Star Wars: The Old Republic

[keg in kc]

Don't believe there's a dedicated thread, and since they're starting to release information now, I figure it's time for one.

[Pants]

Originally Posted by AndChiefs

Guess I'll have to make him hate you so we can get the perfect hate triangle going on.

Nobody was on last night, was kind of weird.

[Saulbadguy]

We've heard of many a bug and exploit in MMOs over the years, but sometimes there comes along one special case that is so entertaining you can't help but wonder if some mischievous developer planned it on purpose.

Such is the case with Star Wars: The Old Republic's latest glitch, where players busting a groove actually affects combat. According to several sources that confirmed this, by typing /getdown during combat (a dance move) enemies attacking you will be continually interrupted -- including bosses. Perhaps the bad guys were so amazed that players could do the moonwalk that they become stunned out of awe?

If you're hoping to wield your incredible dance powers for either the light or dark side of the Force, know that BioWare is fully aware of this exploit. Considering that the studio removed all mentions of the bug on the forums, we can assume that a fix is coming to the game sooner rather than later.

[Thanks to Kaizlu for the tip!]

[UPDATE: The Reverend Shaw Moore has arrived in SWTOR and accounts are being banned for getting down. Accounts taking advantage of this bug are being sanctioned with the explanation that the offending characters "participated in abusing game mechanics to prevent enemy NPCs from targeting the user", and that "dancing is currently not permitted outside of special Dance Zones."]

[AndChiefs]

Originally Posted by Pants

Nobody was on last, was kind of weird.

Yeah normally there's about five logged in which is amazing considering there's only 10 or so in the entire guild. It happens though.

[Huffmeister]

Originally Posted by Saulbadguy

[UPDATE: The Reverend Shaw Moore has arrived in SWTOR and accounts are being banned for getting down. Accounts taking advantage of this bug are being sanctioned with the explanation that the offending characters "participated in abusing game mechanics to prevent enemy NPCs from targeting the user", and that "dancing is currently not permitted outside of special Dance Zones."]

I wonder if there's an old abandoned factory on Taris where I can go smoke and do some angry punch-dancing.

[Pants]

Originally Posted by Saulbadguy

We've heard of many a bug and exploit in MMOs over the years, but sometimes there comes along one special case that is so entertaining you can't help but wonder if some mischievous developer planned it on purpose.

Such is the case with Star Wars: The Old Republic's latest glitch, where players busting a groove actually affects combat. According to several sources that confirmed this, by typing /getdown during combat (a dance move) enemies attacking you will be continually interrupted -- including bosses. Perhaps the bad guys were so amazed that players could do the moonwalk that they become stunned out of awe?

If you're hoping to wield your incredible dance powers for either the light or dark side of the Force, know that BioWare is fully aware of this exploit. Considering that the studio removed all mentions of the bug on the forums, we can assume that a fix is coming to the game sooner rather than later.

[Thanks to Kaizlu for the tip!]

[UPDATE: The Reverend Shaw Moore has arrived in SWTOR and accounts are being banned for getting down. Accounts taking advantage of this bug are being sanctioned with the explanation that the offending characters "participated in abusing game mechanics to prevent enemy NPCs from targeting the user", and that "dancing is currently not permitted outside of special Dance Zones."]

Is this legit?

[keg in kc]

Yes, and they really are apparently banning people for it.

[Pants]

Originally Posted by keg in kc

Yes, and they really are apparently banning people for it.

HTF would they know? Do they have ninja GMs watching over everybody?

[keg in kc]

I have no idea.

[NewChief]

Originally Posted by keg in kc

Yes, and they really are apparently banning people for it.

From what I saw on another forum, they're also banning people for looting in areas above their level. It was some specific area that was referenced, but I don't actually play the game so can't remember what area.

[keg in kc]

Originally Posted by NewChief

From what I saw on another forum, they're also banning people for looting in areas above their level. It was some specific area that was referenced, but I don't actually play the game so can't remember what area.

Ilum.

People have also been exploiting the Ilum open world area by running in low-level alts (usually republic side alts, it's imperial guilds doing this primarily) to capture points and then taking them back with their mains.

(or something to that effect)

[keg in kc]

It shouldn't surprise me after more than a decade in the genre that people will exploit whenever possible, but it still does.

[Pants]

Originally Posted by keg in kc

Ilum.

People have also been exploiting the Ilum open world area by running in low-level alts (usually republic side alts, it's imperial guilds doing this primarily) to capture points and then taking them back with their mains.

(or something to that effect)

This is why you shouldn't be able to roll both sides on a server. Dumb as shit.

[keg in kc]

Originally Posted by Pants

This is why you shouldn't be able to roll both sides on a server. Dumb as shit.

I'd never play empire if I couldn't roll both sides on a server. I'm not going to play on more than one, at least not now.

[NewChief]

Originally Posted by Pants

HTF would they know? Do they have ninja GMs watching over everybody?

I'm sure it's pretty easy to do a find/grep on people typing /getdown during combat or to have it notify GMs whenever someone is typing /getdown while in combat.

[Pants]

Originally Posted by keg in kc

I'd never play empire if I couldn't roll both sides on a server. I'm not going to play on more than one, at least not now.

Well, that would be on you. When I wanted to try out the Horde in WoW, I had to roll on a different server, IIRC. World PvP can get messed up in a thousand different ways when you can roll on both sides.