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Elephant in the game

UOA, vanilla, other


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EDA_GL

Journeyman
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Can we view the state of the game with objectional eyes?
This will piggy back of my post regarding EJ accounts...deal with it.

How many people can say they play with UOA only?

Perhaps many of the posters on here will say my claims are false/over estimated/whatever.
Granted I've been out of the swing of things for a while; how can running an "illegal" third party application (one that you can have set so all your input is just moving your character) be good for anything?
It's egregious that 75% or more run a specific constellation program to play the game for them.

Yes you can control actions of your character better without; but to concentrate on not running into objects (wait nm, it does that for you as well), the timing of pots/spells (wait it does that too), the ability to wall on the run flawlessly, teleport to max range automatically...the list goes on and on. Auto synching targets with no input from the user, other than one person (don't know how it works actually, nor do I want to). Auto healing targets without any actual input at all (know there is a friendly list you can add). Toggling equipment that is worn on the fly (focusing sash comes to mind). Is that not broken? Is that not an unfair advantage?

There are shard campers/farmers that literally do actions all day unattended; farming, looting, banking and probably even repairing armor to continue.
I'm sure the reason its unenforceable at this point is its gone for too long unchecked, and to eliminate 75% of the player base (maybe 50% paid for?) would end the game right then and there.

There are many things that makes UO a special game. Allowing the blatant disregard for the ROC that every player agrees to when they login to continue needs to be addressed.

EJ accounts need to be severely kneecapped is a start, then to crawl back from allowing the rampant "gameplay enhancement with no input from the user" needs to be addressed.

Maybe its the uber German literalism in me that thinks a rule, agreed upon rule, should be followed.
 

Pawain

I Hate Skilling
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This falls into the category of, birds of a feather flock together. My daughter in high school, everyone is doing drugs. No, just all your friends are.
 

HRH Liz

Lore Master
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Vanilla CC, stopped using UOA when they revamped the BOD System. Not everybody cheats contrary to what you may believe.
 

skett

Babbling Loonie
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Vanilla cc only
 

Tina Small

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Vanilla CC, stopped using UOA when they revamped the BOD System. Not everybody cheats contrary to what you may believe.
I stopped using UOA when the crafting menu was updated to allow you to repeat an action a specified number of times or until you ran out of materials. My laptop is six years old and not a very good one and getting a new one isn't going to happen until this one kicks the bucket. I've tried using the Enhanced Client a couple of times, but it just doesn't run well on this old thing. So it's been just CC for me for a long time and it seems like the older I get, the less I actually play. Too many other RL things to do and I feel like a clumsy old antique and so out of touch with much in the game anymore when I do think about playing. UO really doesn't pull me in at all like it used to and certainly not to the degree that I would put my accounts at risk by using something that's against the ToS and then get caught at it during the short amount of time I actually do play. I don't need it for feeding fish, getting a crafting or taming gain, refreshing a ship, or tending a garden bed, which is more or less all I do in UO anymore.
 

Pawain

I Hate Skilling
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Ya you need an EC with Pincos choice because other covers that.

Or just put a choice, I cheat.
 

Corwyn

Lake Superior Tabloid Journalist
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EC without the Pinco UI. It works fine the way it is.
 

GarthGrey

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You're only going to get about 10% honest answers, this post was a waste of time...
 

EDA_GL

Journeyman
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Sure was quiet tonight in the pvp realm.
Interesting, since the stars didn't align tonight!
*wink wink*

You're only going to get about 10% honest answers, this post was a waste of time...
Yeah, but if you venture into the original facet (fel). There were a handful, if that, of people on tonight.
PVP friday on Cats/Chessy? Was canceled due to a cloudy night, completely obstructed the view of the stars.
Harrower on GL at 10pm central time. Not a peep.
Very interesting indeed!
 

Pawain

I Hate Skilling
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Yeah, but if you venture into the original facet (fel). There were a handful, if that, of people on.
PVP friday on Cats/Chessy? Was canceled due to a cloudy night, completely obstructed the view of the stars.
Harrower on GL at 10pm central time. Not a peep.
Very interesting indeed!
Took you 25 years to see that fel is not used much?
 

EDA_GL

Journeyman
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In my opinion, fel should be a doorway to benefits across all facets.
The old faction rules were 1000000% better than what is available now. VVV is a joke. Town buffs are broken.
Donate what, 4k ingots and you can reap the benefit of (town special here)?

You can even join VVV and not set another foot into fel, but still wear artifacts for VVV!

VVV artifact timers? Poof after 48hrs, causing you to participate to get enough silver to get the gear? I don't know.
Fighting over a set of town buffs would make much more sense; again IMO. Moonglow offers FC1 I think (don't make suits to rely on them). Once you "control" moonglow you can unlock tiers of benefits, hold it for....set amount of time....and you can unlock the FC1 ability. Tiered benefits, vendor prices, stable fees, extra stable slot (would get a message that you are over capacity).
Yes, fel is only left for a select few these days. Making it more valuable would drive more action into doing things in it.
 

Merlin

The Enchanter
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Plain EC guy here. Changed over around 2013 and never looked back.

Maybe its the uber German literalism in me that thinks a rule, agreed upon rule, should be followed.
+1
 
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