Leveling bug: Should it be removed?

[Mirkwyn]

"Quote from the Hanbook"
While a player may think that abusing a bug for personal gain may not affect others, the fact is that it distorts power, creates imbalances in riches, and is otherwise unfair to players abiding by normal game rules. Players must agree that the consequences of allowing bugs and loopholes to be exploited is so detrimental to the product, that GraalOnline will exercise no tolerance whatsoever for anyone participating in this type of activity.

So basically,not everyone can buy double accounts.waste time leveling it up to 110 also,then buy maps.Especially people who are new to the game.Making it"imbalanced".I probably shouldn`t of even made this reply post,but still.Better for big problems to be STRESSED.

[Raziel]

Do you people follow all the rules?

[Deophite18]

In my opinion, i believe those who have ever complained about it dont really care about the actual bug or glitch or whatever you want to call it. They complain about it simply because they do not want to devote the time needed to leveling or getting the maps. Sure it is faster than the conventional way, but it still requires a lot of time and patience which a lot of people dont have anyways. The people who complain i guarantee you will never reach high levels by killing lords all day, because that would take forever. So instead they complain about a quick way to level since they dont have the resources to do it themselves. And so they think that if they can't do it no one else can.

[Lance]

Originally Posted by Deophite18

In my opinion, i believe those who have ever complained about it dont really care about the actual bug or glitch or whatever you want to call it. They complain about it simply because they do not want to devote the time needed to leveling or getting the maps. Sure it is faster than the conventional way, but it still requires a lot of time and patience which a lot of people dont have anyways. The people who complain i guarantee you will never reach high levels by killing lords all day, because that would take forever. So instead they complain about a quick way to level since they dont have the resources to do it themselves. And so they think that if they can't do it no one else can.

Or, you know, they should report bugs so they should be fixed. Don't try to fix some blame or bad qualities on the reporters for doing what they, as players, should be obligated to do.

[skyler87]

Originally Posted by Raziel

Do you people follow all the rules?

I'm sure we try our best to. Accidentally swearing or breaking a rule like that is one things, spending hundreds of hours abusing a bug like this while knowing that it was pretty much cheating is a whole different subject. I know that you and everyone else who used it had a good idea that you were doing something wrong, since like I said, the only time I would see *Fr0chin doing it was at about 3 A.M. when there were only about 5 people online.

Originally Posted by Deophite18

Yeah but can you really expect to take a long absence from graal like he did and still expect to be on top when you come back.

Honestly, no, I didn't expect to still be on top because I just assumed that a bunch of kids would find a bug to level with and have a hayday with it (notice that I still have more online time than you, Fr0chin, Raziel, and mostly every other one of the level 110 considered powerful). However, I might as well do everything I can about it, right?


Edit: I've tried telling the *****s that abuse this bug that they are causing great imbalance on the server. Fr0chin's Ogma+9 blessing is making it so just about every level 20 newbie can put up a good fight with me because of their increased WC and poison damage. Of course, abusers of the bug say "well, it gives newbies a chance so it actually makes the server better." Fr0chin typically charges 125 diamonds for the ogma+9 blessing. So, if you aren't on Fr0chin's good side, then too bad, you'll be far inferior to everyone in the server because you can't get the blessing that he has a monopoly on because of this bug. Further, people having this level are discouraging newer players from continuing their subscription. I know afew players that came to GK from Zone when they quit, played until about level 9 thinking that the server was fun. Then, they finally realized that it would take them unthinkable amounts of time to get to even level 50, so they say "GK'S *** CUZ EVERYONE CHEATED AND IS 2 HIGH A LEVEL I'M NOT PLAYING HERE".

Originally Posted by busyrobot

The problem is if you make fixes right now, the game is still horribly thrown off. I really think a reset and general rebalance would be an exceptionally good idea.

A reset is a great idea. I think everyone would have a lot of fun, if some things like this bug, were fixed. But, all of the people who are level 110 (Fr0chin, Raziel, Kilik or w/e, Drk, so on) would cry irl because all of their _hard work_ will have gone to waste. In the long run, there would be more gains than losses. There's about 10 players or so that used this bug to get level 110...there's about 70 other players who are low level, and must be crazy because they continue to play the server. Overall, the server would become more popular, because the lower levels would actually be PART OF THE GAME if the server reset, as opposed to lowly, worthless "noobs" even though they may have 300 hours played on the server. GK getting more popular=more customers, more customers=more players on GK, and probably a lot more fun and interesting.

[nullify]

So, you are mad and such because "newbs" can kill you? That seems to be what you just said in your last post.

[skyler87]

Originally Posted by nullify

So, you are mad and such because "newbs" can kill you? That seems to be what you just said in your last post.

Yeah, I'm mad about it. However, you shuld lern2reed, because that's not all that I said in my last post.

Originally Posted by Googi

I remember back when resets were considered a last resort. Now they're the tool of your average complainer.

There have been many, many complaints and posts that lead to people wanting a reset for a long, long time now.

[Googi]

Originally Posted by skyler87

There have been many, many complaints and posts that lead to people wanting a reset for a long, long time now.

If the server still has players, it doesn't need a reset. Even the most serious problems people complain about can be solved through widespread nerfing.

[skyler87]

Originally Posted by Googi

If the server still has players, it doesn't need a reset. Even the most serious problems people complain about can be solved through widespread nerfing.

I fully agree, but you know..widespread nerfing of players and/or functions just ends up pissing afew people off while it doesn't effect many others. It's more balanced to have a reset, since everyone will get all of the effects of that. Besides, when have you known staff to ever nerf ANYTHING on this server?

Also, remember 2k1? It did reset, eventually, when there weren't any players left. It was too late though, and noone bothered coming back because they weren't into the server anymore, thus 2k1 is no longer alive.