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This is my first commercial MMO, and I'm given to understand that they can be frowned upon. I've not been able to find any official stance on these, and obviously I don't want to be banned.
Let me explain.
As I have said elsewhere I have a minor disability. Which makes the space bar mashing exercise an problem. It takes the game from fun and enjoyment (with the two auto-fire weapons) to being very frustrating and almost unplayable for me.
So the obvious answer is a Macro to take over that task. I was thinking that maybe if I set the Macro to say 5 or even 6 second cycle, then the DPS would be lower than if I was doing it manually. That way it would lessen any accusation of cheating (Maybe that's the answer for auto-fire, have a longer cycle time?).
But again I come round to the thought that if Cryptic has a blanket ban on Macro's then this is putting my membership of the game at risk. Hence why I'm asking about the official line. Seeing as they don't seem to have any in game TOC's on the website, its left me wondering.
Thanks.
Let me explain.
As I have said elsewhere I have a minor disability. Which makes the space bar mashing exercise an problem. It takes the game from fun and enjoyment (with the two auto-fire weapons) to being very frustrating and almost unplayable for me.
So the obvious answer is a Macro to take over that task. I was thinking that maybe if I set the Macro to say 5 or even 6 second cycle, then the DPS would be lower than if I was doing it manually. That way it would lessen any accusation of cheating (Maybe that's the answer for auto-fire, have a longer cycle time?).
But again I come round to the thought that if Cryptic has a blanket ban on Macro's then this is putting my membership of the game at risk. Hence why I'm asking about the official line. Seeing as they don't seem to have any in game TOC's on the website, its left me wondering.
Thanks.
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I am hopeing they add better autofire, disabled or not mashing one key is a health hazard, untill then tho sorry to say its at your own risk if you use one
Thanks, that's what I figured and was worried about.
since when is a macro considered 3rd party get real, if you don't know what your talking about zip it.
Essentially, if your macro amounts to an AFK bot, then it's against the rules. But if your macro is a way to change a few settings, adjust speed and then fire an ability, and you assign that to G3 for example, that is fine, because you are still at your keyboard playing.
I would equate commands and macros to this...
--- NO MACRO ---
"Mr Geralds, adjust shields."
"Yes Sir." *blip blip*
"Mr Geralds, go to 1/2 impulse."
"Yes Sir." *biip*
"Mr Geralds, lock phasers on that Bird of Prey"
"Yes Sir." *blip boop blip*
"Mr. Geralds, target his engines."
"Yes Sir." *blip blip bloop*
"Mr. Geralds, fire phasers."
"Yes Sir." *pew pew*
--- WHAT A MACRO IS ---
"Mr. Geralds, adjust shields, go to 1/2 impulse then lock phasers on that Brid of Prey and target his engines and fire."
"Yes Sir." *blip blip blip blip boop blip blip blip bloop pew pew*
Of course, setting up macros for complicated and very specialized situations is not such a good idea, but it's not too bad for common task provided you want to invest the time remapping your keys and then setting them up. Some times, it can be very very time consuming.
I usually just learn the default shortcuts and go with those due to the effort it takes.
@ Beefheat -- The MMOs I've played on over the years, for the most part, consider any kind of keystroke automation via Marcos as a punishable offence. I can't comment on the MMOs you've played because I don't know what you've played, but the poster you are quoting is correct and therefore your flame is not warranted.
Cheers!
Pretending_To_Be_Captain_Canuck
when last i read there is no official stance other then no fully auto mated macros meaning if it moves your ship from one place to another gathers stuff and fights then there is an issue
if its just helping with firing i would not see too much of a problem as long as you are doing everything elce especially with a disability but of course in the long run the end call is cryptic hopefully something you can talk to them about and make sure everything is fine.
That's the way I'm erring. However talking to cryptic at the moment is possibly going to be a bit hard to do, as i suspect they have their hands too full to bother with a tiny Issue like me. That's why I asked here hoping for a full blown "Yay" or "Nay" from them.
However we have the above response, which seems almost clear enough.
almost always.
anything thats not built into the game = 3rd party
thanks for the offical quote weissbrot
Get yourself a G11 or G15 and make yourself a toggle macro.
If they have a problem with it then they can either improve the auto-fire, contribute to my keyboard fund or prove it.
I have a friend that also has a disability that makes the space-bar mashing a no go. As long as your not bot-ing then it won't be a problem.
Otherwise, you are getting opinions from non-authoritive sources. Ask the authoritive source and gain your accomodation.
Peace,
Myst
I know, but before giving cryptic a poke I wondered if there had been an official ruling or if the knowledge base here knew one way or the other.
As I said Cryptic I suspect are a little busy right now. There's also the question of who in Cryptic do you address the query too? Billing, Tech or in Game support. None really seem to fit the right category.