Well done d3p (sincerely)

jimstarooney

Time to seperate the men from the boys hahahaha!!!!
prepare for lockdown!

Ducky

Hi, Jim!

OneLastGambit

For me personally it makes no difference. I've stumbled across cupcakes a few times and been grateful for them but I don't shield coordinate 99% of my scores are au naturel.

I hit 1100 in torch with no cake.

Hit 1100 in cyke with no cake.

My roster isn't quite at 1300 level yet so i don't expect I will get that but it's entirely possible to hit at least 1k without having a whales roster or cupcakes

Square-Chopper

I find the whole thing absolutely tinykitty hilarious myself.

vudu3

OneLastGambit wrote:

For me personally it makes no difference. I've stumbled across cupcakes a few times and been grateful for them but I don't shield coordinate 99% of my scores are au naturel.

I hit 1100 in torch with no cake.

Hit 1100 in cyke with no cake.

My roster isn't quite at 1300 level yet so i don't expect I will get that but it's entirely possible to hit at least 1k without having a whales roster or cupcakes

Don't fool yourself. It's possible for you to do this because you're hitting people who have their scores inflated by cakes. If cakes die you won't be able to climb as high as you can now without shielding even if you never see a cake yourself. Your targets will have their scores lowered which means they won't be worth as many points to you. And other people who are hitting cakes regularly will no longer be able to do so so they'll start hitting you instead.

ZeroKarma

Let's make sure to lock this thread. If a thread complaining about the loss of cc's is blocked, then threads coming on to gloat about the loss of cc's have a similar degree of merit.

ZekeBarrett

It's great to see we have Freedom of Speech.

killerkoala

this could also be psychological warfare put the fear of cc losses, then no one bakes, ergo no more cakes.

Hendross

killerkoala wrote:

this could also be psychological warfare put the fear of cc losses, then no one bakes, ergo no more cakes.

Denying someone does not diminish their desire, ask my children about dessert.

jimstarooney

ZeroKarma wrote:

Let's make sure to lock this thread. If a thread complaining about the loss of cc's is blocked, then threads coming on to gloat about the loss of cc's have a similar degree of merit.

its not gloating,this should have been fixed ages ago.and now it has:)

simonsez

vudu3 wrote:

Don't fool yourself. It's possible for you to do this because you're hitting people who have their scores inflated by cakes. If cakes die you won't be able to climb as high as you can now without shielding even if you never see a cake yourself. Your targets will have their scores lowered which means they won't be worth as many points to you. And other people who are hitting cakes regularly will no longer be able to do so so they'll start hitting you instead.

Exactly... I don't know if this is a function of point deflation, narrowing of the mmr, or both, but you were pretty much the only target I could queue worth more than 20 something points. Sorry 'bout that.

stochasticism

We have it all wrong. Demiurge thought we were spending too much ISO in the skip tax so they removed the root cause of it. Thanks Demiurge for the ISO infusion! Another great change.

vudu3

simonsez wrote:

Exactly... I don't know if this is a function of point deflation, narrowing of the mmr, or both, but you were pretty much the only target I could queue worth more than 20 something points. Sorry 'bout that.

At least you didn't triple me. Ryesteve is no longer welcome to merc with Ace of Blades.

killerkoala

Hendross wrote:

killerkoala wrote:

this could also be psychological warfare put the fear of cc losses, then no one bakes, ergo no more cakes.

Denying someone does not diminish their desire, ask my children about dessert.

that is the wrong analogy, the right one would be: someone that bakes a cake, but every time they bake they get threatened, so the baker stop baking; so more more cakes.

OneLastGambit

vudu3 wrote:

OneLastGambit wrote:

For me personally it makes no difference. I've stumbled across cupcakes a few times and been grateful for them but I don't shield coordinate 99% of my scores are au naturel.

I hit 1100 in torch with no cake.

Hit 1100 in cyke with no cake.

My roster isn't quite at 1300 level yet so i don't expect I will get that but it's entirely possible to hit at least 1k without having a whales roster or cupcakes

Don't fool yourself. It's possible for you to do this because you're hitting people who have their scores inflated by cakes. If cakes die you won't be able to climb as high as you can now without shielding even if you never see a cake yourself. Your targets will have their scores lowered which means they won't be worth as many points to you. And other people who are hitting cakes regularly will no longer be able to do so so they'll start hitting you instead.

It's an interesting point. I imagine that's not entirely true, there will still be players who hit higher scores due to having better rosters. You could be right though.

As for lower points available? I make my 1k by mainly beating 35-50 point matches those mythical 75 point ones never show up.


Good point though

ZeroKarma

jimstarooney wrote:

ZeroKarma wrote:

Let's make sure to lock this thread. If a thread complaining about the loss of cc's is blocked, then threads coming on to gloat about the loss of cc's have a similar degree of merit.

its not gloating,this should have been fixed ages ago.and now it has:)

Cupcakes are a method of exploiting an existing mechanic to assist alliance mates.

So, if this is being fixed, this means we don't want mechanics of this type to be exploited anywhere, correct? No more outside collaboration to gain an unfair advantage?

I assume then that mercing will soon be taken care of, and that buyers clubs will be removed also?

There's lots of things that could be considered exploits of the current system that could be "addressed" to different degrees. Hopefully we can find something that diminishes your enjoyment of the game as well.

ZekeBarrett

No cupcakes?! No mercing?! No buyers clubs?! Talk about taking the social out of social gaming.

aesthetocyst

ZekeBarrett wrote:

It's great to see we have Freedom of Speech.

You have that freedom in public places, in countries that guarantee and honor it.

This is d3go's forum.

Just like any other privately-owned forum, you may post at their pleasure, and may be censored or blocked for their convenience.

Everyone wave to those in dev jail! Will see you all again on player-friendly channels, I'm sure.

Hendross

Don't forget removing the retreat button so I can't farm ISO in SHIELD Sim, lets close these holes up.

Edit: and remove the ability to lose

alphabeta

ZeroKarma wrote:

jimstarooney wrote:

ZeroKarma wrote:

Let's make sure to lock this thread. If a thread complaining about the loss of cc's is blocked, then threads coming on to gloat about the loss of cc's have a similar degree of merit.

its not gloating,this should have been fixed ages ago.and now it has:)

Cupcakes are a method of exploiting an existing mechanic to assist alliance mates.

So, if this is being fixed, this means we don't want mechanics of this type to be exploited anywhere, correct? No more outside collaboration to gain an unfair advantage?

I assume then that mercing will soon be taken care of, and that buyers clubs will be removed also?

There's lots of things that could be considered exploits of the current system that could be "addressed" to different degrees. Hopefully we can find something that diminishes your enjoyment of the game as well.

And bracket sniping and any points at all for dumping to team mates and best build threads ....

lots to fix by the look of it

GrumpySmurf1002

vudu3 wrote:

simonsez wrote:

Exactly... I don't know if this is a function of point deflation, narrowing of the mmr, or both, but you were pretty much the only target I could queue worth more than 20 something points. Sorry 'bout that.

At least you didn't triple me. Ryesteve is no longer welcome to merc with Ace of Blades.

Well, about that....