You kids need to STOP ABUSING SPEED GLITCHES in pvp.

[Edward Edgemenace]

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tayseth, my heart goes out to you bro. Don't expect sympathy here on POF - the broad majority of people here don't understand the difference between HACKING, vs. the swift foot potion. Or maybe they do, but abuse CE themselves, therefore try to obfuscate your complaint.

For example, you can explain that you were hit 20-50 times in 2 or 3 seconds, yet people here on POF will think you are trying to describe fast-switching (HAHAHAHAHA.) Obviously you are talking about encountering someone who has hacked the game...but the denial around here will earn you derision instead of compliments. HACKING the game is a blatant violation of Disney's terms of service, yet rarely results in even a 72 hour suspension.

Yes, speeding has been a problem for a very long time. Disney has never pursued the makers of cheat engine (they should, as should the FBI) probably because they don't realize how much revenue they lose from it. Disney has never bothered with a snippet of heartbeat code to verify clockspeed (from client computer vs. any Disney server) so they actually have no way of knowing, currently. The new potions make it harder for Disney to verify reports of abuse.

Some good news:

• http://piratesonline.go.com/
• Help (navigation bar on left of page)
• Contact Us (first item)
• E-mail form (third link)
• Report Misbehaving Players

Fortunately, in there, you can get as lengthy as you need to. The bad news, is that they seem to be ignoring reports.

Again, from what you said, you are encountering people who have HACKED the game. That is clear to me, as I also see people like that almost daily.

Now, just to be thorough...

Swift foot glitch:

origin: Disney
method: done within the context of the game
running speed: up to 30 times normal speed (each increment increases chances of client game crashing - my tests got me to 15 one day.)
jumping height: up to 30 times normal height
attack speed: unchanged
sailing speed: unchanged
server performance effects: minimal or no affect to other people's games
worth reporting: nope

Fast switching (e.g. bladestorm/Esc) glitch:

origin: Disney
method: done within the context of the game
running speed: unchanged
attack speed: up to an 80% speed increase (less than twice as fast as normal)
sailing speed: unchanged
server performance effects: minimal or no affect to other people's games
worth reporting: nope

Hacking game:

Origin: unknown
method: done using 3rd party software in complete violation of TOS
running speed: up to 100 times normal speed (one-click - limit is client computer's available computing power)
jumping height: up to 100 times normal height
attack speed: up to 100 times normal attack rate
sailing speed: up to 100 times normal sailing speed
server performance effects: catastrophic affects to any other player on that server. Enemy re-spawning alone, locks up server for 3 to 5 seconds at a time.
worth reporting: absolutely

Sailing (regular, not SvS) is perhaps the worst effect. When someone is hacking the game, even if you are on their ship, it is impossible to even get off a single shot at an enemy ship before it is gone. It is beyond ridiculous to even try launching your own ship - every enemy will simply vanish before your pirate's eyes. The servers struggle to match the hacked client computer's speed, so the ships you do encounter will be attacking YOUR SHIP at the speed of the person hacking (NOT FUN!) if they have been aggro'd by the hacker, before you. Enemy ships respawn everywhere with little or no warning.

Sailing in ship vs. ship (privateering) makes SvS an absurdly unplayable part of the game POTCO. With max windcatcher, max ramming speed, when you see someone sail circles around your war sloop...guess what? Yup, they are hacking the game. I know of only 1 person (not me) who played SvS from the start, that still plays it regularly. Without some way of immediately booting people hacking the game, there really is no point in even trying SvS. Even on a quiet server, you can only play with friends or guild mates for a couple minutes, before someone hacking the game will come along.

Within the regular game (land-based enemies) you can be in the cursed caverns, and see the red dots just disappear from the F8 map when someone cruises through. If very very adept, you might be able to click on their pirate as they fly by. You can switch servers or wait it out. Fortunately, they have the attention span of gnats, rarely doing more than three or four laps. (6 to 8 minutes.) You can observe the server grinding to a halt, trying to keep up with the hacked pirate...your pirate will barely be able to move at all.

The effects of hacking in PvP is somewhat more pronounced. People hacking the game can easily land 50 attacks in 2 seconds. Obviously that makes PvP silly. But do remember the "~" key while in PvP match - get the screenshots you can, then pop out to the "Contact us" e-mail form and give it a shot.

Sadly, both people I've reported for hacking just this week, I've encountered again the next day after reporting.

[Captain Sureshot]

Originally Posted by Edward Edgemenace

...the broad majority of people here...

lol, where are you getting this whole "broad majority" information from? Is this some statement of fact? Where are you getting your facts from regarding what POF members think, feel, or understand. I would love to look over this information. Sounds to me like you are just making it up.

[Edward Edgemenace]

Originally Posted by Captain Sureshot

lol, where are you getting this whole "broad majority" information from? Is this some statement of fact? Where are you getting your facts from regarding what POF members think, feel, or understand. I would love to look over this information. Sounds to me like you are just making it up.

Selectively quoting, or perhaps you can't read an entire sentence? I'm going by what people here say; I make no claims to being able to read your mind. Since it bears repeating,

On this thread alone, only 1 respondent indicated understanding of the difference between glitching and hacking, while about 18 posts made little or no distinction between glitching (OK with Disney) and hacking (not OK with Disney), which, to me, confirms the fact that "the broad majority of people here don't understand the difference".

QED.

And so, the same (incorrect) point of view are repeated by several. OK. Thanks for reminding me, that the broad majority here, are not worth anyone's time. Particularly mine. Adieu.

[Beorn]

IMO, "glitching" is a term being used that a wide variety of players can understand as something not right with the game. I also don't believe that the term "Hacking" is appropriate in this case. These pirates are not breaking into the game. They are not personally changing the speed of the game. They are using a thied party program that is against Disney's rules. Cheating is really the most appropriate term that I can think of. The point of the thread is that, whatever you call it, taking advantage of something that gives you a leg up in the game is wrong.

You have every right to your own opinion, just like I have every right to mine. This does not mean that either of us is wrong. But making statements like

And so, the same (incorrect) point of view are repeated by several. OK. Thanks for reminding me, that the broad majority here, are not worth anyone's time. Particularly mine. Adieu.

is just pointless and derogatory to this broad majority that you reference. If we are not worth your time, than why are you spending your time here?