UO Second Age

orionsune wrote:What do you think constitutes spamming "guards"? Once every second, every 2 seconds, ever 3 seconds? If your only saying "guards" once every 5 seconds or so, is that spamming? Or how about this, what if the macroer puts in a couple random phrases in between. Is that spamming?

If your chief complaint is simply so you can go kill AFK macroer's, in this case you are no better than the spammer. Why don't you go find a more challenging opponent.

Next thing you know someone is going to start complaining about players using hiding to avoid thieves. Why all of the sudden are these threads coming out of the woodwork anyway? Did someone suddenly become "holier than thou" or something?

I love how hypocritical people are. The very people who are concerned about these so called "should be illegal" activities, once have, or will do something questionable themselves. I promise it, whether you realize it or not.

Mikel123 wrote:WTF?! Look... towns are protected by guards; they keep people pretty safe. Game mechanic. Other places in the game (locked houses, etc) are pretty safe as well.

If you want to find a way to kill someone in town, THE BURDEN IS ON YOU. Good grief. I never thought I'd see the day when someone would whine that an AFK player was too hard to kill. I don't even know what to say here.

Duke Jones wrote:

orionsune wrote:Next thing you know someone is going to start complaining about players using hiding to avoid thieves. Why all of the sudden are these threads coming out of the woodwork anyway? Did someone suddenly become "holier than thou" or something?

I love how hypocritical people are. The very people who are concerned about these so called "should be illegal" activities, once have, or will do something questionable themselves. I promise it, whether you realize it or not.

I have to stop you right there.

The difference is major. Hiding and afk spamming guards... Nothing alike.

Hiding is a working as intended skill. The other is abusing a system/mechanic in order to prevent risk from not being by the computer. It's bad enough players are too lazy to work on skills themselves, but they also want no risk associated with not being by the computer while they do it.

I say if your not going to be at the computer, either log out, lock yourself in the middle your house, or take the risk. That's how it works.

When people start trying to find ways to abuse game mechanics under the flag of guard protection (especially while AFK) there is a problem IMHO.

orionsune wrote:

Duke Jones wrote:

orionsune wrote:Next thing you know someone is going to start complaining about players using hiding to avoid thieves. Why all of the sudden are these threads coming out of the woodwork anyway? Did someone suddenly become "holier than thou" or something?

I love how hypocritical people are. The very people who are concerned about these so called "should be illegal" activities, once have, or will do something questionable themselves. I promise it, whether you realize it or not.

I have to stop you right there.

The difference is major. Hiding and afk spamming guards... Nothing alike.

Hiding is a working as intended skill. The other is abusing a system/mechanic in order to prevent risk from not being by the computer. It's bad enough players are too lazy to work on skills themselves, but they also want no risk associated with not being by the computer while they do it.

I say if your not going to be at the computer, either log out, lock yourself in the middle your house, or take the risk. That's how it works.

You obviously didn't get it. Doesn't surprise me either. I was simply making a reference to how ignorant people are getting on whining about how they want rules to change to meet their personal whims.

These rules wouldn't even be needed if people would just enjoy the game and stop being lazy with their automation and trying to find ways to abuse the system to protect it.

I have to stop you right there.

The difference is major. Hiding and afk spamming guards... Nothing alike.

Hiding is a working as intended skill. The other is abusing a system/mechanic in order to prevent risk from not being by the computer. It's bad enough players are too lazy to work on skills themselves, but they also want no risk associated with not being by the computer while they do it.

Kraarug wrote:"If HPs < 90 say 'GUARDS, suckka!'"

Kabal wrote:If the guards were supposed to get involved every time someone is attacked in town why would it even be necessary for anyone to call the guards, why wouldn't the game just auto-kill you.

Duke Jones wrote:

Mikel123 wrote:WTF?! Look... towns are protected by guards; they keep people pretty safe. Game mechanic. Other places in the game (locked houses, etc) are pretty safe as well.

If you want to find a way to kill someone in town, THE BURDEN IS ON YOU. Good grief. I never thought I'd see the day when someone would whine that an AFK player was too hard to kill. I don't even know what to say here.

The focus isn't about whining about who can kill who. Its about players abusing guard protection and spamming Guards.

Mikel123 wrote:...And define "spamming".