02-11-2003, 01:32 PM
(NOTE: This applies to duped copies of normally found weapons. No J-Swords, Elenor, Dark XXXX, whatever)
..how does duping wreck the game?
Now I know I'm gonna get jumped on, but you seem like smart, patient people, so I'll speak my lines. What exactly is so bad about duping, when it's simply a copy of a normally found item? Sure, they might not have earned it, and it makes you feel bad, but how's it wrong? I've heard some people say, "oh, well you know how much it ruins games when somebody with a really good item comes in and kills things in one hit". But if they'd found that item normally, would that make them any worse? I think it's not duping that's bad, it's people hogging EXP or playing with weaker characters that's bad.
On top of that, duping has positives (maybe not always the reason, but common enough) -
- You want to give another character an item, but want one for the first character too. (Like a Booma's claw for example. Say both your HUcast and HUmar want it.)
- They can help a friend recover a character in case he's corrupted (like twinking, but with no character of his own)
- Scape Dolls are unnaturally uncommon, until the point where they don't really help you (Ultimate). Materials are also a pain in the *ss to collect, especially TP materials.
- If you're worried about goofing up a mag, you can save a copy just in case.
- You can have backups in case of FSOD
..how does duping wreck the game?
Now I know I'm gonna get jumped on, but you seem like smart, patient people, so I'll speak my lines. What exactly is so bad about duping, when it's simply a copy of a normally found item? Sure, they might not have earned it, and it makes you feel bad, but how's it wrong? I've heard some people say, "oh, well you know how much it ruins games when somebody with a really good item comes in and kills things in one hit". But if they'd found that item normally, would that make them any worse? I think it's not duping that's bad, it's people hogging EXP or playing with weaker characters that's bad.
On top of that, duping has positives (maybe not always the reason, but common enough) -
- You want to give another character an item, but want one for the first character too. (Like a Booma's claw for example. Say both your HUcast and HUmar want it.)
- They can help a friend recover a character in case he's corrupted (like twinking, but with no character of his own)
- Scape Dolls are unnaturally uncommon, until the point where they don't really help you (Ultimate). Materials are also a pain in the *ss to collect, especially TP materials.
- If you're worried about goofing up a mag, you can save a copy just in case.
- You can have backups in case of FSOD
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