Um. I would not call this "going to any length" That warp has been there a
LONG time. I am glad to see it finally fixed.
Also, they probably have differentprogrammers working on different things.
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Kimes, Dean W. [mailto:Dean_Kimes@...]
>Sent: Friday, December 03, 1999 3:13 PM
>To: 'eqbards@onelist.com'
>Subject: [eqbards] Verant's approach to bug fixes (OT)
>
>
>From: "Kimes, Dean W." <Dean_Kimes@...>
>
>ZONE WARPS FIXED
>Welhunlo reports that the zone warp which allowed you to hop across West
>Karana by swimming under the water has now been fixed. It now
>bumps you back
>onto the shore.
>The warp in Commonlands has also been fixed.
>
>This was posted on Caster's Realm and from what I heard being shouted last
>night it is apparently true. Why is that Verant will go to any lengths
>seemingly to fix any bug which might cause an unintentional beneficial
>effect, yet totally ignore bugs which produce unintentional negative
>effects? There are several zones where mobs warp all the time,
>most notably
>in my mind the semi newbie zone of Qeynos Hills. Attacking things
>that flee
>in that zone is mind-numbingly difficult without Root as they will nearly
>always run a short distance then warp to the road near the zone line. When
>Holly gets trained to that spot the entire zone becomes her
>personal hunting
>ground as every person who attacks a wolf that flees gets added to her hate
>list while she is near that point. Has Verant addressed this bug in any
>way? No. They sure will fix a warp that might do nothing more beneficial
>than save someone some time. Not that I really approve of using such a
>warp, I don't. I certainly don't approve of Verant's devil-may-care
>attitude towards warps that are not beneficial either. They are equally
>ridiculous, more disruptive of game atmosphere, and bigger causes of player
>(hence customer, least important person in Verant client-provider
>relationship) discomfort. Just ask anyone who's ever been to Mistmoore how
>they feel about warping. Anyone who doesn't work at Verant that is.
>
> Kitasi
>
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