06-09-2003, 08:09 PM
Yeah, I believe this was sparked by the fact that I was playing some guy, and I was doing my whole stalling and shooting over the barrier routine. This guy kept saying "damn exploits" and he explained it was an exploit. His rationale was that the barrier was put there for a reason, that is, to block shots or to ricochet shots.
He thinks an exploit is anything that was not designed into the game. But apparently whoever made Ricochet must have intended midair shots, right? Otherwise you'd only be able to shoot while on the pad. The barrier would be bigger so that you couldn't shoot over it while someone is landed and still hit them. So my thoughts are that in arena, it should be perfectly acceptable to shoot in midair and have it happen to be over the barrier. There is nothing preventing it, there is nothing that says you shouldn't do it. And GRITS is right... why are we trying to read the mind of the devs? Unless it's an obvious exploit, who is to say we can't do fancy jumps, do midairs, stall, and shoot over barriers? Maybe that all was built in, intended, and was not just a discovery that players made.
My style seems unfathomable to newer players... jumping in one spot, cutting off heads, and just barely skimming the discs over barriers. To many, I can almost understand how it appears to be a cheat. It's just funny when these guys come in and are convinced they are right, even though I told them there is a whole community that accepts the style.
He thinks an exploit is anything that was not designed into the game. But apparently whoever made Ricochet must have intended midair shots, right? Otherwise you'd only be able to shoot while on the pad. The barrier would be bigger so that you couldn't shoot over it while someone is landed and still hit them. So my thoughts are that in arena, it should be perfectly acceptable to shoot in midair and have it happen to be over the barrier. There is nothing preventing it, there is nothing that says you shouldn't do it. And GRITS is right... why are we trying to read the mind of the devs? Unless it's an obvious exploit, who is to say we can't do fancy jumps, do midairs, stall, and shoot over barriers? Maybe that all was built in, intended, and was not just a discovery that players made.
My style seems unfathomable to newer players... jumping in one spot, cutting off heads, and just barely skimming the discs over barriers. To many, I can almost understand how it appears to be a cheat. It's just funny when these guys come in and are convinced they are right, even though I told them there is a whole community that accepts the style.