Exploits and You

So just kicked Aust-Pirate for exploiting on Atacama, he was inside the smoke stack of the boat at B. Leemd with rockets, me with UAV, Holy with chopper were unable to kill him while he was crouched inside it, but he was able to shoot out.

Now exploits are defined in two points;
-Anything unintended by developers that gives an unfair advantage to a player.
-Any point where a player is able to shoot at the enemy, but the enemy is unable to take any actions to shoot the exploiter.

Key point in this was the infamous Rock in Road to Jalalabad where the attackers were able to enter a rock and shoot out at the defenders but the defenders were unable to shoot at them. ICONZ and Xtra issued LIFETIME bans for anyone caught in this rock so it is a serious matter. I don't believe exploits are covered in our server rules, but in terms of how serious they are...they are on par with hacks certainly after talking with one of the ON3 admins.

Now by Pirates own admission, he knew he could not be shot if he crouched but he believed we needed 'the right tactics'. Now if UAV/Chopper/Leemd are unable to kill him after 5 minutes of trying (I was getting hellfires right down on top of him) then there are no 'right tactics'. He was slayed, exploit was explained and he was kicked for it. There thankfully aren't many exploits in BC2 but evidently there are some.

Give exploiting players a couple weeks ban.

As long as they are educated that we dont tolerate it. Im happy with it.