''Bug'' in polymock that you can use for easy victories

Kabroz the necro

Academy Page

Join Date: Mar 2007

N/Mo

First i ask one question.Which is most LAMEst skill?
1.it's elite.
2.It's ranger skill.
3.It's ritual.
4.It causes bleeding.
It's Lacerate,the most worsest skill.But it is realy so bad?NO.

Well here's instructions.
1.Equip lacerate.
2.go play polymock.
3.Fight normaly.
4.After your 1st piece has defeated, you are to choose next piece.
DONT TAKE IT!(unless your opponent have more than 90%HP)
5.if he have less than 90%,cast lacerate.
6.cast once again.It will cause bleeding= -10degeneration
7.Rinse and repeat!

Well,if you didn't understand PM ME!

Critic against this:

Q:THIS IS CHEATING!!!!
A:Yes,it is. But lacerate was worsest skill in game, so this isn't so bad.

ARENANET will propably do something, to make lacerate more powerful.
i didn't posted this for all players cheated, i just want that Lacerate will be buffed.

You can't see me

You can't see me

Forge Runner

Join Date: Nov 2006

USA

P/W

That exploit is nothing new.... people have been taking ritual spirits and ranger spirits into Polymock for easy victories since it was discovered.

I personally don't do it, being it's an exploit, and you're risking account banning for not reporting that bug and using it.

Zinger314

Zinger314

Debbie Downer

Join Date: May 2006

N/Me

Quote:
Originally Posted by You can't see me
I personally don't do it, being it's an exploit, and you're risking account banning for not reporting that bug and using it.
You risk account banning for 99% of the things you do in Guild Wars.

Lorinda

Lorinda

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Oct 2006

The Netherlands

Quote:
Originally Posted by You can't see me
That exploit is nothing new.... people have been taking ritual spirits and ranger spirits into Polymock for easy victories since it was discovered.

I personally don't do it, being it's an exploit, and you're risking account banning for not reporting that bug and using it.
At my school, with is a building site at the moment, they call that, making use of the choas of mis organisation. I quess this is the same. If Anet fails at fixing bugs or just doesnt want to, go ahead and use it.

I dont play polymock or what ever. GW is more then enough for me

Mineria

Mineria

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Apr 2007

Denmark

Dragonslayers Of The [Mist]

W/Mo

Not the only explorable bug posted on fan-site forums.
I guess most of them are reported to the game designers as well.

Some bugs seem very easy to fix, wonder why they aren't fixed yet....

To the OP's statement that he post this here, and explains how to exploit it at the same time... and then says "I did not post this so all players cheat"
Why didn't he report this to Arena.net instead?

makosi

makosi

Grotto Attendant

Join Date: Mar 2006

"Pre-nerf" is incorrect. It's pre-buff.

Requirement Begins With R [notQ]

Me/

Quote:
Originally Posted by You can't see me
That exploit is nothing new.... people have been taking ritual spirits and ranger spirits into Polymock for easy victories since it was discovered.

I personally don't do it, being it's an exploit, and you're risking account banning for not reporting that bug and using it.
O rly? Lots of people abused an exploit last night to get max Delver title in 25 minutes. Anet said they're not taking any action against them for doing so.

The moral of the story is it's acceptable to abuse exploits and one shouldn't be a good samaritan and avoid it.

JeniM

Desert Nomad

Join Date: May 2007

W/E

Quote:
Originally Posted by Zinger314
You risk account banning for 99% of the things you do in Guild Wars.
Truer words never spoken! (or typed)

Antheus

Forge Runner

Join Date: Jan 2006

The funny part is, most people who cry about exploiters don't even care about exploits.

They just want to see as many people banned as possible.

Quote:
The moral of the story is it's acceptable to abuse exploits and one shouldn't be a good samaritan and avoid it.
The moral of the story is: be in on such stuff before it becomes public knowledge. In and out, then let the latecomers take the consequences.

And, like poker, knowing when to stop is the key to winning.

Snograt

Snograt

rattus rattus

Join Date: Jan 2006

London, UK GMT??0 ??1hr DST

[GURU]GW [wiki]GW2

R/

Purely for the sake of research (cough) - could someone explain something to me?

Is the OP saying that, after your first Polymock piece has been defeated, you can refuse the next piece and return to your human self?

...rather confused here (and I suck at Polymock)

zwei2stein

zwei2stein

Grotto Attendant

Join Date: Jun 2006

Europe

The German Order [GER]

N/

Its not like polymock is super important to keep ballanced. Besides, little exploit fixes nicely iniability of some people to win /which is not surpsising because when your ping is over ~400ms, you just cant dodge or interupt so your eventuall skill does not help. And lot of people with fine ping just suck.../

People cried over forums that they are blocked from asuran summons, i would think that 1sp, 1k gold and 5 minutes capping lacerate is okay price for them to get past it.

Onarik Amrak

Onarik Amrak

Forge Runner

Join Date: Mar 2007

Astral Revenants

P/W

http://gw.gamewikis.org/wiki/Lacerate

Pretty simple really.

bilateralrope

bilateralrope

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Nov 2005

New Zealand

Xen Of Onslaught (Xen of the Pacific division)

Quote:
Originally Posted by Snograt
Purely for the sake of research (cough) - could someone explain something to me?

Is the OP saying that, after your first Polymock piece has been defeated, you can refuse the next piece and return to your human self?

...rather confused here (and I suck at Polymock)
When you lose one polymock piece and get to chose your next, instead of choosing one you close that window.

CHunterX

CHunterX

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Sep 2005

Washington

W/E

Quote:
Originally Posted by Mineria
Not the only explorable bug posted on fan-site forums.
I guess most of them are reported to the game designers as well.

Some bugs seem very easy to fix, wonder why they aren't fixed yet....

To the OP's statement that he post this here, and explains how to exploit it at the same time... and then says "I did not post this so all players cheat"
Why didn't he report this to Arena.net instead?
Too busy nerfing dungeons and skills to fix busted things and skills like Winds.

RSGashapon

RSGashapon

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Nov 2006

Sol 3

R/

It's not a bug or an exploit, it's creative thinking.

Creativity to get around bad pings, buggy AI and Anet's lack of forethought.

Voltar

Voltar

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: May 2006

My dog let's me crash at her place.

POB

R/

Yeah, I think Anet let's an apparently useless skill sit around for a year or so to let people find a use for it. Lacerate just found it's single use in the game. That's why they finally changed Otyugh's Cry. It was never useful under any circumstance.

Unkillable Cat

Unkillable Cat

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Sep 2005

New Dragons

Mo/R

Thank you so much for this, its gotten me past that evil midged in gadds emcampment!

Personette

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Feb 2007

I just tried this...either the bug has been fixed, or there's something I don't understand. I started a game of polymock, I died, I closed the box instead of picking a second piece, I cast a spirit...and nothing happened. My opponent wasn't registering as an enemy, so the spirit wouldn't harm him.

Is that why it has to be a ranger spirit that will affect anyone, not just a foe?

Unkillable Cat

Unkillable Cat

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Sep 2005

New Dragons

Mo/R

you need to cast it, and then click "start round" while the countdown is occuring, your opponent will be bleeding.

Roshi_ikkyu

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Apr 2006

Mo/W

Quote:
Originally Posted by JeniM
Truer words never spoken! (or typed)
Don't agree with zinger, we'll have know the end of his madness if you do!

bilateralrope

bilateralrope

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Nov 2005

New Zealand

Xen Of Onslaught (Xen of the Pacific division)

Quote:
Originally Posted by Unkillable Cat
you need to cast it, and then click "start round" while the countdown is occuring, your opponent will be bleeding.
I was actually thinking of letting it expire then recasting it.

Arkantos

Arkantos

The Greatest

Join Date: Feb 2006

W/

Quote:
Originally Posted by You can't see me
I personally don't do it, being it's an exploit, and you're risking account banning for not reporting that bug and using it.
I highly doubt ANet will do something for exploiting a bug in polymock. They didn't do anything to the people exploiting the great destroyer when it was bugged.

Curse You

Curse You

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Apr 2006

South Pole

The Magus Order

N/Mo

I don't think this really matters. Unless you have a really bad connection, Polymock is quite easy. I can defeat Hoff (the hardest guy) easily with just the pieces obtained from doing the Polymock quests.

Vilaptca

Vilaptca

Pre-Searing Vanquisher

Join Date: Jun 2005

Fifteen Over Fifty [Rare]

Quote:
Originally Posted by Unkillable Cat
you need to cast it, and then click "start round" while the countdown is occuring, your opponent will be bleeding.
don't even need to do that.

cast it once, cast it again when it recharges, your opponent starts bleeding...

keep casting until they bleed to death...then you are forced to choose a piece and the next round starts

Traveller

Traveller

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jul 2005

Finland

League of Extraordinary Explorers [LOST] (my one man guild)

Me/

If you suck at Polymock like me you aren't still granted a surefire way to win. If your opponent beats you always first, you can get a draw using Lacerate, but you still need to beat the last piece on your own.

Damn Blarp and his elementals! RAARGH!

Elena

Elena

Desert Nomad

Join Date: May 2005

Belgium

wich i cant manage cause i suck and all this trouble for some goddamn pve only skills damn smelly smartass asura

zwei2stein

zwei2stein

Grotto Attendant

Join Date: Jun 2006

Europe

The German Order [GER]

N/

Well, yes. To make this really work you have to get "ahead" oponent, which means that your first piece must bring down their first AND get their seccond to <90%

Or that your first two pieces must suceed in beating their 1st and 2nd and getting third to <90%

Both situations mean that you are likely to win anyway.

Diddy bow

Diddy bow

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Oct 2006

Jawsome!!!!!!!!!!!

looking for one :p

A/D

well the polymock judge is clearly blind

Vilaptca

Vilaptca

Pre-Searing Vanquisher

Join Date: Jun 2005

Fifteen Over Fifty [Rare]

Quote:
Originally Posted by Traveller
If you suck at Polymock like me you aren't still granted a surefire way to win. If your opponent beats you always first, you can get a draw using Lacerate, but you still need to beat the last piece on your own.

Damn Blarp and his elementals! RAARGH!
you're about where i am at too then

Omega X

Omega X

Ninja Unveiler

Join Date: Jun 2005

Louisiana, USA

Boston Guild[BG]

W/Me

Quote:
Originally Posted by RSGashapon
It's not a bug or an exploit, it's creative thinking.

Creativity to get around bad pings, buggy AI and Anet's lack of forethought.
QFT.

Maybe they should start rebalancing Polymock.

zwei2stein

zwei2stein

Grotto Attendant

Join Date: Jun 2006

Europe

The German Order [GER]

N/

Quote:
Originally Posted by Omega X
QFT.

Maybe they should start rebalancing Polymock.
Polymock being strategy alike chess (as advertized) instead of twitch stuff would be hawt.

A11Eur0

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Apr 2005

W/

Dunno...maybe I don't have the right mindset for it but I can't win even when using this trick. Doesn't bother me...I don't get much out of it.

xxsyrexx

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Aug 2006

Untimely Demise [Err了]

R/

When in doubt, lacerate out

Cobalt

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Aug 2005

Mo/W

Quote:
Originally Posted by You can't see me
That exploit is nothing new.... people have been taking ritual spirits and ranger spirits into Polymock for easy victories since it was discovered.

I personally don't do it, being it's an exploit, and you're risking account banning for not reporting that bug and using it.
I have a Rit and tried spirits when I first tried Polymock but upon choosing my next piece they disappear so I don't see how a ranger spirit would be any different.

However I have heard if you cast an Ele ward just before starting the round it will be on you at least for a few seconds at the start which may help.

It seems to me this game has a severe problem any way so anything that can help is a good thing. I mean the fact that people are paying 50-100k for single Polymock piece just to beat it because they can't otherwise is a big fat sign that there is a major problem with it.

dead man ivan

Academy Page

Join Date: Dec 2006

Fixed by ANet in between rounds you are down to zero energy and it doesnt recharge. I still cant beat Blarp!!

bilateralrope

bilateralrope

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Nov 2005

New Zealand

Xen Of Onslaught (Xen of the Pacific division)

Quote:
Originally Posted by Cobalt
I have a Rit and tried spirits when I first tried Polymock but upon choosing my next piece they disappear so I don't see how a ranger spirit would be any different.
Its because Lacerate has an effect when it gets destroyed.

Dean Harper

Dean Harper

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Dec 2005

USA

The Killer Clan Musketeers [TKCM]

Me/E

lol, its a old idea, and its not worth getting banned for something that stupid...

Cobalt

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Aug 2005

Mo/W

Quote:
Originally Posted by Traveller

Damn Blarp and his elementals! RAARGH!

I think the biggest problem with Blarp is his casting speed; I open up the round with the biggest hit first then the two interrupts and concentration and in between those four casts I end up at half health. He is so fast I don't even see what he hits me with and he spams his low hit one twice for everyone I fire off, it is like rapid fire can't even dodge it. He must have between 0-1 second recast times and instant recharge times on most of his skills which is just stupid.

I have not even got his first piece past half way down in the first round before dying. Because of this guy alone Anet has no business banning anyone who finds a way to cheat this Polymock game it deserves to be cheated.

wilebill

wilebill

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Dec 2005

Mt Vernon, Ohio

Band of the Hawk

W/Mo

Polymock is one of those things that must have seemed like a real good idea at the time.

ChaoticCoyote

ChaoticCoyote

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: May 2006

Florida, USA

Imperial Order of the Iguana [IGGY]

R/

Quote:
Originally Posted by zwei2stein
Polymock being strategy alike chess (as advertized) instead of twitch stuff would be hawt.
Yup. Another example of ANet promising one thing and delivering another.

And before people wonder -- I beat the Polymock quests, without the epxloit mentioned here. Yes, it can be beat; no, it isn't a fun game.

It all goes back to putting FPS gamers in charge on balancing and designign what is advertised as an RPG -- the focus is on action and reaction, not on critical thought and strategy.

Another reason to avoid GW2.

Mordakai

Mordakai

Grotto Attendant

Join Date: Aug 2005

Kyhlo

W/

Yep, Polymock is very frustrating.

And, to make it worse, once you accomplish the goal of killing more powerful opponents with weaker pieces, you really have no where else to go.

Not the best way to design a "mini-game."