FanatiC KaBaN
Clubman
posted 12-20-99 07:26 PM
ET (US)
2 / 8
I just don't see how you can ban cheating from the zone? The only way is to play games with your friends. It's impossible to ban cheating. There will always be someone trying to cheat in order to win and there is no way to stop that. Thats just a fact of life.
Thinker42
Clubman
posted 12-20-99 09:17 PM
ET (US)
4 / 8
The problem with banning cheaters in AoE/RoR was there could never be solid proof. Sure, you could take a screen shot of a big daddy but you couldn't prove it wasn't a doctored image. Enter Aok with recorded game feature. Maybe someday, someone will make a trainer for AoK but they will never figure out how to modify a recorded game file to show cheating where there is none. If cheating shows up in the recording - you can be sure. This should lead to some people getting banned. Yea, they can just get a new zone name.
Also, microsoft is much more sensitive to bugs/cheats in AoK. Why? When AoE/RoR were new they didn't have to worry much about the competition. It was the best RTS game out there, no contest. But now, there are many new RTS/RPG games that are getting high marks from gamers. You only have to look at the way microsoft handled competitors in the desktop apps, web browser and network O/S markets. Yes, competition will do what no amount of customers complaining could ever do - get microsoft to bring out patches and fixes regularly.
FanatiC KaBaN
Clubman
posted 12-21-99 08:53 PM
ET (US)
5 / 8
Thinker42, the reason other agers are now looking at other RTS/RPG games is because microsoft failed to patch up AoE/RoR in time. They gave up on AoE/RoR and probably AoK as well.
FanatiC KaBaN
Clubman
posted 12-24-99 09:21 AM
ET (US)
8 / 8
No, trainers for AoK don't work... They work for the first 5 mins and then the game gets a sync error and everyone drops. AoK is trainer proof... at least for now.