Alien farming has been around for many years. I don't recall jp ever calling it a bug and fixing it. How many revisions of twgs have there been? You'd think if it was that big of a deal he would have fixed it by now wouldn't you. It sounds to me like if you can't understand how it works a or have never heard of it IT must be a bug huh?
Sounds to me like if you don't like the fact that aliens can farm planets don't play games with aliens in them

YES it was disclosed by JP, I understand more than most how to
set up and use, I did a test to see hoy to defeat it and
my point was made players will say anything to justify why
thay do it! [V]

When did jp say it was a bug? Do a search of the forums Jp never said it was a bug if so he would have fixed it by now i would think. I remember quite a while back that it was said if the game allows it it wasn't a bug.
It used to be whoever found alien space first got free figs and credits a lot of the time just like capping ferrengal, i suppose that is a bug too A long time ago it wasn't ever thought to be a bug, just in the last couple of years by newbs that didn't know how it was done so it had to be a bug.

FYI it was brought up to JP, and he said he was not going to fix it, cause he was not fixing any more bug in V3, and he was going to fix it V4[^]

But like i said this suject was brought up befor, and most players concider it cheating, and the rest, yet agian will say anythin to justify why thay do it!!!

quote:Originally posted by GodZilla

YES it was disclosed by JP, I understand more than most how to
set up and use, I did a test to see hoy to defeat it and
my point was made players will say anything to justify why
thay do it! [V]


If you are accusing me of using it, Have you ever seen me use it or be accused of it?

So if he isn't going to fix it then there really isn't anyway to enforce it as being a bug then is there?
I have a regged twgs and as a sysop it would be way to much trouble to keep on it. Much easier not to play any games with aliens ?
I saw a post where Harley said something about it but not JP

On my server If I find a player/corp alien farming, the planet is upgraded to level 5 cit, full shields, mega figs and owned by the aliens. If you want it back you will have to work for it.

no Animal im not sayin you doit, im just saying, anyone that does do it IMO is a cheater! and im not the only one that thinks this. here
a few of many.......

quote:Originally posted by Slim Shady

well, the answer to this is this is kind of a bug that some people use, and some people look down upon. basically, you just pop a planet in alien space and they will claim it and fill it up for you
it has been discussed many times before, you can search old posts for it if you want more info, or to see what people think about it.

Slim


quote:Originally posted by Slim Shady

rofl.
ya, old bug, probably wont be fixed.
also, it can be any type of planet cit, with colos or without, and they will max that mofo out. i've never seen em upgrade a cit however...

Slim


quote:Originally posted by Vid Kid


True they will max a planets ore , org and eq .. and if it has a cit they will also put fighters on it, but not max it in that catagory.
I think those that exploit this bug are in same boat as cheaters and
when J.P. gets ready , I'm hoping he will resolve this problem because this was not in the original twars design.
To honist players , please when you find one of these .. blow it up!
So far this is the only cure for this problem to date.



quote:Originally posted by Draconis

Considering the alien bug discussion recently, I'd figured I'd start a thread about what servers have what "rules" considering what they consider "bugs."

With the 3.13 release the photon bug, shield ride bug, etc have been fixed, but there may be others.

It would be nice to see sysops post what "tactics" or "bugs" they consider as "cheating" on their servers. As I stated I don't see the aliens dumpign products on planets as a "cheating" bug, but some do. I'm not going to debate the merit one way or the other, but it may help if sysops list what is "not allowed" on their server in terms of these kinds of issues so people know.

Jhereg


quote:Originally posted by Vulcan

Jhereg I like this thread, I like to know what server considers cheating as well, so as not to either play there or follow their rules if I like the edits. The only rule I have, for my server, mainly is the Duping rule unless it is approved ahead on the server. But look at other places to play for myself, and have to follow their rules, at least til caught, just kidding, I don't consider the alien planet fill a bug either.

Vulcan


i just grabed a few, im sure i can find more......
But IMO sysops need to post what can and canot be done on their
server If Dupeing, and alien Farming is ok, then no foul, but
let everyone know the Do's and Donts.

quote:Originally posted by Bethel Hues

On my server If I find a player/corp alien farming, the planet is upgraded to level 5 cit, full shields, mega figs and owned by the aliens. If you want it back you will have to work for it.




good Idea BH! now if only other sysops will follow your lead![;)]

The word cheater is thrown around much too easily and quickly.

maggie

quote:Originally posted by GodZilla


i just grabed a few, im sure i can find more......
But IMO sysops need to post what can and canot be done on their
server If Dupeing, and alien Farming is ok, then no foul, but
let everyone know the Do's and Donts.


Well i am not for alien faring but i have many friends that have done it. As a sysop it would very difficult to monitor it. and to make then bigger and better planets that may be fine in some games but it can also change the course of the game to just like framing them. So i discourage players from doing it but i can't stop it and its been around for a very long time. back to least version 2.55 and may have been back in the 2.4's. There are also other alien things that can be done as well as farming but I won't get into that as i don't like it eihter.

River Rat

Oh and JP has know about this for a long time and he choose not to fix in many upgrades

quote:Originally posted by GodZilla

quote:Originally posted by Bethel Hues

On my server If I find a player/corp alien farming, the planet is upgraded to level 5 cit, full shields, mega figs and owned by the aliens. If you want it back you will have to work for it.




good Idea BH! now if only other sysops will follow your lead![;)]


I know a better way around it. DON'T FRICKIN RUN GAMES WITH GOLD ALIENS.

lol

bunch of alien farmers and mega corpers now days.

Yes River Rat, i understand, it would be a pain in the but for a sysop to look at every alien area for every alien.. and in every game.
wow, that would be a ton of work. anyway i hope the sysops post rules
about it, and if a player see it going on in game, inform sysop
and sysop deals with it as he see fit, thats all im asking.
but some sysops i let KNOW this is happing, do look and take action, and i apreciate it. but yes i can see its a pain to look and fix.
i also belive most players do concider this a cheating or to make
it more politicaly correct for maggie, a low tactic. then the few
low tactic players will join the rest of the commuinty. we will
allways have the few noncomformist, that will do LOW TACTICS. but
like thay say ONE BAD APPLE dont spoil the whole bunch.

im not here to point a finger at any one player or corp. i just
see it more and more in every game i play, and it is starting to realy bug me! so please fogive me if anyone thinks im single them
out, and putting them in a bad light.

Considering you can't really "protect" your farm from the enemies, I really don't see it as that big of a deal. If you don't like someone farming the aliens, go and kill them when they try to do it. If you know where a player is going to be, it's not that hard to set up to kill them.