I felt like replying anyway ... but I'm probably stabbing in the dark...
1) revenue loss is part of risk every one who owns a deed has to take
2) ma has no fault if the lowered or no payout due to the system having no profit
3) ma could be the cause for the existence of the exploits
4) no body except a few guesses knew what or how the exploit is done
5) fingers shouldn't be point any one, not yet,
6) exploiters probably did not know it was an exploit
7) I have a few ideas from hearing and from guessing how it might have been done probably not good to say it out here
8) trading of ffa was intended feature
9) giving out UA was probably also an intended feature
10) allowing non-participating users to turn in ffa without hunting may have been a leak, this may or may not hurt economy, but the stars are after all after a hunt and rewarded as loot, basically think of it as a hired hunter.
11) allowing participants to turn in more than they can hunt may have been intended (I know I bought and added to my score)
12) punishment should be given to repeat offenders who knew what the exploits were whom continue to abused it
13) punishment would be unfair for offenders who have no clue what the exploit is, even if they did it unknowingly
14) even if I had participated in the abuse without knowledge of it even being an abused I would be pissed to be punished, revert what was given to me, as a form of punishment, I gladly accept that since I had no clue.
15) the best solution is not to ban unintended abuse as this will definitely hurt the player base and income.
16) the best solution is not exactly punishment either as faults were not fully the player's decision, as in they may not know they did the exploit.
17) the best solution is to revert the bonuses given to those "so called exploiters" so that the actions they intentionally did or unintentionally did to harm the cld payouts is corrected.
18) if a said exploit is not officially discussed, and information officially and specifically, and/or prominently advised or shown and users warned not to do it, then blame or punishment too harshed, such as being banned for life cannot be given. I feel it is unfair because no one knew it is an exploit.
19) example: if I knew that purposely kiting a monster is an exploit and I am doing it constantly after being warned, then yes that is a bannable punishment.
20) if I did what every one was doing, exchanging ffa and selling it or using other peoples ffa to fill my score pool, and it turns out to be THE exploit. then I cannot be punished, because it is only logical what a tradable ffa stars are used for. at best I will gladly accept a revert in the bonus and scores, and my inadvertent losses ( since its not due to my fault or knowledge)
21) that's why it is very important to communicate or put up signs clearly and visibly to condemn an exploit if one is found. that way, if anybody knew it was an exploit and still continue to abused it then they should be banned or harshly punished. in these case, all were ma's words, no specific instructions what not to do. hence if someone still did it, it cannot constitute a bannable offense unless those who did have already been warned officially , like an in-game message etc
I find that the phrase "actions that provide unfair beneficial gains over others is an exploit" to be too vague... it just like saying, oh so you found out how the auctions work and you abuse it to make money, you should be banned... DUH !? isn't that how trading works ? maybe be a bad example here,
what I mean is how "unfair advantage" is classed as ?
so I manage to hunt eco and profit every time, does that mean I am exploiting already ? I know the mob cant reach me I know I can kill it from far away without it ever hitting me, so I gain an unfair advantaged over others who cannot out run it, does that mean I exploited ?
or so you found out that running around a mob so that it cannot outrun you is an exploit, like those unreachable crap that keeps going on intentionally or not, or those proteron who are so bloody slow, sometimes I dun even know if I did an exploit, because as a hunter, you are to avoid damage and to try to stay alive rather the blindly tanking everything, of course intentionally getting the mob stucked between a tree could class as a known exploit so they turn them unreachable... but being able to out run a mob like with hermectic ring, to a point where the mob can never reach you, should not be classed as an exploit. I know it isn't I think, still not sure I mostly just let the mob hit me nowadays
stupid hunting is best, atleast u know u decay and ma cannot call it an exploit...
there was an article that said if a mob cannot reach you it is an exploit... now I feel sad I must always let the mob hit me
and the sewers in rocktropia IS exploiting me... suddenly a bunch of zombies spawn and they rush to you and they becomes unreachable and all u do is take damage and wait will it becomes reachable again .. this is the reverse of exploiting I supposed but ma is always right
kiting a mob between two players is an exploit ? I thot it was just smart hunting, tbh I did that a few times and people start pointing fingers .. so now I hunt alone .. its better that way, because group hunts are VERY VERY borderline to exploiting a mob
I invest a lot In this game I dun want to be banned for no reason, so if kiting
wasn't an exploit. I feel extremely exploited.
because of what appears to be smart hunting seemed to border on exploits .. a lot of ideas to succeed in hunting cannot be used bcos it appears to be an exploit as it seemed to give an advantage over others..
that's means to say if u can accomplish something that others cannot, it is an exploit and you cannot do it or risk being banned, also means you must always lose, you cannot win, if u win, u are exploiting the system,
ps: my points are given in the most neutral way I could think of. no pointing fingers at anyone or myself.
crafting is the best, there is no way to intentionally or unintentionally to abuse to click a construct button and gain advantaged over others.. and even if there is, I cannot be blamed bcos there is ONLY one button to click... unless that button is an exploit
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