04-07-2003, 01:54 AM
Quote:All you've done is bought yourself a bit of time you haven't fixed any of the underlying problems.Yup. Which is what I've said previously. By not releasing the specifics we're buying some time. I don't think there's anything wrong with that. As far as fixing underlying problems is concerned: we fix what we can with the resources we're given. At this point, I'm not about to rewrite *everything*. And a lot of the problems are core.
Quote:A game that requires thousands of hours to "win"(find all the neat stuff, get to high levels). And that is simple and repetitive enough that a computer can be made to play the game.(botting).don't know what to say to this. you're right. though the same could be said of nethack... ;)
Quote:You trust the client and/or client/server protocol to make decisions it shouldn't be making(tradehack/ITHs).none of that was supposed to happen (same goes with information hiding): not enough code review. I apologize, though it doesn't do much good at this point.