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Siphon Units = Useless

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Prince Kobol
#181 - 2014-08-15 18:30:26 UTC
Ab'del Abu wrote:
Prince Kobol wrote:
Darkblad wrote:
Prince Kobol wrote:
To me, Dev Blogs are, The Wiki is, The patch notes are, but not forum posts.
To my observations, API changes often didn't make it into these official documents. Take the removal of NPC/Player kills in wormhole space as an example.



In which case the fault lies with CCP for not documenting important changes, not with the players.

You can not say that players are exploiting a mechanic if we do not know how the mechanic is meant to work due to CCP not giving that information, especially if that information is an integral part on how that mechanic is supposed to work.

How the API interacts with Siphon Units is a very important part of how they work, to many the most important part, to leave that side of things undocumented is pretty terrible.

If people want to be angry and all grrr then their it should be directed at CCP and not at any part of the player base.


Spin spin spin. The spin is strong in you, Kobol.

Exploit is an exploit is still ...

Can you get that?


If it just spin then it should be very easy to prove me wrong.

Please point me in the direction of the Dev Blog, Patch Notes, Wiki that explains how the API works in relation to the Siphon Modules, once you have done this it should be very easy to then explain why you think people have exploited the mechanics.
BoBoZoBo
MGroup9
#182 - 2014-08-15 18:48:33 UTC  |  Edited by: BoBoZoBo
It is no exploit. CCP has been known to say one thing and do another all the time (as is their prerogative), and they have been known to be wrong. It is an open stream specifically designed to investigate data. People have been talking about it for weeks already and CCP has not come out with the announcement it normally does when warning against using exploits. So until they say so, it is not. Show us the details and show us where CCP said it was, and we may believe you.

As for the Siphons being useless. They are. Not only for that reason. They should be damn near impossible to find outside of a visual inspection.

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ISD Ezwal
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ISD Alliance
#183 - 2014-08-15 20:10:25 UTC
CCP has been notified to take a look into the matter.
In the meantime this thread has been locked pending GM investigation.

I would also like to ask not to continue this discussion elsewhere on the forum, whether it is in a new thread or an excising one, pending the outcome of aforementioned investigation.

ISD Ezwal Community Communication Liaisons (CCLs)
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