Petbug & Speedruns
Posted: Fri Sep 18, 2015 8:34 pm
Is the Petbug allowed in Speedruns?
This simple question raised a somewhat huge discussion recently. I want an official answer to be assured that tactics and ideas I have/use won't void potential future records.
Please notice, that I am not talking about the Toolbox-Coin-Drop-Feature. I am referring to the manual usage of Minipets to e.g. deactivate foes for a couple of seconds.
Personally, I don't think it is worth banning.
Since ANet added the 10sec cool-down, you cannot use it for much more than avoiding interrupts on your most important skills. However, we developed tactics and found safe-spots to avoid these, anyway - so the Petbug just adds some safety to risky playing-styles that are used in Speedruns.
In other words, using the Petbug just saves time and money.
On the other hand, it is a game-changing glitch and I totally get anyone who wants it banned from Record-Runs. People told me that stucking Skeles in Pits or glitching Dhuum is the same thing, but I don't share that opinion at all: There is no reason, why the Petbug is working.
You can explain, why Dhuum glitches or Skeles get stuck. Deactivating foes by popping a Mini-Pet or dropping an item is just inexplicable.
So yeah - I don't want to make this longer than it has to be: May we use it or not?
This simple question raised a somewhat huge discussion recently. I want an official answer to be assured that tactics and ideas I have/use won't void potential future records.
Please notice, that I am not talking about the Toolbox-Coin-Drop-Feature. I am referring to the manual usage of Minipets to e.g. deactivate foes for a couple of seconds.
Personally, I don't think it is worth banning.
Since ANet added the 10sec cool-down, you cannot use it for much more than avoiding interrupts on your most important skills. However, we developed tactics and found safe-spots to avoid these, anyway - so the Petbug just adds some safety to risky playing-styles that are used in Speedruns.
In other words, using the Petbug just saves time and money.
On the other hand, it is a game-changing glitch and I totally get anyone who wants it banned from Record-Runs. People told me that stucking Skeles in Pits or glitching Dhuum is the same thing, but I don't share that opinion at all: There is no reason, why the Petbug is working.
You can explain, why Dhuum glitches or Skeles get stuck. Deactivating foes by popping a Mini-Pet or dropping an item is just inexplicable.
So yeah - I don't want to make this longer than it has to be: May we use it or not?