cryshal wrote:this was discussed a long time back. most ppl said bah who cares whats that extra 7 points gonna do for ya. in cr2, a few points here and there makes NO difference per the greater randomness of this combat system. now maras gonna be full of jackasses running around crying spl0it!#$ all day. wonderful. everyone put yer boots on, theres gonna be lots of arguing and bs'ing about sploits for the next month. someone pls tell the OP to log off and shoot himself in the face with a large caliber handgun.
I wouldnt really blame the OP at all for this, after all this thread was created over 6monthes ago. Although I never realized it as I dont generally read this section of the forums I now feel like a huge idiot for not realizing this much sooner on my own. Truth be told this "bug" has most likely plagued CR2 since its conception yet it took people time to figure out what was going on if they were checking their stat tab. It was inevitable in fact that this was going to become a huge issue eventually.
For a long time I had contemplated building defense suits to macro in 1 vs 1 IL situations. Only reason I didnt was due to lack of room in my inventory. Glad I never bothered to take the time as even if I had the bonuses wouldnt have made a bit of difference as I would need to refresh through HL to obtain them since they apparently do not work the same as resistances.
This falls in to the category of a bug that cannot be enforced of abusing such as "forced spam". This is not like when people were pushing their stats to 60 as that could be checked and was definite abuse.
Truth is just as forced spam people often could take advantage of this "bug" as it is hard to impossible to enforce as it can be done on accident, yet others take definite advantage of the fact with NO repercussions. Who's to say some did it on accident and some do it intentionally?
The ONLY solution I see at this time is to say that this 'bug" was "intended design". Many honorable players are NOT going to take advantage of the fact especially since 9mmfu stated that for the time being which was 6 months ago it was taking advantadge of a "bug" and indeed considered an exploit. Unfortunately many lame people wishing to get a slight edge have and will continue to do so.
Im a realist and from what I see the system isnt designed to refresh itself. Im no coder but most likely due to the original design of CR1. We are way past the point to bring CR1 back due to all the things that have been added since then. Im a realist CR1 aint coming back unfortunately, so since this issue cannot be fixed can they make this "intended design"? That way noone can scream sploits and if you didnt take the time to stack some of your accuracy,defense or damage that is just your problem. Truthfully it would add a little more depth to the combat system as you can pick more buffs to enhance yourself with. On the downside it will also lead to more imbalance as the possibilities are explored. Fix it, approve of it, whatever something needs to be done. Truth is CR2 is broke.
Im not waiting 6 months for a "fix" if its even possible, while others run around taking advantage of the system with NO repercussions even though we have been told NOT TO over 6monthes ago.
The solution is simple, truthfully Id rather see new content and other things worked on then them having to waste their time trying to fix this if it even can be done in this system.
"Intended Design" just go with it or give us CR3 if thats possible, I dont see that happening either though at this point. But something need to be confirmed here.
