Disclaimer: This is not intended to be a discussion of ways to cheat in UO, nor is it intended to accuse any specific person or persons of cheating. This is simply an observation based on hundreds, if not thousands of hours of pvp experience. Furthermore I think it is something that it is important that the devs understand as it appears that they might finally be possibly taking the issue of cheating in pvp seriously, and as such, I think it needs to be discussed.
People are always complaining about "speeding" in pvp. Well I use the enhanced client, and one of the nice things about the enhanced client is that it isn't as affected by lag as the classic client. Even with some lag in the enhanced client you will still move at top speed. Now when lag becomes more severe you will be affected by it, but it has to be pretty bad before you will be.
I have yet to see anyone in the six months since I came back that moves faster than I do when I am not affected by lag in the enhanced client. Let me repeat that. I have yet to see any character that moves faster than I do with the enhanced client since I came back. I've seen plenty that moved just as fast as I do, but none that moved faster.
In other words, "speeding" isn't the real problem with cheating in pvp in UO.
The real problem with cheating in pvp in UO isn't "speeding" as far as I am concerned, the real problem are all those "amazing" pvp'rs who miraculously manage to drink a cure pot the instant they are poisoned, or never fail to drink a heal pot the instant they reach half health. The real problem with cheating in pvp isn't "speeding" it is the ****** health scripts.
And frankly I think that those that are using them would rather we and the devs focussed all our attention on what in my opinion, is a fairly mythical "speeding" problem.
/discuss and please keep this civil - I think this is an important discussion that needs to take place and I would rather this thread didn't get locked in record time...
People are always complaining about "speeding" in pvp. Well I use the enhanced client, and one of the nice things about the enhanced client is that it isn't as affected by lag as the classic client. Even with some lag in the enhanced client you will still move at top speed. Now when lag becomes more severe you will be affected by it, but it has to be pretty bad before you will be.
I have yet to see anyone in the six months since I came back that moves faster than I do when I am not affected by lag in the enhanced client. Let me repeat that. I have yet to see any character that moves faster than I do with the enhanced client since I came back. I've seen plenty that moved just as fast as I do, but none that moved faster.
In other words, "speeding" isn't the real problem with cheating in pvp in UO.
The real problem with cheating in pvp in UO isn't "speeding" as far as I am concerned, the real problem are all those "amazing" pvp'rs who miraculously manage to drink a cure pot the instant they are poisoned, or never fail to drink a heal pot the instant they reach half health. The real problem with cheating in pvp isn't "speeding" it is the ****** health scripts.
And frankly I think that those that are using them would rather we and the devs focussed all our attention on what in my opinion, is a fairly mythical "speeding" problem.
/discuss and please keep this civil - I think this is an important discussion that needs to take place and I would rather this thread didn't get locked in record time...