Zalifer Esepula
Dreddit Test Alliance Please Ignore
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Posted - 2012.06.29 02:11:00 -
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Posting my displeasure that this was deemed an exploit. The correct soloution was to call it a problem, and fix it. If you have to decide afterwards if it's an exploit, it wasn't. They only used game mechanics to do what game mechanics allowed.
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1. EXPLOITS
An immediate permanent ban of an account may result if:
a. Investigation shows that a player has employed the use of an exploit tactic despite a public announcement being made to alert players they will be banned for using it. b. A player who has been previously warned for exploiting and continues to exploit, whether using the same exploit or another. c. An account holder guilty of employing GÇ£dupingGÇ¥ exploits. Players found to have received the benefits of this exploit may also face reprimand, from removal of the items in question up to, and including, banning of their accounts. d. A player has engaged in activity that intentionally causes others to lose connection, suffer latency issues (lag) or to crash to desktop (CTD). e. A player renders himself invulnerable through the use of a bug. f. A player has created, distributed or advertised an illegal 3rd party program (i.e. macro or cheat program) that disrupts game mechanics, is considered unfriendly or gives an unfair advantage by misusing game features in a way for which they were not intended.
Severe offences may result in an immediate ban without warning; however, warnings may be given for first time offenses, followed by account suspensions of varying degree and ultimately a permanent ban if a player:
a. Creates a character using a name that is misleading and causes others to believe he is a fair target, such as a non-player pirate or other NPC entity. b. Is discovered to be employing the use of a third party program to macro illegally. Funds or goods received from the benefits of macroing are subject to removal from the playerGÇÖs inventory. c. Is aware of an exploitable bug and fails to report it to Game Masters and/or distributes the information to other players.
Which one of these categorizes their actions as an exploit. This is clearly not a bug. All systems functioned as intended. They manipulated the moving average. They blew up ships. They collected LP rewards. They cashed in LP for LP rewards.
Which of those is broken? Which part of that is a bug?
None. They exploited nothing other than the system given to them, the same as 0.01ISK traders, and people who manipulate the market for other reasons. They meta gamed like hell, and that was all they did.
I won't pretend im going to leave or unsubscribe, but this a worrying step for CCP, far worse than some In station Avatar, or expensive monocle.
The only thing i hope is that this is 100% damage control because of the way the 5 involved managed to get so much of a stir from the EVE-GD visitors. |