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Bones, I think Virg read my name, got in a state of aggression, and simply missed everything written in the post (typical for males, in a testosterone and adrenaline rush, vision is blurred, and rational thinking even more).

As I have written from the beginning:and:
Further on, I am hardly the one who has ever been blaming the devs or CSR much less ever showing "hate" against them. As to the patch, it might indeed prove useful because agro dragging out of neglect (a sin I confess having been guilty of more than once while I never dragged agro onto others on purpose) will happen much less often. So I do not say that the change is useless.

As to policing, this is not at all the job of the devs, Virg still has to learn a lot, obviously. Rather, this unpleasant chore is left to the CSR, fellow player volunteers who certainly like many things better than disciplining other parents' spoiled and misbehaving brats. I am fully aware of that.

And I took the phenomenon of abusive agro dragging only as an example, a minor transgression compared to botting and cheating. Yet I think that the punishments used and available are nothing less than abhorrent to the perpetrators.

In a wider perspective, the admins of this game have few effective punishments at the moment. Permaban removes a customer, it is abhorrent towards the CSR and WG not much less than towards the villains, and is used rarely, therefore. Other punishments are temporary bans, which are fairly ineffective, every ban beyond a couple of weeks will result in an unsubbing, hurting WG and thus the whole community.

Therefore, not out of hatred or any other silly male phantasy, I suggested more effective means of disciplining, making the perpetrator feeling the pain and not the company or the community likewise.

bones is drunk and saying hello to his friend Virg hahaaha he knows I was being me :P

Oh typical.. 'Me male *drums chest*. You scientifically educated female. Me wrong.' Sexism is ugly- please stop.

The hate I was referring to was generally people who were in confusion about the patch. After this confusion then of course you were still unchanging offering oodles of wisdom: 'It is not wise to answer abuse with technical measures.'

Um.. yes it is. If you can prevent abuse with technical measures it saves time having to deal with each and every ticket and complaint about players abusing the system. I feel like I am repeating myself but you seem incapable of reading what I am writing.



I do however agree stricter policing is required but technical measures are far more effective. Correct policing of policies is the one thing the higher powers that be are completely and utterly incapable of getting right. They permaban some players for minor things offering little advantage but when players illegaly farm 8 q250 PVP items, sell some publicly and couldn't be more obvious about breaking the rules... Well they simply receive a slap on the wrist and are allowed to carry on waltzing around Ryzom in their illegal gear. Policing requires judgement. Technical measures remove the problem (or part of it at least) therefore causing less opportunities for poor clouded judgement.

Of course I know you were being you Bonesy *grin*

Virg, let's forget about the fights, and if I have gone too far, I apologize. I consider you somebody who is seriously engaged in improving the game so let us forget about useless quarreling. As to the sexism thing, I have too often experienced the chest drumming attitude not to be sensitive about, maybe too much. And yes, I am sticking to science, and there are not few males in that field I extremely respect, Georg Cantor and David Hilbert to name a few.

I agree to you that technical measures may close loopholes and reduce abuse as well as unintentional conflicts. Therefore I agree that the change under dispute may prove useful.

But it will not address the problem of intentional abusers like cheaters and botters, and no technical solution will. Because hunting abusers is chasing a moving target while technical solutions are static by their nature.

That is why things like a CoC or penal codes in RL do exist. They are addressing unruly behavior rather than special situations prone to be addressed by technical measures. Stealing is prohibited by penal codes no matter how, where or when the thief is stealing, for example. Technical intricacies are irrelevant, here.

Ingame, it is the (unpleasant) duty of the CSR to determine transgressions.Game mechanics do not help much, here. But what is missing, are not so much definitions of abuses, rather efficient sanctions.

That was what I was writing about. And in fact, I am not unemotional about the topic. Right now, a seasoned and respected player is unsubbing because she is pissed off by the abundance of botting in the game. Though I disapprove that kind of reaction as escapism if not cowardice the abuse causing such reaction exists.

Accepted and agreed.