Curse

wheel · Apr 08, 2006, 12:11 PM // 12:11

There's a bug that allows you to force your weapon displays to disappear, allowing abuse through the fact that your opponent can't see you weapon swap to know which energy set you're using. This could have a significant impact in the current playoffs, as knowing when your opponent swaps to know when to edeny is an important part of edenial in the upper tiers of play. Anyway, the bug is easily reproduced in a very short amount of time:

Take piece of armor off, place in inventory
/dance
Drag and drop the piece of armor from your inventory onto the armor slot in the inventory window. Simultaneously with the release of the armor onto the armor slot, hold down S, E, W, or Q (any movement key).

It might take a bit of playing around with it to get it the first few times you try it, but once you do, you're golden. Your weapons will be hidden from display for the rest of the match until you do another /emote.

This bug was discovered by Slooty Booty and passed on to me. We did further testing to further refine the restrictions of the bug. Anyway, the reason that I'm posting this is so that everyone would know and would be on an even playing field. Information and knowledge of an exploit shouldn't be able to influence a playoff game, and this bug has the potential to do so if the information isn't out there for public dissemination.

Slooty Booty · Apr 08, 2006, 12:20 PM // 12:20

*sniff* this exploit is my baby. be good to her.

Acillios · Apr 08, 2006, 12:33 PM // 12:33

Wow..thats pretty nice..just tried it

Asplode · Apr 08, 2006, 12:34 PM // 12:34

It only appears invisible if you do this while in plain sight of the other players. If you do this while the other players can't see you, they still view your weapon normally, from what I noticed.

Woutsie · Apr 08, 2006, 12:38 PM // 12:38

tested it and it works :\ gotta be fixed!

wheel · Apr 08, 2006, 12:38 PM // 12:38

Quote:

Originally Posted by Asplode

It only appears invisible if you do this while in plain sight of the other players. If you do this while the other players can't see you, they still view your weapon normally, from what I noticed.

Just tested this, and it's definitely true. Very interesting.

Cyan The Archer · Apr 08, 2006, 12:41 PM // 12:41

Pic if anyone dont believe it:

Slooty Booty · Apr 08, 2006, 12:41 PM // 12:41

Quote:

Originally Posted by Asplode

It only appears invisible if you do this while in plain sight of the other players. If you do this while the other players can't see you, they still view your weapon normally, from what I noticed.

You're right. It will have to be done in the middle of battle. Better start working up your speed :P

Feng Leung · Apr 08, 2006, 12:42 PM // 12:42

Neat..and oh..the consequences

Siliconwafer · Apr 08, 2006, 12:46 PM // 12:46

Will we see people stopping to breakdance in the middle of the qualifying matches?

Slooty Booty · Apr 08, 2006, 12:53 PM // 12:53

if we do then I know reporting this was worthwhile

wheel · Apr 08, 2006, 01:17 PM // 13:17

Look Ma, no wand!

jmj102 · Apr 08, 2006, 01:33 PM // 13:33

Wow, I just tried this, and it works so well!

Nerdy · Apr 08, 2006, 01:33 PM // 13:33

Tested this and works... Off to the randoms to have some fun. :P

ghostlyranger · Apr 08, 2006, 01:41 PM // 13:41

and anet have some fun banning ur ass for exploting a bug

Siliconwafer · Apr 08, 2006, 01:47 PM // 13:47

Oh, I'm pretty sure it'll be fixed quickly. And I wouldn't be surprised if admins asked teams in the playoffs not to use the bug. But while it lasts, I'm finding it fun to beat people bare-handed.

Silent Kitty · Apr 08, 2006, 01:51 PM // 13:51

Be careful. Exploiting bugs, to have advantage, is frowned upon.

Sab · Apr 08, 2006, 01:54 PM // 13:54

I gotta use this with IW.

Feng Leung · Apr 08, 2006, 01:56 PM // 13:56

It's the coolest when you end it, since all the animations of your weapon doing attacks/skills all converge into one.

Metanoia · Apr 08, 2006, 02:04 PM // 14:04

I don't suppose you could use another item instead of armour when doing this, could you?

*Imagines one-handed hammer-goodness*