Perhpas the integrity of people writing plugins factor into the equation? Nah, couldn't be that. If someone wants to macro then by-God someone should write a plugin for that person!

 

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I hear ya. But, we're a goal driven society. And many people DO use these plug-ins to ACM. IE they are at the keyboard, at times writing or surfing the internet, or even getting work done. To each their own I suppose.

 

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First off, I'd like to say good job for the continued support of Lifetank and the addition/removal/upgrade of certain features.


I would also like to say good-bye to Lifetank as of this update.


Let me explain...


Once upon a time LT (11.7.0.0/11.7.0.2 Era) I had a Information and portal bot, it would greet people im my allegiance when they said Hi in /a or congratulate them if they leveled or achieved something great i.e. Augmentation or completed a big quest with a local or global message. All of this was done with LT via IRC. Then LT was updated so it would not run if it was not updated, but IRC worked fine, so I didn't complain. Then LT was updated to need you to Download and install the newest version as the old versions would show the infamous "red X" in the Decal screen. Thus brought the end to the auto greets and auto congrats in /a. I dealt with it and moved on. Then I started using ACTool to achieve close to the same, but ACTool can't recognize /a chat only local and /tells. But ACTool does so much more... I designed scripts to travel places, such as the mage shop for comps or gems for the portal bot, or to buff and aid in bod recoveries, all automatically based on a direct tell from another player.


Now here we are at LT 11.0.0.7 and it will not work because I use ACTools. LT's most valuable functions to me are: Fellowship healing, being a mage and having the ability to be a support role on quests. (Auto heal/stam/mana ect.)


So, without those functions available to me, I won't say I need them to play, but it was nice to be able to have one character auto heal, and use another character on a second account and grind out some xp. I have never UCMed but have ACMed as mentioned just above this.


I am sad to quit using a great plugin, but it is nevertheless that time.


Good luck Crelic and Paraduck on all future development of LT.

 

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churi-ya and hangar-18 have it right.


since ltx.2 went offline i personally have unsubbed 4 of my 5 accounts and have started playing a new game that will never be as good as ac is,but is still filling about 95% of my playtime with enjoyment. how long do you think it will be before my last account is unsubbed?

 

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Perhpas the integrity of people writing plugins factor into the equation? Nah, couldn't be that. If someone wants to macro then by-God someone should write a plugin for that person!


I think part of the complaints stem from the fact that someone did write a plugin for that person, then someone else took over the maintenance of it and told that person it was no longer designed to be used by them. LT began life as a pure unadulterated UCM tool. I dont really have an opinion either way, but I can understand why people are upset (no matter how hard they try to give other reasons).

Sorry if the answer to this question is blatant, but I would like a serious answer to why detering UCMing on such a broad scale will help the game.

 

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I unsubed all but one account after they took over.

 

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"... fact that someone did write a plugin for that person, then someone else took over the maintenance of it and told that person it was no longer designed to be used by them...."


as i understood it, the author stopped supporting LTx and released copies of the code. those that acquired/asked for it weren't bound to keep the script functioning as is.


bottom line dont like them not supporting UCM for you, write your own DA.. script and STFU.

 

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Thats what my take it..but


Point is they are hypocrites, one version had to be taken down because it was hacked, admin controls were unlocked(Had envoy alarm). They denied this of course, even in the face of being caught and exposed. Now they go further and remove more things from people. Now if their track record is as it was before they have their own version with all these features still.


Don't push views on other if you don't follow them yourself. Hence they are hypocrites and liers.

 

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Crelic still hasn't answered my question regarding as to why Darktide has log on death activated.


It's used for UCMing-- anyone at the keyboard can log themself off while protected by the lifestone.


Hypocritical and unreasonable.