DamienRisk

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I've had some problems targeting map elements (sides/ceilings), but I can still do it.

Today, however, I ran into the perfect situation where my knowledge of exploiting teleport (even in its current state) saved my team.

Timed mission. 5th Column base. Objective was to completely clear the base. We ran into a door (the new Issue 2 doors), but it wouldn't open. At all. Broken, bugged, glitched. Unfortunately, there were mobs on the other side, and we had to get through to complete the mission.

Fortunately, even with the 'fix' to teleport, I was able to manipulate the camera and teleport through the door, where I could bring in my other teammates. I saw there that the door lacked a texture on the opposite side, and I suspect that was related to the problem that we had with it.

We cleared out the mobs, I teleported back to the other side and carried over my teammates and we finished the mission. Without my "cheating", as some people call it, we would have failed the mission because it would have been completely impossible for us to finish it.

As I said before, I'm not so pissy now that I've learned how to master the "new" teleport. If the devs "fix" teleport any further, I am going to be very, very mad.

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Be prepared to be very very very mad.. it is gonna happen at some point. You got a free ride exploiting a power. Get used to changing the way you play as the game develops.. it is a fact of life for online games.

The exploiters pulling 30-200 foes into a dumpster and killing them all with only a few AOE blasts got their free ride and it is being fixed. Next is your turn. This is all the same thing - people exploit a power or bug of feature it gets addressed you move on. For a period of time you abused the system. Don't worry I am sure you can find another power to exploit down the road.

I am sure your character has not based their entire concept on teleport. I am sure you did not intially buy this game getting all excited about the teleport power. People buy this game because if it s SUPER-HERO game - not a teleporter game.

Did you stand in the computer store and decide to buy CoH based on teleport? I am sure you did not hold the box thinking "wow.. CoH.. hmmmm .. I think will buy this game just for the ability to teleport!!!".

Teleport is a pool power.. not an archetype power and therefore not something that will drastically affect your character concept. You will still be able to play the game if they fixed your exploitive use of ONE power.

Get mad.. throw a temper tantrum it will not make a world of difference. The only thing it will do is make you look foolish when you throw a fit.

Sure you can justify it got your team around a bug... good work! But it does not justify you abusing the system for the most part. It opens up a world of issues for the devs. It is not how the power was intended plain and simple and face it - it WILL change.

Don't think the devs are ignoring this thread. I am sure someone brought their attention to it.

Suck it up - you got a free ride on exploiting a power. Be proud - you are very high in the ranks of the "loop-hole exploiters" club.

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BUT if it gets nerfed "too bad.. so sorry! Want some whine with that cheese?"

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Wow, you must be at least level 30 in the Arrogant [censored] class.

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It is amazing how one person can take one line out of someone's post to manipulate itto their own ends. The curse of forums.

Am I being arrogant because I spoke my mind about people complaining about changes to their powers?

I guess the majority of people on the forums are level 30 arrogants. We are all tired of people whining. Who really likes listening to this: "They nerfed (insert name of power here) and I no longer can exploit the game" over and over?

I apoligize if I hit a nerve and your feelings where hurt as well.

Let me rephrase my comment to make it less arrogant for you:

"But if it gets nerfed "I am sooo sorry, it is the nature of these games for powers to be changed. it is the lumps we all have to bear. I do hope you can get past this to play the game and not be so upset" "

How is that?

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How is it cheating? I'm not breaking the range rules. In some cases, it's just a matter of making it easier to hit a teleport destination when I could do it otherwise through difficult camera manipulations.

Cheating is going out of bounds. I used to do that, but I only did it for a laugh, not to complete a mission (except for the one time when I *HAD* to go out of bounds because the Freak firebomb was put there)

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You not cheating, just abusing the rules. It is intended for teleport to be line of sight. You look into the distance and POOF you are where you looked. That was the spirit of the power.

Now you discovered the power of x-ray and telescopic vision because effectively that is what you now have. You can see through walls when abusing the cam_dist command. You can now look across the zone and VOILA! teleport there.

So if it gets nerfed - enjoy the temp powers of xray vision and telescopic vision that you have currently. Don't whine about! There are countless people (including myself) that never knew about the way this power can be abused/expploited etc. Call it like you want, but you are exploiting the power.

Is pulling 30 foes into a dumpster and killing them all with 2 aoe's breaking the rules? No it is abusing the rules, for all you did was exploit them not hack code or dupe anything. This is the same thing. I am sure we can have people wanting to keep this exploit going, explain it a hundred ways to keep it.

BUT if it gets nerfed "too bad.. so sorry! Want some whine with that cheese?"