FDevs official stance on this is that it is not an exploit or a bug. It is working as intended, although using it to cause different / new missions etc is against the spirit of the game.FAO Frontier:
'Mode Switching', is it an exploit is it a bug? when will it be fixed or is it 'working as intended'?
(I'm asking because I know people who use it and personally I don't want to use it if its an exploit or bug)
FDevs official stance on this is that it is not an exploit or a bug. It is working as intended, although using it to cause different / new missions etc is against the spirit of the game.