@captian-beetle said in Cursed Sails HUGE BUG:
@grimmycool
Taking advantage of a bug should be bannable!
lol its in their game...
I wanted to do the quests, but they are impossible to do as people hopping for loot, most I meet haven't even done the storey yet, just nerfing for loot. Back to voyages for me now. At least this update lasted 3 days of gameplay.
@captian-beetle said:
Taking advantage of a bug should be bannable!
Banning is a bit harsh!
For one thing, the player may not be aware the game is bugged, as YOU were unaware, the first time you encountered it. To offer a more subtle example, what if the skellies were on the cursed ship, but the bug was such that they had no cursed cannonballs. A player that does not spend all their time reading forums and release notes might not realize that should be getting drunk and dancing every couple of minutes.
In the current case, what about a player that randomly joins an crew doing a merchant mission, at the very moment an allied crew arrives at an outpost about to cash in their Cursed Sails loot on a bugged server? Should he be banned for enjoying the 50% cut of their largess?
What about hiding a skull key in a glitchy part of the terrain? Or enjoying fine weather on a server in which there is no storm, for some reason? Should they be bannable offences, too?
You might argue that gold, doubloons, and XP earned should be taken away after the fact; just as it sometimes credited to players that earned – but did not receive – it. BUT: They still worked for the loot, even if that work was easier than it was intended to be. And, they spent valuable game-playing time doing so. It was not their fault that the game was bugged.
@grimmycool I won't stress too much about having matching sails until at least the second week. Remember we still have 2.5 weeks left and the only commendations that are restricted by specific weeks are the specific Skeleton crews. Plus a lot of those doing the event still have yet to finish Wanda's questline. Most of us should be on the same page by next week so it will be a lot letlss of a headache if we just wait till then lol
@captian-beetle said in Cursed Sails HUGE BUG:
I had this issue yesterday, though it was one of the first times doing the event so I thought it was normal.
Also, had a crew mate today say they have friends who have been keeping a server alive where this bug is persistent (via afk'ing and constantly having people on there), and they have made 5 million gold off of it. I am not sure how true this is, but if it is true, then THIS IS A PROBLEM.
the sad part is i dont doubt this at all. there were some lfg posts last night for people on servers that were leaving looking for someone to take over a shift. unfortuneatly i never got an invite
@stevy2k said in Cursed Sails HUGE BUG:
My problem with this glitch is i already saw a lot of pictures on some social media site they already make more million whit this glitch! My opinion this is a cheating as well..
More like put hours into slow farming empty ships for 60k. Great chance of server crashing before you turn it in also. Greed got us on one we found farmed it for couple hours. Next it crashed as we pulled into outpost. Turned in 1 crate of spices and crashed.
@pereraaa Rofl, well i do know Rare are reading the feedback very carefully and particularly bugs and so on, which is why it's important we submit Support tickets for anything and everything we notice -so we'll need to wait and see after the weekend. We know for instance that the timings of battles for the different regions will be tweaked for next week :)
@shuoink yes, the lfgs hunting for this glitch are insane and has the discord flooded with people who are not even interested in commendations or fun and are just trying to glitch their way to riches. It's a real shame this got through, especially when there are so many people who just love to grind, and not much else..
@katttruewalker said in Cursed Sails HUGE BUG:
@pereraaa Rofl, well i do know Rare are reading the feedback very carefully and particularly bugs and so on, which is why it's important we submit Support tickets for anything and everything we notice -so we'll need to wait and see after the weekend. We know for instance that the timings of battles for the different regions will be tweaked for next week :)
Can you ask them nicely for an easier reporting system? What they have now is not easy to use.
The same thing happened to us a couple times and then it glitched out and the boss never came but the music kept dramatically playing... Kinda sucked if happened more then once... But whatever I'll still enjoy attacking the skele ships. Although I had a weird glitch I didn't know the newer sails were supposed to be free and I spent 49000 on the wilds sail. I'm not too sure why it charged me and not anyone else. But whatever I like it anyways
@maquark I didn't accuse him of hacking, as that would be a server issue not a player issue. I just said I haven't seen this bug yet so I don't believe him
Actually that's a lie I do believe him, me and my friends may have caused that bug, but i don't know how we did cause the same thing happened to us a few hours before this discussion section has made I was just trying to make a cover up so others could grind out this bug. Sorry if I was rude before only trying to protect the bug
@surveyorpete said in Cursed Sails HUGE BUG:
BUT: They still worked for the loot, even if that work was easier than it was intended to be. And, they spent valuable game-playing time doing so. It was not their fault that the game was bugged.
This is an argument as old as online games.
"It's in the game so I can do it right?" No. If something is being used to gain an advantage, in a way that is clearly not intended by the developers, then it is exploiting a bug in the game. In almost every Mmo I know of, exploiting a bug is bannable, regardless of how many hours were spent doing the exploit.
And people still cry, "but it's in the game!" xD
Just because I can feasibly rob a 7/11, doesn't mean I should, or that I wont get into trouble doing so.. It's the same principle. Robbing a 7/11 is doable in life, rite? So it should be okay? I spent time robbing that store.. Why am I in jail now? Hmm. Pretty sure it was okay..
@danish-crusader said in Cursed Sails HUGE BUG:
I experienced another bug while fighting the Skeleton ships... Not exactly what you experienced, but one of our ships had an unwanted passanger.
She did not let go... Ever =P
Did they add fishing and not put it in the patch notes? That looks like you got a good catch there!
@captian-beetle said in Cursed Sails HUGE BUG:
@grimmycool
Taking advantage of a bug should be bannable!
Not sure why, the latest developer video admits to this bug and now its resolved.
Brilliant for the bug finders and hording huge cash!!!
This has happened to me too.
The game is a mess.
I also left for a trip last Sat and only came back on Wed (yesterday), after one of the commendations was over. Upon returning I find the game hadn't registered that I'd beaten the grog ship.
As a bit of a completionist, I am now in the position where I will play occasionally but I am happy to drop this sorry excuse for a game, even if I do enjoy it.
My partner was so frustrated at me for wasting packing time, so well done Rare, you wasted my time and hers too.
At least Red Dead Redemption 2 comes out soon. #BeLessPirate, #BeMoreCowboy
