Feats MegaThread

I would like a slicer feat that would allow a slicer of a high level to copy navcharts. Slicers have no feats, and they really should be gettin some.

What about, Copy prints, which would copy blueprints and allow them to be used by your clan to build?

*Edited Slicer feat ofcourse.

slicer feat i’d like to see.

Tracer: By tapping into the galactic database, you are able to discern normally unavailable information. This includes being able to see who a note was actually posted by, who really sent you that mail (as the FROM can be faked) and possibly allow clanmessage (hiddenclan)

/shrug just things i’ve been thinking about.

BH Feat: Grounded Stance
Reduces the chance of the person with this feat being successfully shoved while conscious.

Bounty hunters have advanced unarmed and unarmed mastery (even though they’re really, really not useful). One of the first things I was taught when I started going to defense classes was how to stand so that you’re harder to push down/around. Why not give the option to the masters?
Maybe put unarmed_mastery as a requirement?

[b:20ummbnx]Smuggler feat:[/b:20ummbnx] Sleight of Hand, Level 150
[b:20ummbnx]Feat bonuses:[/b:20ummbnx] If a character has the Sleight of Hand feat, he or she will have half the lag that is applied when you attempt to steal from a player or NPC.

I think the best thing would be to fix the feats that are already there….or better still, fix the whole diplomacy class, and fix blockades. Can’t take a planet right now unless you blockade, and to blockade you have to be willing to sit there being shot by all the enemy ships. Makes for a really…slow mud. Slow isn’t better.

As for the &quot;Thats what they get for listening to AIM instead of IMM&quot; Walldo…people might listen more to Imms if Imms were not so condescending and frankly rude when told they are wrong. Now, I admit you don’t have the issue…You’re rude all the time. <!– s:P –><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_razz.gif" alt="" title="Razz" /><!– s:P –> But there are other Immortals, and I know, I have done it. THats where I get this. From MYSELF. You can say &quot;Hey, so and so just cheated, hard, he did this that and the other thing, why does it always seem the (their clan) gets away with this stuff?&quot; And, rather than an INTELLIGENT awnser, such as &quot;Well, we’ll check into it but I think they just (what really happened)&quot; you get shit like &quot;You really have no clue whats going on do you? Why do you even bother thinking?&quot; And. &quot;Lol you’re so funny&quot; THOSE ARE NOT A GOOD WAY TO CONVINCE PEOPLE THAT YOU GUYS ARE NOT SIDING WITH SOME HAX DUDES. Oh, and simply ignoring the crap outta the people is ALSO what leads to not listening to Imm over Aim.

Just a thought.

BoD’s pulling it off fine with inspirecrime.

Inspire crime only takes about 8 9 hours to take a planet in most cases to. Wait…thats the same length of time the whole complaint is about. Nevermind.

Ignoring the crap outta people = Not being answered on immchat?

Nah but the comment is a prime example of the condenscending remarks part. Rather than accept problems the Immortals potentially have, its pushed off onto being the Mortals faults. To listen to the Imms, one would come to believe they are without fault. Morts got enough problems, we are obnoxious, whiney little assholes. Let us have ours, and accept your problems. You blatantly outright ignore people at times. This refers to of course, when you start a conversation, it heads in a direction you don’t like, you cease it, speak on OOC some, and never again respond via immchat or OOC. If its not ignoring people perhaps you could clarify just exactly what in the hells it is.

So, how this turned from a discussion of feats into a discussion of Immortal condescension and the appearance of corruption is just silly… But here’s my two cents:

There are a couple possible reasons that a player comes to us to report possible cheating (in order of frequency, from top to bottom):
1. Something unexpected and unexplainable happened.
2. Things didn’t go their way.
3. Someone cheated.

Number 2 is a relatively rare occurrence, with only the most arrogant players. <!– s:P –><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_razz.gif" alt="" title="Razz" /><!– s:P –>

But when looking at number 1, the fact of the matter is that this is exactly why we have IC/OOC boundaries. There are many occurrences, some more important than others, that simply cannot be explained with the information you (I use &quot;you&quot; to refer to everyone and anyone here) have (ideally from an IC source). And we will not explain to you why they happened in an OOC context.

When you come to us to report this &quot;cheating&quot;, which is most often not cheating, but a lack of information, our first response is to go to ImmNet and ask our fellow Imms what happened (unless we were present for the occurrence). Then, there will be a brief discussion, explanation, and we will respond based on what the mini Imm meeting has brought to light.

What this means is that we don’t have the time to spend investigating every claim we get. So if there is an Imm or two that saw the situation and can explain it clearly, we will usually respond with some sort of comment like &quot;You don’t have all the information.&quot; or something similar, based on what we know to have happened, and that will be the end of it.

When someone has a valid concern (IE number 3), that cannot be explained to the Imm handling the report by a 10-second discussion on ImmNet, we DO investigate it. And if it is cheating, we will handle it properly and whip out punishments and compensations. But just because we can’t explain something to you without breaching IC/OOC boundaries does not mean that it is Immortal corruption or cheating.

In reference to snappy comments..we are much more receptive, and certainly nicer, to people who show us the same respect. If, every time we speak to someone regarding their concern, they respond with some sort of accusation of corruption because we cannot explain it to them as deeply as they wish, we will be much less inclined to deal with them in much depth. If, every time you come to us with a concern, you deal with it professionally and maturely, and accept the fact that not everything can be explained without divulging IC information..we’ll be perfectly happy to deal with you, even when your claims are ridiculous.

So the moral of this rant is: Show us respect and trust, and we will respond in kind.

Rant #2:
Title: Why people are &quot;ignored&quot; on ImmChat.

You aren’t. We are very busy, whether with coding, building, investigating things, what have you. Just because we did not respond to your claim does not mean that we are ignoring you. Aside from all of these in-MUD tasks, we also have lives, and often do not stay consistently glued to our MUD windows. I apologize if it seems like we are ignoring you, it’s not intentional. There’s really just a buttload of spam, and a lot of things being worked on, both in-game and in real life. Often our attentions are not on ImmChat, but on these many other tasks, and the chat messages simply get lost in the hustle and bustle of Imm spam. &lt;3

Rojan, that was a brilliant explanation. Very accurate. As for IMMchat: The IMM screen literally scrolls by. If you turn your head away from the monitor, you’d miss an Immchat. That’s why we have immchat messages, if you find that you can’t get through to the Imms. You can also send an email to <!– e –><a href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a><!– e –>. We’ll all get it. There are so many ways to reach us. To say that you’re being ignored is really because of lack of effort on your part.

You’ve clearly misunderstood my intent, I am not claiming the Imm staff is cheating, I am aware that in 99.999% of the recent cases where Imms &quot;cheated&quot; they did not. I know this. I am explaining to you why it is PERCIEVED that way. Look, I think you guys do great in so many things but when it comes to player relations, at times, simply put, you are fail. An example is in rojans explanation, number 1, sure. Something happened. its IC. But if your only response is &quot;No one cheated.&quot; or something else, something that makes the player feel as if they were put down, they are going to BELIEVE that someone was cheating. Is that true? No. BUT THEY WILL THINK IT. Simply reassure people that something legal occured, its IC at this time and can’t be discussed, and don’t be a douche, and they won”t be near as likely to think someones cheating. Thats what my only point is. You guys are doing great about the cheating, and to anyone who feels otherwise I can only say Alassra, Emily, Twink, ect. You just handle the accusations terribly, and get really defensive. Like the last two Imm responses at all…I never said you guys are cheating, or really are &quot;sided with hax dudes&quot; if you read the whole posts I said &quot;This is why it looks that way.&quot; I am aware you are not.