Super sad exploit unmanaged, it does ruin the game for all... the get rich quick schemes. FD used to deal with this kind of thing in a matter of days, what happened?
How does it ruin your game ? I would say it does ruin the game for new players, because they will miss out the fun of the small ships, the progress they make with basic stuff, the archievements, the good feeling when you finally gain something for your hard work.
I mean even i did not use all the small ships for my progress ( i went sidewinder, Adder, Cobra MK3, Asp, Vulture, Python, T9, Conda and later serveral other ships ). The most money i did make with Community goals back then when i was in small ships.
Trading was mostly some rare trades with asp and later T9.
I had tons of fun using all thease ships, keeping em and buy new ones.
All this stuff a new player will not experience that way if he makes all this money that quick. He/She will rather buy the few ships that are most usefull for the different roles and use them.
I guess they wont bother with most stuff unless its nessessary and just looking for the next big money maker, with is kinda sad.
But i dont really care about it and it wont affect me. If they think this game is all about money ok they will later realyse it is not. They will say this game is boring and there to less to do.
As for the rankings, well it is sure a bit sad that the elite ranks will become cheap to obtain, then again its a game.
You can always ask for a screenshot of the stats to see how much some player did work for his Elite rank. Because thease Mission stuff does not count for trading profit, for exploring (scanned systems and payout) and even confirmed kills might be less untill reached combat elite (because of the bigger ship).
But actually why really care about it ? I enjoy the game and thanks to solo and private group i dont have to meet griefers or cheaters.
You cant blame people for doin it, blame Frontier for that buggy or lame game mechanics.
