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People exploiting in the *old* Gingerbread Village

I have no idea how they're doing it, but here's what I see.

One person runs ahead of the team, triggers the yeti and kills it in 6-8 seconds. Then they run to the end plaza, trigger the snowman boss and kill that in 10-12 seconds flat.

The problem is that nobody else gets **** for rewards.

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  • lianthelialianthelia Member Posts: 7,921 Arc User
    It may be a bug or something...I've noticed the Snowman boss dying quickly every time...even with people who don't seem to even have a WW weapon.
  • chastity1337chastity1337 Member Posts: 1,608 Arc User
    Well, that's a possibility, but it would be odd for a new bug to appear in such old content, when it doesn't seem to have been changed at all from last year.
  • lianthelialianthelia Member Posts: 7,921 Arc User
    Well, that's a possibility, but it would be odd for a new bug to appear in such old content, when it doesn't seem to have been changed at all from last year.

    Bugs can pop up anywhere...
  • jbmaverickjbmaverick Member Posts: 935 Arc User
    I think people may be managing to smuggle in buffs they normally shouldn't be able to. I saw someone in the PvP ice race with several speed buffs active when all speed buffs are supposed to be disabled for the duration of the race, although I haven't attempted the village queued event this year so I don't know if it's necessarily related.

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  • nebfabnebfab Member Posts: 672 Arc User
    I saw several times the giant snowman spawn and die before the yeti was taken out... With (I think) the whole team still in the cave in one case.
  • bossheisenbergbossheisenberg Member Posts: 603 Arc User
    The giant snowman at the end is getting killed by the gingerbread NPCs. So yea, I think it is bugged....
  • rattler2rattler2 Member, Star Trek Online Moderator Posts: 59,174 Community Moderator
    Wouldn't be the first time "old" content was bugged. Used to be whenever Cryptic fixed something, the STF Borg would break.
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  • legendarylycan#5411 legendarylycan Member Posts: 37,284 Arc User
    Well, that's a possibility, but it would be odd for a new bug to appear in such old content, when it doesn't seem to have been changed at all from last year.

    they managed to break frosted boots when they released season 8, even though a winter wonderland item has absolutely nothing to do with voth or dyson spheres...

    trust me, it doesn't even need to be related for them to break something old​​
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  • storulesstorules Member Posts: 3,340 Arc User
    I have no idea how they're doing it, but here's what I see.

    One person runs ahead of the team, triggers the yeti and kills it in 6-8 seconds. Then they run to the end plaza, trigger the snowman boss and kill that in 10-12 seconds flat.

    The problem is that nobody else gets **** for rewards.

    Kinda odd...regardless of who does what...ALL should get the rewards unless you are an AFK and not shooting anything.​​
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  • chastity1337chastity1337 Member Posts: 1,608 Arc User
    edited December 2015
    storules wrote: »
    I have no idea how they're doing it, but here's what I see.

    One person runs ahead of the team, triggers the yeti and kills it in 6-8 seconds. Then they run to the end plaza, trigger the snowman boss and kill that in 10-12 seconds flat.

    The problem is that nobody else gets **** for rewards.

    Kinda odd...regardless of who does what...ALL should get the rewards unless you are an AFK and not shooting anything.​​

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  • ltminnsltminns Member Posts: 12,573 Arc User
    edited December 2015
    Tonight, I went in to kill the Yeti. Another person entered. When we had killed him we went out to the Plaza and the Giant Snowman was already dead.
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  • lianthelialianthelia Member Posts: 7,921 Arc User
    The giant snowman at the end is getting killed by the gingerbread NPCs. So yea, I think it is bugged....

    What I've figured, he just goes down way to fast...once I even brought the Yeti out of his cave when all of the players went for the Snowman...Yeti died quick too.
  • duncanidaho11duncanidaho11 Member Posts: 7,983 Arc User
    lianthelia wrote: »
    What I've figured, he just goes down way to fast...once I even brought the Yeti out of his cave when all of the players went for the Snowman...Yeti died quick too.

    I noticed that as well. Yeti health was dropping at an expected rate while I was just shooting at it but once out in the open (in range of the gingerbread NPC's) it seemed to have a heart attack. The bug could be with how much damage the minions are dealing (conceivably could have been buffed for the new snowconian assault thingy, but unintentionally carried over to the queued PVE).
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  • swamarianswamarian Member Posts: 1,506 Arc User
    jbmaverick wrote: »
    I think people may be managing to smuggle in buffs they normally shouldn't be able to. I saw someone in the PvP ice race with several speed buffs active when all speed buffs are supposed to be disabled for the duration of the race, although I haven't attempted the village queued event this year so I don't know if it's necessarily related.

    That's an armor buff from one of the rep armors. It was active last year. I'm told that the [RUN] modifier also works in Winter Wonderland. (In general, passive mods will still work.)
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