This was a point brought up in a Recursion thread, and I think it's a funny, interesting, and workable idea that I'd like to bring up to everyone. Darminian, in our ongoing discussion about the CSR team and the "data mining exploitation" brought up a point: "Bring in an agent, make them run."
The problem before was that people cannot Data Mine while AFK. Ok, I'm fine with that. And, well, the nodes may be broken to never ever go away... but wouldn't it be a more interesting use of resources and more storyline appropriate for an Agent to come in than a CSR?
Think about it. Someone is exploiting the system while AFK. Agent comes in, shoots the hell out of him, takes back a very large sum of $i, and leaves the player dead. Stops you from data mining while AFK, eh? And, at the same time, it also fits the concept of the Matrix.
Sometimes, I don't think we do enough with Agents. We're suppose to fear them, yet I really don't fear an Agent at all. I know how to avoid them... and I'm not scared to go into areas of the Matrix where "I'm not suppose to be."
Plus... with the way Brewko acted... he'd make a pretty good agent.
"STEP AWAY FROM THE NODE!!!"
The problem before was that people cannot Data Mine while AFK. Ok, I'm fine with that. And, well, the nodes may be broken to never ever go away... but wouldn't it be a more interesting use of resources and more storyline appropriate for an Agent to come in than a CSR?
Think about it. Someone is exploiting the system while AFK. Agent comes in, shoots the hell out of him, takes back a very large sum of $i, and leaves the player dead. Stops you from data mining while AFK, eh? And, at the same time, it also fits the concept of the Matrix.
Sometimes, I don't think we do enough with Agents. We're suppose to fear them, yet I really don't fear an Agent at all. I know how to avoid them... and I'm not scared to go into areas of the Matrix where "I'm not suppose to be."
Plus... with the way Brewko acted... he'd make a pretty good agent.
"STEP AWAY FROM THE NODE!!!"