most circumstances but my mind keeps going back to a very old incident, during the Savage Empire scenario.
There was a rumor that wearing savage kin paint (or was it one of the masks? I forget...maybe both together?) could let you PK people in Trammel. The team at the time heard of this on Friday. They appeared to dismiss it. (Their words were something like, "I doubt this one is true, but we'll check Monday.") Then they went home for the weekend.
Come Monday a fix was announced for the issue that let you PK people in Trammel by using the savage gear.
UO griefers of all sorts are among the most-determined, dedicated people I'm aware of.
-Galen's player
There's actually more ways than you know about. At least one. Some are fixed, then un-fixed somehow, fixed again, un-fixed again.....
If they'd exploit to get a red into Trammel just to run around, they'd probably exploit in other ways too. We shouldn't tolerate the behavior. Slippery slope and all.At most they are simply exploiters.
Depends. If you remember that one guy from that one guild who got banned, along with his counselor friend, shortly after Trammel was opened? Once the red char was teleported to Trammel, he could PK to his heart's content. I suspect the code at that time did the easier check of prohibiting attacks if the player was blue, rather than two checks to allow if the player was green or orange.I would hardly call a a pk getting into trammel a griefer. At most they are simply exploiters. There isn't anything special a pk can do there other than what everyone else does on a daily basis.
Never said we should tolerate it, just said that I wouldn't call them griefers...If they'd exploit to get a red into Trammel just to run around, they'd probably exploit in other ways too. We shouldn't tolerate the behavior. Slippery slope and all.
Ah, yeah, I remember that bit of chaos. I would hope that code was fixed from that episodeDepends. If you remember that one guy from that one guild who got banned, along with his counselor friend, shortly after Trammel was opened? Once the red char was teleported to Trammel, he could PK to his heart's content. I suspect the code at that time did the easier check of prohibiting attacks if the player was blue, rather than two checks to allow if the player was green or orange.
If someone is red or gray outside Fel, perhaps there isn't anything going on, but I would have to wonder.
Not everyone wants to play Siege.No big deal... happens all the time.
As you and I have just discussed privately, at least one of the ways (I have no way of knowing if it's one of your three or not) periodically is un-fixed.I know of three ways. Two have been supposedly fixed, one has not.
Who was saying that people should play Siege?Not everyone wants to play Siege.
Indeed all appearances, with the sole exception of posters and moderators on Stratics, suggest that most do not.
-Galen's player
No one EVER!! I make jokez!Who was saying that people should play Siege?
the red can't attack the people in trammel..
this is simple guys
the guy was blue.. killed someone, came to luna, then sometime later he got counted and went red. its not like it kicks you right to fel anymore.
That event where reds got into trammel and started pking people seems to be an old and isolated incident (as far as I know). I haven't heard of anyone doing that since and yet exploits that get reds into trammel are still around. Because of that, I would assume that part of the code was fixed to prevent pking in trammel.The explanation may be simple, but don't be so sure he can't attack others (I presume you mean "blues"). The incident I mentioned was one where the Devs didn't consider a possibility, and my concern is that there may be other undiscovered exploits.
Every so often I check that guild's old house. After almost 14 years, it still stands. It's really too bad. Some of us considered him a friend, but after he was caught...well, a few didn't want anything more to do with him.
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That event where reds got into trammel and started pking people seems to be an old and isolated incident (as far as I know). I haven't heard of anyone doing that since and yet exploits that get reds into trammel are still around. Because of that, I would assume that part of the code was fixed to prevent pking in trammel.
he cant lol, you cant attack others because you are red, you can attack others ebcause you are in a fel ruleset.. which luna is not.The explanation may be simple, but don't be so sure he can't attack others (I presume you mean "blues"). The incident I mentioned was one where the Devs didn't consider a possibility, and my concern is that there may be other undiscovered exploits.
Every so often I check that guild's old house. After almost 14 years, it still stands. It's really too bad. Some of us considered him a friend, but after he was caught...well, a few didn't want anything more to do with him.
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That was the one I was referring to.Refresh my memory on an "event"? The one I've brought up was that guy with a Counselor friend who teleported him to Trammel.
That's exactly what had happened to me. However, I was in a bit of a pickle. I was on one of the islands in Jhelom where the bulls/cows were (where people trained taming) and had no way of getting out of there without running through the city. At that time, reds got guard wacked for just being in the guard zone. Since I had no boat on me, I tried paging a GM. Luckily, they ported me to the fel chaos shrine, saving my butt from those evil guards.Happened to me once. I didn't get teleported to fel for a good 20 minutes or so after going red. No exploit involved or needed. I just got a message saying I was reported for murder and my friend says "umm you're red"
We both laughed and I ran around a bit thinking if I moved I'd get ported but it did take a while. I guess the server doesn't update on such things constantly.
This was.... I want to say 7 years ago.
I think performing any actions will expell you, cant tell it for certain - But I had it happend too once, and i was just sitting still (got one count while i was in trammel) - once i moved i got expelled.If this red was able to go out and PK in Trammel, expect to see more of it. I don't know but I bet crossing a server boundary, using a gate, or logging out would expel you from trammie ruleset facets.
he cant lol, you cant attack others because you are red, you can attack others ebcause you are in a fel ruleset.. which luna is not.
derp derp
Sorry but I don't recall this ever being the case, and I've been in Tram and Luna with red chars on normal ruleset shards several years back. The code seems to just not take into account the red flag entirely, making everyone technically blue by default. I was never able to attack anyone or do anything a blue cannot. It was the first thing I tried!As I have pointed out, a red in Trammel by illegal means was in fact able to attack blues, because the code did not consider that possibility.
Not necessarily. Please see my replies about when a red went to Trammel in its early days, and the code didn't prevent him from attacking, because the Devs didn't consider that possibility in their code. So I justifiably have the concern that there are undiscovered bugs that would allow a red to attack blues, especially when someone's identified this red as a known exploiter. What if something as simple as animal form makes a person vulnerable?I just don't get it, why are all so upset over seeing a red in Trammel. He can't do anything a blue can't.
NoCan the red be attacked in tram ?
Sorry but I don't recall this ever being the case, and I've been in Tram and Luna with red chars on normal ruleset shards several years back. The code seems to just not take into account the red flag entirely, making everyone technically blue by default. I was never able to attack anyone or do anything a blue cannot. It was the first thing I tried!