2008-06-05, 15:24:43
True but your scenario is different from the one described... your scenario is from the start one player is pooled gold vs. the described where the trader is the crux and trades still need to happen. The first 5 minutes should be about 8~9 trades or an additional 1k for the person being pooled... hardly game breaking. Now I don't know about you but when I see people do crap like this I wouldn't call them skilled players. A well coordinated team playing zone on the trader should inhibit them enough. Also they should be down a tank so you should be able to grab territory making things even more difficult for the trader.
And still... I have been in a game where someone joined with 2 chars. Shared gold and dropped 1 at the start of the game and ran amuck with a goblin shredder + machinegun when everyone else had LTs and Helis. It was brutal... but the person that did that was on light with me and was not the host. That was game breaking.
A side story is I joined a game with a couple of friends where I was the trader and the host kept custom kicking the best player on our team. When it came down to me I let him know it was a big mistake cause he + the 4 players he had couldn't beat me. I picked up an infernal, flamers and a speed pack and took back all the CPs. And ridiculed the host till he tried custom kicking his team so he could get more gold and hopefully catch me. He didn't have a prayer cause when I was pooled we had most of the CPs and my trade gold was also pooled to me. After about 30 minutes of cussing at me he finally dropped with a thunder tank gold hull and 2 soulstones. I had added a frost laser and upgraded to an ultimate pack on my infernal. Unfair I know ... but he was the one being an arse hole.
edit: Coincidentally I tried the itemsharing as the trader and pooled one person before... it didn't turn out so well. Our teammates fed and ended up loosing. Every time I've pooled it just ended up being a mess since I couldn't defend myself, the creeps couldn't push for me and the guy I fed had marginal gains over the other team whacking the crap out our teammates. But meh...
And still... I have been in a game where someone joined with 2 chars. Shared gold and dropped 1 at the start of the game and ran amuck with a goblin shredder + machinegun when everyone else had LTs and Helis. It was brutal... but the person that did that was on light with me and was not the host. That was game breaking.
A side story is I joined a game with a couple of friends where I was the trader and the host kept custom kicking the best player on our team. When it came down to me I let him know it was a big mistake cause he + the 4 players he had couldn't beat me. I picked up an infernal, flamers and a speed pack and took back all the CPs. And ridiculed the host till he tried custom kicking his team so he could get more gold and hopefully catch me. He didn't have a prayer cause when I was pooled we had most of the CPs and my trade gold was also pooled to me. After about 30 minutes of cussing at me he finally dropped with a thunder tank gold hull and 2 soulstones. I had added a frost laser and upgraded to an ultimate pack on my infernal. Unfair I know ... but he was the one being an arse hole.
edit: Coincidentally I tried the itemsharing as the trader and pooled one person before... it didn't turn out so well. Our teammates fed and ended up loosing. Every time I've pooled it just ended up being a mess since I couldn't defend myself, the creeps couldn't push for me and the guy I fed had marginal gains over the other team whacking the crap out our teammates. But meh...