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Originally Posted by Evie
Some of those are really annoying/frustrating, and I totally agree that they need to be dealt with.
Others, I really don't see as a glitch...
I use fury. I am not trying to "glitch" or unfairly "lag" my opponent to death...really. I'm just using the strongest weapon in my personal arsenal. Isn't that why I built my cannons in the first place?? Why take that away? Half the time I lag myself with it, so I'm not seeing how this is an unfair advantage.
As for the ability to take either side...once again...I see this as useful, not harmful. I like the ability to be with a friend, regardless of side, and to change sides when suddenly the side I'm on outnumbers the other side 7-2.
And spys... well, my own husband has, on more than one occasion, left my ship, launched his own on the other side, and come after me becasue he wanted the high bounty. I've sunk him... and I've been sunk by him. lol
We call that fun here.  |
OK, perhaps I should clarify what I meant by those two sentence fragments, then.
I see FURY (and thunder) as wildly unfair advantages (cheats) because they cause a network storm to the victim but NOT the aggressor. The shrapnel or whatever is causing it, is quite simply a BUG that needs to be fixed OR ELSE the ability to use special ammo should be removed (since they probably can't ever get it to work fairly.) As it is now, the winner of a war ship vs. war ship battle is the ship that lands the first shot...not the ship that is driven better or has a better crew. Once the first shot hits, the victim ship people are slowed by the extra network packets that the aggressors don't seem to have to process. Why that is manifest only with thunder and fury, remains a mystery.
The spy/espionage thing - yeah, I particularly hate it but understand that many people (yourself included) may find it to be a lot of fun. If there were some way to dictate WHO is allowed to take the wheel, I guess I would have no genuine complaint against the spying/side-switching. (Still wouldn't LIKE it myself, but meh.) On the other hand, I really would like a way to make someone walk the plank, when caught as a spy. (Be nice to see them eaten by sharks. And send the to jail on a different server!) That would be a nice feature to have in regular game-play too.