What kind of malarkey is this?

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05-02-2011, 01:37 PM
Req

What kind of malarkey is this?

For the past few days I have seen a few PCs popping up afk on top of this ledge in Ul'dah. Anyone want to fill me in with the secrets to make this possible?

http://i51.tinypic.com/dooyz6.jpg
05-02-2011, 01:39 PM
Elexia

Either you're losing packets or they're abusing faulty terrain checks/pos hacking, which is most likely.
05-02-2011, 01:40 PM
Cairdeas

They are either teleporting (exploit) or its a positioning glitch because your clients not showing their actual position because its already invaded by another player (which it looks like it might be, his normal position might be at the foot of that tower but because his friends sitting right on top of him when the game trys to render it for you it just dumps him in the closest empty spot.
05-02-2011, 01:40 PM
Xquiel

lol!! pelase post a thread on game bugs with more info!
05-02-2011, 01:41 PM
Rocket

I want to know how to get up there too...
05-02-2011, 01:44 PM
gifthorse

If you do /dance emote directly below that position followed by /laugh followed by /doze it teleports you up there. But you may have to try a few times.
05-02-2011, 01:46 PM
viion

I seen this a bunch of times, I figured it was just like when someone lags through objects or walls, to him hes infront of the wall but to you hes on top of the wall.

It happens a lot.
05-02-2011, 01:51 PM
Rocket

Quote:

Originally Posted by gifthorse

If you do /dance emote directly below that position followed by /laugh followed by /doze it teleports you up there. But you may have to try a few times.

Wow i didn't think that would actually work but it did...
05-02-2011, 01:53 PM
Impulse

If anybody remembers the boundary oddity that let you hop onto the Airship's sides or into Valkurm's water on FFXI, it's the same exact concept. You just need to run into a certain spot at a certain angle and you'll pop right up.
No hacks involved whatsoever. I'll leave the "where" bit up for you to discover.
05-02-2011, 02:01 PM
Req

Quote:

Originally Posted by Impulse

If anybody remembers the boundary oddity that let you hop onto the Airship's sides or into Valkurm's water on FFXI, it's the same exact concept. You just need to run into a certain spot at a certain angle and you'll pop right up.
No hacks involved whatsoever. I'll leave the "where" bit up for you to discover.

That was my hunch and multiple people from my linkshell have been running at every possible corner but none of us have been able to get up. Oh well, I guess I will keep trying.
05-02-2011, 02:05 PM
Cairdeas

Quote:

Originally Posted by Impulse

If anybody remembers the boundary oddity that let you hop onto the Airship's sides or into Valkurm's water on FFXI, it's the same exact concept. You just need to run into a certain spot at a certain angle and you'll pop right up.
No hacks involved whatsoever. I'll leave the "where" bit up for you to discover.

I was on the Airship from Kazham to Jeuno and a GM popped up and sat next to me while I was sitting on the side of the airship. That was a fun day. He told me to try and only do it when no other players were on the ship, and that it would be fixed soon. I think after TOAU you stopped being able to do it.

We killed Valkurm Emperor out in the Water once when I was playing on PS2. That was hilarious.
05-02-2011, 02:06 PM
Impulse

Quote:

Originally Posted by Req

That was my hunch and multiple people from my linkshell have been running at every possible corner but none of us have been able to get up. Oh well, I guess I will keep trying.

It took me a few tries, mostly because I held down the movement for too long and just ran off the side.

The hints I'll give you are:
A: They're at the top in that middle area between the fences
B: There are multiple entry points from up there, one is a corner but that isn't necessarily the easiest. Everyone seems to have their own "sweet spot".

I guess that emote method works, but I haven't been in-game due to finals. I'll check on that after Tuesday unless more people want to attempt that way.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cairdeas

I was on the Airship from Kazham to Jeuno and a GM popped up and sat next to me while I was sitting on the side of the airship. That was a fun day. He told me to try and only do it when no other players were on the ship, and that it would be fixed soon. I think after TOAU you stopped being able to do it.

We killed Valkurm Emperor out in the Water once when I was playing on PS2. That was hilarious.

I just did it a couple of months ago, and several times post WoTG before I took a hiatus in 2008.
As far as the water in Valkurm goes, I haven't tried that since Goblin Bounty Hunters were implemented. I loved saving dunes parties from them whilst in the water.
05-02-2011, 02:12 PM
Cairdeas

Quote:

Originally Posted by Impulse

It took me a few tries, mostly because I held down the movement for too long and just ran off the side.

The hints I'll give you are:
A: They're at the top in that middle area between the fences
B: There are multiple entry points from up there, one is a corner but that isn't necessarily the easiest. Everyone seems to have their own "sweet spot".

I guess that emote method works, but I haven't been in-game due to finals. I'll check on that after Tuesday unless more people want to attempt that way.

I just did it a couple of months ago, and several times post WoTG before I took a hiatus in 2008.
As far as the water in Valkurm goes, I haven't tried that since Goblin Bounty Hunters were implemented. I loved saving dunes parties from them whilst in the water.

As far as I know only the PS2 hardware allowed you to do it.

The PC, Xbox360, and XI(PS2) on a PS3 do not. The last time I tried both was XI(PS2) on PS3.
05-02-2011, 02:14 PM
FilthyDisco

It's kind of like the ffxi airship glitch. quite easy
05-02-2011, 02:15 PM
Impulse

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cairdeas

As far as I know only the PS2 hardware allowed you to do it.

The PC, Xbox360, and XI(PS2) on a PS3 do not. The last time I tried both was XI(PS2) on PS3.

For some reason my current rig hates the POL Viewer and XI as soon as it connects to the internet, so I'm on 360 now. PS2 exploded years ago. I hopped the airship ledge on the PC client back in '08, and recently on the 360.

EDIT: Oh hey, I found a screenshot from '08
http://screenshot.xfire.com/s/29596813-4.jpg
05-02-2011, 02:17 PM
Req

Quote:

Originally Posted by FilthyDisco

It's kind of like the ffxi airship glitch. quite easy

Well yeah the airship glitch was easy and so was running into the water in valkurm but if you don't know where the sweet spot to get up its incredibly difficult.