Ever since I released the Wave Katana 2.0.3 update, I’ve been hearing rumors about it that I find somewhat disturbing. It’s not the content of the rumors that I find most disturbing, however, but rather the fact that only a single good friend of mine is relaying them to me.
The rumors range from the new version being much faster than previous versions, to being able to automatically counter from block, to being able to combo without getting stunned, and now I’m even hearing that some people refuse to fight an opponent with a Wave Katana because it’s considered "cheating".
So far I’ve found very little of substance to these rumors and have been unable to duplicate any of the supposed exploits that have been described to me. It may be that I’m missing an important detail, or some step has been omitted, or I’m just plain misunderstanding what’s being said, but I’m not convinced.
This reminds me somewhat of a time early in my Second Life® when I was talking to a C:SI regular who had been around from day one, and he used a phrase I will always remember to describe the drama that sometimes happens within certain cliques of the C:SI community : "Samurai Soap Opera".
I think it’s irresponsible to spread false rumors, and certainly doesn’t help the community. All it does is spread FUD, and to some extent makes the most active rumor-spreaders lose credibility.
If there were truth to these rumors, or even a suspicion that there might be truth, it would certainly be better for all if the one person able to do something about it were told, wouldn’t you agree?
I’m a pretty accessible guy, usually willing to converse, and always willing to test something. Ask anyone who’s known me for a while, and they will (I hope) tell you that I’m just a regular nice guy and you can talk to me. Even if someone feels uncomfortable talking to me personally about what they think might be bugs or exploits, there is the official Combat: Samurai Island Bug Reports forum available to everyone specifically so that issues can be easily reported.
I know this has been a rant, and probably sounds much more negative than I intended, but I’m honestly quite disappointed that only one person so far is willing to come to me and say "Hey, dude, there might be something wrong with this update". I want to know when something is wrong. And I should think that more than one person would be willing to tell me about it.
Why wouldn’t you?
A very special thanks to that person who *has* been relaying the rumors, and has been willing to test them with me. It means a lot to me.
I’ve heard a lot about the various katana. I don’t know how much truth there is to any of it except for the current musashi jump attacks requiring more timing. Besides that there is suggestion that certain weapons have a much faster forward slash or faster comboing. I don’t see that so much as I see different animations that may appear faster or slower. Maybe I’m the one missing something but I thought the scripts in the katana were all pretty identical.
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Did *lots* of testing last nite. Notecard with repros sent. =^.^=
Awesome! Thank you, I will read it over lunch
Okay, reading it now, good notes with good repro steps, Aimee. I’m not seeing anything here that I’m worried about yet, but I wanna make sure I give this the attention it deserves, and may take you up on your offer of assistance in testing tonight after work.
Thanks again!!!
Actually, I have used the wave during testing and also exclusively as a katana now. I hve never heard these rumors nor has anyone ever refused a spar with me becuase I wear the wave. I’m shocked to actually hear this report.
When I tested this katana vs others (I hve just about all of them) I really see very little difference. *shrugs*
JulieAnne
hehe, I’m glad that it’s not one of those “you are the last to hear this, Robby” kinds of things
Recently people have been reporting bugs or other issues, and some of them are real enough that I’m seeing what can be done about them, though they seem to be pretty minor for the most part.
Some of them are so very individualistic that there’s simply no way any one person could ever find them, being tied very strongly to different fighting styles. For instance, one in particular has only been reported by very hard-core “tank fighters”, whereas another is only noticed by people who use combo a great deal (and maybe only 5% of the time at that). Neither should be a big enough deal to totally freak out about, though, nor to refuse to duel anyone with a Wave.
Most of the rumors, though, do not seem to be grounded in fact, and I am unable to reproduce the majority of what’s been described. This is why I dislike the rumors spreading so far before I find out about them, lol.
My testers (THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH) have done an excellent job, and I’m now feeling pretty confident that things are nowhere near as bad as I feared when I wrote this post originally.