Easy fix to stop some of the cheating in the events

View attachment 21762 Dear Devs and fellow Bayers,

As you might have guess I am annoyed by the many people who try to cheat and ruin the events for others, especially the new players. One way of doing that is by leaving slots open on ships, so their Gear Score (GS) is lower. So, they take a legendary weapon, which is 4x as strong as the other people with a mk1 or mk2, but leave the yellow or blue slots open. They are so strong and very skilled (a lot of people with mk5 to mk7s and 2000 - 5000 Infamy use this trick), so leaving the blue or other slots open does not matter much to them.

So, one way of tackling this problem is to make it mandatory to use all your slots, so you cannot enter a battle when you leave one or more slots open.

Of course there are others, who use all their slots, but it can be a start. Or just don't let people use a ships more than 2 mk's down from your biggest ship. It should not be too hard do fix this like this.

Kind regards,
Flint

Here a few examples:

 

forcing people to fill all slots OR use all slot points would be better
your idea would make some setups pointless (for example mk5 speeder with tesshield and OB...all points used, yet one slot empty)

 

Thanks for pointing that out, but that is what I meant. But appearantly I was not entirely clear on that.

So, we are on the same page here.

Regards,
Flint

 

People would just fill it with common crap

 

yes, but match making would (somehow) punish them, difference between t5 epic/t1 legendary and common items is too big, so they would be matched with higher mk opponents

 

All your examples showed full slots. Besides, my understanding is that Gear Score is added to empty slots.

The thing is, if a player willingly leaves off Yellow or Blue items, it's because they are dead weight in an Event. Adapting to an Event is an important aspect of play, and I would hate to be forced to stick on items that add no value but give more difficult matches. One of the biggest issues with EventMatchmaker(tm) is that Weapons are the most important item, in every event, yet Yellow and Blue items have a Gear Score just as high. THAT is the issue....

well, that and not taking into account specific item training to adjust Gear Score, which is a more pressing issue. That and putting boats with drastically different Gear Scores in the same match... and.. I digress. The solutions are clear, and the Devs not fixing EventMatchmaker(tm) is the problem.... Not the players.. the Devs.

 

Hello!

I can understand the way you think, but I have lost many event battles, because people left their blue slots open, to get a lower Gear score.If they had fitted a shield, they would have lived longer and we would have won. I could see they had big shields fitted on their other ships.

And the Seal Clubbers leave them open to get a lower GS, but still use a legendary weapon. So, they have 4x stronger weapons and kill everyody.So, that is just not fair either.


Best wishes,
Flint

 

Hello!

Well said!

Maybe there must come a rule that you cannot use a ship lower than 2 mk's? Would solve the problem and is easy to make. Because if you accidently use a ship without weapons you get a warning. So, that should be the case by leaving slots open and also when you use a mk1, while you have a mk7. I had a mk6 Speeder in my team yesterday who just used 1 red slot and some other weak yellow stuff to lower his/her Gear score. We lost because of that.

It is sad that these problems still are here, but also sad that people think it is fine to take advantage of others. What is the fun of winning battles, which are way too easy for them?

The reponses I got when I comfronted these people were:
- it is all for the coins and I don't care if they get frustrated because of me.
- if you cannot beat them, join them.
- everybody does it.
- it is not against the rules (which it is actually)
- why do you bother it is not your problem.
- it is Rovio's fault, because they give us the opportunity to do so.

All of these answers are wrong and it all comes down to one thing: selfnishness!

Best wishes,
Flint

 

That might well be, but now I see people with 3 red slots and only use 1 t5 epic weapon or legendary.

I know it is not the best fix, but they should start with these easy fixes. Best is to use captain level in the equation and what YerJokin said not being able to use 2 mk's lower than you highest ship.

Regards,
Flint