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in dock undock-dock stockbus dock cagefighting!(tm)

Jan 04, 2004 Sheean link
What do you get when you put 2 busses in a small area with weapons?

You get: in dock undock-dock stockbus dock cagefighting!(tm)
You make a bus blockade the undock-dock by placing it infront of the dock, you wait.. until the victim comes out, you hold the spacebar for extra grip and at the right time press the 'w' button to move the poor victim back in. Then you dock, and undock and fight the victim... till dead!

Here some action-screenshots:

http://sheean.reallyrules.com/vendetta/busstuck/cagefighting.html

Now, honestly I kind of like this (that you can get in it), and you can always get out... but it's still somewhat odd that you can keep someone in...

If you want to remove this 'bug' read my post in the suggestions-forum ;)
The post in the suggestions-forum can be read here: http://vendetta.guildsoftware.com/?action=msgboard&thread=3489&page=1
Jan 04, 2004 cdgweb link
How come whenever I try to view your links I always get send to payforsurveys.com?
Jan 05, 2004 Sheean link
Hmm... site hosted there don't have adds couse that's how they get their money (redirect 404s to other sites and get money from that.)

But, I don't know why you get the wrong page... ????

You sure you copy and paste the entire addres? (as it is there, so don't add www. in front of it, or remove the last L in html.)
Jan 07, 2004 Celkan link
I was messing around with Niki, Laika, and # on a sick day (today) and I discovered a particularly nasty little bug related to this. I had been shoved out of the little party we were having in the exit dock, and I came back. Just for fun, I put my EC-88's nose up the outside of the field and fired my weapon... beep! I hit Laika, and then discovered with precise movements I could fire through the field until # was dead.

EDIT: I think i'll get my point across a little further. With cagefighting as it is now, Lmines could theoretically be placed so that they a) can not be damaged from the outside (except in special circumstances), b) damage every enemy that passes, c) can only be shot from inside the exit dock (except in special circumstances) and d) are now a potential exploit of this bug.
I think I could take the time to prove this possible in s7 if players would cooperate. All it would take is another Itani and a willing Serco or Neutral player.

*by special circumstances I mean by shooting through the forcefield.
Jan 07, 2004 Celkan link
Just now Niki, AgY, and I tested my theory. Indeed, Lightning mines can go through the force field when placed well. Niki (as GoldNiki) was destroyed in a bus first. AgY was given heavy damage, but the mine was destroyed by a gauss blast from his ship indicating there is a Line of Sight issue here... is the force field really a one way wall?
Jan 07, 2004 Sheean link
If it would be a *real* one-way wall it would be an absolute disaster: you couldn't even shoot at the lmines until they run out of power!