They already did check everyone, QUICKLY, which seems easy to do. Whoever had active buff in mayhem instance, knew what it was for.
Why, is that pet cannot be leveled up while shooting in a mayhem instance?
They sure checked about who had the buff on and reset their score, that is easy probably, if they say.
Deciding if the avatar used it as a regular pet and didnt know about the bug, or used it for exploit maybe not that easy, 25% reload is a lot, 10% difference is not as easy to notice.
Sure they have to remove their score anyway.
But after than, not sure if they can be 100% sure if somebody used it as a pet or as an exploit.
The more i thinking about it, the more i see maybe why they not sanctioned anybody (yet).
For example, the avatar who got removed from CAT2 assault had time like 31 or 37 minutes, i cant be 100% sure, i remember the name, remember he was the last with recorded time, but cant tell 100% sure if 31 or 37 minutes.
That wont be a good time even without the exploit, but seems he used a pet for this time, you sure he was exploiting for winning and not just a pet user?
Ofc he could just check the instance to see how it works, probably like me, he neither never played assault before, so maybe he did it unenhanced unbuffed like me, but spanwed the pet as always for reload, maybe he was really exploiting.
That is the problem, it can be really hard to tell for 100% sure even for those who can check his activity.
2 opposite force hating each other and arguing on forums is pretty normal for every mmo i think, even for one without competetive content, here its not just competetive content, but + real money factor too.
More stake, more hatred.