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Lexmana
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Posted - 2012.06.24 22:12:00 -
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RubyPorto wrote:What the Jewbal did wasn't illegal when they did it.
Are you saying that exploiting a vulnerability should be legal up and until CCP says no? |
Lexmana
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Posted - 2012.06.25 07:27:00 -
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RubyPorto wrote:I think the rest of the world is on board with us on this one.
I see that you like to quote wikipedia. And you are arguing that exploiting vulnerabilities should be lega. You might not have the rest of the world with you on that one.
Quote:An exploit, in video games, is the use of a bug or design flaw including glitches, rates, hit boxes, or speed, etc. by a player to their advantage in a manner not intended by the game's designers.[1]
This game is about outsmarting other players, not outsmarting NPCs. |
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Posted - 2012.06.25 08:05:00 -
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RubyPorto wrote:I am arguing that, having done their diligence by reporting the problem before it hit TQ, anyone can make a profit off of something if CCP decides that that thing will go to TQ. CCP is then free to change that thing, but should leave the profit alone. In the past, when things like this have come up, that's exactly what they've done. They've fixed the problem and moved on.
CCP has every right to punish exploiters. They have just not done it much in the past.
I do like to agree with you on this one because of sandbox. And normally I would but the scale of this exploit is close to game breaking. And I don't want to break the game. What if the next time CCP mess up 1000 players are sitting on 100B LP each. Should we then just accept that large parts of the game is completely broken for years and maybe let EVE die?
The main problem with exploits is that many are very difficult to predict and detect and time consuming to fix (bots). Some might even be impossible to fix without breaking to much of the game play (loggoffski) . A lot of the time CCP have to look through the fingers but the damage is usually minimal so it doesn't matter much.
But when exploiting on this scale CCP cannot just watch and see the game potentially being destroyed. I am not sure if the scale of this is truly game breaking but it looks like it could be. Aryth and co. should be very aware of this. They certainly knew they were exploiting a design defect.
But just to clarify, I don't think they should be banned (with what I know). Rather they deserve some kind of reward but keeping their assets gained might not be the right move here. |
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