07-16-2005, 01:30 PM
[vL]Kp,Jul 16 2005, Wrote:So what would be the conclusion if I employed a change whose only purpose was to fix the duping bug, so that I could shuffle items as quickly and as often as I wanted, and never dupe anything? This is clearly an advantage for me, as I can move potions around with less thought to consequences than someone playing strict unmodified duping-enabled Diablo.
Analogy:
"What if I designed the perfect PC that would never crash while running Diablo, thereby removing all possiblity of item loss due to death and subsequent game lockup?"
Ignoring the paradox created by hypothetically considering an uncrashable Windows box, the player would have an "advantage" since the idyllic circumstances prevent untoward things from happening that can happen to other players, but for this to be called "cheating" you'd have to assume that losing items in this situation is supposed to be part of the game.
So for a duplication bugfix to be cheating, one would have to assume that accidental item duplication is supposed to be an impediment to players.
-Lemmy