Using /pweather (rank perk) to use Riptide Trident - needs testing
Submitted by redstoneisgreat
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I am not 100% sure if tridents are obtainable (last season they were in the NameMC kit, this season they aren't, haven't searched for drowned to try to obtain that way), but if they are, this is a potential issue.
It MAY be possible to use Riptide when it isn't raining server-side by setting player weather with "/pweather storm". From a quick search this seems to be a known issue/limitation with EssentialsX
This would be an unintended use of a rank perk that's intended to be purely cosmetic, and could be pretty OP for escaping from fights if the player you're fighting doesn't have access to /pweather. (from what I remember, Elytra are disabled in combat, no clue if riptide tridents also are)
From what I have read Riptide may be client side (i.e. if the client sees that it's raining, it allows the player to use Riptide). I'm not sure if there's any way to fix this other than removing /pweather, or disabling the Riptide enchant (some players might want this anyway so it's harder to escape from fights, but not sure). Another option to consider could be disabling the ability to set "storm" (as most players would most likely want to use /pweather to stop rain, rather than start it).
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