Oh there are definitely some questionable hunters out there. I hunted against a few whilst I had instant teleport running that were practically keeping up without the potion. 50 spaces in 2 seconds. We know it's not possible because we titan hunt with and without the potion. But how are we supposed to prove it other than giving an account of what happened?
The fact that some titans die quickly is due to popularity. I don't see that kind of incentive to hunt and subsequent activity as a bad thing. Catch the next spawn. They always come around again. And you say some are not worth hunting but again that comes down to opinion. Some people want their own personal epic and go hunt it. I suspect your opinion is derived from their low value and not considering the time to secure the drop worthwhile. True for some but not for all.
And how do we reduce the number of drops from titan hunting? The removal of the instant potion won't do so. The titans will still be secured the old fashioned way. The market will remain the same.
And whilst I do agree with many of the points made here against the teleport 230. There is one that comes to mind in favour of it. It is a good leveller against the very quickest hunters. The potion allows players that might ordinarily struggle when trying to secure a titan or earn significant TKP towards it to perhaps make better progress. Because let's be honest here. The removal of the potion will just put the majority of the drops into the quickest players hands. The events will remain as monopolised as is. The majority of the game will still struggle to make significant progress. There are players that ordinarily wouldn't be able to compete that are able to do so with the use of one of these potions. Not saying I especially want it to stay or see it go. I am relatively on the fence. Fine with either way. But there is a negative as well.
Also it is a donation potion. Donation potions should provide benefits other potions don't. However I do appreciate that this potion effects titan hunting significantly. And if the future new titan drops continue to be more epics of the same stamina gain value as existing epics soon enough that potion won't be worth using anyway. New epic in it's first event at 390 FSP. I don't remember seeing that before.
+1 to this!!
Suggestion for TP200 - to 'balance' the advantage, how about making the pot cheaper a\nd therefore more easily avaiable to all? I realise this will cause a few moans abuout having paid for TP200m but I wiould sacrifice a few dots for a more level playing field. Let's face it, if you can afford the epic pots with TP200, you can *probably* spare few dots... If it cannot be made fairer I would suggest can TP200 entirely, as it just skews an already unbalanced playing field.
Re TH - I have witnessed people with TP175 appearing to be glued to the titan in question beating playters with TP200 to th respawn - leaving a tile as it dies, always being the first on scene at the next spawn point. I realise that some of this is down to other factors, including player skill, however the metronomic regularity with which it happens does suggest to me a level of automation that would break T's & C's.
Additionally, I have observed one very effective and fast player (at TH) who after ~17 minutes alone with the titan and using TP200 had over 1000 kills.. a lead that a player arriving (on zero, also with TP200, having already secured a contested titan in the ~17 minutes since hourly tick/titan spawn) destoyed and passed in less than 17 minutes. I did not record this, but I suspect ALL the evidence we need will be in HCS activity logs (if such things are kept). However without access to said logs or at least without *someone* doing some digging, no proof is possible. This is a circular problem which only HCS can fix.
So, Grim - if there is a way to provide you proof without someone checking over activity logs and using some maths and common sense - PLEASE tell us what you need - we want cheats out of the game - we just need to know what YOU need. I.E. what would qualify as 'proof' - if that can be defined we can at least move forward.
Edited by LordOfRuin, 19 January 2021 - 11:27.