Am I a bad person for using "exploits?"

[:1]I feel really bad about using the "free mana" thing. I was playing as Rook against another Rook. I could hammer slam and throw up towers like mad, while he had to keep running away because I made use of "free mana." It was the first game where I'd actually used it. I'm debating whether it is the equivalent of the "Horn of Battle" or Sedna's priest usage, or if it belongs in a separate category of something you should never do. Thoughts?|||AFAIK this could get you banned.|||Tommy Sprat|||you won't really hear official statements on bugs and exploits. But it is wrong and you should not do it. Same with Sedna's heal bug. The Horn of Battle isn't so much a bug but a miss balance. It can be countered and stopped, but it is very difficult to.|||People will always give you a hard time for using things that help you to win. It's your choice, and yours only.



Horn of Battle is imba partially because it's bugged.|||I don't know of a single Sedna player that doesn't use the Sedna healing bug. I couldn't take her down as a UB that was 3 levels above her. I forgot about her priests.



See, I'm not so sure that I shouldn't do it. Every player can use the free mana exploit. Only Sedna can use the healing bug, and only generals can use the Horn of Battle strategy. Free mana is an equal opportunity for everyone, and if my opponents are going to use unintended gameplay mechanisms for maximum advantage, then I want to do so as well. Otherwise I'm handicapping myself.|||You should all get banned for a week or more.|||I have no qualms about buying lvl 3 priests. It's absurd that it's not fixed at this point. If this were something like the mana bug where I have to actively exploit a major glitch, I would understand, which is why I don't do that. The priest heal being OP is no worse than the old buying/selling idols, or using the OP HoL.|||HoL was patched.|||Sedna has a healing bug?



Hmph|||The free mana exploit is a special case IMO. You get something you shouldnt have for free and there is no way to counter it other than abusing the bug yourself - which I refuse to do.



If you need mana but you want to stack health at the same time get Blade of the Serpent. Hammerslam a tower or a bunch of unfortunate creeps and you should be back in business. Of course you will have to work without Staff of Renewal...



Horn of Battle in combination with Erebus' rollies is really bad news. Playing a ooze/spit hybrid I honestly wouldn't know how to stop an Erebus from taking down the citadel. I just dont have enough burst damage to kill them efficently. Even Rook and Ice Torchy will have problems on their own. Horn of Battle's range needs to be limited and the bug has to be fixed.



Sedna, dont get me started. I hate the little healbot with a passion. The High Priest bug only makes it worse. All Sedna player want Yetis to be more useful. No matter how much you buff Yetis, being next to indestructible will always be the better choice for Sedna. Yetis need at least 4 skill points to be useful, more if you want to buff them with morale. Even 2 or 3 skill points invested in other healing related abilities (cooldowns) will still be much more useful, for you and for your team IMO.|||Sedna with upgraded yetis can beat most other demigod builds in a straight up slugfest without using heal.



People whining that they need a buff just think they're being a credit to their team by not dying to builds that have no durability. With yetis you can hold a lane, push forward and down towers like they're nothing.



You can literally hold a lane without sedna actually being there. Invest in a combination of yetis and heal and you can hold 2 lanes at once.



Overused by scrubs =/= good.|||Z32, do you just get Yetis, or do you also use morale? I have a friend who will swear by yeti builds. o.O I think the reason they don't have the DPS output of other minions is because you can keep resummoning them. They aren't as horrible as people seem to think they are.



The thing that got me to use the mana exploit bug in the first place was I saw a reg doing it one game. There's no way a Rook can compete against a Reg unless he does it himself. The mine spam will rape the rook.|||Z32|||Epiphenomenon|||You are a bad person! How is this even remotely fair? You get mana FOR FREE.|||Yes, you shouldn't use that exploit. Though as a fellow Rook player I can understand the frustration of playing against certain characters .



And yeah, a good mine throwing Regulus will rape even a good Rook every time . All the Rook can do is flee the whole time.|||If I saw someone using the free mana bug in a game I would ask them to not do it, if they kept on, I would disconnect my game.|||Spooky|||Yea, I quit games that I find people doing major exploits like the free mana trick. Luckily I haven't seen people doing it yet. But I do it for supcom with shield handing and that's basically just as bad.|||AgentSmith16|||I used it prepatch. As Oak it was devastating, however I was simply pointing out that it was patched out.|||It was detrimental to gameplay, but not an exploit.|||Lifekatana|||You are a horrible person for using exploits and should you feel bad.