Macros, yay or nay.

[Thirdeyez]

Ok I have the ability to use them do to my board.
I know how easy it is to do a couple things with them.
My top 3 are..
1. Prone-crouch-jump
2. single man seat jumping 90-100% TV missle accuracy
3. One I used, not great but fun..prone-shock paddle-revive-switch to gun-jump

So after using them for a bit..I felt dirty..I havnet used or attempeted to use them in a few months..
But..as days go by and rounds pass..I see it alot..and I mean ALOT

So..is it cheating...should it be swept under the carpet..or should DICE figure a way to eliminate it?

[Dangerdog]

Re: Macros, yay or nay.

Unless you’re a paraplegic and have to control you player by moving a joystick with your chin then I’d consider it cheating.

There’s not much DICE can do about it other than try to eliminate things in the game that are annoying that you can do with a regular keyboard, diving down to the prone position and having pin point accuracy for example. It’s just one more design headache to consider now that more and more of these macro playback devices come onto the market.

[MikeBoogie]

Re: Macros, yay or nay.

Not cheating, perfectly fine.

[pYura]

Re: Macros, yay or nay.

Cheating, perfectly fine.

ps.: I dont use any. And who uses wont benefit that much. I enjoy pushing 6 buttons if need.

[Thirdeyez]

Re: Macros, yay or nay.

I should have put other options..

Option 3. I own a macro board and think its not cheating.
Option 4. I dont own a macro board and still approve of it.

Kinda hard to gripe about something you spent your hard earned money on to have an advantage with.

[Vinyx]

Re: Macros, yay or nay.

Where and how do you do all this people!?!?!??



I wouldn't consider it cheating, but maybe.

[Thirdeyez]

Re: Macros, yay or nay.

Where and how do you do all this people!?!?!??



I wouldn't consider it cheating, but maybe.

quick link to a macro board..http://www.everythingusb.com/logitech_g15_keyboard.html

basically whilel someone is doing a finger dance and shooting..Im pushing 1 key that does many actions Ive programmed it to do.
Best examples are prone jumping..instead of hitting 3 keys in a sequence..you hit one.
TV missles..no more click, click, click to target..you just fire and hold button thats assigned to click..it repeats clicking and all you do is guide it in..really really smooth and extreme accuracy.

[Vinyx]

Re: Macros, yay or nay.

Would you mind buying that for me. :)

[imported_Jazza]

Re: Macros, yay or nay.

I don't have a G15 and I can still use Macro's, I have tried out the one where you can just guide the TV guide missile with the mouse, its bloody hard to use!

[Sloi sauce]

Re: Macros, yay or nay.

Macros are a form of exploit/cheat.

(In the case of soloing)
By allowing your keyboard/macro to do all of the switching/guiding work for you, you're removing most of the skill required. Essentially, you're giving yourself a huge advantage in many different cases.

It's cheating, pure and simple.


PS. The abovementioned was an example of a performance-enhancing macro: utilitarian macros (ie. pre-typed text followed by the Enter key) that have no impact on your playing ability are excluded from the exploit/cheat category.

[12:oc7ock]

Re: Macros, yay or nay.

not cheating, not perfectly fine; just lame.

[Komet.nl]

Re: Macros, yay or nay.

Not cheating. nothing wrong with it. But the Dolphin Divers give the Macro Community a bad name that's why most people consider Macro's immediately as cheating though I use them for like spotting with one button so I don't have to press Q then mouse etc. Simple macro's that don't give any realy advantage over other players.

By the way I just bought a G15 :salute:

~ Komet

[claevade]

Re: Macros, yay or nay.

I had those, but it's no really advantage and besides that, they aren't 100% reliable still. I rather do it normally.

[loonsluv]

Re: Macros, yay or nay.

I think it's a form of an exploit, and people that do it are cheaters period. There are some forms of using like the one guys said, for spotting, and other misc things, but noobs that use it for insta-prone, and crap like that. They are nothing more then cheater, and I hate it when f'ers use that crap. I play without any help. I sure hope EA fixes it. I don't care if they make it so it takes 5-10 seconds to go from prone to standing back to prone again. Doesn't matter to me one bit.

Then all the exploiters will show how shi$$y they really are...

[JonnyMacFred102]

Re: Macros, yay or nay.

Only uber nubs use macros (especially the proning and shooting one, very common).