Joseph Ridgeson
WarRavens
Capital Punishment.
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Posted - 2014.11.17 12:03:00 -
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GM Scotsman wrote:Just going to point to the EULA regarding this. Specifically 6.A.3: "You may not use ~/~ patterns of play that facilitate acquisition of items, currency, objects, character attributes, rank or status at an accelerated rate when compared with ordinary Game play."
That is the definition of boosting.
Yes, that is SUPER ambiguous. EULA are kind of written to be ambiguous to an extent because they are written before the game is a game and because it allows the devs to ban people that need to be banned. Because it is so ambiguous, people will ask "well, I call in my Tank to blow up the installations, throw down Uplinks, and hack objectives; am I boosting because I do it for the WP?" I have purposefully not killed enemy vehicles in one engagement before because it was more fun to toy with the newbie Soma and because it was worth more WP to shoot it 3 times, let it run away, shoot it twice, let it run away, and then kill it. Is that boosting or just trolling newbies?
What about when I see an enemy hacking an installation, I purposefully let them finish it, kill them when they are still distracted, and then hack it back? I do that with Scout when I am roaming an area because it lets me know if there are enemies in the area if I see the hacking alert but it also is free WP. What about the Logi that purposefully throws drown Nanohives on a big group of guys not because they are the most worthy ammo deprived individuals but because the WP? You kill an opponent and you see a Medic suit run across with needle in hand to the downed opponent; is it boosting to let the Medic get the recently deceased up so you can get two kills at once? We have all done that one. My squad leader calls in an Orbital, so we hop into a Tank to get the Vehicle Kill Assists or someone uses Repair Tool for Guardian: boosting?
Basically, 'Boosting' is going to have the same criteria as pornography: "I know it when I see it." It is NOT normal play to hack an objective back and forth because your friend is on the other team. It is NOT normal play to have 2 logi pairs take turn hurting each other to get the Guardian bonus.
"This is B.S! This is B.S! I paid money! Cash money, dollars money, cash money!"
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