As cacophony, I would powerspikes then force sip vitae. Then they nerfed it.
That being said, forcing people off balance with trade skills is probably not intended and should be bugged. The multiples command was added for convenience and QoL, not a screw you button in PvP. They've definitely trended away from making ez mode kills with commands (see: power restrictions, empty phlegmatic, etc.)
Known Aliases: Celina/Cyndarin/Fire Jesus/The Night/That Bitch who griefed us
More cheese: Using a focus mind illusion paired with TP's ministun to fool systems into thinking they cured recklessness. Triggering aeonfield dropping (where they'll be half ego) to Mindburst. A really gimmicky Timequake setup that only sometimes works: Oracle + Echoes, wait for 10p, shatterplex->displacement, refresh power and wait for them to exit, insta timequake. Dominate tumble into nexus, my one and only issue was for that. m&m used to break entirely on a truss illusion.
Not a kill exactly, but dominating Vadi to choke Sidd was especially satisfying.
Not mentioning names, but there was some incident where stratagems were abused that led to a guaranteed shatterplex. It was basically causing all systems to not register afflictions. At all.
(Pretty sure said person got shrubbed for that, too).
Not mentioning names, but there was some incident where stratagems were abused that led to a guaranteed shatterplex. It was basically causing all systems to not register afflictions. At all.
(Pretty sure said person got shrubbed for that, too).
If you're talking about what I think (with the wand of illusions), then no shrubbing IIRC, but it did get nerfed. I'm pretty sure systems could've adapted to that with a little work, though.
I kind of miss all the fun things you could do with illusions, but gmcp, affmessages and generally better systems have affected it pretty hard.
One time, Narsrim raided Celestia. He'd sit at Japhiel and wait, and when people would come in and try to run him off, he'd Darkmaster (dominate) people into kicking the Supernal.
Old school Starhymn was horrible, but it was also under-represented in combatants. AG (Ethelon's system) didn't have triggers for it, and I think early M&M didn't have triggers for it either for a short while. Blanknote>Pfarewell>Dsong worked almost every time. One time early on as Pesukaru, I got declared by Ruiku in the middle of Alabaster, and I did just that. He ended up issuing me for "bug abuse, Cantors shouldn't have passive aeon".
Everiine said: The reason population is low isn't because there are too many orgs. It's because so many facets of the game are outright broken and protected by those who benefit from it being that way. An overabundance of gimmicks (including game-breaking ones), artifacts that destroy any concept of balance, blatant pay-to-win features, and an obsession with convenience that makes few things actually worthwhile all contribute to the game's sad decline.
I used spam twist/refresh power/toad to gank people in faethorn all the time. 9/10 times m&m couldn't keep up with the drain spam with masked aeon thrown in the mix.
I'm convinced one of the reasons people think SD is so OP is because this was my #1 gank method.
Fillin used to use programmed illusions to crash mud clients. It was like serverside choke.
Known Aliases: Celina/Cyndarin/Fire Jesus/The Night/That Bitch who griefed us
-gust people into the lava room/icedigger pit -classic Astral gank by overlinking. Easy with capacitor and serpent. Added grief with choke -zaptrain Celina -springtrap into avatar -teleport to colossus and murder -slowly force drink absinthe -unleash staff/bomb, especially when phantomsphere detonate was a thing -old pratfall -lust/empress into catacombs murder room with a war shrine -invasion mobs in enemy territory during a raid -any solo timed insta kill, feels unearned but hey it worked. I liked lust to remove enemy, timeslip, then throw. -hallways welcome gank -force ECHO anything -gpent/shieldstun/deathsong -debate mindburst
A lot of these have since been made impossible, but it sure was "fun".
As cacophony, I would powerspikes then force sip vitae. Then they nerfed it.
That being said, forcing people off balance with trade skills is probably not intended and should be bugged. The multiples command was added for convenience and QoL, not a screw you button in PvP. They've definitely trended away from making ez mode kills with commands (see: power restrictions, empty phlegmatic, etc.)
Goddamn quote trap.
I bugged the force-ink thing as soon as we got out of the arena. It's been unforceable for years now. Along with that, we also discovered force release kirigami/wetfold for an EZ manadrain. lulz all around.
This isn't super cheesy, but I definitely didn't earn the kill, and it was kinda funny.
One time when I was just barely starting to fight, some griefer whose name I can't remember decided to raid prime Hallifax, beating up the poor NPCs in the lower wards. I rushed over expecting to not accomplish much and probably get owned. Instead, after one TK combo, he just...died. From damage. Apparently the denizens had done a real number on him before I got there, and I stole their kill. People were like, "oh good job, you did it!" Ha...yes...all me. I'm the greatest.
I spammed a web illusion on her so she was perma off balance while I built vessels into Heartburst.
This still works on a surprisingly large amount of people. It was great getting people to mmignore web to stop the writhe spam, then abjure web on them when they started getting ahead of you.
My funnest was when Rolsand tried to gank me in Lirangsha while I was influencing.. He kept running and ended up pulling like 10 dominators with him, so I just icewalled him into them, back in December or so when there was the bug with tumble not going over walls.
There was a (very short) period of time where if you Crow Swooped someone when you were flying, it was an instakill regardless of the victim's mana level.
Turns out you weren't supposed to be able to Crow Swoop from the air. Oops.
Sitting outside the lava room by Morgs Realm with fear aura up. Getting declared, Failed to gust me into the lava, and said person subsequently getting feared into the lava the very next tick was pretty cheesy.
Don't think that's really allowed. If you have an alt, your other character(s) should be blissfully unaware of their existence, unless they hold some sort of position that gets their name out there. And then that'd be the most they know. So.. if it gets too out of hand it can probably be issued.
It makes me really uncomfortable when people openly talk about and for their alts IC. Like...could you not do that.
Have had a really awkward experience where someone made a fool of themselves on one character, logged out, and immediately came in on another like "heeey guuuys who was that and what was the issue that I somehow know about despite not being here? Oh I see, well don't be too hard on them! I'm totally unaware of who this mysterious stranger is, but I'm extremely invested in your opinion of them! Ok, bye!" So subtle. I was cringing inside.
It makes me really uncomfortable when people openly talk about and for their alts IC. Like...could you not do that.
Have had a really awkward experience where someone made a fool of themselves on one character, logged out, and immediately came in on another like "heeey guuuys who was that and what was the issue that I somehow know about despite not being here? Oh I see, well don't be too hard on them! I'm totally unaware of who this mysterious stranger is, but I'm extremely invested in your opinion of them! Ok, bye!" So subtle. I was cringing inside.
That's literally the kind of thing that's going on. They've gone so far as to talk to their alt's fiance, IN PUBLIC, about how great the alt is. Like...like why are people like this.
Crumkane, Lord of Epicurean Delights says, "WAS IT INDEED ON FIRE, ERITHEYL."
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With a deep reverb, Contemptible Sutekh says, "CEASE YOUR INFERNAL ENERGY, ERITHEYL."
It makes me really uncomfortable when people openly talk about and for their alts IC. Like...could you not do that.
Have had a really awkward experience where someone made a fool of themselves on one character, logged out, and immediately came in on another like "heeey guuuys who was that and what was the issue that I somehow know about despite not being here? Oh I see, well don't be too hard on them! I'm totally unaware of who this mysterious stranger is, but I'm extremely invested in your opinion of them! Ok, bye!" So subtle. I was cringing inside.
I've had this exact thing before. I just issued it /shrug.
Sorry for the abrupt exit of Ruin and I, Hallifax - my partner managed to slice their hand open with a craft knife (They're fine, though we may be mourning the very expensive shirt they were wearing).
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That being said, forcing people off balance with trade skills is probably not intended and should be bugged. The multiples command was added for convenience and QoL, not a screw you button in PvP. They've definitely trended away from making ez mode kills with commands (see: power restrictions, empty phlegmatic, etc.)
Discord: Pharanyx#4357
Discord: Pharanyx#4357
Discord: Pharanyx#4357
Using a focus mind illusion paired with TP's ministun to fool systems into thinking they cured recklessness.
Triggering aeonfield dropping (where they'll be half ego) to Mindburst.
A really gimmicky Timequake setup that only sometimes works: Oracle + Echoes, wait for 10p, shatterplex->displacement, refresh power and wait for them to exit, insta timequake.
Dominate tumble into nexus, my one and only issue was for that.
m&m used to break entirely on a truss illusion.
Not a kill exactly, but dominating Vadi to choke Sidd was especially satisfying.
(Pretty sure said person got shrubbed for that, too).
Discord: Pharanyx#4357
I kind of miss all the fun things you could do with illusions, but gmcp, affmessages and generally better systems have affected it pretty hard.
Old school Starhymn was horrible, but it was also under-represented in combatants. AG (Ethelon's system) didn't have triggers for it, and I think early M&M didn't have triggers for it either for a short while. Blanknote>Pfarewell>Dsong worked almost every time. One time early on as Pesukaru, I got declared by Ruiku in the middle of Alabaster, and I did just that. He ended up issuing me for "bug abuse, Cantors shouldn't have passive aeon".
I used spam twist/refresh power/toad to gank people in faethorn all the time. 9/10 times m&m couldn't keep up with the drain spam with masked aeon thrown in the mix.
I'm convinced one of the reasons people think SD is so OP is because this was my #1 gank method.
Fillin used to use programmed illusions to crash mud clients. It was like serverside choke.
-classic Astral gank by overlinking. Easy with capacitor and serpent. Added grief with choke
-zaptrain Celina
-springtrap into avatar
-teleport to colossus and murder
-slowly force drink absinthe
-unleash staff/bomb, especially when phantomsphere detonate was a thing
-old pratfall
-lust/empress into catacombs murder room with a war shrine
-invasion mobs in enemy territory during a raid
-any solo timed insta kill, feels unearned but hey it worked. I liked lust to remove enemy, timeslip, then throw.
-hallways welcome gank
-force ECHO anything
-gpent/shieldstun/deathsong
-debate mindburst
A lot of these have since been made impossible, but it sure was "fun".
Discord: Pharanyx#4357
Accountability is necessary.
When I was a baby Geomancer, I was convinced by Narsrim to meld the Illithoid prison exit room and turn PK careful off. Someone else choked it.
20+ kills later, I was peaced for a week.
Not my creation but I do know force cannibalise mana/toad. Used to the a thing.
One time when I was just barely starting to fight, some griefer whose name I can't remember decided to raid prime Hallifax, beating up the poor NPCs in the lower wards. I rushed over expecting to not accomplish much and probably get owned. Instead, after one TK combo, he just...died. From damage. Apparently the denizens had done a real number on him before I got there, and I stole their kill. People were like, "oh good job, you did it!" Ha...yes...all me. I'm the greatest.
My funnest was when Rolsand tried to gank me in Lirangsha while I was influencing.. He kept running and ended up pulling like 10 dominators with him, so I just icewalled him into them, back in December or so when there was the bug with tumble not going over walls.
Discord: Rey#1460
Turns out you weren't supposed to be able to Crow Swoop from the air. Oops.
It's the little stuff that reminds me what is best about MUDs.
Yussss! Thank you, @Remmiel and @Anita. Uncle @Saz and Aunty @Ymuli
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