tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3249541406364691686.post6581270618997726607..comments2023-09-15T05:54:48.691-07:00Comments on SERIAL GANKER: User Interfaces: Bending The Rules of Fair Playsid67http://www.blogger.com/profile/16656756657483499337noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3249541406364691686.post-90072341728275253962010-03-19T03:40:15.803-07:002010-03-19T03:40:15.803-07:00On this topic what I find fascinating is where the...On this topic what I find fascinating is where the line is.<br /><br />For example, for at least several classes in WoW combat can be summarized as what is known as 'priority system' -- you're using whatever ability is off cooldown and is 'the best bang'.<br /><br />Now obviously you can achieve almost ideal result by arranging buttons properly and simply clicking 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8 without ever having to look at the screen.<br /><br />Or you can simply literally faceroll the keyboard :)<br /><br />So what if you simply use G15 or whatever and bind 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8 to Space bar? Is that cheating? Or not?<br /><br />Now if you do that, you'll get a lot of 'ability not ready' spam. Which is inconvenient but doesn't really impact the gameplay.<br /><br />What if you wanted to get rid of the spam? You could write a program that would monitor which ability is off-cooldown and just send that key, rather than all eight of them. Nothing changed from the gameplay point of view, but you get less spam now. Are you cheating now?<br /><br />And finally -- at some point you are going to get bored from having to press spacebar every 1-1.5 seconds. You can easily write a program that will imitate spacebar being pressed every second for as long as you hold that spacebar down, so instead of pressing the spacebar like mad, you just hold it down. Are you cheating now?! You are still at the computer, you are still pressing the button(s) -- is that cheating?<br /><br /><br />My own opinion is that combat system often used in WoW and other similar games simply sucks -- there's trivial 'best way to press buttons' -- it's no wonder that people automate it as in many ways the human society evolves by automating/optimizing away mundane & boring tasks.Solfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15299984199216288751noreply@blogger.com