Return of Reckoning

Its not complete trial and error. Layout of packets is logical, and you expect certain things at different places. I also find it helpful to disassemble the war.exe and look at parameters for the packet handler in question.

(IDA Disassembler)
http://oi57.tinypic.com/xgaa7c.jpg

Yup, that's ...

So, you take a server packet line and see what the client does with it once it reads it? Trial and error?
Now I'm really confused...... LOL

I know the client side has most of the game (the art, animations, etc)..... was the server side another "instance" of the client that just kept track of ...

I'd love to help, but I'm not a coder.

I am very curious what goes into fixing WAR (how it's done).
What language do you need to know?
What does a problem look like? Example, if you wanted to make the map light up and reveal when you enter a new area.... how would you go about doing that ...

On a side note, I watched the new Hunger Games movie today and there was a trailer for a WOW expansion..... at the end it said "instant leveling to 90".
I've never played WOW (not interesting), but that auto leveling thing reminds me of the worst of WAR.

Bye bye WOW, you're lasted far too long as ...

I have to admit, I pre-ordered and subbed the whole time War was open (except the last year, I gave up).
Subbed in the hope EA would wake up someday.... and they never did.

The energy and dedication the Dev's here have is awesome.
It's amazing how Mythic still had WAR staff in the last 2 years ...