Is /face safe?

OnyxSkyDV · Post by **OnyxSkyDV** » Mon Jul 07, 2003 11:12 am

I remember hearing about /face being less that safe in some instances. If this correct, or just conjecture?

Thanks!

OnyxSkyDV

compuboy · Post by **compuboy** » Mon Jul 07, 2003 11:14 am

i would suppose that using it a lot in front of people would go beyond it being perceived as lag. people might just get suspicious and petition, but if you dont use it a lot around people, noone should care.

as far as i understand it is just like moving the mouse really fast with mouselook on, i would be mistaken, but i think thats it

OnyxSkyDV · Post by **OnyxSkyDV** » Mon Jul 07, 2003 11:17 am

Na, I just use it for combines, and tend to try and find empty zones to do them in, so it should not be observed.

Thanks!

OnyxSkyDV

somemage · Post by **somemage** » Mon Jul 07, 2003 12:42 pm

Just don't use /face fast if people can see you and you should be ok.

You're probably confusing it with how /target on out of range mobs is unsafe. Personally, I'm changing my code to get the id then /face loc $spawn(id,y),$spawn(id,x)

OnyxSkyDV · Post by **OnyxSkyDV** » Mon Jul 07, 2003 1:04 pm

I like the sound of that, please share your code with us when you are done, I'd lke to see it. :)

OnyxSkyDV

Lane · Post by **Lane** » Mon Jul 07, 2003 3:49 pm

How is targeting out of range spawns not safe? Other than the obvious reasons. I use this combined with face all the time when hunting for green mob drops. I don't however use it in macros. PS. I don't think I use face fast as I just turn kinda quick twards the mob, not just pop to it's direciton.

Also, on a "doing trade skills in macro" level... I just do it in PoK. I figure there are so many freaking people in there nobody wil even look at me. Skilled 3 skills in 2 days to just under 200 there. I'm also usually trying to sel stuff at the same time so I have a quick exit to reply back. If it takes me a second I just say I wanted to get the last of a stack done while I was on a roll.

-Lane

Hairy · Post by **Hairy** » Thu Jul 10, 2003 10:41 am

I'm not sure how they can detect you targeting mobs out of range really. I know it cannot be a factor of pure range. As a shaman I have a spell called Assiduous Vision that lets me see through the eyes of another NPC or PC. While that NPC wanders I can retarget mobs it passes and recast the spell to see through their eyes, essentially leap frogging my way through the zone. I could if given enough time and the right circumstances end up targeting a mob on the opposite side of the zone this way since the spell has a range of 10,000 feet. All this even without MQ and perfectly legit. So if it was pure range, this perfectly legit way would end up getting you banned, so I don't believe it is that. If someone has some info I do not know, please enlighten me since this is something I have been wondering about.

DontShoot · Post by **DontShoot** » Tue Jul 15, 2003 8:47 am

don't use /face while FD in front of people, or while sitting... you're not supposed to be able to move

YKW-28983 · Post by **YKW-28983** » Tue Jul 15, 2003 1:23 pm

TY Captain Obvious..

DontShoot · Post by **DontShoot** » Tue Jul 15, 2003 2:12 pm

really, what's your problem? I'm being helpful to the best of my abilities... while it may be obvious, I know of at least 5 dimwits that have done this. The first poster said "under certain circumstances" /face was unsafe. No one mentioned those two conditions before I did. So

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