This was being discussed in Global chat on skyblock today, and players, including myself were unsure. I have not seen this answered by a staff member before so I am making a thread about it to link in the future if the question comes up.
You can deal knockback to players anywhere with a fishing rod no matter where they are. Meaning you can kill players while they are AFK on their own islands, or even use it to gain advantages in player-hosted events. I believe that this should be against the rules as it is a form of griefing, and can harm other players causing them to loose items due to exploitations of a glitch/expoit.
The main argument I can think of here is "just lock your island" however this is not an option for many, including myself, because the economy is based on profit shops, and we need to keep the islands we AFK open overnight to maximize income. This means that certain people will warp to the island, and come and kill the afk people. "Just Island ban them". This has been happening to me overnight, and I do not know who is doing it. Even if I boxed myself in so that I could not get killed by these people, it would be decreasing the overall efficiency of my cactus farm.
My main point here is:
Preventing rod exploiters cannot be done without going out of your way, and decreasing overall efficiency of cactus farms.
We should not have to go out of our way to prevent these kind of things, and should be against the rules from the start. (If it is not already). I would like a staff response on whether or not we can report for these things (with evidence). And if not, please explain why abuse of this exploit is allowed.
You can deal knockback to players anywhere with a fishing rod no matter where they are. Meaning you can kill players while they are AFK on their own islands, or even use it to gain advantages in player-hosted events. I believe that this should be against the rules as it is a form of griefing, and can harm other players causing them to loose items due to exploitations of a glitch/expoit.
The main argument I can think of here is "just lock your island" however this is not an option for many, including myself, because the economy is based on profit shops, and we need to keep the islands we AFK open overnight to maximize income. This means that certain people will warp to the island, and come and kill the afk people. "Just Island ban them". This has been happening to me overnight, and I do not know who is doing it. Even if I boxed myself in so that I could not get killed by these people, it would be decreasing the overall efficiency of my cactus farm.
My main point here is:
Preventing rod exploiters cannot be done without going out of your way, and decreasing overall efficiency of cactus farms.
We should not have to go out of our way to prevent these kind of things, and should be against the rules from the start. (If it is not already). I would like a staff response on whether or not we can report for these things (with evidence). And if not, please explain why abuse of this exploit is allowed.