Ghost scouting....

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  1. AutoQQ

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    A ghost named plato just scouted for Clyde and Blitzkrieg at the Artic ogre lords...
    i thought this was frowned upon here?
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    It is. Send a message to Telamon/Treasureman on IRC and they'll handle it.
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    This. It is not just frowned upon, it is against the code of conduct. Report to @Chris @Treasureman
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    just do what I do when you want to scout...
    - take naked meat sack to the scribe
    - buy 10 or so books and label them "eat all the dicks"
    - then fill up your inventory with kindling and random garbage you find laying around.
    - 2 recall scrolls, one for the ride there, and one for the ride back
    - a rune that is marked to a town bank and a rune that is marked to a death location labeled "stash spot" or "house"

    now you are ready to brave the great outdoors...
    and whomever may lay siege upon you shall reap the greatest of rewards.
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    You are allowed to use ghosts to scout with, just not in dungeons. I had a ghost in my fort for a week before. It's allowed within homes, bucs, outside of ice, etc.. Camping a ghost INSIDE a dungeon or spawning area is what's expressly not allowed.
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    No more "fixing" bad behavior with Code until Carp BoDs are in !!!!


    Dats my vote
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    I'll make this as simple as I can for you. You were hunting in the most highly trafficked area in the entire game as far as farming goes. I had a ghost there to look for other pvpers because that is in fact the most trafficked area for pvpers to run through. However, I found you using the "tracking" skill. You dying had absolutely nothing to do with a ghost being there. It had to do with YOU deciding to farm there. Chris removed my ghost and talked with me, but you need to realize something. If you choose to farm there, you're going to get pk'd repeatedly because it is so widely known. In addition to, you also need to realize that a ghost is absolutely not needed whatsoever to track someone who is farming because all I have to do is recall in, use tracking skill, know exactly where you are, and come for you. So yes, I used a ghost, but it was not for you, nor did I even know you were there due to the ghost. I was making my routine rounds on my pk and tracking each location. That's how I found you. Don't worry though, I won't be using a ghost there anymore, even though I was specifically using it to look for real pvp fights, it will not change the outcome of your farming experience as long as you pick the worst spot in the entire game to farm at.
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    I also find it funny that I rarely ever use a ghost, and kill people at ice ogre lords constantly, but the moment I have a ghost there it somehow changed what would have happened? Like, come on man. Surely you realize people can recall in off screen and track your exact location, right? How exactly do you think it will be any different ghost or not?
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    Using a naked blue to hide in a location is just as effective and there's always healers outside the door if you die. So it's pretty hard to find a good solution to this. I think it might actually be best to let staff sort it out case by case instead of developing new mechanics.
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    <Telamon> most of the time ghosting is fine, and active ghosting is always ok, even in a dungeon
    <Telamon> its long term, idle ghosts that concern us

    This was exactly what I was told. My ghost had been there for a very short period of time to look for reds/factioners running through there.
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    My solution was to just make it so that ghosts can't see active players to remove this issue, but that was also shot down. My advice to you, is to not farm in high traffic areas, and to also be aware of the fact that no matter where you farm, someone can easily recall into a farming spot, track, and hunt you down with ease. Ghosting will not change this. I wanted to use the ghost to look for other pvpers to fight against coming through.
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    Live players would be able to see you, you would not be able to see them. All they have to do is tell you to be still while you're in war mode and rez you. It would prevent ANYONE from being able to ghost.
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    Hypothetically speaking, I assume it would work the same as when the game client glitches and doesn't load players and mobiles (Mine did that for a little while when I first started here). If a player/NPC is on your screen and speaking but you cannot see it for whatever reason, the words show up at the bottom left of your screen like sysmsgs do.
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    lol
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    Couldn't have said it better
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    gs.jpg



    What's green and brown and lies in a ditch and smells like cookies?

    A dead girl scout. (A ghost scout)
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    Its Felluca here. So you like it or dislike it imo.
    Pks are everywhere, with or without scouts.

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