Just like the FW LP won't be possible because the flawed mechanic will get fixed.

Mess with the bull you get the horns.

Pr1ncess Alia: they spent several hundred billions of isk they had beforehand to buy stuff from the LP store, but I very much doubt that CCP will return that to them.

:CCP:

[quote=Aryth]Remember the deal with moon goo being produced out of nothing (i forgot the details)? The players in corporations involved in that, all got banned!

acquiring over 900 trillion ISK's worth of items.

Or rather, if you're going to abuse the system do it at your own risk. Confessing your crimes doesn't seem to get you off the hook.

If your interest is in helping improve the experience in the EvE community, just report the problem without abusing said problem. Then you can pat yourself on the back and maybe earn a little space respect.

I think we both know that comparing the money made from insurance fraud, by countless players over many years, had much less of a dramatic impact than one small (comparatively) group of people acquiring over 900 trillion ISK's worth of items.

oh please do gloat, it's funny when people who will never achieve so much as mediocrity in comparison gloat to their betters ;p

That is a pretty single sided view on the matter.
If you had just proven the issue and not abuse it to no end, it would not been punished don't you think?

And in some way I think goons got off light here. Remember the deal with moon goo being produced out of nothing (i forgot the details)? The players in corporations involved in that, all got banned!

Scamming player is perfectly fine in this game, but NOT ALL scamming NPC so it seems. It would be good if CCP highlighted where the line is precisely. That way you would know for sure how far you can go!

And in some way I think goons got off light here. Remember the deal with moon goo being produced out of nothing (i forgot the details)? The players in corporations involved in that, all got banned!

where did you get 900 trillion

At the end of the day, CCP only hurts themselves. Knowing what we do now, about CCPs new stance on game mechanics being used, why not let 100 people do it for a week. Create long term real effects. **** the sandbox, the sandbox is dead.

The Goon ownership of, and profit from, Tech is a well known abuse of game mechanics. I, for one, can not wait until the alliance is dissolved for clear violations of the 'don't be good at Eve' rule CCP is enforcing.

This could have been abused quietly for months. It wasn't. Many were already prepping to do it judging from the responses in this thread. The major point being. There is no incentive to report anything to CCP. You are far better off trying to get away with it quietly.

This could have been abused quietly for months. It wasn't. Many were already prepping to do it judging from the responses in this thread. The major point being. There is no incentive to report anything to CCP. You are far better off trying to get away with it quietly.

Actually, they only hurt the ppl that used the exploit.

But just think of all the new customers the publicity will bring!

well see, no

They really aren't trying to punish you I'm sure. They are just trying to reverse the problem you simultaneously pointed out and created. If they wanted to punish you they'd ban you.

You came forward, with much hubris, confidence, swagger, gloat and smug. They are fixing the problem as best they can.

Next time? Sure, keep it to yourself. But when they do figure it out, that will be your ban ticket.

Is doing the right thing for the game and community a concept you are incapable of understanding?

Actually, they only hurt the ppl that used the exploit.

But just think of all the new customers the publicity will bring!

You're ******** if you think these people aren't skilled and dedicated enough to recover.

Next time something exploitable comes around it's going to take CCP way more effort to fix then getting a nice detailed report on how to do it sent to them, with 5 people to ruin. It's going to be exploited by as many people as it can be, for as long as it can be, and no one in their right mind would help CCP.

How is taking assets purchased legitimately from the market weeks prior to any of this happening acceptable? Because that literally just happened.

Actually, they hurt every player who would have enjoyed cheap implants and faction ships.

But hey, ******* over your players is a perfectly good way to make them less likely to push the game to it's limits, and will probably save you some money in QA and testing over time. Of course, people dont give a **** about the game anymore, but who cares?