I've always thought that many many people using the Lounge were drawn here because they wanted to gain a play advantage from deeper understanding of the game mechanics
There are many many bugs in the game which people routinely exploit to gain an advantage
To give just a very brief list:
Barb Weapon Masteries do 100% critical hit
Poison stops monster regen
Poison duration on missile weapons
etc etc
There are also many many grey areas where it is less clear whether the effect is intentional
Blood Golem/Iron Maiden
Lightning Fury or Frozen Arrow/Pierce
Shifted druids count weapon ias twice
I don't think bug abuse is actually wrong nor should it be considered "cheating"
If we do take the view that exploiting the Eth bug is cheating then we penalise some of the most item poor people in the game: Malice, Zephyr, Holy Thunder are all out of bounds
If we extend the principle to cover other exploits then a great many under-powered builds are also out of bounds. The crushing bowadin/bowmancer builds for instance. Or indeed AlbionChild's comparitively under-powered Enchant sorc
AlbionChild has an Enchant sorc that gets auto-hit by using Eth (a bug exploit). I have an Enchant sorc that gets auto-hit by using Demon Machine (a property of what is a rather godly unique). The effect on other people's play experience is identical, surely?
I have always found it strange that quite a number of Lurkers feel strongly that bug exploiting is wrong. This is after all the place where most of these exploits get discovered
There are many many bugs in the game which people routinely exploit to gain an advantage
To give just a very brief list:
Barb Weapon Masteries do 100% critical hit
Poison stops monster regen
Poison duration on missile weapons
etc etc
There are also many many grey areas where it is less clear whether the effect is intentional
Blood Golem/Iron Maiden
Lightning Fury or Frozen Arrow/Pierce
Shifted druids count weapon ias twice
I don't think bug abuse is actually wrong nor should it be considered "cheating"
If we do take the view that exploiting the Eth bug is cheating then we penalise some of the most item poor people in the game: Malice, Zephyr, Holy Thunder are all out of bounds
If we extend the principle to cover other exploits then a great many under-powered builds are also out of bounds. The crushing bowadin/bowmancer builds for instance. Or indeed AlbionChild's comparitively under-powered Enchant sorc
AlbionChild has an Enchant sorc that gets auto-hit by using Eth (a bug exploit). I have an Enchant sorc that gets auto-hit by using Demon Machine (a property of what is a rather godly unique). The effect on other people's play experience is identical, surely?
I have always found it strange that quite a number of Lurkers feel strongly that bug exploiting is wrong. This is after all the place where most of these exploits get discovered