Hi guys,
Okay, I admit it. I used the 'exploit' across two days. I was more curious and eager to see what stats would be improved and how it all.worked than anything else. I saw it on Reddit and did it for the lolz. Not to get one over on any living commander!
I very slightly improved three/four multicannons, one power distributor and two FSD. I had already spent a long time molding legitimately for over six months, which I busted my behind for. I was pretty happy with my ships. I had very good rolls already. Quite frankly, the improvements were no big deal. I only play in Solo. I am nowhere near a PvPer.
Just logged in and...you guessed it. Across my fleet of 26 ships, ALL those three module areas have been wiped. I had some fab multicannons and FSD rolls of 55.8 and 54.8 achieved fairly. Gone.
How do I feel? Well, in one way I'm happy as FD actually needed to sort something out as what happened over a long period had clearly broken Open and destroyed confidence. I feel however it was misdirected at me. I am not a serial offender. I gained virtually nothing. As i dont do open actually I would have preferred a shadow ban!
I admit though - I do like exploiting games. I like finding shortcuts. Ive always found it fun. However, I am talking about ye olden offline days. I don't do so in situations where it affects other players. If I am competing against others, it's a different story, and I'm not interested in exploits. If ED was an offline game, I'd have no remorse in hacking it to pieces for my own entertainment. None. I suppose it's like people who disassemble things etc.
So all in all, I have to say I think the longtime offenders should have had this punishment and not those who got curious when reading Reddit. However, perhaps FD have better things to do than squandering manpower to fitting a precise punishment. I'll reroll and move on. And I will still continue to support the game. However, I feel that once again FD have responded to a situation with a scattergun approach - but at least they responded.
Just the way I'm feeling. May he who is without sin throw the first bag of salt
Okay, I admit it. I used the 'exploit' across two days. I was more curious and eager to see what stats would be improved and how it all.worked than anything else. I saw it on Reddit and did it for the lolz. Not to get one over on any living commander!
I very slightly improved three/four multicannons, one power distributor and two FSD. I had already spent a long time molding legitimately for over six months, which I busted my behind for. I was pretty happy with my ships. I had very good rolls already. Quite frankly, the improvements were no big deal. I only play in Solo. I am nowhere near a PvPer.
Just logged in and...you guessed it. Across my fleet of 26 ships, ALL those three module areas have been wiped. I had some fab multicannons and FSD rolls of 55.8 and 54.8 achieved fairly. Gone.
How do I feel? Well, in one way I'm happy as FD actually needed to sort something out as what happened over a long period had clearly broken Open and destroyed confidence. I feel however it was misdirected at me. I am not a serial offender. I gained virtually nothing. As i dont do open actually I would have preferred a shadow ban!
I admit though - I do like exploiting games. I like finding shortcuts. Ive always found it fun. However, I am talking about ye olden offline days. I don't do so in situations where it affects other players. If I am competing against others, it's a different story, and I'm not interested in exploits. If ED was an offline game, I'd have no remorse in hacking it to pieces for my own entertainment. None. I suppose it's like people who disassemble things etc.
So all in all, I have to say I think the longtime offenders should have had this punishment and not those who got curious when reading Reddit. However, perhaps FD have better things to do than squandering manpower to fitting a precise punishment. I'll reroll and move on. And I will still continue to support the game. However, I feel that once again FD have responded to a situation with a scattergun approach - but at least they responded.
Just the way I'm feeling. May he who is without sin throw the first bag of salt
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