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Dirk Magnum
Royal Hiigaran Navy
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Posted - 2008.12.11 16:10:00 -
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 Originally by: CCP Wrangler
We discovered seven corporations with multiple Starbases set up for the express purpose of exploiting the issue. Three of those corporations were members of two alliances. We took immediate action against the offenders and banned over 70 accounts and destroyed all the Starbases run by the corporations in question. All the offending corporations are now effectively inactive as a result of our actions.
Friggin joygasm! 
I endorse this tough love.
And as for comments criticizing a holier-than-thou attitude, no, not everyone would have used this exploit given the chance, and while anything you do in-game is technically utilizing a game mechanic there's a difference between that and using an unintended game mechanic. Sure, some things CCP should have seen coming like the use of Black Ops ships to evade CONCORD, but I mean come on, offlined POS components collecting materials? That didn't strike anyone as odd?
Personally I'm looking forward to whatever chaos this has on the market. Hell, combine this situation with a removal of T1 unnamed modules from missions and a minor reduction in PvE-acquired loot of all meta levels and you might even give smaller industrial entities the ability to compete with the guys holding a library of fully researched T-one BP's, thanks to the increased demand for unnamed T-one items. That's assuming that T2 suddenly flies out of the practical price range for casual players. Maybe I'm assuming too much at this point though, so meh.
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Dirk Magnum
Royal Hiigaran Navy
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Posted - 2008.12.11 17:22:00 -
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Originally by: Rethyl
Looking forward to more explanation of this from CCP -- hopefully the damage has been limited to a few weeks or months. For those claiming years, evidence plz?
Unless there were accidental changes made to the moon mining code recently that allowed this to happen, it's not unreasonable to assume it dates back to the very inception of moon mining. But as of yet I don't believe there's any solid data on how old this exploit is. I believe it's one of the things that the transparency thread at the Assembly Hall wants CCP to reveal.
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Dirk Magnum
Royal Hiigaran Navy
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Posted - 2008.12.11 17:46:00 -
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Originally by: soldieroffortune 258
Originally by: Ephemeron
TQ reset would make the game pretty interesting, everything would be new again, no super cap fleets, no POS in every 0.0 system, no jump bridges, no titans, no jump freighters. Lots of t1 ships. Fair play for all.
What's not to like? 
because in two weeks i will be flying the deimos, and that would really suck
Deimos is still the most disadvantaged HAC, so at least price changes aren't going to be such a big deal for you thanks to lower demand (possibly.) Personally I'm wondering if I should just buy my Cerb and Eagle now instead of waiting another 19 days until I get Caldari Cruiser 5. I remember a time when both of those ships were just over 100 mil but right now they're still sitting pretty at 65-75.
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Dirk Magnum
Royal Hiigaran Navy
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Posted - 2008.12.11 23:36:00 -
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lol compensate corporations for the lack of ISK generation now that their free ISK is gone. Seriously?
Are you people nuts? 
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Dirk Magnum
Royal Hiigaran Navy
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Posted - 2008.12.12 10:04:00 -
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Originally by: Astro Glyde
AP - Reykjavik, Iceland December 12, 2008 - For Immediate Release
CCP one of the worldÆs leading independent game developers, today fully disclosed details on its most recent scandal. One that could potentially have real-world implications of this most recent exploit which, some say, has been in effect for years.
The producers of EVE Online, a player-driven persistent-world massively multiplayer online (MMO) game set in a science fiction space setting. And just as in real-life, it may require a financial bailout to counter its most recent catastrophe...
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Senior management at CCP held high level discussions in an attempt to resolve the vast and far reaching implications.
"While most of the internal policies and decisions won't be publicly discussed, we are pleased to release this clip which clearly demonstrates our current course of action." said a senior game developer who asked to remain anonymous.
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Meh. We all know one of the C's in CCP stands for Catastrophy. It gives them and the things they do a whole lot of character IMO.
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