Exploit: Building Visitor Gate Bound to Cave Entrance

[Robben_DuMarsch]

Visitor gates are designed to not allow anyone in combat to enter or exit a visitor gate.
However, if you build a visitor gate built bound to a cave entrance, you can violate this rule, and enter while you are in combat, and others who are in combat with you can also enter.

However, you get all the benefits of the visitor buff and they get all the penalties.

How this plays out in practice:

Attacker aggros some people or ganks some newb sprucecap, then waits for rangers, aggros them, then runs into cave. If rangers follow, they are immediately hit with visitor debuff. Unable to exit. Unable to vandalize mine walls. Unable to log out because locked in aggro. Attacker simply stands behind objects that can't be lifted because of theft. Then they can hold you hostage indefinitely, until they decide to come by with their gank squad. You can't aggro them, they can aggro you, so even if you sent people to help, they will just enable murderous rage in complete safety and take you out one at a time.

[Zephroze]

+1 (User agrees with this post and has nothing further to say. The post simply needs to be seen by devs.)

[TheServant]

Player dying from it. Game breaking mechanic... lost a bunch of gear cause of it aswell. They literally can freely trap you and have all time of the world to do math calculations trying to execute you.

edit: apparently he didnt died in cave and was moved after, i didnt know it when i put this message, i got it second hand

[Robben_DuMarsch]

I remember back when there was a time that exploits involving hopping visitor gates were met with divine intervention

[seanamh420]

Wow can't believe this is in the game.

Cave entrance should be a no build zone in the same way that the entrance cannot be mined.

Just slap them with a 'cannot build on this terrain'.

[SnuggleSnail]

pls don't exaggerate I killed that guy by cleaving him next to ur gate

[Redell]

Maybe the peek mechanic can get some more use now.
Hold shift before running in so you won't get trapped.

[DDDsDD999]

Player dying from it. Game breaking mechanic... lost a bunch of gear cause of it aswell. They literally can freely trap you and have all time of the world to do math calculations trying to execute you.

This man needs to be revived NOW.

[stya]

Losing q10 clothing must hit hard, I'd be crying myself to sleep.

[Halbertz]