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alexraptorr
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So it looks like some people have managed to find a shortcut somewhere on the Biathlon Race that lets them avoid the last half of the course without being disqualified and head straight for the flags.
I've lost two races now with players inexplicably being at the finish line without ever having passed me, and I use Elite Powerboards and Superior Floaters with the Risa tribble.
Anyone else experienced this?
I've lost two races now with players inexplicably being at the finish line without ever having passed me, and I use Elite Powerboards and Superior Floaters with the Risa tribble.
Anyone else experienced this?
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l don't know.
l really don't know what l'm about to say, except l have a feeling about it.
That l must repeat the words that come without my knowledge.'
If it is, and as much as I hate this exploit, my vote would be to leave it alone. If anyone remembers the fix it involved booting you out of the wonderland if you logged out in there. On Risa that would seriously stink. You wouldn't be able to line everyone up for the horgahn hunt.
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Isn't this it's own kind of cheating?
Personally I want nothing to do with the Biathlon.
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No because those are in game assets that any player can acquire as long as he / she either puts in the effort to earn or buy the necessary Favors in order to purchase those items.
An analogy to your statement would be saying that players who use Fleet Gear are cheaters.
The fix would be when a player joins the competitive race (whether it is Summer or Winter), it is only for that particular session. Once the race ends all players who did not complete that race will automatically be dropped out of the race when that race session ends.
Right before the button appears for players to join the race, a random 4 digit (or whatever) session # would be created. When a player clicks the "Join" button, the character would be assigned that session number. Once that specific race ends the session number expires and players who did not finish the race automatically gets dropped out of the race.
That should address the race exploits in both Summer and Winter events.
20M? Id take the ec myself.
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i guess thats how Ferengi do sport :P and he mocked you for it.
l don't know.
l really don't know what l'm about to say, except l have a feeling about it.
That l must repeat the words that come without my knowledge.'
Yeah i stopped doing the biathalon becuae of this issue, i had a or what i thought of as a commanding lead and there was two people at the end already finished?
I also use elite PB's and floaters
Without going too much into detail, in a way the cheaters will touch the floater waypoints (and the powerboard goals as well). The oversight is somewhere else.
That would indeed be a major problem. My peeps are exactly where they should be for any horgahn related activity when they log on.
Actually, since last summer it depends. If you are in a position to get the boost, it beats every shortcut (that I am aware of). If you aren't, you can indeed leave the ramps alone for a better result.
If I were tempted to cheat, I'd run a character through the race to the end, but not grab a flag, and then switch characters. After the next race started, I'd switch back to that character. They should still have the "race" flag set and be able to grab the flag. (I haven't tried it, and don't plan to.) I discovered that strategy works for the hunga'hn search a couple of years ago when a character couldn't get all ten items. I logged them out before it was over, and then logged them back in for the next one, and they kept their prior progress.
That's an old one and yes people still are using it since they started the race events on Risa.
However, the Biathlon is a new one. Perhaps they might be relogging in/out? or they have discovered a shortcut that won't kick them out of the event like they did on Breach event.
Today I got all the way to the end, just ahead of the others. Someone was floating above First, but not taking it. So I shrugged and got close enough to grab it. Hopefully I won't run into it.
I do remember it happening in the WE in a few of my races. It's very annoying for the one truly in the lead. Not something I am very much of the time, but I have fun 'finishing'.
I was curious of this so i went to the finish line for a few races just as a spectator to see how players finish. I stayed away from the flag. So far i see players comming through the last ring and hit the flag.
It may very well look like there is some cheating going on, while that is not the case. The group is also split into two at some point where you can take two ways, left and right of the cliff. I have it never happened that I was leading and that the first flag already was taken. I did experience it in the Winter race.
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