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I recently stumbled across an exploit that has the potential to completely ruin some maps' final stages if they involve player-boss scenarios.
Any map that selects the top players to play as King, Warden or Noble can be broken, and in cases like Mountain Peak, completely ruin the end game for the entire server.
I'm unable to Record what I'm talking about, since I use Shadowplay and that has had some issues recently; But, I will post replication instructions here seeing as they are easy.
If these instructions being here is potentially risky, please remove this post and message me for more details.
On any Invasion map that allows the top players to play as a boss:
- Be the top player or players
- Wait until automatically selected as a boss, and Do not move.
- Switch teams while the "Get back in the fight! 0 seconds timer" Screen is still active.
Boom. Nobody else is selected to take your place, and the AI doesn't kick in. This means that the Boss is just standing completely still, allowing them to be Slaughtered.
You might be thinking that it's unlikely anyone wanting to exploit would be able to do this, since the top players are usually more serious about this.
However, on maps like Grad and Mountain Peak; You can gain the point advantage by simply completing the objectives as quick as possible.
Running through Grad with a Partisan to kill all the peasants, then switching teams and maintaining point advantage is relatively easy.
Then, you leave the Blue team with a single noble, or in the case of the Red team, none.
Same with mountain peak.
Thanks.
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