by Michael Eh? » Sun Jan 29, 2012 19:33
What? A new MOB? Sadly no. Just an old problem. ;)
A troll is a player character on a minetest server that is open like tsundere. Their characteristics other than bad spelling and behavor is they steal and vandalize.
HOW TO SPOT A TROLL
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A troll doesn't explore or mine. They try slipping under you as you work. Most OTHER players on the server has their names displayed as they work. Usually on the horizon. I was working facing down when I noticed the name 'kitman'. Not unusual ... usually. Unusual when it's directly below your position and moving quickly through the rock towards any light source underground.
I followed this TROLL as it moved likewise with 'J' fast-move and 'K' free-move enabled. It moved from forge station to forge station stopping at the chest I had beside them. Eached emptied after the TROLL paused there. At one station, the TROLL turned around and spooked. Bounce back through the wall where it has started hacking to look for hidden chests. Unable to inflict damage on the TROLL, it ran off and went to attack another player.
I swicthed to LOCKED chests only to find that the TROLL returned and destroyed the forge stations.
HOW TO SPOT TROLL DAMAGE
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TROLL damage isn't like Dungeon Masters. They can't destroy Locked Chests like DMs can. Also they are messy destroying in random directions from a central point. Not like the clean 4x4 blast radius of a DM. Something like having a temper trantum of a child that needs his head smack up against the wall he just destroyed.
WHAT CAN BE DONE ABOUT A TROLL
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Not much other than banning and warning other players of the TROLL actions and what to look out for. They have no remorse. No spelling. No manners. No worth. They don't build, nor explore. Just wait until they can sneak UNDER an unsuspecting player then plunder, call names, misspell even SIMPLE 4-letter words. (Something about having a relationship with my mom ... though she died about a year ago.) Keep important resources on you.
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Michael Eh? on Sun Jan 29, 2012 19:35, edited 1 time in total.