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Gameplay => General Discussion => Topic started by: Technomage on December 12, 2007, 08:39:15 am

Title: levitation as ban-able offense
Post by: Technomage on December 12, 2007, 08:39:15 am

There is a memo posted in my guild that using levitation (levitating) is a ban-able offence.

request clarification and details please.

Title: Re: levitation as ban-able offense
Post by: Velh Krome on December 12, 2007, 09:39:55 am

Well, I would like to get these details from you!
There is no levitation in ps, at least no one usable by players, as far as I know.

Why dont you ask your guild-fellar who posted it?

Title: Re: levitation as ban-able offense
Post by: Rongar Elani on December 12, 2007, 09:49:21 am

There is a bug, that can make you fly to the crystal.. I know how to do it and did it quite often already, but just for fun and never when people were around who would mind ;)

Oh, and it's already reported and in progress. \o/

Title: Re: levitation as ban-able offense
Post by: Zan on December 12, 2007, 10:31:18 am

Well bug abusing is a ban-able offence, yes. So unless your levitation happens through use of a magic glyph, you're abusing a bug.

Title: Re: levitation as ban-able offense
Post by: Mordraugion on December 12, 2007, 11:18:19 am

Quote from: Talad on January 12, 2006, 11:23:15 pm

Disciplinary action may be taken against any player found breaching these rules. This action will be decided with consideration for the gravity of the offense.

• Exploit

You will not exploit any bug in Planeshift and you will not communicate the existence of any such exploitable bug (bugs that grant the user unnatural or unintended benefits) either directly or through public posting, to any other user of Planeshift.
Bugs should be promptly reported to Game Masters.

The only way to levitate is to exploit a bug and (assuming you're in the guild I am thinking of) since a warning has been issued to one of your guild members including a promise that no guild members would exploit it also, the next step is a ban

Title: Re: levitation as ban-able offense
Post by: LigH on December 12, 2007, 11:58:37 am

There are already two known bugs allowing a char to levitate: One is related to a specific inventory item, another is related to a rare occasion in movement.

Title: Re: levitation as ban-able offense
Post by: Zetsumei on December 12, 2007, 12:52:28 pm

I don't exactly see how it's exploitable.  Sure, you can levitate, but what does it gain you, other than hours of entertainment?

Title: Re: levitation as ban-able offense
Post by: Kaerli on December 12, 2007, 01:50:07 pm

Zetsumei: you can go places on maps using these bugs that you ordinarily cannot get to.

Title: Re: levitation as ban-able offense
Post by: Quq Leque on December 12, 2007, 01:55:03 pm

How is levitating considered a 'unnatural or unintended benefit'? Assuming you drop and fall to a horrible death that is

Title: Re: levitation as ban-able offense
Post by: LigH on December 12, 2007, 02:15:27 pm

It was not intended, so it is a bug. Do not abuse it.

What else do you have to say about it?

Title: Re: levitation as ban-able offense
Post by: Mordraugion on December 12, 2007, 02:19:37 pm

if the official client wont let you levitate then exploiting a bug that does allow levitation is an unintended benefit

Title: Re: levitation as ban-able offense
Post by: Mordaan on December 12, 2007, 04:10:09 pm

Quote from: Kaerli on December 12, 2007, 01:50:07 pm

Zetsumei: you can go places on maps using these bugs that you ordinarily cannot get to.

And this is a bad thing?   :)

Title: Re: levitation as ban-able offense
Post by: neko kyouran on December 12, 2007, 04:47:55 pm

yes.

levitating = ban. 

end of discussion.