Endless loop in /hit

[Karu_Tepes]

Where does the bug appear: Server
When did the bug appear: Likely always
Describe the bug: If hits are placed and claimed fast enough, two players can use "hit back" to annoy each other forever
Frequency: Always
Severity: Major
Steps to reproduce:

This hit was placed at 5:54:24 with the reason "attempted to rob me"


At 5:56:38 I placed a return hit for "hit back"


At 6:00:42 He placed a second hit for "Hit back being a jerk"


Due to how short the timer is, and depending on how fast someone is killed for a hit, a user can use this short timer to repeatedly hit someone and have them hit them back in an endless loop. This could easily be done to annoy other players, annoy hitmen, or simply to help a hitman scoreboost if two users continued to do it and let a hitman claim it from them.

[Abstract]

Hi,

There seems to already be a cooldown on a player that has recently received a hit. The current cooldown timer is 5 minutes.

Your description in "Describe the Bug" seems more rule-related and can be seen as abusing /hit with invalid hits. Typically, when you place a hit, you give up the reason to hit them with it.

Or are you saying that the cooldown isn't working?

[Karu_Tepes]

Hi,

There seems to already be a cooldown on a player that has recently received a hit. The current cooldown timer is 5 minutes.

Your description in "Describe the Bug" seems more rule-related and can be seen as abusing /hit with invalid hits. Typically, when you place a hit, you give up the reason to hit them with it.

Or are you saying that the cooldown isn't working?

Originally I reported Gladiator for hitting me a second time, but I was told it was allowed and that I was report hunting again by Faraon. So I figured it had to be an oversight in the timer if players can simply hit each other back and forth if it's allowed by the rules.

[Abstract]

Simply put, you cannot "hitback" a player who placed a "hitback" on you.

Player 1: *hits Player 2 for "Killing me"*
Player 2: *hits Player 1 for "Hitback"*
Player 1: *No longer has a reason to hit player 2 as they've already placed a hit for Player 2 killing them, a hit back would be an invalid hit at this point.*

I will lock this as there is no bug, however, if anyone believes the cooldown (5 minutes) is too short or too long, feel free to suggest an increase or decrease.