ahredstealth, on 04 September 2015 - 10:16 AM, said:
I also don't believe it's on the community to pledge anything. It's Wargaming's product that is being tampered with. I think the responsibility is up to them to change it. If someone wants to use it, and it isn't against the user agreement, and WG'ing isn't voicing an opinion, it is what it is. I'm not advocating the use of hit skins, but at the same point in time I'm not ready to get my panties in a twist about them yet either. I definitely don't need more pledges to sign, causes to support, or girl scout cookies to buy.
Do you guys honestly feel this turns a 48% player into a 73% player? I'm honestly asking how big of an advantage do you think this is? You still have to move, not over expose, aim the shot yourself, know the maps, etc etc. I'm willing to admit that it will be a much larger help to an already excellent player, but how many purples are there running around that actually need this? And I just don't see it turning a white into a purple. Maybe I'm wrong.
Well, I wasn't calling for a pledge or anything more than general agreement, but you make a good point. I'd be very surprised if this was acceptable within the EULA. According to the EULA, paragraph 3.2 (I highlighted the relevant part in boldface):
"You may not reproduce, distribute, publicly display, publicly perform, or otherwise use the Software, except as expressly set forth herein. Except and solely to the extent such a restriction is impermissible under applicable law, you may not (a) decompile, reverse engineer, or otherwise access or attempt to access the source code for the Software, or make or attempt to make any modification to the Software or any portion thereof; or (b) interfere with or circumvent any feature of the Software or the Service, including without limitation any security, or access control mechanism, or use any automated scripts, tools, “bots” or otherwise exploit the system for the purpose of altering the game play or eliminating, reducing, or otherwise circumventing fees that would otherwise be payable, or attempt to do any of the foregoing. The term Software, as used herein, includes any update or modification to the Software made available to you by Wargaming (unless provided with separate terms). If you are prohibited under applicable law from using the Software or the Service, you may not use them."
You can read the whole thing here: http://wotblitz.com/en/content/docs/user_agreement/
And at the same time, you're exactly right. It's not going to make Joe Potato into Joe Unicorn. But how much would this help? 5%? 10%? Any edge someone gets from the hack makes it harder for me to achieve my goals in the game. It also changes the genuineness of achievement. We don't get upset when Beyonce plays recorded music at her concerts, because Beyonce. We don't get upset when Mrs. Fields' cookies aren't actually baked by Mrs. Fields, because cookies. I'm most concerned about other things.
I hope it doesn't seem that I'm getting too far into the crazy church lady zone. I'm not demanding some kind of unrealistic pious uniformity within the community. I feel that mods change the balance that's built into the uniform experience that WG created. It's WG's problem to fix. The key would be discovering how widespread this is. Anecdotally, I have noticed an increasing number of damaged modules, although that's not the same thing as evidence of an issue.
You've seen the number of times that we joke about the old cheat codes on the forum - left, right, left, right, start button - that's funny because of the presumption that Blitz isn't subject to those kinds of cheats. When actual players are actually implementing various cheats, that changes the calculus.