07-07-2004, 01:46 PM
These examples were given to demonstrate that it's not easy to differ between bug and feature sometime. Often it's only one patch that makes a bug out of something previously considered a feature. Surely the price limit is a feature, but do you always have to find hints to qualify something as a bug? What's the sense in not selling vitality elixirs, I ask. This hasn't been brought up 'til now, yet I think this could be considered a bug.
Let me bring forth one or two examples from Diablo II: Was it a bug or a feature that, at some time, cast rate for chain lightning was based on increased attack speed?
Was it a bug or a feature that Whirlwind at some time did rather much damage and was nerfed at another time?
Was it a bug or a feature that in Diablo I the area of effect of Flash was rather odd? Maybe it served to balance the skill?
How can you judge clearly? I think sometimes you can't.
So - crying 'bug exploitation' doesn't help the cause at all as long it's not clear if it concerns a real bug or a feature. And even then, since the user plays a game he bought, and the developers were to stupid/ to lazy to correct a bug/ patch it, then why accuse him of cheating? He doesn't, in the very sense of doing only what's possible through original game code. No doubt it's very cheesy at times, but not IMO cheating.
Greetings, Fragbait
Let me bring forth one or two examples from Diablo II: Was it a bug or a feature that, at some time, cast rate for chain lightning was based on increased attack speed?
Was it a bug or a feature that Whirlwind at some time did rather much damage and was nerfed at another time?
Was it a bug or a feature that in Diablo I the area of effect of Flash was rather odd? Maybe it served to balance the skill?
How can you judge clearly? I think sometimes you can't.
So - crying 'bug exploitation' doesn't help the cause at all as long it's not clear if it concerns a real bug or a feature. And even then, since the user plays a game he bought, and the developers were to stupid/ to lazy to correct a bug/ patch it, then why accuse him of cheating? He doesn't, in the very sense of doing only what's possible through original game code. No doubt it's very cheesy at times, but not IMO cheating.
Greetings, Fragbait
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