Automated tasks - Cheating?

[tayseth]

Oh god no.. first runescape now this? I mean take a look at how many macros rs has. That would be TERRIBLE is potcO had that many macros! Are you sure it was a macro? You cant trade in potco so whats the point of having one? And instead of sending them into no respawns, how bout sending them up farther into the fort to get em killed instead?

[JoG]

It is very important for everyone who dislikes this type of behavior to email Disney and voice displeasure of the occurance. Paying customers (and in this case possible future paying customers) can have a positive effect when we work together.

--JoG

[WizardHawk]

Originally Posted by tayseth

Oh god no.. first runescape now this? I mean take a look at how many macros rs has. That would be TERRIBLE is potcO had that many macros! Are you sure it was a macro? You cant trade in potco so whats the point of having one? And instead of sending them into no respawns, how bout sending them up farther into the fort to get em killed instead?

Yes, it was for sure a macro. He was in the same area for more than 4 hours not moving and just casting wither over and over again in a patterned timing. 100% sure this person was not there and had a macro running to level up their char fast.

Yes, doing this kind of thing in this game doesn't allow them to profit from their cheating, however a few have worked hard to get to 40 and get to the higher level weapons and such and it is a slap in the face by those who wish to cheat and take short cuts not otherwise allowed in the game. I guess it is the principle here.

As to pusthing them farther, have you ever tried moving people in TT or POC? You can make them move a bit faster in this game if there are enemy pushing into them, but it takes a fair amount of time to go relatively short distances. I'd say it took at least 10-15 mins of work (not all at once) to get him as far away as I did and he was just outside the area where the officer 18 spawns. At his level (34) he was too high to be killed by the highest navy in the area anyway as his wither attacks are more than enough to take out a 26 officer. Trust me, if I could have found a way to send him to jail I would have done it just because.

[WizardHawk]

ok, now this guy is on our home server (a normally quiet one) and is in kingshead working dagger with a macro. One of my guild mates pushed him away from the navy guys, but this is just rediculous. Watch out for people like this and take screen shots/report them when found. This just can't be allowed to happen.

[Grim Lightning Gate]

I want there to be a distinction.

Those that are doing this to walk away and just "phantom level" should be hog tied and tossed on the side.

I know plenty of people that have macroboards that are using them for gameplay, it is not an unfair advantage over anyone.
The weapon combos are easy enough to do with or without a macro, so instead of going through the monotony, they programmed a key to do them
I have seen this fail as often as if you were pressing the key on your own.

"You" should not lump all macro users into one pile and tell them they stink and are terrible.

I agree with you wholeheartedly that, what phantom players are doing is blatant cheating. Pirates or no, they need to be deleted and banned.

[Requiem]

Guys, Please...
Let's keep this thread to the discussion of the original post.

[WizardHawk]

Doesn't matter now, I did manage to get a 26 to take him out and send him to jail. Score one for the good guys I guess.

No word from Disney yet other than the standard form reply to my first report to them. Will update when I get more info.

I won't stop until Disney does something about this.